Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Costa Concordia Captain to Release Book About 2012 Disaster
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Costa Concordia Captain to Release Book About 2012 Disaster

  Francesco Schettino, the former captain of the Coast Concordia, has written about the 2012 disaster in a new 600-page book that promises to

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 563

Fourteen Rescued as Cargo Ship Capsizes Off India – INCIDENT PHOTOS
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Fourteen Rescued as Cargo Ship Capsizes Off India – INCIDENT PHOTOS

  In another daring rescue this week, the Indian Navy and Coast Guard rescued fourteen sailors from a general cargo ship as it capsized and sank in severe

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 37

Japan Beating China in Race for Indian Ocean Deep-Sea Port
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Japan Beating China in Race for Indian Ocean Deep-Sea Port

Japan is beating out China in a race to build Bangladesh’s first deep-sea port as the region’s powers jostle for a foothold in the Indian

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 59

UAE’s Topaz Eyes South American Expansion Amid Oil Services Struggle
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UAE’s Topaz Eyes South American Expansion Amid Oil Services Struggle

Topaz Energy and Marine is eyeing expansion into South America in the next two years as the Dubai-based oil services firm looks beyond the current difficulties

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 29

Canada’s TSB Sends Team to Investigate St. Lawrence River Tug Sinkings
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Canada’s TSB Sends Team to Investigate St. Lawrence River Tug Sinkings

  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent a team of investigators to probe Monday’s sinking of two tugboats on the Saint Lawrence

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 24

Nigerian Trader Sues Glencore Over Failed Payments for Sailors’ Release
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Nigerian Trader Sues Glencore Over Failed Payments for Sailors’ Release

Glencore Plc is being sued by a former representative in Nigeria who says the commodities trader promised him $5 million to help free 15 Russian sailors

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 188

Statoil Cancels Contract for COSL Pioneer
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Statoil Cancels Contract for COSL Pioneer

  Norwegian oil major Statoil says it has terminated its contract with the COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig some 13 months before the expiry

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 78

Tuesday, June 23, 2015
International Shipping Needs 42,500 More Officers By 2019, Drewry Says
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International Shipping Needs 42,500 More Officers By 2019, Drewry Says

  The international shipping industry will require an additional 42,500 officers by the end of 2019 to cope with the expected growth in the main cargo

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 59

Virgin Unveils Cruise Ship Plans
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Virgin Unveils Cruise Ship Plans

Virgin Cruises, the new cruise ship company by billionaire Sir Richard Branson, will build three mid-sized cruise ships at Fincantieri and the first vessel is

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 86

Hilarious Anti-Drinking While Boating PSA is a Home Run
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Hilarious Anti-Drinking While Boating PSA is a Home Run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHdPhkSSNQ This video is so perfect. It was created for AV-OG-TIL, a Norwegian NGO working to reduce the harmful effects of

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 192

Panama Begins Testing New Locks in Expanded Canal – SPOTD
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Panama Begins Testing New Locks in Expanded Canal – SPOTD

The Panama Canal expansion project reached another milestone Tuesday with the start of tests of the new lock gates. The tests kicked off in the new lock

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 132

27 Companies Competing for Sewol Salvage Contract
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27 Companies Competing for Sewol Salvage Contract

  A total of 27 companies have submitted bids for the multi-million dollar contract to raise the sunken Sewol ferry in South Korea. The 27 companies

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 27

TORM Tanker Picks Up 200 Migrants Off Libya
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TORM Tanker Picks Up 200 Migrants Off Libya

  A TORM product tanker on Sunday assisted Italian authorities in a rescue operation to save migrants from two unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast.

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 137

China Extends Ship Scrapping Subsidy Program
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China Extends Ship Scrapping Subsidy Program

China on Tuesday extended by two years a subsidy programme that encourages shipping companies to scrap old vessels in a bid to support an industry struggling

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 41

Island Offshore Reduces Working Hours, Avoiding Layoffs
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Island Offshore Reduces Working Hours, Avoiding Layoffs

  Norwegian offshore vessel operator Island offshore says it will be reducing working hours for its shoreside employees to avoid layoffs amid the severely

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 81

Deepwater Champion Drillship
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Transocean Delays Drillships, Lands New Contracts

  Transocean, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, revealed Tuesday that in the past month the company has landed $109 million

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 42

Striking Ferry Workers Shut Channel Tunnel, Blockade Calais Port
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Striking Ferry Workers Shut Channel Tunnel, Blockade Calais Port

Traffic was halted through the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France on Tuesday after striking French ferry workers set fire to tires, while Britain's

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 12

Carnival Beats Estimates, Raises Forecast
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Carnival Beats Estimates, Raises Forecast

the world’s largest cruise- line operator, reported second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates and raised the lower range of its 2015 earnings

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 24

Singapore Opens Next Phase of $3.5 Billion Container Terminal
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Singapore Opens Next Phase of $3.5 Billion Container Terminal

Singapore opened the newest addition to its container port on Tuesday, aiming to handle more of the increasing number of mega-ships plying the

June 23, 2015
Total Views: 139

Monday, June 22, 2015
Two Tugs Sink on St. Lawrence River Near Cornwall
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Two Tugs Sink on St. Lawrence River Near Cornwall

  Crewmembers are safe after a tugboat capsized and sank on the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario after becoming pinned against a barge in strong

June 22, 2015
Total Views: 206