Tuesday, December 31, 2013
USCG’s Top Ten Videos of 2013 – WATCH
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USCG’s Top Ten Videos of 2013 – WATCH

The United States Coast Guard wants your help picking the best video from

December 31, 2013
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Year in Maritime Photos – 2013
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Year in Maritime Photos – 2013

A look at 2013 in pictures.

December 31, 2013
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pacific class 400 jack up ppl shipyard
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Perisai Petroleum Orders Third Jack-Up from PPL Shipyard

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard announced today the signing of a repeat order to build a third Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig for Perisai (L)

December 31, 2013
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Commodities: Corn Set for Biggest Drop Since 1960

Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — Corn headed for the biggest annual drop since at least 1960 and wheat tumbled the most in five years as grain production climbs to

December 31, 2013
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East Indiaman Götheborg
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Early 18th Century Sailing Onboard the Götheborg

Tall ships are the last few living objects of ages past, like hands with long arms protruding from the past to our times, like long piers coming to our

December 31, 2013
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Monday, December 30, 2013
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Incidents

Thick Ice Forces Helicopter Rescue for Passengers of Ship Stuck Off Antarctica

Thick ice and weather will prevent icebreakers from reaching the stricken MV Akademik Shokalskiy expedition ship stuck in ice off Antarctica, forcing a

December 30, 2013
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Overseas Reymar
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Pilot’s Last Minute Decision Caused Overseas Reymar Allision with Bay Bridge – NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a Marine Accident Report on its investigation into the January 2013 allision between the Overseas Reymar

December 30, 2013
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Chemical Tanker Suffers Major Fire Following Collision With Car Carrier Off Busan
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Chemical Tanker Suffers Major Fire Following Collision With Car Carrier Off Busan

A laden chemical tanker has suffered what looks like a catastrophic fire following a collision with a car carrier on sea trials near Busan, South

December 30, 2013
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Rescue Underway for Stricken Bulk Carrier Off Cork, Ireland

Rescue Underway for Stricken Bulk Carrier Off Cork, Ireland

Efforts are underway to retrieve a stricken bulk carrier off the coast of Cork, Ireland that went adrift Sunday after losing

December 30, 2013
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msc monterey evacuation canada

Owner: 1.5 Meter Crack Discovered in Hull of MSC Monterey Containership

Some new details have emerged today about the condition of the MSC Monterey containership which suffered a crack in its hull while underway in adverse

December 30, 2013
Total Views: 126

Blizzard Halts Icebreaker’s Bid To Rescue Stranded Ship Off Antarctica
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Blizzard Halts Icebreaker’s Bid To Rescue Stranded Ship Off Antarctica

Severe Antarctic weather was slowing an Australian icebreaker's bid to reach a Russian ship trapped in ice since Christmas eve with 74 people onboard, the

December 30, 2013
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Cyclone Stops Australia’s Iron Ore Exports as Rigs Shutdown
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Cyclone Stops Australia’s Iron Ore Exports as Rigs Shutdown

Iron ore shipments from northern Australia, the world’s biggest exporter, and some offshore oil drilling were halted as a cyclone forecast to bring

December 30, 2013
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China State Shipbuilding Wins $108 Million Bulk Carrier Order

British Virgin Islands-based firm Prosperity Investment Ltd has entered into an agreement today with China State Shipbuilding Corporation to build four, 64,000

December 30, 2013
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msc monterey evacuation
Incidents

MSC Monterey Suffers Crack Off Canada – UPDATE

Update 2: 1.5 Meter Crack Discovered in Hull of MSC Monterey Update: The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre reports that the MSC Monterey is currently at anchor

December 30, 2013
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
sedco express noble energy
Offshore

Israel’s Natural Gas Riddle Has Woodside and Gazprom Hanging

Israel’s sputtering preparations for exporting offshore natural gas have postponed drilling and threaten a $2.3 billion investment from

December 29, 2013
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News

Cracking Ice Bodes Well For Antarctic Ship Rescue

Ice that has trapped a Russian ship with 74 people on board in Antarctica appeared to be cracking up on Sunday, raising hopes for a rescue as a powerful

December 29, 2013
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shackelton antarctic
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Shackleton Expedition Photos Discovered

Twenty-two never-before-seen photographic negatives, left a century ago in Captain Robert F. Scott’s last Antarctic expedition base at Cape Evans, have

December 29, 2013
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MS King Seaways ferry
Incidents

British Police Arrest Two Men Over North Sea Ferry Fire

LONDON, Dec 29 (Reuters) – British police said on Sunday they had arrested two men after a suspected arson attack on a ferry in the North Sea carrying

December 29, 2013
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Semi-submersible Drilling Rig Sinks at DSME [INCIDENT PHOTOS]
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Semi-submersible Drilling Rig Sinks at DSME [INCIDENT PHOTOS]

The Deepsea Aberdeen, a semi-submersible drilling rig being built for Odfjell Drilling, sank at the DSME shipyard in South Korea on Saturday. Up until its

December 28, 2013
Total Views: 416

Tokitae drydock
Multimedia

A Year at Vigor Industrial Building Puget Sound’s Newest Ferry [TIMELAPSE]

The video captures construction of Washington state’s newest Olympic Class ferry, 144-car Tokitae, from the start of construction through summer 2013.

December 28, 2013
Total Views: 243