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PHOTO CREDIT: Florida News Times American maritime interests held an event on Friday in New York Harbour in recognition of 20 years since the September 11 attacks, which triggered the largest maritime evacuation in U.S. history. The event included a ceremony,...

South Korea’s three major shipbuilders will raise new shipbuilding prices to enhance profitability following hefty second-quarter operating losses estimated at a combined 1.5 trillion won due to higher steel prices. Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the shipbuilding holding...

Saudi ports, under the supervision of Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), in the first half of 2021 realized a remarkable growth in the handling volume through registering an increase in the total number of handled containers by 5.18% with 3.6...

The National Retail Federation has stated that the current incoming volumes are projected to set new records for the year. As the covid-19 restrictions are relaxed across the US, consumers are returning to retail stores with renewed fervor. This...

The U.S. government’s first official study on the economic impact of the nation’s marine economy shows that marine-related sectors contributed nearly $397 billion to the overall U.S. GDP in 2019. The new Marine Economy Satellite Account statistics were released on...

The first cruise ship to leave Venice since coronavirus restrictions were eased set sail on Saturday, but some local residents protested over the return to normal, unhappy about the passage of giant liners through the historic lagoon city. Hundreds of...

Late Chadian President, Idriss Deby and son and Head, Transitional Military Council, Gen. Mahamat Deby By Victoria Ojeme Tuesday’s death announcement of Idriss Déby, the president of Chad just after news came that he had won a sixth...

USS Houston (CL 81), in a hard turn with her underside exposed, felt the torpedo explosion across the ship. Commander William Behrens recalled “that all propulsive power and steering control was immediately lost. The ship took a list to...

President Muhammadu Buhari and other political and religious leaders from across the world have extended their condolences to Her Majesty the Queen of England over the death of her husband of more than seven decades, Prince Philip, the Duke...

Fresh fears as container ship, MAERSK CARDIFF was on Wednesday night, January 13th attacked in Port Harcourt’s Southwest, at around 20.00 UTC, showing that Nigerian waters are still porous. The ship was en route from Tema Port in Ghana, even...