Monday, September 7, 2015
Low Water Hampers Shipping on Rhine, Danube River
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Low Water Hampers Shipping on Rhine, Danube River

  HAMBURG, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Low water levels persist on the Rhine and Danube in Germany and cargo vessels cannot sail fully loaded on the German

September 7, 2015
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offshore wind turbine
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UK Set to Reject Large Offshore Wind Project in English Channel

  COPENHAGEN, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Britain is poised to reject a large wind farm project in the English Channel as it would jeopardise the UNESCO

September 7, 2015
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London International Shipping Week Kicks Off With LSE Opening
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London International Shipping Week Kicks Off With LSE Opening

  London International Shipping Week was kicked off Monday with the opening of the London Stock Exchange Monday by Shipping Minister Robert Goodwill MP

September 7, 2015
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Iran Hopes to Export Gas to EU Through Spain
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Iran Hopes to Export Gas to EU Through Spain

  DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Iran hopes to bring its gas to the European Union by shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Spain, Iran’s oil

September 7, 2015
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Sunday, September 6, 2015
At Least 10 Dead After South Korean Fishing Boat Capsizes
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At Least 10 Dead After South Korean Fishing Boat Capsizes

  By Hooyeon Kim SEOUL, Sept 6 (Reuters) – At least 10 people died and about eight were missing after a South Korean fishing boat capsized, a coast

September 6, 2015
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Littoral Combat Ships Transform Wisconsin’s Marinette Marine Shipyard
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Littoral Combat Ships Transform Wisconsin’s Marinette Marine Shipyard

  By Andrea Shalal MARINETTE, Wis., Sept 6 (Reuters) – Big investments, lean manufacturing techniques borrowed from the automotive industry, and a

September 6, 2015
Total Views: 75

Barge Shipping Resumes on Mississippi River After Slurry Oil Spill
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Barge Shipping Resumes on Mississippi River After Slurry Oil Spill

Sept 5 (Reuters) – Barge shipping traffic on the Mississippi River resumed on Saturday after the U.S. Coast Guard reopened a stretch of the river that

September 6, 2015
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Friday, September 4, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – Shell’s Arctic Fleet
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Ship Photos of the Day – Shell’s Arctic Fleet

Shell Alaska has deployed a wide range of vessels in support of its 2015 exploratory drilling at the Burger Prospect in the Chukchi Sea off the northwest coast

September 4, 2015
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WATCH: Containership NYK Hyperion Calls at DCT Gdansk in HD
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WATCH: Containership NYK Hyperion Calls at DCT Gdansk in HD

The 13,000 TEU NYK Hyperion calls at Poland’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk), marking the fourth ship to call at the port under the G6

September 4, 2015
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CMA CGM Bourgainville
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French Flag’s Largest Ship Enters Service

French shipping company CMA CGM has put into service the 400-meter-long CMA CGM Bourgainville, the world’s largest containership sailing under the French

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 59

Drillship Built as CIA Spy Ship to Raise Soviet Sub Falls Victim to Oil Crash
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Drillship Built as CIA Spy Ship to Raise Soviet Sub Falls Victim to Oil Crash

  By John Miller ZURICH, Sept 3 (Reuters) – A ship built by the CIA for a secret Cold War mission in 1974 to raise a sunken Soviet sub

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 300

hapag-lloyd containership
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Hapag-Lloyd IPO Timing in Doubt

  FRANKFURT, Sept 4 (Reuters) – German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd has taken further steps in preparation of a stock market listing and has

September 4, 2015
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Slurry Oil Spill on Mississippi River Could Be 250,000 Gallons
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Slurry Oil Spill on Mississippi River Could Be 250,000 Gallons

The U.S. Coast Guard says that up to 250,000 gallons of clarified slurry oil could have spilled following a towboat collision on the Mississippi River near

September 4, 2015
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Sinotrans to Merge with China Merchant Group, Report Says
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Sinotrans to Merge with China Merchant Group, Report Says

  By Jasmine Wang (Bloomberg) — Sinotrans Ltd. and Sinotrans Shipping Ltd., controlled by China’s second-biggest commodity-shipping company,

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 78

Thursday, September 3, 2015
LGN Tanks
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Gas Technology Institute To Deliver LNG Bunkering Safety Training

Last week Gas Technology Institute (GTI) joined with Marine Firefighting Inc. to train more than 150 stakeholders and first responders about liquefied natural

September 3, 2015
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More Than 90% of Australian Seafaring Jobs At Risk Under Cabotage Reform Plan, Research Shows
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More Than 90% of Australian Seafaring Jobs At Risk Under Cabotage Reform Plan, Research Shows

  More than 90% of Australian seafarers working in the domestic trade will lose their jobs under the Abbott government’s plan to reform

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 88

MOL Testing New Containership ‘Windshield’
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MOL Testing New Containership ‘Windshield’

  Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has started testing a new containership ‘windshield’ technology that it hopes will help cut wind resistance,

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 185

WATCH: Drone Addicts Video from SAIL Amsterdam Maritime Festival
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WATCH: Drone Addicts Video from SAIL Amsterdam Maritime Festival

Netherlands-based Drone Addicts was at the Port of Amsterdam in August to capture the parade of ships kicking off SAIL 2015, a once-every-five-years maritime

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 441

AIDA Cruises New Flagship Delayed Again at MHI
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AIDA Cruises New Flagship Delayed Again at MHI

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says that the delivery of a next-generation cruise ship for AIDA Cruises scheduled for September will be delayed by

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 128

Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports to China Soar in August
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Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports to China Soar in August

SYDNEY, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Iron ore exports to China from Australia’s Port Hedland rose 15 percent to 33.9 million tonnes in August from July, as

September 3, 2015
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