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Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corp. has announced changes to its commercial marine services division and introduced new leadership. Under the changes,

COPENHAGEN, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Strict EU enforcement of competition rules prevents the development of the global champions necessary to compete with

Two fishermen are missing after their 81-foot fishing vessel collided with a tanker near the Galveston jetties in Galveston, Texas on Tuesday. Another other

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Despite the recent introduction of low-sulphur regulations, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) will continue to allow ships

Despite declining maritime piracy trends worldwide in 2019, the Gulf of Guinea saw an unprecedented rise in the number of crew kidnappings, the IMB’s Piracy

The German government has selected Dutch shipbuilding group Damen as the main contractor in the construction of at least four multi-purpose combat frigates for

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) –Two weeks ago, the vast majority of the world’s ships were forced to change the fuel they use. Some big winners —

The Panama Canal will reduce the number of available reservation slots and introduce new fees as part of a series of measures to sustain water levels and

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – 2020 will prove another challenging year for ocean carriers in terms of capacity management, according to Drewry.

By Luke Baker LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Iran is unlikely to block the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s busiest oil-shipping channel, in reprisal for

Check out this new video from Youtuber JeffHK showing an East Coast transit with calls in New York, Charleston and Savannah. According to Jeff, the time-lapse

Danish power company Ørsted and Norwegian energy giant Equinor are spearheading the launch of international coalition to accelerate global offshore wind

Two ships have been busted burning non-IMO 2020 compliant fuel in China, according to The Standard Club. The two ships were inspected by Chinese Maritime

By CW4 Michael Carr “Find the feet first,” I kept saying to myself. “Feet first, not the head.” I did not want to find the head. I had to

Often times mariners are heard joking to each other that “They will meet up again in Snug Harbor“.  What does this mean? Well, Snug

A Russian Navy ship made an aggressive approach on a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, the Navy’s Fifth Fleet said in a

South Carolina ports had their best year on record in 2019 despite trade war headwinds. The South Carolina Ports Authority announced this week that it handled

HAMBURG, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Tougher rules on sulphur emissions from ships set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) from January burden the

A Brazilian contractor has died and six others were hospitalized after drinking a cleaning solution they likely mistook for ingestible alcohol on board an FPSO

By Stephanie Kelly and Collin Eaton NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The price of very low-sulfur fuel oil has risen in recent months, a sign of increasing

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that New York-based Bouchard Transportation and three of its

By Jessica Jaganathan and Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Even as the United States and Iran appear to signal a keenness to avoid further

The United States has reissued an alert to commercial vessels in the Middle East to the maritime threat from the Iranian military and its proxies following the

More companies ranging from consumer goods to shipping lines are pledging to not ship goods through the Arctic even as melting sea ice opens makes the polar

In what is said to be an industry first for wireless vessel control, Boston-based robotics company Sea Machines Robotics has received approval from the U.S.