For two months, the Malta-flagged oil tanker Alkimos has been quietly floating off the Gulf Coast of Texas, undisturbed by the high-stakes legal fight playing out in a federal courtroom as a result of American sanctions on Venezuela.
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Cuba’s catch-up with the world of e-commerce, encouraged by its communist rulers during the coronavirus lockdown, has left many users angry.
Read moreA class action claims Amazon.com unfairly suspended its Prime shipping service on March 17 because of the Covid-19 pandemic without crediting subscribers for the suspended service, in Queens County (N.Y.) Supreme Court.
Read moreAmazon has spent years honing the business of packing, shipping and delivering millions of products to doorsteps around the world. Now it has a captive audience.
Read moreThe SEC accused Praxsyn Corp. and its CEO Frank J. Brady, of Atlanta, of “blatantly false” claims that they could ship N95 masks, in orders of 100,000 or more, though they had no such masks — and did so in defiance of an SEC order.
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A French appeals court on Friday confirmed a ruling that ordered US online retailing giant Amazon to restrict its operations pending an evaluation of virus risks to its staff.
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Appeals judges are to rule Friday on a court order limiting Amazon France deliveries to essential items after staff filed a lawsuit saying they feared coronavirus infections at work, the company said Tuesday.
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The “restless specter” of the 21st Amendment allows Michigan to impose separate regulations on out-of-state alcohol retailers, including a ban on direct wine shipments to consumers, the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
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Economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic spread even more widely Thursday, weighing heavily on nations, businesses and ordinary people as countries struggled to restore confidence that stores, factories, airplanes and schools could reopen safely.
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The U.S. ambassador to China said Wednesday that he does not believe Beijing is deliberately blocking exports of masks and other medical supplies to fight the coronavirus, and that the shipment of 1,200 tons of such products to the United States could not have been possible without Chinese support.
Read moreNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and crowds of New Yorkers welcomed the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort on Monday morning as it docked off Manhattan to support the city’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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For years, they were referred to in hushed tones as Bigfoot — a mythical creature rumored but never seen — but these days, the narco-submarines used by Colombia’s drug cartels have become almost commonplace.
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New sightings of a rare whale species has led the government to set a speed limit on boats navigating waters east of Boston and to extend restrictions southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
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Trade associations representing the trucking and shipping industry are challenging a legislative effort to fast-track the environmental review process for a new Oakland A’s ballpark near the Port of Oakland.
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Michigan argued before the Sixth Circuit on Thursday that a law preventing out-of-state wine merchants from making direct shipments to its residents does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause.
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A Russian icebreaker has made a successful supply run to deliver new crew and goods to an international scientific expedition investigating the depths of the high Arctic in winter.
Read moreHugh Geriak sued Allied Van Lines in Bernalillo County Court, claiming he paid it $14,000 to move his stuff, which Allied has held hostage for 43 months, demanding “payment of a ‘ransom’” to return it.
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The families of four victims of the deadly dive boat fire off the coast of Southern California sued the vessel’s owners in federal court Monday, claiming a pattern of poor safety practices and a skirting of Coast Guard rules led to deadly operating conditions.
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Three navy vessels that Moscow seized last year and handed back to Ukraine have arrived at a Ukrainian port, though Kiev said they were stripped of some equipment.
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The United States is giving Vietnam’s coast guard a second cutter vessel, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday, vowing to maintain a routine military presence in the flashpoint South China Sea.
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