Three Russian crewmembers, who were kidnapped by pirates from the merchant vessel Saronic Breeze, were released on December 20, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation informed.
A record 5,000 migrants are believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea this year, following two shipwrecks on Thursday in which some 100 people, mainly West Africans, were feared dead, aid agencies said on Friday.
THE KOREAN Register has elected Lee Jeong-kie as its chairman and chief executive following the death of BS Park in October.
A worker died while dismantling German container ship Viktoria Wulff at Arefin shipbreaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Rescuers plucked 1,164 people from rubber and wooden boats in the Mediterranean under heavy thunderstorms on Sunday .
A Chinese-owned product tanker has been targeted by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, but the attempt reportedly failed.
At least 35 of the 64 people who were on a ferry that sank off Yemen have been rescued, a Yemeni minister said on Wednesday.
Strong demolition has been a prominent feature of the shipping industry this year, as challenging market conditions continue to drive a significant supply-side response in a number of sectors, according to Clarksons Research.
The director of Astara Customs stated to MANA reporter that in the first eight months of the current year, Astara Customs has witnessed the export of 244000 tons of Non-Petroleum Goods, worth of 116 million dollar abroad.
SOUTH Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has received a request from Atwood Oceanics to postpone the delivery of a pair of drillships.
the European Council extended Operation Atalanta’s mandate to deter, disrupt and repress acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia, until December 31, 2018.
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A small Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessel pointed its weapon at a U.S. military helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, two U.S. defense officials claimed.