Friday, May 20, 2016
APL Cuts Fleet’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Nearly in Half
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APL Cuts Fleet’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Nearly in Half

APL, the container shipping unit of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, says it has reduced its fleet’s carbon dioxide emissions by 45.5% in 2015

May 20, 2016
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Keppel in Russian Partnership

SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) – Conglomerate Keppel Corp’s offshore and marine unit signed a shareholders’ agreement with Russian oil firm

May 20, 2016
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CMA CGM Targets $1 Billion Savings in ‘Very Difficult’ Market

PARIS, May 20 (Reuters) – France’s CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping firm, reported a first-quarter net loss on Friday

May 20, 2016
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The Unwanted Ships: How to Lay-Up a Vessel
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The Unwanted Ships: How to Lay-Up a Vessel

It is always a big financial decision to lay-up a vessel, and with market conditions these days it has become a more frequent occurrence, but how does it

May 20, 2016
Total Views: 1578

Thursday, May 19, 2016
Ship Photos of the Day – ALP’s Long Haul Towing Vessel ALP Striker
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Ship Photos of the Day – ALP’s Long Haul Towing Vessel ALP Striker

The first of four 300 ton bollard pull, ultra-long distance towing and anchor handling vessels for ALP Maritime Service has been named at the Niigata

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 406

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Shipyards Named in Petrobras Suit

May 19 (Reuters) – Investment management firm EIG Management Co added Brazil’s engineering conglomerate Odebrecht SA and a few other shipyards in

May 19, 2016
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NATO Agrees to Bigger Mediterranean Mission to Stop Smugglers

By Robin Emmott and Lesley Wroughton BRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) – NATO agreed on Thursday to broaden its operations in the Mediterranean to help the

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 31

Panama Canal drought
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Draft Limits Set for Expanded Panama Canal Locks

The Panama Canal Authority has published the initial draft restrictions for neopanamax vessels ahead of next month’s opening of the expanded Panama Canal

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 41

Tanker Carrying Vegatable Oil Aground Off Uruguay
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Tanker Carrying Vegatable Oil Aground Off Uruguay

A response is underway after a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker ran aground Tuesday off the coast of Uruguay near the resort city of Punta del

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 34

VIDEO: The Spectactular Salvage Operation to Save the Modern Express
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VIDEO: The Spectactular Salvage Operation to Save the Modern Express

In this video, SMIT Salvage tells the story of the amazing race to save the Modern Express, a 164-meter-long Roll-on/Roll-off vessel which earlier this

May 19, 2016
Total Views: 2624

Wednesday, May 18, 2016
A worker near a ship under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries' Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
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Mass Layoffs Loom in South Korea as Corporate Revamp Starts

By Jiyeun Lee (Bloomberg) — The South Korean government’s push to restructure debt-laden companies is set to cost tens of thousands of workers their

May 18, 2016
Total Views: 41

New Video Shows U.S. Navy Destroyer’s Aggressive Encounter With Russian Fighter Jets in Baltic Sea
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New Video Shows U.S. Navy Destroyer’s Aggressive Encounter With Russian Fighter Jets in Baltic Sea

Some new video released by the U.S. Navy gives a better look at when two Russian fighter jets made multiple low-altitude passes by the USS Donald Cook in

May 18, 2016
Total Views: 105

Israel to Use New Sea-Borne Missile Defense to Guard Offshore Gas Fields
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Israel to Use New Sea-Borne Missile Defense to Guard Offshore Gas Fields

JERUSALEM, May 18 (Reuters) – Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had developed a version of its Iron Dome missile interceptor system that can

May 18, 2016
Total Views: 52

Armed Security Team Thwarts Pirate Attack in Gulf of Aden
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Armed Security Team Thwarts Pirate Attack in Gulf of Aden

Another attempted boarding of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden shows that pirates are still active in the region, at least off the coast of Yemen. The

May 18, 2016
Total Views: 225

Owner of Mystery Oil Tanker Comes Forward, Sheds Some Light on Abandoned Ship
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Owner of Mystery Oil Tanker Comes Forward, Sheds Some Light on Abandoned Ship

Authorities in Liberia have located the Nigerian owner of the mystery ghost ship that washed up without explanation along Liberia’s coast earlier this

May 18, 2016
Total Views: 412

Tuesday, May 17, 2016
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Ensco to Stack More Rigs, Cut More Offshore Jobs

International offshore drilling contractor Ensco is planning to cut about 350 of offshore jobs as the company plans to stack more rigs amid the

May 17, 2016
Total Views: 100

Bourbon’s Gas Plans Fall Through
Offshore

Bourbon’s Gas Plans Fall Through

Bourbon Offshore’s plan to diversify into the ethane gas market has been put on the back burner after the company failed to obtain financing for the

May 17, 2016
Total Views: 59

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Report Sounds Alarm On Future Officer Shortage

Looking into a career at sea? Your help is need now more than ever. That’s according to a new report by BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping,

May 17, 2016
Total Views: 122

Ship Photos of the Day – World’s Largest Cruise Ship Pulls Into Southampton
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Ship Photos of the Day – World’s Largest Cruise Ship Pulls Into Southampton

The world’s largest cruise ship pulled into the Port of Southampton on Tuesday ahead of its maiden cruise later this month.  The Harmony of the Seas

May 17, 2016
Total Views: 132

Maersk Investors Get 24% Richer as ‘Perfect Storm’ Warning Ends
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Maersk Investors Get 24% Richer as ‘Perfect Storm’ Warning Ends

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — Just four months after analysts warned of the “perfect storm” pummeling shares in A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, things

May 17, 2016
Total Views: 60