Feb. 19 (UPI) --The crew of a British bulk carrier in the Red Sea off Yemen were forced to abandon ship Monday after the vessel was struck by two missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The dawn ...

THE much-talked-of legislation in regard to shipping subsidies, which promises soon to become an accomplished fact so far as the United States is concerned, renders particularly interesting the policy ...

BRITISH shipping firms are preparing to stop flying the Union Jack in favour of the Chinese flag amid fears Iran will continue seizing more UK vessels, it has been claimed. The seizure by Iran of the ...

Liverpool, 13 November 1915 - The British shipping company Cunard has refused to carry Irish men eligible for military service on its liner Saxonia. A party of Irish emigrants arrived in Liverpool ...

The Mumbai airport customs detained the general manager of a British shipping firm who was trying to smuggle foreign currencies and goods, worth `6.22 lakh. The Mumbai airport customs detained the ...

In 1906, an obscure man from an obscure South Indian port town dreamed up an audacious plan. VO Chidambaram Pillai, a resident of Tuticorin, decided to take on the might of the British Indian Steam ...

And then a fiery, Scottish-born captain took the fight to Britain itself. John Paul Jones didn’t just harass British shipping—he invaded British soil. With a crew of rough sailors and a sloop-of-war, ...

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by Royal Marines in Gibraltar. ...

The UK has raised the threat to British shipping in Iranian waters in the Gulf to the highest level - where the risk of attack is "critical". The step was taken on Tuesday, amid growing tensions in ...