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Container ship operators have asked captains, in some cases, to not cross a crucial strait heading to the Suez Canal.

Container ship operators have asked captains, in some cases, to not cross a crucial strait heading to the Suez Canal.

The Middle East braced Thursday for U.S.-led coalition strikes on Houthi positions, after the Yemeni rebel force defied an ultimatum to halt its

Navy destroyer was targeted days after American-led airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Ship operators have designed a vessel to transport supercooled carbon and pump it into offshore wells for permanent storage.

A little-known trader from Azerbaijan assembled a clandestine network that moves vast quantities of petroleum to China, India and other new markets

Evangelos Marinakis oversees an armada of more than 100 ships and a flotilla of soccer clubs, led by Olympiacos, which is on the cusp of lifting its first-ever European trophy.

Shares of big shipping companies dropped Monday on expectations of a Gaza ceasefire deal that would likely halt Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea. The election of a moderate president in Iran, who could discourage Houthi attacks, also bolstered the chances of shipping companies returning to the Red Sea. Freight rates for boxship operators have shot up since November, with vessels rerouting from the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to the Cape of Good Hope around South Africa.