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China has further cemented its dominance of global shipbuilding, capturing nearly three-quarters of new orders over the past year as the industry’s order

Along Russia’s remote Arctic coast last month, Igor Sechin stood beside a waiting tanker in the freezing cold with a message for Vladimir Putin: After years

The global fleet of dual-fuel containerships and vehicle carriers has surpassed 500 vessels, with shipowners committing more than $200 billion to ships capable

The Greek finance ministry said on Thursday it was implementing sanctions in place linked to Iran and that it backed efforts to effectively combat money

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed Thursday that seven commercial vessels were struck overnight in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, including four

QatarEnergy has signed two long-term agreements to purchase up to 4 million tonnes of U.S. liquefied natural gas annually from Cheniere Energy through 2054, as

The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China

Saudi Arabia is in talks with foreign governments to give state-owned Aramco access to their strategic oil storage, as the kingdom seeks to make its supplies

The Panama Canal reported growth in vessel traffic, tonnage and revenue in fiscal year 2026, as stronger demand from energy carriers and containerships helped

By Chris Servello (OpEd) After years of testing and debating how unmanned surface vessels fit into the fleet, the Navy is starting to show what these systems

The Coast Guard’s new credentialing portal promises complete applications and faster processing. One American ship captain tested it. What he found

The United States has imposed a new round of sanctions targeting a law firm, shipping agents and nine vessels accused of helping Iran move oil and other

Australia-based IFM Investors has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, in a deal that

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Oil shipments from the Middle East are showing little sign of buckling in the face of Iran’s more frequent and

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday approved the Jackdaw North Sea gas field, ending years of legal and political wrangling as the Labour

The cost of shipping crude oil from the Middle East Gulf to Asia has surged to more than $37 per barrel, over five times prewar levels, as an increasingly

Two more tankers have been struck by unidentified projectiles in separate incidents near the Strait of Hormuz and in the northern Persian Gulf, adding to a

A tanker loaded with Russian diesel will sail for the US on Thursday as Moscow starts to implement a fuel supply deal struck by Vladimir Putin and Donald

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro has returned to its homeport in Alameda, California, following a 112-day patrol across the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean that

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overhauling how it manages dredging contracts nationwide, moving toward a centralized approach intended to reduce costs,

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed Tuesday that a supertanker caught fire after striking a naval mine south of the Strait of Hormuz, adding to a series

A new survey of more than 900 seafarers has exposed a persistent gap between safety procedures and the realities of working aboard ships, prompting renewed

(Bloomberg) — A US plan to rehabilitate sanctioned tankers to boost oil supply may attract only a sliver of the dark fleet, as existing contracts,

Iranian attacks in the Persian Gulf are striking more ships and causing more severe damage than earlier in the conflict, bringing fresh risks to energy flows

Maritime data provider Kpler has reached an agreement with Airbus to expand its ability to track vessels that disappear from conventional ship-tracking