Thursday, August 20, 2015
NASSCO Ready to Launch World’s Second LNG-Powered Containership, TOTE 2
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NASSCO Ready to Launch World’s Second LNG-Powered Containership, TOTE 2

  General Dynamics NASSCO is getting ready for the launch of the second of two LNG-powered containerships being built for TOTE Maritime. The launching

August 20, 2015
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Diver Inspections Kick Off Sewol Salvage Project in South Korea
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Diver Inspections Kick Off Sewol Salvage Project in South Korea

  A team of divers began preliminary inspections of the sunken Sewol ferry in South Korea on Wednesday, marking the first on-site operations in the effort

August 20, 2015
Total Views: 65

Oil’s Plunge Takes Toll on Norwegian Economy
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Oil’s Plunge Takes Toll on Norwegian Economy

  By Saleha Mohsin (Bloomberg) — Norway’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter as plunging crude prices sap investments and drive up

August 20, 2015
Total Views: 21

Dry Bulk – Capesize Rates to Fall on Excess Tonnage, Uncertain Demand
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Dry Bulk – Capesize Rates to Fall on Excess Tonnage, Uncertain Demand

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers are set to slide further next week, after falling to their

August 20, 2015
Total Views: 29

New Suez Canal Dredging Helps Boskalis Sail Past First Half Profit Forecast
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New Suez Canal Dredging Helps Boskalis Sail Past First Half Profit Forecast

  By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Dutch marine engineering company Boskalis reported a 21 percent rise in first-half earnings,

August 20, 2015
Total Views: 124

hapag-lloyd containership
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Hapag-Lloyd Shooting for September IPO – Sources

  FRANKFURT, Aug 20 (Reuters) – German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd aims to launch preparations for a stock market flotation in September,

August 20, 2015
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – SAIL Amsterdam Festival Kicks Off with Huge Parade
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Ship Photos of the Day – SAIL Amsterdam Festival Kicks Off with Huge Parade

  Here are some photos from Wednesday’s Sail-In Parade marking the beginning of the SAIL Amsterdam 2015 maritime festival held in Amsterdam,

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 217

Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Reflects Today’s Depressed Offshore Market
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Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Reflects Today’s Depressed Offshore Market

  The Department of the Interior’s latest oil and gas lease sale covering nearly 22 million acres in the western Gulf of Mexico drew little interest

August 19, 2015
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China’s Huge (and Hard-to-Find) Canal on the Doorstep of America
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China’s Huge (and Hard-to-Find) Canal on the Doorstep of America

  By Michael McDonald (Bloomberg Business) — Deep on the southeastern side of Lake Nicaragua, along a bumpy dirt road that climbs gently through

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 50

ship bunkering
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Full Steam Ahead: Shippers Risk Paying a Price for Cheaper Fuel

  By Keith Wallis and Jane Xie SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) – A slide in marine fuel prices to six-year lows should be a welcome break for global

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 40

Vantage Drilling Drillship Cancelled at DSME
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Vantage Drilling Drillship Cancelled at DSME

  Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s number two shipbuilder, says it has cancelled a 703.4 billion won ($595 million)

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 137

WATCH: Blue Whale Has Perfect Comedic Timing
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WATCH: Blue Whale Has Perfect Comedic Timing

The timing on this is

August 19, 2015
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Jensen Unveils LNG Bunker Barge Concepts
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Jensen Unveils LNG Bunker Barge Concepts

Seattle-based naval architecture firm Jensen Maritime on Wednesday revealed two new concepts for fully customizable liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barges.

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 377

China Port Authorities to Tighten Supervision of Dangerous Goods Shipments
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China Port Authorities to Tighten Supervision of Dangerous Goods Shipments

  SHANGHAI, Aug 19 (Reuters) – China’s port authorities will strengthen supervision of dangerous goods shipments following devastating

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 15

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.
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DSME Shares Tank on Concern Liabilities Exceed Assets

  By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. fell to the lowest price in more than 13 years in Seoul trading on

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 23

Shipping TV Tour On Board a Seventy-Year-Old VIC Steamer – VIDEO
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Shipping TV Tour On Board a Seventy-Year-Old VIC Steamer – VIDEO

Shipping TV’s Chris Gosling takes a tour aboard the 1945-built steam-driven Victualling Inshore Craft, VIC96, has a chat with her skipper and

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 120

Tuesday, August 18, 2015
WATCH: Tanker Maneuvering Into Port in Perfect Aerial Time-Lapse
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WATCH: Tanker Maneuvering Into Port in Perfect Aerial Time-Lapse

Check out this perfect aerial time-lapse of UK-flagged tanker Galway Fisher entering the Port of Galway, located on the central west coast of Ireland in Galway

August 18, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – HMS Artful: Britain’s Most Powerful Attack Sub Put to Sea
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Ship Photos of the Day – HMS Artful: Britain’s Most Powerful Attack Sub Put to Sea

The UK Royal Navy’s third Astute-class nuclear powered submarine HMS Artful departed the BAE Systems yard in Barrow-in-Furness this week for its maiden

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 317

MOL Second to Settle Car Carrier Price-Fixing Lawsuit
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MOL Second to Settle Car Carrier Price-Fixing Lawsuit

Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, also known as MOL, has settled a major class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by individual consumers and auto,

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 44

Expanded Panama Canal Meets Pacific Ocean – Photos and Video
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Expanded Panama Canal Meets Pacific Ocean – Photos and Video

This video shows the process of removing the barrier separating the waters of the Pacific Ocean from the new Cocoli locks on the Pacific side of the Panama

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 129