Sunday, April 20, 2014
Prosecutors Extend Sewol Captain’s Detention As Death Toll Mounts
Shipping News

Prosecutors Extend Sewol Captain’s Detention As Death Toll Mounts

South Korean prosecutors investigating a ferry disaster said on Sunday they would seek to extend the detention of the ship's captain and two other crew by 10

April 20, 2014
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Search for MH370: AUV May Complete Mission Next Week
News

Search for MH370: AUV May Complete Mission Next Week

An unmanned submarine on its seventh dive for the missing Flight MH370 may complete its mission in the southern Indian Ocean within a week, said the Australian

April 19, 2014
Total Views: 12

Divers Find Bodies in Sunken Sewol Ferry
Incidents

Divers Find Bodies in Sunken Sewol Ferry

Divers searching for survivors of a capsized South Korean ferry saw three bodies floating through a window of a passenger cabin on Saturday but were unable to

April 19, 2014
Total Views: 172

Friday, April 18, 2014
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Offshore

SPOTD: CGG’s Geo Coral Drags a Full Spread

The survey vessel MV Geo Coral is one of four C-class seismic survey vessels in CGG Veritas’ global fleet and was contracted by BG Group to acquire

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 281

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News

Gazprom Ships First Arctic Oil from Controversial Prirazlomnoye Platform

By Alexei Anishchuk NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia, April 18 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin hailed Russia’s first shipment of Arctic offshore oil on

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 158

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Grounding Incidents

751-Foot Bulk Carrier Freed from Virginia Beach

USCG spokesperson Lt. Scott Williams reports in a phone call that the 751-foot bulk carrier which ran aground on Virginia Beach on Monday night has been

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 41

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Defense

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Charged In Bribery Investigation

The fourth U.S. Navy official charged in the widening corruption investigation of a Singapore-based defense contractor made his first court appearance on

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 202

Building the Baltika – the World’s First Oblique Icebreaker
News

Building the Baltika – the World’s First Oblique Icebreaker

Built by Arctech Helsinki for the Russian Ministry of Transport, Baltika is the world’s first icebreaker built with an asymmetrical hull which allows it

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 67

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News

China Orders Containerships from Tsuneishi

Tsuneishi Group (ZHOUSHAN) Shipbuilding has received newbuild orders this week for four 1,020 TEU containerships from the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 40

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News

Vice Principal Of South Korea School In Ferry Disaster Commits Suicide

By Jungmin Jang and Ju-min Park MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea, April 18 (Reuters) – The vice principal of a South Korean high school who accompanied hundreds

April 18, 2014
Total Views: 90

Thursday, April 17, 2014
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Blog

Mike Horn Announces North-South Polar Circumnavigation

As if solo circumnavigating the earth via the equator, a 27 month solo trek along the arctic circle, or hiking to the north pole in the dead of winter

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 76

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Finance

Shipping Firms Turn To Equity Markets As Sector Eyes Recovery

By Jonathan Saul and Freya Berry LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Shipping companies are turning to equity markets to fill a growing funding gap, betting

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 1145

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News

OSG Halts Foreign Investors While Sitting on the Edge of the Jones Act

Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) announced today that the portion of it’s common stock owned by U.S. citizens stands at 77 percent as of 15 April 2014.

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 25

Amateur Footage Inside Sunken Ferry Raises Big Questions
Incidents

Amateur Footage Inside Sunken Ferry Raises Big Questions

Trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for what happened on board the Sewol is a nearly impossible thing to do. At the risk of being too quick

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 45

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News

For Ultra-Large Boxships, LNG Fuel May be the Key to Cutting Costs

By Mike Wackett Bigger and bigger ships operating at slower and slower speeds across the tradelanes of the world are testament to the single-minded desire of

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 30

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News

Addressing Grey Water Pollution from Ships

By Wei Chen, R&D Manager, Waste Water Systems, Wa?rtsila? In 2013, fines incurred under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 436

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Finance

Offshore Marine Firm POSH Raises $311 Million In Singapore IPO

By Elzio Barreto and Rujun Shen HONG KONG/SINGAPORE,April 17 (Reuters) – PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) could raise at least S$388.27 million

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 122

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News

Captain of Sunken Ferry Could Face Criminal Negligence Charges

By Narae Kim JINDO, South Korea, April 17 (Reuters) – The captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized off the southwest coast was facing a criminal

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 37

Hundreds Still Missing In Deadly South Korea Ferry Accident
Incidents

Hundreds Still Missing In Deadly South Korea Ferry Accident

Rescuers fought rising winds and waves on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, mostly teenage schoolchildren, still missing after a South Korean

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 46

Wednesday, April 16, 2014
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News

CSAV and Hapag-Lloyd Sign Deal For Business Tie-Up

SANTIAGO/FRANKFURT, April 16 (Reuters) – Chilean shipper Compania SudAmericana de Vapores on Wednesday said it has signed a binding deal with

April 16, 2014
Total Views: 52