Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Salvage Underway After Crew Abandons Bulk Carrier Off Cape Town
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Salvage Underway After Crew Abandons Bulk Carrier Off Cape Town

A salvage operation is underway to retrieve an abandoned bulk carrier from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa following a fire in its engine room

December 6, 2016
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FILE PHOTO: An EUNAVFOR warship escorts a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden. Photo: EUNAVFOR
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Shipowners Welcome EU Extension of Counter-Piracy Naval Patrols

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the extension of the counter-piracy naval operation EUNAVFOR Operation Atalanta through 2018, calling

December 6, 2016
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Liverpool Port Eyes Transatlantic Expansion to Overcome Shipping Turmoil
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Liverpool Port Eyes Transatlantic Expansion to Overcome Shipping Turmoil

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Liverpool’s new container terminal expects to ramp up transatlantic shipping as British companies look

December 6, 2016
Total Views: 44

Monday, December 5, 2016
Jo kiri chemical tanker
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Houston Ship Channel Temporarily Closed After Tanker Fire

HOUSTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Houston Ship Channel, which links the busiest U.S. petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico, reopened on Monday afternoon

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 88

Sea Shepherd Embarks on Latest Whale Defense Campaign Against Japanese Whalers
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Sea Shepherd Embarks on Latest Whale Defense Campaign Against Japanese Whalers

The controversial Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has kicked off its 11th Antarctic whale defense campaign with two Sea Shepherd vessels now on their way to

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 161

Ship Photos – Four New Super Post Panamax Cranes for Port of Savannah
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Ship Photos – Four New Super Post Panamax Cranes for Port of Savannah

Four new Super Post Panamax ship-to-shore cranes arrived at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal on Monday bringing the total number of

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 211

Siemens Delivered Customized Wind Turbine Transport Vessel ‘Rotra Vente’
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Siemens Delivered Customized Wind Turbine Transport Vessel ‘Rotra Vente’

Wind turbine manufacturer Siemen’s Wind Power has been delivered its new customized wind turbine transport vessel to fulfill its need for cost effective

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 248

Coast Guard Kicks Off ‘Alaska Juris’ Investigation Hearing
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Coast Guard Kicks Off ‘Alaska Juris’ Investigation Hearing

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday kicked off a public hearing on its investigation into the abandoning and sinking of the fishing vessel Alaska

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 100

Caught On Camera – Boater Crashes Into Washington State Ferry
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Caught On Camera – Boater Crashes Into Washington State Ferry

A passenger aboard a Washington State Ferry captured video of the moment a motor boat named “Nap Tyme” collided with the WSF ferry

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 905

Two Dead After Indian Navy Ship Capsizes at Mumbai Dockyard
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Two Dead After Indian Navy Ship Capsizes at Mumbai Dockyard

Amazing images coming from Mumbai showing an Indian Navy frigate capsized at berth…  Two people reportedly died and several others were

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 413

Kemp: After Two Years, Why an OPEC Deal Now?
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Kemp: After Two Years, Why an OPEC Deal Now?

By John Kemp LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – OPEC has finally agreed to cut production, but only after two years of fruitless negotiations. So what changed to

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 23

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Boskalis Trims Holding in Fugro, Causing Shares to Sink

AMSTERDAM, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Shares in Dutch deep-sea prospector Fugro fell 4.5 percent on Monday after larger rival Boskalis announced that it had

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 36

Place of Refuge Sought for Fire-Damaged Bulk Carrier Off U.K.
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Place of Refuge Sought for Fire-Damaged Bulk Carrier Off U.K.

Officials in the U.K. are searching for a place of refuge for the bulk carrier V Due after a fire in one of its cargo holds while at anchor

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 88

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Shipping Alliance Prepares Contingency Plans for Another Bankruptcy

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – In the wake of the Hanjin bankruptcy, THE Alliance has devised a “catastrophic instrument” funding mechanism, to be

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 38

How a Loose Anchor Cut Up Britain’s Power Link With France
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How a Loose Anchor Cut Up Britain’s Power Link With France

By Rachel Morison (Bloomberg) — Autumn storms often do damage to Britain’s electricity networks as falling trees bring down local power cables. Angus,

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 105

Evergreen line ship
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Taiwan Shipping’s Perilous Straits Call for Marriage

By David Fickling (Bloomberg Gadfly) — While the global container industry has embarked on a spree of pairings and menages-a-trois over the past 12

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 54

Sunday, December 4, 2016
FILE PHOTO: The John F. Kennedy CVN 79 under construction at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding
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U.S. Navy Shipbuilders Ready for Trump’s 350-Ship Expansion Plan

By Andrea Shalal and Mike Stone SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Dec 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. arms industry is ready and capable of boosting production of new ships if

December 4, 2016
Total Views: 149

Saturday, December 3, 2016
Robert Allan LTD. Is Awarded 2016 BC Export Award
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Robert Allan LTD. Is Awarded 2016 BC Export Award

The Government of British Columbia, the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), and Business in Vancouver magazine have presented the 2016 BC Export

December 3, 2016
Total Views: 15

Friday, December 2, 2016
U.S. Coast Guard Issues First Ballast Water Management System Type-Approval Certificate
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U.S. Coast Guard Issues First Ballast Water Management System Type-Approval Certificate

The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center today issued the first U.S.C.G. Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Norwegian

December 2, 2016
Total Views: 129

Russian Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Istanbul
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Russian Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Istanbul

STANBUL, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Heavy winds forced a Russian ship to run aground off the coast of Istanbul on Friday, Turkey’s Dogan news agency

December 2, 2016
Total Views: 42