Monday, August 31, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – Building the Marlins, The World’s First LNG Containerships
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Ship Photos of the Day – Building the Marlins, The World’s First LNG Containerships

The second of two Marlin-class containerships was launched over the weekend at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego where the vessels are being

August 31, 2015
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Deal Reached in MyFerryLink Dispute
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Deal Reached in MyFerryLink Dispute

  PARIS, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A deal was reached on Monday to save hundreds of ferry jobs at the northern French port of Calais, the French transport

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 37

Orkim Harmony Pirate Mastermind Caught
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Orkim Harmony Pirate Mastermind Caught

The suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of an Orkim product tanker earlier this year off Malaysia has been arrested outside Indonesia’s capital

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 312

‘Historic’ Zohr Gas Discovery Off Egypt Re-Writes Israel’s Energy Playbook
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‘Historic’ Zohr Gas Discovery Off Egypt Re-Writes Israel’s Energy Playbook

  By Ari Rabinovitch and Eric Knecht JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Egypt’s historic gas discovery threatens to sink Israel’s

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 41

Amazing 4K Time-Lapse Onboard Maersk Containership
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Amazing 4K Time-Lapse Onboard Maersk Containership

Amazing video shows cargo operations onboard the containership Maersk Gunhilde during a voyage from Ho-Chi Minh, Vitenam to Ningbo, China in September

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 80

Bunker Tanker Saved Off Scotland
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Bunker Tanker Saved Off Scotland

  Volunteer crews from Britain’s Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) helped rescue a bunker tanker that was nearly capsized after a

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 112

the largest found in a decade in the region. Illustration: Maersk Oil.
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Maersk Oil Approved to Develop Large Culzean Field in UK North Sea

  COPENHAGEN, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Maersk Oil has received approval by the UK’s Oil & Gas Authority to develop the largest gas field

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 59

keppel shipyard shipbuilding singapore
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Keppel Acquires Cameron’s Jack-Up Rig Business

Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine, the world’s largest rig builder, says it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 123

Sunday, August 30, 2015
President Obama Defends Alaska Offshore Drilling
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President Obama Defends Alaska Offshore Drilling

  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Saturday defended his decision to allow Royal Dutch Shell to drill for oil in

August 30, 2015
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PERLA DEL CARIBE – NASSCO Launches Second LNG-Powered Containership for TOTE
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PERLA DEL CARIBE – NASSCO Launches Second LNG-Powered Containership for TOTE

The world’s second LNG-powered containership was launched Saturday at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. The Perla del Caribe is the

August 30, 2015
Total Views: 302

Eni Finds Largest Mediterranean Gas Field Ever Offshore Egypt
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Eni Finds Largest Mediterranean Gas Field Ever Offshore Egypt

    By Anthony DiPaola (Bloomberg) — Eni SpA discovered a “super giant” natural gas field offshore Egypt in what the Italian oil company

August 30, 2015
Total Views: 71

Friday, August 28, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – One of the Strangest-Looking Ships Ever
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Ship Photos of the Day – One of the Strangest-Looking Ships Ever

The Ramform Atlas has to be one of the strangest-looking ships ever built. It is one of two new vessels in the Ramform Titan class of 3D seismic survey

August 28, 2015
Total Views: 846

Panama Canal drought
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Panama Canal Draft Restrictions Lifted

  The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said Friday that recent rainfall and water management measures means that upcoming draft restrictions for vessels using

August 28, 2015
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Fire on UASC Containership at Port of Hamburg
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Fire on UASC Containership at Port of Hamburg

  A fire broke out in the cargo area of a UASC containership early Friday morning as it arrived at the port of Hamburg. Local media reports say that

August 28, 2015
Total Views: 90

Drifting MSC Boxship Towed to Safety Off Spain – PHOTOS
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Drifting MSC Boxship Towed to Safety Off Spain – PHOTOS

A 300-meter containership that lost power off Spain on Thursday drifted to within just miles of land before a tug was able to gain control of the vessel and

August 28, 2015
Total Views: 325

Nations Joust But Arctic Payoff May Be Decades Away
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Nations Joust But Arctic Payoff May Be Decades Away

  By David J. Lynch (Bloomberg) — Even as melting Arctic glaciers threaten to swamp shorelines, nations from Russia to the U.S. are betting that

August 28, 2015
Total Views: 29

Iranian Fishing Vessel and Crew Escape Captivity Off Somali Coast
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Iranian Fishing Vessel and Crew Escape Captivity Off Somali Coast

By Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI, Aug 28 (Reuters) – An Iranian fishing vessel and its crew have escaped after being held captive for five months by Somali

August 28, 2015
Total Views: 61

Thursday, August 27, 2015
A Concrete Sample Was Pulled from the New Panama Canal Locks and It Does Not Look Good
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A Concrete Sample Was Pulled from the New Panama Canal Locks and It Does Not Look Good

  A core sample pulled from the concrete of the Cocoli Locks where cracks and leaks have appeared does not bode well for the Panama Canal expansion

August 27, 2015
Total Views: 613

World Wide Supply to Lay Up Two PSVs
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World Wide Supply to Lay Up Two PSVs

  Norwegian platform supply vessel owner World Wide Supply says that the weak spot market in the UK sector of the North Sea has forced it to lay-up two

August 27, 2015
Total Views: 43

WATCH: Lego Stena IceMAX Build Time-Lapse
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WATCH: Lego Stena IceMAX Build Time-Lapse

Here’s a time-lapse showing the building of the Lego-version Stena IceMAX drillship at LSME (that’s Lego Shipyard and Marine Engineering). The

August 27, 2015
Total Views: 138