The Jones Act dictates that only U.S.-made ships can move cargo between U.S. ports. They charge customers more for shipping ...

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran.

Passed in 1920, this law aims to protect the American shipping sector — but it's also faced criticism over the years for slowing the delivery of goods, including critical aid during time of crisis.

Iran has scared off most ships from the Strait of Hormuz, leaving some ships to pass through, while most continued to wait ...

Crude tanker-owner Capital Tankers Corp.’s shares fell in their Oslo debut on Tuesday, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted global oil transit and markets.

Oil prices are up swinging wildly as the widening Iran war disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting how important the passageway is to the world’s oil supply. The ...

Earlier this year, Germany began seizing illegal Russian Shadow Fleet tankers that mover sanctioned Russian oil to customers worldwide. This Shadow Fleet consists of about five hundred ships, many of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Iran war has effectively halted oil tanker movement in the key Strait of Hormuz. But it’s also disrupting the wider global supply chain beyond oil, affecting everything from ...

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Biofuel leaders say the shipping industry could be a golden goose for ethanol and soy-based biodiesel. One of the big barriers is the Trump administration, which torpedoed a global agreement to reduce ...

A massive cargo ship just turned its deck into a power plant, and it could change the way the world moves goods forever. According to Interesting Engineering, the Dutch company Wattlab has ...