Friday, October 24, 2014
Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall
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Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe continued to fall for the sixth consecutive

October 24, 2014
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Two-Year-Old Jones Act Tanker Sells for $157 Million
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Two-Year-Old Jones Act Tanker Sells for $157 Million

Houston headquartered Genesis Energy, L.P. announced today that it has agreed to acquire the Jones Act-qualifying MT American Phoenix and two related charters

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 525

Chevron Strikes Oil at Guadalupe Prospect in Gulf of Mexico
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Chevron Strikes Oil at Guadalupe Prospect in Gulf of Mexico

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) together with BP announced Thursday a significant new oil discovery at the Guadalupe prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 89

Watch: Construction Barge Sinks Within Seconds On Chicago River
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Watch: Construction Barge Sinks Within Seconds On Chicago River

Some new video has popped up online showing a construction barge sinking on the Chicago River last Friday afternoon in the middle of downtown

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 791

RV Arcticus – The Great Lakes Newest Research Vessel Delivered
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RV Arcticus – The Great Lakes Newest Research Vessel Delivered

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center says it has taken delivery of its newest research vessel and the vessel will be put to work

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 673

AIS Reliance Contributed to Dover Strait Collision -REPORT
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AIS Reliance Contributed to Dover Strait Collision -REPORT

An investigation by the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch into a January 2014 collision between a Rickmers’ cargo ship and a crane barge in

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 167

Four Rescued After Tugboat Sinks Off Rhode Island
Incidents

Four Rescued After Tugboat Sinks Off Rhode Island

A 55-foot tugboat towing an empty barge capsized and sank Wednesday night off of Point Judith, Rhode Island. All four people aboard the tug were rescued from

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 235

High-Cost Projects to Struggle at $80-$85 Crude, Oil Search Says
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High-Cost Projects to Struggle at $80-$85 Crude, Oil Search Says

High-cost energy projects globally will struggle to stay profitable if crude oil prices stay around $80 a barrel to $85 a barrel and some proposed developments

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 38

Somalia’s Mogadishu Port In For Major Facelift With Turkish Help
Ports

Somalia’s Mogadishu Port In For Major Facelift With Turkish Help

The Somali government's grand vision for Mogadishu port under its new Turkish managers sees modern container ships replacing wooden dhows, new cranes easing

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 296

Coast Guard Investigating Ferry Collision in U.S. Virgin Islands
Shipping News

Coast Guard Investigating Ferry Collision in U.S. Virgin Islands

U.S. Coast Guard marine investigators are trying to determine the cause of a collision between a passenger ferry and a commercial sailing vessel which occurred

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 122

Idku liquefied natural gas
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BG Group Seeks Revival of Egyptian LNG Business

British energy company BG Group is in talks with BP to link their two gas developments off Egypt's coast, as part of BG's drive to breathe life into its

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 34

Diamond offshore semisubmersible upgrade shipyard
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Diamond Offshore to Scrap Half-Dozen Rigs, Fleet Now Contracted to 2019

With the huge influx of new steel heading into the offshore drilling market, Diamond Offshore Drilling announced today plans to retire and scrap six of their

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 464

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Matson Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay $1 Million For Honolulu Harbor Molasses Spill
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Matson Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay $1 Million For Honolulu Harbor Molasses Spill

A division of the Jones Act shipping company Matson has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $1 million in connection to last year's molasses

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 132

Venezuela Books VLCC to Import Second Algerian Crude Shipment
Shipping News

Venezuela Books VLCC to Import Second Algerian Crude Shipment

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has hired a supertanker to load a second 2 million-barrel cargo of Algerian crude, according to preliminary tanker

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 29

Steel Cut On Crowley’s LNG-Powered ConRos
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Steel Cut On Crowley’s LNG-Powered ConRos

Crowley Maritime Corp. has announced that VT Halter Marine, Inc. in Pascagoula, Mississippi has cut steel on the first of two new LNG-powered ConRo ships for

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 77

Stena Line Ferry Breaks Moorings in Belfast With Passengers On Board
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Stena Line Ferry Breaks Moorings in Belfast With Passengers On Board

Strong winds generated by the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo in the North Atlantic caused a Stena Line ferry to break free from its moorings in Ireland with

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 152

Veteran Captain ‘Daydreaming’ When Ferry Grounded – Report
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Veteran Captain ‘Daydreaming’ When Ferry Grounded – Report

A veteran captain of a Bald Head Island ferry was likely daydreaming when his vessel ran aground in December 2013 in North Carolina, injuring 14 people,

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 82

Canadian LNG Projects See British Columbia Tax Bills Slashed By Half
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Canadian LNG Projects See British Columbia Tax Bills Slashed By Half

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is among liquefied natural gas developers applauding British Columbia’s plan to halve a proposed tax on multibillion-dollar projects

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 48

Alaska State Ferry Crew Rescues Fisherman in B.C. Waters
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Alaska State Ferry Crew Rescues Fisherman in B.C. Waters

The crew of an Alaska state ferry came to the aid of a Canadian fisherman whose vessel had sunk off British Columbia early Saturday, but tragically two others

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 47

Disabled Dutch Cargo Ship Under Tow Off Scotland
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Disabled Dutch Cargo Ship Under Tow Off Scotland

A Dutch cargo ship was adrift overnight in the North Sea after a small engine room fire disabled the vessel off Shetland's Fair

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 37