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Exxon Mobil Corp. cut processing rates at its Baytown, Texas, refinery due to vessel traffic delays along the Houston Ship Channel as a stretch of the largest

A search and rescue is underway in the Sea of Japan following a distress call from a Cambodian-flagged cargo ship. Reports say that a distress call was

Even though ESVAGT is one of the most profitable investments held by the A.P. Møller Maersk Group, its services fall outside of what Maersk considers its

The Port of Los Angeles says that a new strategy to expedite the movement of containerized cargo through the port is beginning to pay off. The program, called

On Tuesday, March 10, Royal Caribbean’s new Anthem of the Seas made the 32 kilometer trip down the River Ems from the Meyer Werft shipyard to the sea.

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin paid a visit to Baltic Shipyard (Baltiysky Zavod) today to witness the progress being made on two nuclear

With a 400 ton active heave compensated crane, two Oceaneering Millenium Plus-class ROVs, and a Huisman vertical lay system, the Normand Vision has serious

Damen Shipyards has announced this week the signing of a newbuild order from Hamburg-based Opus Marine for a “Twin Axe” Fast Crew Supplier (FCS).

The panel found that a failure by the crew to spot the reef on onboard electronic navigational guides was to blame and has recommended that industry standards

Marine traffic in the Houston Ship Channel will remain partially halted until salvage ships retrieve an anchor that broke off a bulk carrier that collided with

With the fog cleared, some new ariel photos released Tuesday afternoon show the MT Carla Maersk and MV Conti Peridot still at anchor in the Houston Ship

Maher Terminals Holding Corp said on Tuesday it would boost container-handling capacity by more than half at the Port of Prince Rupert under an expansion of

Here are some photos showing a heavy lift ship's arrival in Rotterdam with a cargo of pontoons, barges and tugboats from

Delivery of General Dynamics Corp.’s first two electric-powered Zumwalt-classdestroyers for the U.S. Navy is running more than a year late, in part for lack

Three new wetfish trawlers ordered last August by Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi will feature a full MAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion system including

Here’s a video reporting on continuing efforts by the International Maritime Organization and the World Maritime University (WMU) to promote the

A portion of the Houston Ship Channel remained closed Tuesday morning as federal, state and local agencies continued to respond to a ship collision near

BHP Billiton will absolutely not be pulling back on their output of iron

OA IMR AS, a subsidiary of BOA Offshore, has entered into a shipbuilding contract today with Noryards Fosen AS for a light construction / Subsea Inspection

The trailing suction hopper dredger Alexander von Humboldt, owned by the Jan De Nul Group, is critically important to the Port of Hamburg as it helps to remove

Cairn Energy Plc expects a slump by half in the cost of oil rigs to sustain the U.K. producer’s exploration in Senegal even after crude prices sank in

Some new photos released Monday night by the U.S. Coast Guard show damage to the chemical tanker Carla Maersk and Conti Peridot bulk carrier after colliding

At a shipyard in southern Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. engineers envision the newest fuel- efficient engines for liquefied natural gas carriers

Van Oord’s newest, and only cable-laying ship Nexus was christened this past weekend by Mrs J. Damen-Carli, the wife of Mr Kommer Damen, chairman of

Vessel Traffic Services Houston-Galveston and the U.S. Coast Guard have confirmed a vessel collision on the Houston Ship Channel at 12:30PM CST on Monday