Saturday, October 31, 2015
TOTE Services Seeks Protection from Death Claims in El Faro Sinking
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TOTE Services Seeks Protection from Death Claims in El Faro Sinking

  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla., Oct 31 (Reuters) – The owner of the U.S. cargo ship El Faro that sank in a powerful hurricane off the Bahamas

October 31, 2015
Total Views: 164

Friday, October 30, 2015
Australia Reveals Details of New Antarctic Icebreaker
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Australia Reveals Details of New Antarctic Icebreaker

The Australian Government has provided details of Australia’s new state-of-the-art icebreaker set to replace the Aurora Australis as the flagship of

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 133

Rare Cyclone Gaining Strength Over Arabian Sea
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Rare Cyclone Gaining Strength Over Arabian Sea

  By Tom Miles GENEVA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Cyclone Chapala, a storm gathering in the Arabian Sea, is heading for Yemen and Oman and may cause floods,

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 113

Ship Hits Barge in Corpus Christi – INCIDENT PHOTO
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Ship Hits Barge in Corpus Christi – INCIDENT PHOTO

A 480-foot heavy lift cargo ship hit a barge in the Corpus Christi Inner Harbor Thursday night, causing quite the scene but resulting in no pollution and just

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 166

ACP Awaiting Report on Repair Timeline for Panama Canal Cracks
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ACP Awaiting Report on Repair Timeline for Panama Canal Cracks

  By Michael McDonald (Bloomberg) — The April opening of Panama’s $5.3 billion expanded canal, originally set for 2014, could be delayed further

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 48

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Hapag-Lloyd Revises IPO Again as Maersk Warning Damps Demand

  By Nicholas Brautlecht (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG adjusted its initial public offering plan for the third time this month, potentially depriving

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 85

Thursday, October 29, 2015
DSME shipyard
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DSME Gets $3.7 Billion Bailout

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-biggest shipyard, rose the most in two months in

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 57

China Holds Weight in Numbers in South China Sea
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China Holds Weight in Numbers in South China Sea

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Oct 30 (Reuters) – When a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed near one of Beijing’s artificial islands in the

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 31

Ronald Spithout President Inmarsat Maritime
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Is INMARSAT The Next Apple? Interview With Ronald Spithout

Over 35 years after eighty-six countries came together to found Inmarsat with a maritime safety mandate, the London-headquartered mobile communications

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 62

TOTE Hit With Fourth Lawsuit Over El Faro Loss
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TOTE Hit With Fourth Lawsuit Over El Faro Loss

  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. cargo ship El Faro which experienced engine failure and sank in a hurricane in the Bahamas

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 118

Hornbeck Offshore to Have 30 OSVs Stacked by End of Year
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Hornbeck Offshore to Have 30 OSVs Stacked by End of Year

  Hornbeck Offshore is set to have more than 30 OSVs fleet stacked by year-end as the slump in oil prices continues to wreck havoc on the offshore market.

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 112

Ship Photos of the Day – Triple-E Makes Maiden Call at Southampton
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Ship Photos of the Day – Triple-E Makes Maiden Call at Southampton

The Maersk Triple-E Mathilde Maersk makes it maiden call at the DP World Southampton container terminal at the port of Southampton on Wednesday, October

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 71

Oil Removed from Wrecked ‘Flinterstar’ Off Belgium
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Oil Removed from Wrecked ‘Flinterstar’ Off Belgium

  Dutch shipowner Flinter announced Wednesday that all remaining heavy fuel oil has been successfully removed from the wreck of the MV

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 92

Wrecked Bulk Carrier to be Scuttled Off Mexico
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Wrecked Bulk Carrier to be Scuttled Off Mexico

  A 223-meter bulk carrier will need to be scuttled after suffering catastrophic damage from its grounding along a remote stretch of coast in Mexico

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 114

World’s Busiest Shanghai Port Logs First Quarterly Profit Fall in Over a Year
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World’s Busiest Shanghai Port Logs First Quarterly Profit Fall in Over a Year

  SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Shanghai International Port Group Co Ltd, the operator of the world’s busiest container port,

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 43

Pacific Drilling Cancels Drillship Order at Samsung Heavy
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Pacific Drilling Cancels Drillship Order at Samsung Heavy

  Luxembourg-based Pacific Drilling (NYSE:PACD) says it has rescinded a construction contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Pacific Zonda at Samsung

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 82

How One Lone Oil Rig Embodies the Brazil Boom That Never Was
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How One Lone Oil Rig Embodies the Brazil Boom That Never Was

  By Sabrina Valle and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Oil majors had big plans for Brazil, but you can’t tell by looking at the country’s offshore

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 131

Shell Posts Biggest Loss in More Than a Decade
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Shell Posts Biggest Loss in More Than a Decade

  By Rakteem Katakey and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported its biggest net loss in at least 16 years after Europe’s largest

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 43

Asia Capesize Rates Could Slide Further in Overtonnaged Market
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Asia Capesize Rates Could Slide Further in Overtonnaged Market

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers could slip further next week as too many ships available

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 33

Beach Landings Are A Breeze With This Incredible Beach Crawler – VIDEO
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Beach Landings Are A Breeze With This Incredible Beach Crawler – VIDEO

No need to get wet when you are landing this Hard Drive Marine-designed craft that can literally crawl itself onto a beach. “Designed for extended stays

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 356