Tickerspy’s Dry Bulk Shipping Stock Index (*DBULK) rose 5.1% today, beating the S&P 500 by 1.3.%.  Dry shipping stocks were given a boost by upgrades today.  Deutsche Bank upgraded Genco...
The United States is by far considered militarily the strongest nation on the planet, and this in large part is due to its navy that has over 240 ships and submarines at its disposal. The U.S. Navy...
UPDATE: Amazon responds: The first sentence of your story is just flat inaccurate. Nowhere in the WSJ story does it say that we are charging more for Prime Delivery. The “fast-shipping service”...
We have all heard over and over and how many ships were essentially being used as temporary floating storage terminals for oil.  But now there is at least some quantifiable data on just how much...
Although the week between Christmas and New Year’s is not a heavily traded one, one company is making a case for it with a double-digit move on Tuesday.
If the huge delivery system of UPS has been taxed, Amazon's large and complex delivery infrastructure could falter as well.
The U.S. Navy has 243 surface and underwater warships: aircraft carriers, guided missile destroyers, amphibious ships, and submarines, among other classes of vessels. And some of these are...
The U.S. Navy is constantly involved in the process of building new ships for its fleet. Typically, this is a very straightforward and linear process, but it actually takes years to complete a new...
Secondary offerings are often meant for companies to raise more capital, but in the case of Noranda Aluminum, it appears that this is a call by Apollo Global Management to abandon ship.
U.S. Shipping Partners L.P. will enter bankruptcy court on October 2nd, following the company’s April 29th Chapter 11 filing.  There the court will implement company’s restructuring plan,...
The world's largest cruise ship set sail recently. Royal Caribbean's 'Symphony of the Seas' is the fourth and largest of its Oasis-class ships to take to the seas.
Between now and the end of December, Target will offer "free shipping" on nearly everything it sells online.
Sweden is the newest country to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). With this addition, NATO greatly adds to its military might, especially in terms of its navy. While Sweden might...
While a lot of people might think of the American Navy as being the most powerful in the world, it is definitely not the largest. China has the largest naval fleet in terms of the number of vessels,...