Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Ships Waiting Up to 11 Days at the Panama Canal
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Ships Waiting Up to 11 Days at the Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is still dealing with a high backlog of vessels waiting to pass through the waterway, leaving ships, crews and cargo waiting

November 11, 2015
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CMA CGM Leading the Field to Buy NOL, But Only if the Price is Right

By Mike Wackett, The Loadstar There are “significant obstacles” to the sale of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), despite interest from Maersk

November 11, 2015
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Sri Lanka Scraps Firm’s Floating Armory Deals Amid Scandal
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Sri Lanka Scraps Firm’s Floating Armory Deals Amid Scandal

By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maitripala Sirisena on Wednesday revoked all deals by a private security firm related to

November 11, 2015
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Viking Ocean Cruises Makes it Six at Fincantieri
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Viking Ocean Cruises Makes it Six at Fincantieri

The new ocean-going fleet of Viking Cruises will increase to six ships by 2020 with the company returning to Fincantieri for two

November 11, 2015
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DSME Told to Stop Work on LPG Ships After Fatal Fire

The Korean Government has ordered Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to halt work on five LPG carriers under construction at DSME’s Okpo

November 11, 2015
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Iran to Face Bumpy Re-Entry Into Global Oil Tanker Market
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Iran to Face Bumpy Re-Entry Into Global Oil Tanker Market

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Even after Western sanctions are lifted, Iran’s oil tanker fleet is expected to face more hurdles

November 11, 2015
Total Views: 74

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Shipping News

Hapag-Lloyd Returns to Profit

FRANKFURT, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Newly-listed German container shipping group Hapag Lloyd said on Wednesday it broke even in the third quarter as it

November 11, 2015
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Danish Shipping Companies Torm and D/S Norden Helped by Higher Tanker Rates
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Danish Shipping Companies Torm and D/S Norden Helped by Higher Tanker Rates

  COPENHAGEN, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Busy refineries boosting tanker freight rates in the oil tanker market helped both Danish shipping companies D/S

November 11, 2015
Total Views: 104

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
gCaptain Nautical Gift Guide
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gCaptain 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

Santa’s not the only one making lists and checking them twice this time of year. We know plenty of you are compiling wish lists in your tally books,

November 10, 2015
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Largest STS Crane in North America Commissioned in Houston
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Largest STS Crane in North America Commissioned in Houston

  The Port of Houston Authority has commissioned the first of four new Super Post-Panamax STS cranes at its Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The four

November 10, 2015
Total Views: 446

Incredible Footage: Heavy Weather Tow Of Russian Aircraft Carrier in Bay of Biscay
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Incredible Footage: Heavy Weather Tow Of Russian Aircraft Carrier in Bay of Biscay

February 2012: New footage of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov towed by the tug Nikolay Chiker after the aircraft carrier lost propulsion in the

November 10, 2015
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DSME Shipyard South Korea
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Another Fire at DSME Kills One, Injures Seven

  A fire onboard a ship under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo shipyard killed one and injured seven others

November 10, 2015
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Today Marks 40 Years Since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sank in Lake Superior
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Today Marks 40 Years Since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sank in Lake Superior

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the Great Lakes freighter that sank in a strong gale on eastern Lake Superior

November 10, 2015
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Oil Tanker Backlog in U.S. Gulf Seen as New Symbol of Glut
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Oil Tanker Backlog in U.S. Gulf Seen as New Symbol of Glut

  HOUSTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) – A traffic jam of oil tankers has emerged along the U.S. Texas coast this month, a snarl that some traders see as the

November 10, 2015
Total Views: 623

Monday, November 9, 2015
LNG Tanker Steaming Toward U.S. Sabine Pass for Inaugural Loading
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LNG Tanker Steaming Toward U.S. Sabine Pass for Inaugural Loading

  NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Cheniere Energy’s landmark Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas export plant in Louisiana will receive its first

November 9, 2015
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WATCH: Huge Sideways Launch at Poland’s Remontowa Shipyard
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WATCH: Huge Sideways Launch at Poland’s Remontowa Shipyard

The 110-meter hull of the sail training ship El-Mellah was launched over the weekend at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. The El-Mellah is

November 9, 2015
Total Views: 142

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Maersk Line CEO Expects Shipping Consolidation to Speed Up

  By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Nov 9 (Reuters) – The world’s number one container shipping company Maersk Line expects consolidation in the

November 9, 2015
Total Views: 43

Navy Provides More Details on Missile Test Flight That Had Everyone Freaking Out This Weekend
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Navy Provides More Details on Missile Test Flight That Had Everyone Freaking Out This Weekend

  The U.S. Navy provided some more information into Saturday night’s missile test launch that had many on the west coast and across the nation

November 9, 2015
Total Views: 80

Neptune Orient Lines Jumps to Highest Since May on Takeover Talks
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Neptune Orient Lines Jumps to Highest Since May on Takeover Talks

  By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. jumped to the highest level in more than five months in Singapore trading after the

November 9, 2015
Total Views: 33

Maersk: Global Economy Worse Than Forecasts Show
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Maersk: Global Economy Worse Than Forecasts Show

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The world’s economy is growing at a slower pace than the International Monetary Fund and other large

November 9, 2015
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