Monday, October 26, 2015
Good Samaritan Vessels Rescue 36 from Burning Fishing Vessel in Remote Pacific
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Good Samaritan Vessels Rescue 36 from Burning Fishing Vessel in Remote Pacific

  The 36-member crew of a Papua New Guinea-flagged commercial purse seiner are safe following a joint rescue by good samaritan vessels and search and

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 69

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Korean Shipyards – Afloat, But Taking On Water

  By David Fickling (Bloomberg View) — Things had been looking more hopeful for Korea’s three largest shipbuilders, until today. After seven

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 94

Tug and Barge Ground in High Winds Off Galveston, Texas
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Tug and Barge Ground in High Winds Off Galveston, Texas

  The U.S. Coast Guard is working with contractors and the owner of a seagoing tug and empty tank barge Monday, after the vessels became beached in the

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 102

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Maersk Oil to Cut Up to 12% of its Global Workforce

  Maersk Oil says it intends to implement workforce reductions amounting to 10% to 12% of its global workforce amid the low price of oil. The move,

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 36

Ship Photos of the Day – More Sketches of Ships
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Ship Photos of the Day – More Sketches of Ships

Back by popular demand, Niall Farrell from Greystones, Ireland has sent us more sketches he’s done of ship scenes around Europe.  See more of

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 55

Sunday, October 25, 2015
Five Dead, One Missing After Tour Vessel Capsizes Off British Columbia
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Five Dead, One Missing After Tour Vessel Capsizes Off British Columbia

  Update: The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says it will be deploying a team of investigators to Tofino, British Columbia to investigate the

October 25, 2015
Total Views: 90

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About 100 Injured After Hong Ferry Hits Object

  HONG KONG, Oct 25 (Reuters) – About 100 people were injured on Sunday when a ferry returning from Macau to Hong Kong collided with an unknown

October 25, 2015
Total Views: 28

Top Hurricane Tracking Sites [Ranked]
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Top Hurricane Tracking Sites [Ranked]

Editor’s NOTE: With Hurricane Sandy currently over Cuba and threatening Florida and the U.S. East Coast, here is a look at some of the top websites

October 25, 2015
Total Views: 2750

Saturday, October 24, 2015
Scary Video Shows Self-Propelled Barge Flip Over in Just Seconds
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Scary Video Shows Self-Propelled Barge Flip Over in Just Seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkiPQy8ZR9M This video was just uploaded to LiveLeak and purportedly happened on a river in China. Unfortunately we have no

October 24, 2015
Total Views: 194

Friday, October 23, 2015
Watch: NASA Satellite Captures Record-Breaking Hurricane Form Over Eastern Pacific
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Watch: NASA Satellite Captures Record-Breaking Hurricane Form Over Eastern Pacific

  At 8 a.m. EDT on October 23, 2015, the National Hurricane Center reported Patricia became the strongest eastern north pacific hurricane on record with

October 23, 2015
Total Views: 40

Time-Lapse Friday: Hong Kong Waters in 4K HD
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Time-Lapse Friday: Hong Kong Waters in 4K HD

This is one of a series of videos created by Captain Florin, which he shoots himself as he travels around the world on a containership. The original idea

October 23, 2015
Total Views: 28

To Beat Congestion, Asian Box Terminal Operations Need Revolution, Not Evolution
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To Beat Congestion, Asian Box Terminal Operations Need Revolution, Not Evolution

  By Sam Whelan in Shenzhen, The Loadstar The waves of port congestion that regularly beset Asian container terminals can be overcome through an industry

October 23, 2015
Total Views: 39

Divers Nearly Caught In Cruise Ship Propeller -VIDEO
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Divers Nearly Caught In Cruise Ship Propeller -VIDEO

These two assumed they wouldn’t fire the props because the ship was docked. You know what they say about assumptions. Uploader Phil Jaynes tells us:

October 23, 2015
Total Views: 5987

Maersk Cuts Profit Outlook on Weaker Global Container Market
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Maersk Cuts Profit Outlook on Weaker Global Container Market

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk cut its profit forecast for 2015 citing a weaker container shipping market as the outlook

October 23, 2015
Total Views: 62

Baltic and China’s Ningbo Exchanges Launch Container Indices Link
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Baltic and China’s Ningbo Exchanges Launch Container Indices Link

  By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – London’s Baltic Exchange and Chinese state-owned Ningbo Shipping Exchange said on Friday they

October 23, 2015
Total Views: 74

Hurricane Patricia, Strongest Storm on Record in Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, Nears Mexico
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Hurricane Patricia, Strongest Storm on Record in Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, Nears Mexico

By Brian K. Sullivan and Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) — A hurricane stronger than Katrina in 2005 and Andrew in 1992 is poised to hit Mexico’s biggest

October 23, 2015
Total Views: 51

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Keppel May Get Sucked Into Petrobras Bribery Scandal

SINGAPORE, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Singapore oil rig builder Keppel Corporation Ltd said it may face an investigation into deals with Brazilian state-run oil

October 23, 2015
Total Views: 64

Thursday, October 22, 2015
There Is a Huge Backlog of Ships Waiting to Pass Through the Panama Canal
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There Is a Huge Backlog of Ships Waiting to Pass Through the Panama Canal

  If your ship is planning to pass through the Panama Canal anytime soon, be prepared to wait.  Looking at AIS data of the anchorages

October 22, 2015
Total Views: 1120

People Are Saying This New Mega Sailing Yacht is the Ugliest Vessel Ever Built
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People Are Saying This New Mega Sailing Yacht is the Ugliest Vessel Ever Built

  The design of the soon-to-be world’s largest sail-assisted motor yacht was revealed for the first time recently as the vessel set out for a

October 22, 2015
Total Views: 1280

Norwegian Cruise Line Takes Delivery of New Flagship
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Norwegian Cruise Line Takes Delivery of New Flagship

  Norwegian Cruise Line on Thursday took delivery of its largest ship to date, the 164,600 gross ton Norwegian Escape. The delivery from

October 22, 2015
Total Views: 102