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LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s navy will accompany UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the U.S. killing

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –The White House budget office is pressing the Navy to stick to a campaign pledge by Donald Trump to work toward fielding a

By David Lawder and Kevin Yao WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator praised a “phase

BEIJING, Dec 2 (Reuters) – China on Monday banned U.S. military ships and aircraft from visiting Hong Kong and slapped sanctions on several U.S.

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The lack of developments on negotiations between China and the US on tariffs is expected to contribute to the first

United Seamen’s Service has awarded its prestigious 2019 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award (AOTOS) to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao in

By Noah Browning LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions on a top Chinese shipping fleet is set to produce a totally unintended result — less

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday issued a nearly two-month waiver for companies to wind down transactions with a

By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –Nothing right now is stopping a surge in oil tanker rates that’s given owners of the vessels

LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest for ocean trade with China, processed fewer containers of imported goods in

By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions on two units of Chinese shipper COSCO hit the liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker

The sanctions targeted COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian) Co. and COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian), along with Seaman & Ship Management Co. and a handful of

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Monday demanded documents from Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao

NEW YORK/HOUSTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – U.S. crude export demand at the Gulf Coast surged on Monday, traders said, as the window to export crude profitably

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to ban offshore oil and gas drilling off

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States would subject Chinese imports to an additional 5% tariff in

HOUSTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – China’s threat on Friday to slap a 5% tariff on U.S. oil imports could further soften demand for physical crude at hubs

PARIS, Aug 22 (Reuters) – An Iranian tanker which the United States wants seized is not heading towards Greece as it sails through the Mediterranean,

By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Nichola Groom NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) – A major auction of oil and gas leases in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday

GENEVA, Aug 21 (Reuters) – If Iran’s oil exports are cut to zero, international waterways will not have the same security as before, its president