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Update: The MV Grande America has sunk in Bay of Biscay in water depth of 4,600 meters, France’s Marine Nationale reported. The agency said ship sank at

WELLINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) – Knocked overboard in rough seas off New Zealand, a German yachtsman credited his jeans with saving his life after

Update: The Grande America has sunk in the Bay of Biscay.  The crew of the HMS Argyll rescued 27 crew members of the roll-on/roll-off containership Grande

A joint operation involving the U. S. Customs and Border Protection seized approximately 3,200 pounds of cocaine in what officials said is the largest illicit

BP says it will begin selling a new type of low sulphur bunker fuel that meets new MARPOL regulations limiting the sulphur content of marine fuels to 0.5%. BP

Check out this video filmed Sunday at the Port of Antwerp as strong winds pummeled the area. According to the uploader, the port experienced hurricane-force

More than 80 passengers were reported injured, several seriously, after a hydrofoil ferry apparently struck a whale while underway in the Sea of Japan on

By Devika Krishna Kumar and Florence Tan NEW YORK/HOUSTON, March 11 (Reuters) – Occidental Petroleum Corp has emerged as one of the biggest

AMSTERDAM, March 11 (Reuters) – Emergency overflow parking spaces for up to 700 trucks have been created near Rotterdam port, Europe’s largest, in

By Michael Carr – “Memorial Bridge, this is the Thomas Leighton, underway in 10 minutes, request opening please,” he called on Channel 13. He then

The salvage of containers onboard Hapag-Lloyd’s fire-stricken Yantian Express is expected to take another five weeks in the Bahamas, but it could be even

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the International Maritime Organization along with other maritime stakeholders are putting the spotlight on

The Port of Virginia announced Friday it has completed phase one of the $375 million expansion project at the Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) terminal

By Shruti Date Singh (Bloomberg) — An industry that saw dramatic growth in the decade before Donald Trump took office is now concerned his

Salvage crews have completed the salvage of the Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad four months after the frigate collided with a tanker and partially sank in

By Mircely Guanipa and Marianna Parraga PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela, March 7 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA said on Thursday it has

By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, March 6 (Reuters) – China Petroleum and Chemical Corp plans to sign a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with

In a timely email, we just received some guidance from our company office about dealing with port state control (PSC) officers.  Having just left a port

Maritime authorities in New Zealand have detained the bulk carrier Daiwan Justice after learning that the crews’ wages had not been paid for almost four

By Marianna Parraga March 6 (Reuters) – Plans by the German operator of a portion of the Venezuelan state oil company’s tanker fleet to return 10

By Susanna Twidale and Nina Chestney LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) – Japanese-Danish joint venture MHI Vestas plans to continue investing in its wind turbine

By Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) — The ice cover in the Bering Sea is at its lowest on record for this time of year after losing an area about the

Several passengers aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Escape were reported injured after freak gust of wind reportedly caused the ship to list as much of 45

Yang Ming has christened the final two 14,000 TEU containerships in a five-vessel series built by Imabari Shipbuilding and chartered by Yang Ming. The two

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – The Ocean Alliance has announced plans to cancel 10 transpacific sailings in March and April, as the early signs