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The ICC Commercial Crime Services’ International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is warning small tankers to maintain strict anti-piracy measures in the South China Sea following a spate of tanker hijackings in the region.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is urging people to beware of a global scam offering

Today is the deadline by which EU Member States have to transpose the European Sulphur Directive

The UK and Chinese firms have signed £14 billion (circa USD 23.7 billion) of trade and investment deals as the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meet

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Limited has secured a shipbuilding contract for four 260,000DWT very large ore carriers (VLOC).

Both the Wärtsilä X72 and the Wärtsilä X62 two-stroke engines have recently successfully passed important tests that verify various performance criteria.

The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People’s Republic of China denied support to the P3 Network

China Customs Head Office has ordered all Chinese ports to stop using old manifest system and implement the new CCAM system as of June 30, 2014.

The Port of Los Angeles has released its May 2014 containerized cargo volumes.

A merger of two shipping giants worth $1.3 billion, the biggest in the Saudi Arabian history

Prosperity Investment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China COSCO Holdings

Rolls-Royce has won a $84m contract to deliver deck machinery for four large anchor handlers for Edison Chouest Offshore.

A new icebreaker being built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the Finnish Transport Agency will be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines capable of operating on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and low sulphur diesel fuel.

Vard Holdings Limited today confirmed that the contract for the design and construction of a large Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Solstad Offshore has been made effective.

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (AKPS) today announced the planned establishment of Philly Tankers AS, a Norwegian limited liability company, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Philly Tankers LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Philly Tankers).

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Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has been awarded a contract by Daewoo Engineering & Construction to supply two M501J gas turbines

Kurion has received a contract from Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) for the supply of a first-of-its-kind, at-tank mobile system to remove strontium from tank water at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The installation of the sponsons for refloating are progressing quickly at Giglio Island.

After successfully delivery of the Aurora Taurus in April, Aurora LPG Holding AS also took delivery of the LPG Tanker Aurora Leo (former Mill Reef) in the beginning of June.