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The UK Royal Navy’s third Astute-class nuclear powered submarine HMS Artful departed the BAE Systems yard in Barrow-in-Furness this week for its maiden

The Japanese oiler JS Mashu in a replenishment at sea with the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Now in its 10th year,

Matson, Inc. this week took delivery of a new 65-ton gantry crane to replace one half its size at the company’s Kodiak Terminal in Alaska. The crane,

Today’s ship photo comes to us from NASA astronaut Scott Kelly who snapped this photo of ships in line through the Suez Canal from the International

The DolWin beta offshore converter platform has reached its final destination in the North Sea where it will soon serve as a critical link between one of the

The U.S. Coast Guard will officially debut its newest National Security Cutter (NSC), Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) during a ceremony Saturday, August

The French research vessel, Marion Dufresne II, has left the Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque in northern France after completing a 4-month full overhaul that is

Mediterranean Shipping Company celebrated the christening of one of the world’s biggest containerships, MSC Zoe, this weekend in Hamburg, Germany. The

Arendal Spirit is Teekay’s newest big, round accommodation rig that is currently home to about 500 workers offshore Brazil. The unit is technically

A few months back we posted the above hand-sketched drawing of a typical offshore scene of by Niall Farrell from Greystones, Ireland. Today, Niall has sent us

  The first cargo ships crossed the new Suez Canal on Saturday in a test-run before it is officially inaugurated August 6th. [contextly_sidebar

The future USS Little Rock (LCS 9) was launched into the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin on Saturday, July 19, 2015, after a Christening ceremony at

Almost every ship entering the Port of New York and New Jersey from the Atlantic Ocean must first pass underneath the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge, connecting

SSV Oliver Hazard Perry set sail on her maiden voyage Thursday from Portsmouth, Rhode Island to Portland, Maine to attend the Tall Ships Portland festival this

Maersk Line this week christened its newest giant Triple-E containership, MV Marchen Maersk, during a ceremony in Felixstowe. Marchen Maersk is the 19th

Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 sailed into its U.S. home port in New York Tuesday morning escorted by historic ships and Coast Guard vessels as the company

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) sits at anchorage in Simpson Harbor off the coast of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, July 6, 2015.

Today’s ship photos come to us from Bremerhaven Pilots docking a Maersk Triple-E containership at the Port of Bremerhaven. The tugs seen are

In honor of today’s international Day of the Seafarer celebration, the International Maritime Organization asked us share with the world what a career at

  Today’s ship photos show the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Harmony of the Seas, aka Oasis 3, under construction at the STX Les Chantiers de