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By Nick Carey June 27 (Reuters) – Tariffs on U.S. imports of Chinese goods imposed by the Trump administration could hit up to 15 percent of goods moving

The Norwegian NGO who brought us How to Dock Like a Boss and How to Launch Like a Boss is back with its third commercial reminding viewers that “docking

By Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg) — Leasing the seabed to offshore wind developers was the most profitable business last year for The Crown Estate Ltd.,

By Gabriel Stargardter PARAISO, Mexico, June 28 (Reuters) – Until recently, Edgar Barrera enjoyed a life many Mexicans could only hope for. In a few

By Stine Jacobsen HELSINKI, June 28 (Reuters) – Danish wind turbine maker Vestas and offshore services firm Maersk Supply Service are teaming up to

By Julie Gordon WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – With new global emissions standards looming, the marine shipping industry is increasingly looking at

By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The Panama Canal Authority will ramp up the movement of massive liquefied natural gas tankers through the

Crews are making progress in the clean-up of more than 200 metric tons of heavy fuel oil that was spilled at the Port of Rotterdam over the weekend after

The Panama Canal on Tuesday marked the two-year anniversary of the inauguration of Expanded Panama Canal, the largest enhancement project in the

Norwegian energy company Equinor has installed a battery that will for first time make it possible to store energy produced from an offshore wind

By Chris Scicluna VALLETTA, June 27 (Reuters) – A humanitarian ship that has had about 230 rescued migrants on board for almost a week docked in Malta on

By Ernest Scheyder WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) – Natural gas production from U.S. shale fields can keep growing for decades, giving Washington a

By Jessica Summers (Bloomberg) — Oil rose to a level last seen in late 2014 after U.S. crude stockpiles tumbled by the most since September 2016. Futures

Netherlands-based KOTUG has demonstrated what it says is the first sailing of a remotely controlled tugboat from a long-distance location. For the

By Katia Dmitrieva(Bloomberg) — To understand what a trade war means for America, go to the Mississippi. Follow the mud-brown river past Louisiana’s

Newport News Shipbuilding has announced a major hiring initiative in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Virginia that will seek to train and hire for

The record-breaking Pioneering Spirit has returned to Black Sea to resume pipe-laying of the second string of pipe for the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline

By Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) — Big Oil sang the Trump administration’s praises when the U.S. president slashed corporate taxes at the end of last year.

A new report looking at crew connectivity on ships has revealed the emotional and operational impact on professional seafarers who are often away for up to six

By Adam Minter (Bloomberg Opinion) — Since Jan. 1, when China stopped accepting the rich world’s recyclable plastic waste, it’s gotten a ton

Total and Singapore-based Pavilion Energy have signed a Heads of Agreement to jointly develop a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker fuel supply chain in the

By Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc approved its second North Sea project in six months, greenlighting a natural gas field that it

COLOMBO, June 20 (Reuters) – China Merchants Port Holdings has made a $584 million payment as part of a $1.12 billion deal to operate Sri Lanka’s

By Thomas Seal and Angelina Rascouet (Bloomberg) — France’s Eutelsat Communications SA said it won’t make a takeover offer for Inmarsat Plc, a sudden

ROME, June 26 (Reuters) – More than 100 rescued migrants from private cargo ship Alexander Maersk, picked up off the coast of southern Italy on Friday,