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U.S. Navy Ready to Deploy Laser Weapon Prototype

On April 7, 2014 By Mike Schuler
The U.S. Navy is getting ready to deploy a prototype laser weapon technology reminiscent of something you would expect to see in a Star Wars movie. The prototype, an improved [...]
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gCaptain Radio Episode 39: It’s OK, the Coast Guard will save me

On April 7, 2014 By Mike McDonald
This week marks the 39th episode of gCaptain Radio sponsored by Six Maritime. gCaptain Radio is a weekly talk show discussion with gCaptain founder John Konrad and radio host Jeff Eckles. gCaptain Radio is recorded each [...]
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Overseas Shipholding Approved to Sign $300 Million Equity Deal

On April 7, 2014 By Bloomberg
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. won court permission to sign a deal with its lenders that would raise $300 million from a share sale as part of the company’s plan to exit bankruptcy.
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Saltchuk Acquires Tropical Shipping for $220 Million

On April 7, 2014 By gCaptain Staff
A subsidiary of Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, one of the nation’s leading transportation and petroleum distribution companies, has entered into a binding purchase and sale agreement to acquire Tropical Shipping, a [...]
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Alfa Laval Buys Norwegian Pump Maker Frank Mohn for $2.2 Billion

On April 7, 2014 By Bloomberg
By Andrew Noel and Veronica Ek April 7 (Bloomberg) — Alfa Laval AB agreed to buy Norwegian pumpmaker Frank Mohn AS, the manufacturer of Framo pumps, for 13 billion kroner ($2.2 billion) to [...]
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BG Group to Move LNG and Oil Marketing to Singapore

On April 7, 2014 By Bloomberg
By Chou Hui Hong April 7 (Bloomberg) — BG Group Plc, Britain’s third- largest natural gas producer, will move its global headquarters for marketing LNG and oil to Singapore in [...]
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Ships Move World’s Largest Floating Object

On April 7, 2014 By Rob Almeida
The sheer expanse of the world’s oceans is beyond the realm of comprehension for most.  Only those have crossed oceans from a sea-level perspective, or perhaps long-haul airline pilots, can [...]
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The Morning Glory tanker loaded with rebel crude docked at the Es Sider export terminal in Ras Lanuf March 8, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Libya’s Ports Prepare To Load Oil Tankers After Deal – UPDATE

On April 7, 2014 By Reuters
By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, April 7 (Reuters) – Libya’s Zueitina oil port prepared on Monday to load crude on tankers after the government reached a deal with rebels to reopen [...]
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U.S. Navy’s Towed Pinger Locator Detects Possible Signs of MH370

On April 6, 2014 By Rob Almeida
950 miles northwest of Perth, Australia, the U.S. Navy’s towed pinger locator (TPL) may have found the tell-tale pings of the black box from MH370. “The detected signals are consistent [...]
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Singapore to Become Asian LNG Hub by 2018 -Government

On April 6, 2014 By Bloomberg
By Chou Hui Hong April 7 (Bloomberg) — Singapore’s political neutrality and English-speaking workforce will help the city-state become an Asian hub for LNG trading, according to the government. “Singapore [...]
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Sailors from Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 49) assist in the rescue of a family with a sick infant via the ship's small boat as part of a joint U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and California Air National Guard rescue effort, April 6, 2014. U.S. Navy Photo

Sick Infant, Family Safely Aboard Navy Ship Following Pacific Ocean Rescue

On April 6, 2014 By Mike Schuler
A family with a sick infant safely boarded a Navy ship Sunday morning several hundred miles off the coast of Mexico following a coordinated rescue by Coast Guard, Air National [...]
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Australian Natural Gas Industry Wants to Curb Pay

On April 6, 2014 By Bloomberg
By James Paton April 7 (Bloomberg) — The Australian government should act to rein in rising labor costs that threaten a potential A$180 billion ($167 billion) expansion of the nation’s [...]
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