Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Hillary Clinton: Arctic Drilling ‘Not Worth the Risk’
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Hillary Clinton: Arctic Drilling ‘Not Worth the Risk’

  By Timothy Gardner and Amanda Becker Aug 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her

August 18, 2015
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Prosafe Books First Gig for New Accommodation Vessel
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Prosafe Books First Gig for New Accommodation Vessel

  Semi-submersible accommodation vessel owner Prosafe says it has booked a $60 million contract for use of one of its newbuild vessels beginning in

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 149

DSME shipyard
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DSME Execs Offer to Resign After Record Loss

  BY Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said 13 executives and advisers have offered to resign as the

August 18, 2015
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‘Cool Pool’ – LNG Ship Owners Form First Vessel Pool
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‘Cool Pool’ – LNG Ship Owners Form First Vessel Pool

  By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Dynagas Ltd., GasLog Ltd. and Golar LNG Ltd. agreed to jointly market their liquefied natural gas tankers for

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 125

maersk triple-e
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Maersk Line Plans Huge Freight Rate Hike on Key Asia-Europe Route

  COPENHAGEN, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk Line, plans to raise spot freight rates sharply on

August 18, 2015
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – USNS Mercy Replenishment at Sea
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Ship Photos of the Day – USNS Mercy Replenishment at Sea

The Japanese oiler JS Mashu in a replenishment at sea with the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Now in its 10th year,

August 17, 2015
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Shell Arctic Drilling Receives U.S. Approval
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Shell Arctic Drilling Receives U.S. Approval

  The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has granted Shell its final approval to drill for oil and gas offshore Alaska in the arctic

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 30

Offshore oil and gas platform
Shipping News

Oil Just Fell to Its Six-Year Low

  By Mark Shenk (Bloomberg) — Oil closed at the lowest level in more than six years in New York amid speculation that demand may slip as economies

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 26

Petrobras 1000 drillship
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Former Petrobras Exec Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Over Samsung Drillship Bribe

  SAO PAULO, August 17 (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge sentenced Nestor Cervero, former international chief of state-run oil firm Petrobras, to just

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 39

Port of Hamburg Slashes 2015 Volume Forecasts on China, Russia
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Port of Hamburg Slashes 2015 Volume Forecasts on China, Russia

  HAMBURG, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The Port of Hamburg Marketing Association has slashed its forecast for container volumes at Hamburg’s port, a

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 40

queen mary 2
Interesting

Search Abandoned After Queen Mary 2 Crew Member Goes Overboard

  A search was launched and later suspended this weekend for a crewmember of Curnard’s Queen Mary 2 cruise liner who fell overboard

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 72

Drewry: COSCO, CSCL Merger Could Cause Chain Reaction in China
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Drewry: COSCO, CSCL Merger Could Cause Chain Reaction in China

  By Drewry Shipping Consultants Having blocked the P3 Alliance on competition grounds, China could now merge China Cosco and CSCL and, as a result, cause

August 17, 2015
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Tianjin Port Resumes Operations After Blasts
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Tianjin Port Resumes Operations After Blasts

  SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Many operations have resumed at China’s Tianjin port, trade sources said, after explosions last week

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 37

Sunday, August 16, 2015
WATCH: Norwegian Escape Float-Out at Meyer Werft
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WATCH: Norwegian Escape Float-Out at Meyer Werft

The Norwegian Escape was floated out of the covered building dock at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany on Saturday. The 164,600 gross ton cruise

August 16, 2015
Total Views: 780

Death Toll Rises from Tianjin Port Blasts
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Death Toll Rises from Tianjin Port Blasts

  By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The death toll from Wednesday’s blasts at a chemical warehouse in China’s port city of Tianjin has risen to

August 16, 2015
Total Views: 52

Greece Using Car Ferry to House Syrian Migrants
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Greece Using Car Ferry to House Syrian Migrants

  KOS, Greece, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Syrian migrants on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday began boarding a passenger ship that is to house

August 16, 2015
Total Views: 20

Hundreds Evacuated After Fire Torches Passenger Vessel in Philippines
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Hundreds Evacuated After Fire Torches Passenger Vessel in Philippines

  A large fire engulfed the passenger ship MV Wonderful Stars while docked at the port in Ormoc city, central Philippines on Saturday, causing the frantic

August 16, 2015
Total Views: 36

Friday, August 14, 2015
Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record
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Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record

  Cargo container volumes surged through the Port of Long Beach in July with an 18.4 percent increase over the same month in 2014, making it a record

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 24

Ship Photo of the Day – Alaska’s Biggest Crane Arrives in Kodiak
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Ship Photo of the Day – Alaska’s Biggest Crane Arrives in Kodiak

Matson, Inc. this week took delivery of a new 65-ton gantry crane to replace one half its size at the company’s Kodiak Terminal in Alaska. The crane,

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 152

Tianjin Ship Disruptions Persist After Blast
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Tianjin Ship Disruptions Persist After Blast

  By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Shipping and logistics companies reported delays and disruptions after the deadly explosion at the Chinese port of

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 37