Saturday, July 16, 2016
Dolphins escort HMS Ocean
Navy

Federal Court Rules Against The US Navy, In Favor Of Whales

The US Navy has wrongly used sonar at levels that could harm whales, seals, dolphins and walruses and disrupt their feeding and mating, ruled a federal appeals

July 16, 2016
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Ocean Power Technology's PowerBuoy
Environment

Green Energy Stock Skyrockets After Power-Generating Buoy Deployment

Ocean Power Technologies Inc. climbed to a 19-month high after installing its first power-generating buoy designed for commercial use, off the coast of New

July 16, 2016
Total Views: 156

USCG Crew Survival, Practice Training At Sea
Blog

Raising Our Standards: Moving Beyond Basic Maritime Training

  By Jaquelyn Burton (Coeval, Inc.) For many of the everyday practices in the maritime world – there are standards. Some are regulatory, still

July 16, 2016
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Friday, July 15, 2016
Twelve Pirates Convicted Over 2013 Attack on MSC Containership in Indian Ocean
News

Twelve Pirates Convicted Over 2013 Attack on MSC Containership in Indian Ocean

A Mauritian Court on Friday overturned an earlier ruling and convicted twelve men of piracy over a January 2013 attack on the containership MSC Jasmine in the

July 15, 2016
Total Views: 112

MSC Master in Hot Water Over Alleged Drug Trafficking
News

MSC Master in Hot Water Over Alleged Drug Trafficking

The Master of an MSC containership is being accused of international drug trafficking after authorities in Italy unveiled a complex scheme to offload drugs at

July 15, 2016
Total Views: 369

Panama Canal Retakes Market Share from Suez
Shipping News

Panama Canal Retakes Market Share from Suez

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Following the inauguration of the Panama Canal’s new lock system at the end of last month, the waterway is already

July 15, 2016
Total Views: 78

BP Raises Deepwater Horizon Spill Liability to $61.6 Billion
Shipping News

BP Raises Deepwater Horizon Spill Liability to $61.6 Billion

By David Wethe and Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — BP Plc has raised the total liability from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, which triggered the worst

July 15, 2016
Total Views: 97

Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Planned in New York Waters
Offshore

Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Planned in New York Waters

By Christopher Martin (Bloomberg) — The Long Island Power Authority plans to approve a 90 megawatt wind farm off the coast of New York that would become

July 15, 2016
Total Views: 33

Thursday, July 14, 2016
Ports America Said to Explore Sale Valuing Company at $1 Billion
News

Ports America Said to Explore Sale Valuing Company at $1 Billion

By Ed Hammond and Kiel Porter (Bloomberg) — Ports America, the closely held maritime-terminal operator, is exploring a sale, people with knowledge of the

July 14, 2016
Total Views: 173

Ramform Tethys Tows Record 50 Square Mile Streamer Spread
Shipping News

Ramform Tethys Tows Record 50 Square Mile Streamer Spread

Subsea surveying company PGS has once again set the record for the world’s largest seismic streamer spread tow covering a surface area of a whopping 50

July 14, 2016
Total Views: 188

Wallenius Wilhelmsen ro-ro ship
Shipping News

WWL to Pay Nearly $100 Million Criminal Fine Over Ro-Ro Price Fixing Scheme

Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS (WWL) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $98.9 million criminal fine for its involvement in a

July 14, 2016
Total Views: 188

U.S. LNG Seen Eluding Asia as Low Prices Trump Panama Canal
Shipping News

U.S. LNG Seen Eluding Asia as Low Prices Trump Panama Canal

By Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Asia’s going to have to wait a little longer for the flood of U.S. shale gas to reach its shores. A global glut of

July 14, 2016
Total Views: 29

hyundai merchant marine
News

Hyundai Merchant Marine to Join Maersk, MSC in 2M Alliance

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. will join the world’s biggest shipping alliance, meeting all conditions imposed by creditors

July 14, 2016
Total Views: 70

Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Ship Photos of the Day – Pearl Harbor During RIMPAC 2016, the World’s Largest Maritime Exercise
Shipping News

Ship Photos of the Day – Pearl Harbor During RIMPAC 2016, the World’s Largest Maritime Exercise

Dozens of Navy ships from all over the world have descended on Pearl Harbor as part for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016, the world’s largest

July 13, 2016
Total Views: 900

Port of Savannah Welcomes First Ship Through Expanded Panama Canal
News

Port of Savannah Welcomes First Ship Through Expanded Panama Canal

The Port of Savannah on Wednesday welcomed the first vessel to call at the port through new locks of the expanded Panama Canal. At a capacity of 10,100

July 13, 2016
Total Views: 49

Three Injured After ‘Hard Contact’ with LNG Carrier Off Milford Haven
Interesting

Three Injured After ‘Hard Contact’ with LNG Carrier Off Milford Haven

Three Milford Haven ship pilots have been injured after their pilot boat made ‘hard contact’ with an LNG carrier during a routine transfer, the

July 13, 2016
Total Views: 291

Grounded Benita Won’t Be Blown to Pieces in Mauritius
Accidents

Grounded Benita Won’t Be Blown to Pieces in Mauritius

The salvors behind the refloating of the MV Benita are downplaying the use of explosives to remove the vessel from the rocks in Mauritius, saying any use

July 13, 2016
Total Views: 108

After Sailing from Across North Atlantic, Real Viking Ship Forced to Leave Great Lakes Over Pilot Fees
Interesting

After Sailing from Across North Atlantic, Real Viking Ship Forced to Leave Great Lakes Over Pilot Fees

A modern day Viking ship that sailed all the way from Norway to attend a Great Lakes tall ship festival may not even make be forced to turn back

July 13, 2016
Total Views: 203

U.S. Navy’s $12.9 Billion Carrier Falls Further Behind Schedule
Shipping News

U.S. Navy’s $12.9 Billion Carrier Falls Further Behind Schedule

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The USS Gerald R. Ford — the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier and the costliest U.S. warship at $12.9 billion

July 13, 2016
Total Views: 56

Ukraine to Woo Shippers From Asia to Baltics by Fixing Ports
Shipping News

Ukraine to Woo Shippers From Asia to Baltics by Fixing Ports

By Kateryna Choursina (Bloomberg) — Ukraine, whose trade links with Russia have been severed by a two-year insurgency in its eastern regions, will strive

July 13, 2016
Total Views: 72