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The official death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea rose to 20 on Wednesday, up from the previous 10, with rescuers expecting to find more bodies as the ongoing underwater search widens, officials said.

Shipping is running out of time to meet a key 2030 target for zero-emission fuels, even as methanol infrastructure and alternative-fuel vessel capacity continue to expand. A new assessment from...

New York is leading a coalition of states in two new lawsuits challenging Trump administration agreements that would cancel offshore wind leases and redirect roughly $1.4 billion toward liquefied natural...

By Josh Wingrove and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he’s encouraged his advisers to support a ban on US diesel exports, with wars in Iran and Ukraine...

Russia's Arctic port of Murmansk will use equipment typically used to load fertilizer when it ships its first grain from southern Russia for export as early as next month, as the Black Sea route remains closed due to Ukrainian drone attacks.

Tue Vuong had secured four cargoes of wheat harvested from fertile lands around the Black Sea, roughly a fifth of what his milling company 5,000 miles away in Vietnam uses annually. Then he was told it wouldn’t get shipped following a summer escalation in Russia’s war with Ukraine.

A potentially significant change at the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has gone largely under the radar, after the regulator confirmed there is no three-year statute of limitations on charge complaints relating to fees assessed on or after 16 June 2022 – leaving carriers exposed to claims that might otherwise have been time-barred.

France has started drafting a UN Security Council resolution in coordination with the United States on setting up ?an international mission to restore movement in the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for complete economic isolation of Iran, showing no intention to resume talks at the UN General Assembly but saying he believed a deal would be done after the US midterm elections in November. 

What (Acting) Secretary Hung Cao’s First Five Months Tell Us About the Job Ahead By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed) President Trump has nominated the Honorable Hung Cao to become the...

The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, called for member states to send more naval vessels to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

Aug 29 (Reuters) – A merchant ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Romania in the Black Sea on Thursday evening, likely after being hit, Romanian President Nicusor Dan and authorities said....

By Nicholas Lua Aug 28, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Growing congestion at the Panama Canal is forcing some gas tankers into unusual journeys, from a rare detour around South America to the possible...

By Julia Harte Aug 29 (Reuters) – Since the United States went to war with Iran six months ago, Courtney Sanders has been helping soldiers’ families fill the gaps left by their...

The U.S. Maritime Administration is preparing to activate SUNY Maritime College’s training ship Empire State VII for a federal mission expected to last approximately 170 days, potentially taking the vessel away from...

Swedish prosecutors have formally charged both the master and pilot of the Norwegian cargo ship Misje Verde over last month's collision with a pleasure boat near Tjörn that killed two people.

Iran condemned the United States' new economic sanctions on Friday as "state terrorism," while its supreme leader said he was banning acts that could harm "social cohesion" amid concern that more financial pain could spark unrest at home.

The Trustees of the Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship Trust and Robert Allan Ltd. are very pleased to announce the award of the following scholarships for the 2026/2027 academic year. The...

Russia’s newly delivered Arc7 ice-class LNG carrier Alexey Kosygin has spent nearly two weeks circling off China’s eastern coast after delivering a cargo from the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, raising questions over whether the vessel is awaiting repairs at a Chinese shipyard.

Britain’s ports will need dramatically more electricity over the coming decades to support shore power, vessel charging and alternative fuels, but long waits for grid connections and high energy costs...