Paolo Salza, Chief Technical Officer, RINA Services, has been appointed to the board of Directors of the International Confederation of Inspection and Certification Organisations (CEOC

On 15 May 2013, supporting blocks for the ice-resistant fixed platform (LSP1) were launched by the LOTOS Shipyard, JSC (Astrakhan Region),

After reviewing the feasibility of acquiring STX Pan Ocean, Korea Development Bank decided not to acquire the shipping company due to higher-than-

Like the Caribbean of old, the waters near Somalia used to be the most heavily pirated in the world. Now there's a new king of the pirates that's

Classification society ClassNK’s Chairman and President Noboru Ueda, has announced the release of the latest versions

With pirate raids in eastern Arabian Sea virtually stopped for the past two years, India has taken up a new battle against global insurance firms to get the piracy risk

MacGregor offshore winches have been specified for 22 new anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) under construction at three Chinese

Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Ship Industry in Shandong has inked shipbuilding contracts with Greek owner Laskaridis Shipping for four 64,000dwt bulkers and 2+2 kamsarmax bulkers.

Amid ship owners shifting survival mode, smaller ship yards filing for bankruptcy and the damp general global economic outlook, Colombo Dockyard

Up and down the Atlantic coast, US ports are abuzz. Dredging machines, tunnel excavators, and highway pavers from Miami to New York

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) moved 2.4 million tons of cargo in April, a 4.7 percent increase – or 108,532 tons – over the same month a year ago.

Japanese liquefied natural gas buyers see U.S. government approval for an LNG facility in Texas to export gas to countries with which it

Egypt will stop all wheat imports within the next four years, depending only on domestic production, President Mohamed Morsi said in a speech delivered from a wheat field

Argentina’s corn exports may rise 8 percent this year as output expands while shipments from Brazil decline, the United Nations’ Food &

Western Australia’s Economic Regulation Authority asked Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (FMG), Australia’s third-biggest iron ore exporter, to

Pakistan would have to feed more than 200 million people in 2015 and expected wheat demand at that time would be 29.06 million tons. It could

If you ever needed an example of the corporate herd mentality, then look no further than the

As we enter the period beyond seasonal demand, gold prices are likely to find reduced support from the physical market