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Dry Dock with Norwegian Tanker Capsizes at Polish Shipyard

Dry Dock with Norwegian Tanker Capsizes at Polish Shipyard

April 27, 2017 By Mike Schuler

A floating dry dock holding a Norwegian tanker capsized Thursday afternoon at the Nauta Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland. The Nauta Shipyard said that the dry dock began listing at about 1:30 p.m. local time on Thursday and came to rest practically on its side at a depth of about 10 meters.  Inside the dry dock is […]


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Frontline Takes Legal Battle Over DHT to Marshall Islands

Frontline Takes Legal Battle Over DHT to Marshall Islands

April 27, 2017 By Reuters

OSLO, April 27 (Reuters) – John Fredriksen’s Frontline is switching its legal battle for control of tanker operator DHT Holdings from New York to the tiny Marshall Islands after making a fifth offer for the company this week. Frontline, controlled by Norwegian billionaire Fredriksen and owner of a 14.5 percent stake in DHT, has over […]

Oil Tankers to Cruise Ships Powered by LNG Offer Hope on Glut

Oil Tankers to Cruise Ships Powered by LNG Offer Hope on Glut

April 27, 2017 By Bloomberg

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — When Russia’s biggest tanker operator launches four new vessels next year, they won’t just be carrying oil to northern Europe but the hopes of the liquefied natural gas industry. Sovcomflot’s Aframax ships, capable of shifting 600,000 barrels of oil through the icy waters of the Baltic Sea to the […]



Sembcorp Marine Q1 Profit Drops as Rig Orders Slow Down

Sembcorp Marine Q1 Profit Drops as Rig Orders Slow Down

April 27, 2017 By Reuters

SINGAPORE, April 27 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Ltd (Sembmarine) posted a 28 percent drop in its first-quarter profit as rig orders slowed and customers delayed taking deliveries. Sembmarine reported a profit of S$39.5 million ($28 million)for the three months ended March, compared with S$54.8 million a year earlier. The company, majority owned by industrial […]

World’s Top Two Shipyards Signal More Orders as Earnings Improve

World’s Top Two Shipyards Signal More Orders as Earnings Improve

April 27, 2017 By Bloomberg

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — The world’s two biggest shipbuilders reported profit and issued an improved outlook, indicating South Korea’s shipyards may finally be emerging from two years of restructuring. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., which averted a payment crisis this month after bondholders agreed to a debt revamp, said Thursday it is set to deliver […]

Russian Spy Ship Sinks in Black Sea After Collision

Russian Spy Ship Sinks in Black Sea After Collision

April 27, 2017 By Reuters

STANBUL, April 27 (Reuters) – A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock and all 78 personnel on board the navy ship were evacuated, Turkish officials said. The rescued crew members of the Russian ship Liman were in good health after the collision […]

Somali Pirate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attack on U.S. Navy Ship

Somali Pirate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attack on U.S. Navy Ship

April 26, 2017 By Mike Schuler

A U.S. federal judge has sentenced a Somali man to life plus 10 years in prison for his role in the unsuccessful pirate attack on the the U.S. Navy ship USS Ashland in April 2010. Mohamed Farah, 31, was one of five Somali men found guilty by a federal jury in February 2013 of engaging […]

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Why are Lifeboats Killing Seafarers?

Why are Lifeboats Killing Seafarers?

Viral Video: Out-of-Control Ferry Slams Head On Into Pier

Viral Video: Out-of-Control Ferry Slams Head On Into Pier

This Mesmerizing Interactive Map Displays Ship Movements Across the Globe

This Mesmerizing Interactive Map Displays Ship Movements Across the Globe

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Viral Video: Out-of-Control Ferry Slams Head On Into Pier

Viral Video: Out-of-Control Ferry Slams Head On Into Pier

On 105th Anniversary of Titanic Sinking, You Can Now Watch the Disaster Unfold in Real-Time

On 105th Anniversary of Titanic Sinking, You Can Now Watch the Disaster Unfold in Real-Time

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Watch: Gale Force Winds Rock Ship in Durban

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