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Sports car maker Porsche will have to restart production on a limited-edition 911s which sank along with more than 2,200 other vehicles on board the Grande

They are every mariner’s worst nightmare. A wave twice the height of the average sea state that seemingly comes out of nowhere. Rogue waves have been

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Shippers with cargo stranded on the fire-stricken Yantian Express are still in the dark on when or where they might

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – Privately owned Peel Ports is expanding its workforce mostly in Liverpool and plans acquisitions this year,

Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has officially entered the cruise market having signed a contract with Oslo, Norway-based SeaDream Yacht Club for a

By Alex Longley and Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — For a glimpse into what the global oil price might look like one day, a good place to look is

By Roslan Khasawneh, Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Elumami SINGAPORE/BAGHDAD/TRIPOLI, March 20 (Reuters) – At least two tankers have ferried Iranian fuel oil

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for the captain of a towing vessel capsized on the lower Mississippi River near Point A La Hache, Louisiana

By Jenny Leonard, Saleha Mohsin and Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) — Some U.S. negotiators are concerned that China is pushing back against American demands

Shipping company BW Group announced today it has acquired a majority stake in LPG shipowner Epic Gas and has launched an unconditional offer to acquire the

By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Euronav has chartered a tanker to bring a 30,000 tonne cargo of low-sulphur fuel oil from northwest Europe

By Gary McWilliams and Erwin Seba HOUSTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Houston officials and environmental groups raced to expand air monitoring after a

By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – More ports around the world are banning ships from using a fuel cleaning system that

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The Trump administration is likely to open up portions of the Atlantic to oil and gas drilling despite opposition from East

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating a collision between two bulk carriers taking place early Sunday morning in Vancouver Harbour,

Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has announced a major investment in scrubber systems to be installed on sixteen of its vessels before the IMO’s new

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, March 18 (Reuters) – A massive fire at a fuels storage company along the Houston Ship Channel may burn for two more days, an

Global towage operator Svitzer has hired the first 100% female crew for one of its tugs in the Dominican Republic. The vessel, the 70-ton bollard pull Svitzer

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Analysts predict that the impact of IMO 2020 will mean slower ships and more transhipment. This would be a further blow

Disclaimer: The below sea story is a retelling of an operation from back in the 1980’s.   CW4 Michael W. Carr – “Ok, everyone gather around,

HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) – U.S. maritime officials have suspended their review of Swiss trader Trafigura AG’s application for a Gulf Coast

March 15 (Reuters) – Texas LNG’s proposed Brownsville liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Texas took a step toward receiving federal

HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) – A second maritime firm has told Venezuela’s state-run oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela it would end all charter

Classification society DNV GL announced Friday that it’s started offering remote surveys for some inspections on board all DNV GL classed vessels. This

Wilhelmsen Ships Service and global aeronautics company Airbus this week launched a pilot project testing the world’s first shore-to-ship drone delivery in