Thursday, June 6, 2013
UK Watchdog Bans Eurotunnel Ferries From Dover
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UK Watchdog Bans Eurotunnel Ferries From Dover

Britain's competition watchdog has barred France's Groupe Eurotunnel from docking its ferries at Dover for at least two years over purchase of three

June 6, 2013
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Moment of Impact: Norwegian Navy’s Target Practice With Long-Range Missile [VIDEO]
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Moment of Impact: Norwegian Navy’s Target Practice With Long-Range Missile [VIDEO]

Here is a video showing the explosive moment the Norwegian navy blew up one of its own ships to test out their latest long-range

June 6, 2013
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Capesizes Gain Most in Month as Fleet Seen Absorbing Demand

Capesizes Gain Most in Month as Fleet Seen Absorbing Demand

Rates to ship iron ore rose by the most in almost a month on speculation demand remains high even as a surplus of vessels keeps earnings below operating

June 6, 2013
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Maersk Falls as Jefferies Sees Rate Rise Flop

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S fell in Copenhagen trading after Jefferies Group LLC said the world’s largest shipping line may report losses at the end of the

June 6, 2013
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Nigerian Pirates Release Hostages
Piracy

Nigerian Pirates Release Hostages

Pirates have released five Pakistani crew they kidnapped from an oil tanker off the Nigerian coast two weeks

June 6, 2013
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HHI and Wartsila Win Bid for New Heavy Construction Vessel

Wärtsilä announced today they have won the design contract for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV) to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries for Subsea 7.

June 6, 2013
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News

Stolt Tankers to Get High-Speed Internet at Sea

Marlink announced that Stolt Tankers has chosen the Sealink Global Ku-band VSAT service to upgrade its entire fleet of deep sea and regional tankers.

June 6, 2013
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
right whale
News

NOAA Seeking Permanent Rule to Reduce Whale Ship Strikes Along U.S. East Coast

NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking comments on its proposal to make permanent the rules it implemented five years ago to reduce the number of collisions between

June 5, 2013
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Larry Ellison Is Destroying the America’s Cup: Jonathan Mahler

Jonathan Mahler is a sports columnist for Bloomberg View. He is the author of the best-selling “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning” and

June 5, 2013
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ABB breakthrough for enhanced reliability drillship
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ABB breakthrough for enhanced reliability drillship

Zurich, Switzerland, June 3, 2013 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has secured a landmark offshore marine industry contract

June 5, 2013
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Ship Photos of The Day – Four Super-Post Panamax Cranes Arrive in Georgia [GALLERY]
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Ship Photos of The Day – Four Super-Post Panamax Cranes Arrive in Georgia [GALLERY]

Four massive new ship-to-shore cranes arrived at Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal on Wednesday, bringing the total number of

June 5, 2013
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U.S. Coast Guard Concludes Kulluk Hearings
Offshore

U.S. Coast Guard Concludes Kulluk Hearings

The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday said it has wrapped up its formal marine casualty investigation hearing on the contributing causes that led to the grounding

June 5, 2013
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Fredriksen Sees Tanker Market Weak For At Lease 2 More Years

Fredriksen Sees Tanker Market Weak For At Lease 2 More Years

Shipping magnate John Fredriksen sees no quick turnaround on the market for crude oil tankers, but is more optimistic about the outlook for other arms of his

June 5, 2013
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Maritime and Offshore Oil and Gas Collaboration Highlighted at Nor-Shipping
Offshore

Maritime and Offshore Oil and Gas Collaboration Highlighted at Nor-Shipping

The offshore industry is “a legitimate child” of the marriage between oil and gas as well as maritime companies, says Sturla Henriksen, Director

June 5, 2013
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Arctic Shipping Code Seen In Place By 2016 – IMO
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Arctic Shipping Code Seen In Place By 2016 – IMO

A code regulating shipping in the high Arctic, where maritime traffic is expected to increase as the ice cap recedes, is due to be implemented in

June 5, 2013
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Container Ship Demand to Return With Globalization, Maersk Line Says

Demand growth in the container- shipping industry probably won’t return to pre-crisis levels in the coming years as the pace of globalization slows,

June 5, 2013
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Sting Taking Britain’s Shipbuilding Demise to Broadway
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Sting Taking Britain’s Shipbuilding Demise to Broadway

Yes. Sting, the

June 5, 2013
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Angola LNG Startup Seen Helping Ship Rates

Rates to ship liquefied natural gas will benefit from the startup of the Angola LNG export facility as vessels dedicated to the project stop competing for spot

June 5, 2013
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WATCH: Bull Sharks Turn Trophy Fish to Chum
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WATCH: Bull Sharks Turn Trophy Fish to Chum

Here at gCaptain we typically hold off on the recreational fishing videos for the good ones... and this happens to be one of

June 5, 2013
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It’s Wednesday. I’m Sure Many of You are Feeling Like This…
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It’s Wednesday. I’m Sure Many of You are Feeling Like This…

35,000 people in Oslo for Nor-Shipping right now. I'm sure many of you are feeling like

June 5, 2013
Total Views: 303