Saturday, January 7, 2012
Blog

Shipping’s “Tin Ear”

– by Clay Maitland In two months, the great, the good, and the not-so-great-or-good will gather at the annual three-day Jamboree of the Connecticut

January 7, 2012
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Blog

The Importance Of Marine Safety Data

– By Rear Admiral James Watson, USCG Marine safety and environmental stewardship are closely associated when you look closely at the Coast Guard’s

January 7, 2012
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News

US Lets ExxonMobil Keep Julia, and her Billion Barrels of Oil

Federal officials have settled a dispute with Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Statoil ASA (STO, STL.OS) over one of the largest offshore oil discoveries ever

January 7, 2012
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Interesting

Container Shipping Companies – The Ten Largest Visualized

UDPATED: January 2012 The data visualization above represents the worlds 10 largest container shipping companies by TEU capacity. WORLD TEU CAPACITY:

January 7, 2012
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Friday, January 6, 2012
News

The Round-the-World Record has been CRUSHED! Banque Populaire V Wins the Jules Verne Trophy [VIDEO]

By Tom Weaver, Partner, Weaver-Price Design & Construction We are all living in an era of truly remarkable development within the world of offshore

January 6, 2012
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LNG carrier Ribera del Duero Knutsen ice-classed
News

Norwegian LNG Carrier Chooses Ice over Pirates, Russia Opens Northeast Passage

*Editor’s Note: Changed title to include Northeast Passage, not Northwest Passage as was originally reported. OSLO (Dow Jones)–Russia has for the

January 6, 2012
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Press Releases

NYK Provides Aid to Victims of Flooding in Thailand

NYK expresses its deepest compassion to the people and regions of Thailand that are suffering from the country’s worst-ever recorded floods that took

January 6, 2012
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Press Releases

Foss Joins State, Tribes to Build Replacement for Aging Columbia River Ferry

SEATTLE, January 5, 2012 — Foss Maritime Company is joining with Washington state and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to build a

January 6, 2012
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Defense

US Navy Detains Pirates, Rescues Iranian Crew [VIDEO/IMAGES]

ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2012) A U.S. Navy SH-60S Sea Hawk provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure team (VBSS) in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable

January 6, 2012
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Collision

Iranian Supertanker Collides with Containership off Singapore

At about 2100hrs on 04 Jan 2012 (Singapore time), the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) received a report that a Singapore-registered

January 6, 2012
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News

Hyundai Heavy Gets Right After it with a Pair of VLCCs and a Plan to Deliver 93 Ships

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, hailed the New Year by naming two 318,000 DWT VLCC (Very Large Crude Oil Carrier) for an

January 6, 2012
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Blog

Part 4: Operations and Maintenance Considerations to Increase Shipping Efficiency

In the 4th, and final chapter of this series on shipping efficiency technology, improvement in Operation and Maintenance procedures are considered.      A

January 6, 2012
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Press Releases

Gibdock digs deep to repair Pullmantur Zenith

Gibdock’s growing reputation as one of the leading cruise ship repair and refurbishment centres in the Mediterranean has been enhanced by the docking of

January 6, 2012
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Press Releases

Workboat Academy Opens Mate Training Program In New Orleans

The Workboat Academy and Houston Marine, a member of the Falck Alford Group, have signed an agreement to offer the Workboat Mate Program at the Houston

January 5, 2012
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Defense

US Naval Intelligence Discusses Their Role Within the Global Maritime Industry [INTERVIEW]

gCaptain’s Rob Almeida, along with Maritime Domain Awareness expert, Cesar Morales, were invited to the headquarters of US Naval Intelligence (ONI) for a

January 5, 2012
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Offshore

Transocean CFO Steps Down, Former CFO Takes Interim Role

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG), the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, said today that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

January 5, 2012
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News

Intermarine Opens Brazilian Office and Expands Services

Intermarine is pleased to announce that they have opened a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 1, 2012, to oversee all commercial activity in Brazil

January 5, 2012
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Defense

Coast Guard Rescues, Repatriates 125 Haitian Migrants

MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance repatriated 125 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Thursday. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami

January 5, 2012
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Incidents

Weekly Piracy Update: Ship’s Crew Discovers Flares do NOT Deter Pirates

Summary of Worldwide Piracy and Maritime Crime, Week of 29 December 2011. GULF OF ADEN: Bulk carrier M/V DELFA chased and fired upon by pirates in one skiff

January 5, 2012
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Incidents

Pirates Attack a Livestock Ship… Try Bringing THAT into Somalia and See How Many Friends You Make

Initial reports indicate that Somali pirates may have hijacked, or attempted to hijack, one of the dirtiest and most foul-smelling vessels on the planet…

January 5, 2012
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