Thursday, July 9, 2015
Movie Trailer for ‘The Finest Hours’ – The Remarkable True Story of the SS Pendleton Rescue
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Movie Trailer for ‘The Finest Hours’ – The Remarkable True Story of the SS Pendleton Rescue

  Disney has just release its first trailer from its new film The Finest Hours, based on the remarkable true story of “the greatest small boat

July 9, 2015
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BBC Broadcaster Emily Maitlis to Moderate London International Shipping Week Flagship Conference

London International Shipping Week 2015 (LISW15) is delighted to announce that Emily Maitlis, Presenter of BBC Newsnight and the News Channel, is to moderate

July 9, 2015
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iranian crude supertanker
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Libya Government Will Seize Any Tanker Approaching Main Oil Port

  By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, July 9 (Reuters) – Libyan security forces guarding the country’s major Ras Lanuf oil port will seize any tankers

July 9, 2015
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Falkirk Wheel Time-Lapse – The World’s Only Rotating Boat Lift
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Falkirk Wheel Time-Lapse – The World’s Only Rotating Boat Lift

Unless you’ve seen the Scotland’s Falkirk Wheel in action, we can pretty much guarantee that you have never seen anything like it in your life. The

July 9, 2015
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Venezuela Bid to Review $46 Million Tidewater Award Rejected
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Venezuela Bid to Review $46 Million Tidewater Award Rejected

CARACAS, July 8 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s request to review a $46 million compensation claim it has been ordered to pay to oil service company

July 9, 2015
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Sydney Harbor Gridlock Stalls Fastest-Growing Cruise Ship Market
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Sydney Harbor Gridlock Stalls Fastest-Growing Cruise Ship Market

By Angus Whitley (Bloomberg) — When the first fleet of convict ships arrived in Australia, the commander turned up his nose at Botany Bay and looked for

July 9, 2015
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Colombia’s Magdalena River Project Dredges Up Economic Promise
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Colombia’s Magdalena River Project Dredges Up Economic Promise

  By Julia Symmes Cobb BARRANCABERMEJA, Colombia, July 9 (Reuters) – The hulking backhoe dredges up rocks and silt from the shallows of the muddy

July 9, 2015
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
African Union Troops Somalia
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Somalia Appeals To UN Court in Maritime Spat With Kenya

By Mohamed Sheikh Nor (Bloomberg) Somalia, which has mainland Africa’s longest coastline, plans to pursue its case in a maritime dispute with Kenya at the

July 8, 2015
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Maersk Line Inks $1.1 Billion Order for Nine New Ships
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Maersk Line Inks $1.1 Billion Order for Nine New Ships

  Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, announced Wednesday the signing of a newbuild contract with South Korea’s

July 8, 2015
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Logitel Delays Delivery of Teekay’s Big Round Accommodation Rigs
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Logitel Delays Delivery of Teekay’s Big Round Accommodation Rigs

  Singapore-based Logitel Offshore Holdings has delayed the delivery of its second and third floating accommodation unit after striking an agreement

July 8, 2015
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Somali Pirates Polled – International Naval Presence is Biggest Deterrent of Piracy
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Somali Pirates Polled – International Naval Presence is Biggest Deterrent of Piracy

  An informal survey of convicted Somali pirates is shedding new light into their motivations, attitudes towards piracy, and what has been the biggest

July 8, 2015
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ABS to Class Maersk’s ‘New’ Triple-E
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ABS to Class Maersk’s ‘New’ Triple-E

  International classification society ABS has been selected to class 11 ultra-large containerships (ULCs) for Denmark’s Maersk Line A/S. Maersk

July 8, 2015
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World’s First ‘Widened’ Containership Re-Enters Service – Ship Photos of the Day
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World’s First ‘Widened’ Containership Re-Enters Service – Ship Photos of the Day

  After successful sea trials, the world’s first widened containership – MSC Geneva – re-entered service this month sailing between

July 8, 2015
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Shell’s $70 Billion BG Acquisition Clears Brazil Hurdle
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Shell’s $70 Billion BG Acquisition Clears Brazil Hurdle

  By Katerina Petroff (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc obtained regulatory approval from Brazil to buy BG Group Plc, clearing another antitrust

July 8, 2015
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Two Killed in Accident at Petrobras Oil Terminal; Fire Reported at Platform
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Two Killed in Accident at Petrobras Oil Terminal; Fire Reported at Platform

  RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Reuters) – Two workers died at a construction project at a Brazilian oil terminal operated by state-run Petrobras on

July 8, 2015
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Shell Arctic Icebreaker Suffers Hull Damage in Alaska
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Shell Arctic Icebreaker Suffers Hull Damage in Alaska

  One of two icebreakers that will support Shell’s arctic drilling in the Chukchi Sea this summer is now stuck in Dutch Harbor after an underwater

July 7, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – Docking a Triple-E
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Ship Photos of the Day – Docking a Triple-E

Today’s ship photos come to us from Bremerhaven Pilots docking a Maersk Triple-E containership at the Port of Bremerhaven. The tugs seen are

July 7, 2015
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Prelude FLNG Taking Shape – Bird’s-Eye-View of Largest Floating Structure Ever Built
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Prelude FLNG Taking Shape – Bird’s-Eye-View of Largest Floating Structure Ever Built

Here’s the latest update from Shell on its massive Prelude FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility currently under construction at Samsung Heavy

July 7, 2015
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U.S. Clears Carnival Cruises to Cuba
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U.S. Clears Carnival Cruises to Cuba

  By Christopher Palmeri (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp., angling to become the first U.S. cruise operator to call on Cuba in 50 years, said the

July 7, 2015
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Container Shipping ‘Lucky to Break Even’ in 2015, Drewry Says
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Container Shipping ‘Lucky to Break Even’ in 2015, Drewry Says

  A toxic mixture of overcapacity, weak demand and aggressive commercial pricing is threatening liner shipping industry profitability for the rest of

July 7, 2015
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