Thursday, February 15, 2018
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Shipping News

Washington State Likely to Deny Permits for Trump Administration’s Offshore Drilling Plan

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Washington state is preparing to reject land leases and easements to stymie the Trump

February 15, 2018
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WATCH: Drone Video Shows a Busy Remontowa Shipyard
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WATCH: Drone Video Shows a Busy Remontowa Shipyard

Here is some drone footage showing an extremely-busy Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, one of the busiest shipyards in Europe specializing in repairs,

February 15, 2018
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Shipping News

Mercedes Unveils $2 Million AMG Cigarette Racing Boat

By Hannah Elliott (Bloomberg) — Today in Miami Mercedes-Benz-AMG debuted its latest collaboration with Cigarette Racing, the 515 Project One.

February 15, 2018
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port of rotterdam
News

Container Throughput Boosts Port of Rotterdam

Cargo throughput at the port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, rose 1.3 percent to 467 million tonnes in 2017, driven by strong growth in the

February 15, 2018
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Shipping News

Hedge Funds Hook Shipping Stocks Grappling for Recovery

By Maiya Keidan and Jonathan Saul LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Shipping stocks may still be in the doldrums in the view of many investors, but hedge funds

February 15, 2018
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FLIR Announces Raymarine Quantum 2 CHIRP Radar with Doppler Technology
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FLIR Announces Raymarine Quantum 2 CHIRP Radar with Doppler Technology

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today their most advanced solid-state marine radar, the Quantum® 2 with doppler target identification technology.

February 15, 2018
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Waterfront Shipping to Add Four More Methanol-Fueled Tankers to Fleet
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Waterfront Shipping to Add Four More Methanol-Fueled Tankers to Fleet

Methanol shipping specialist Waterfront Shipping has announced a plans to build four new oceangoing tankers capable on running on clean-burning methanol fuel.

February 14, 2018
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News

Woodside Crafts New LNG Expansion Plan After Striking Exxon Deal

By Perry Williams (Bloomberg) — Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Ltd. finally got what it wanted from Exxon Mobil Corp. And it only cost $744 million. As

February 14, 2018
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containership bunkering
Shipping News

Already Hit by Rising Fuel Costs, Carriers Now Face Spike in Charter Hire Rates

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Already facing higher fuel costs, ocean carriers could now be hit by a rise in charter hire rates. Container

February 14, 2018
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News

U.S. Wants to Make Its Own Massive Offshore Wind Turbines

By Jim Efstathiou Jr. (Bloomberg) — With state officials eyeing $56 billion of wind farm projects off the American coastline, developers are

February 14, 2018
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Dutch Consortium Planning Giant Offshore Solar Power Farm

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, Feb 14 (Reuters) – An offshore seaweed farm in the North Sea will be turned into a large solar power farm that aims to

February 14, 2018
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Offshore oil rigs. Photo: By Lukasz Z / Shutterstock
Offshore

Hail Shale, But Deepwater Oil and Gas Projects are Fighting for Comeback

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Penguins, Royal Dutch Shell’s latest oil and gas development in a remote corner of the British North Sea,

February 14, 2018
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The LOOP’s About-Face on Oil Imports Cues U.S. Drive Into Global Market
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The LOOP’s About-Face on Oil Imports Cues U.S. Drive Into Global Market

By David Wethe and Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — The latest example of America’s turnaround from buyer to supplier in the global oil market can

February 14, 2018
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10 Things To Look For In a Vessel Pollution Carrier
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10 Things To Look For In a Vessel Pollution Carrier

When the stakes are this high, you want to be confident that you’ve chosen the best vessel pollution insurance for your own protection and peace of mind.

February 14, 2018
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018
NYK car carrier
News

NYK Investigating Embezzlement by Ex-Managers at Chinese Unit

TOKYO, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen KK said it had set up an investigation committee after finding that former managers at a

February 13, 2018
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New Study Finds Sea Level Rise Has Accelerated
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New Study Finds Sea Level Rise Has Accelerated

Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, rather than increasing steadily, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European

February 13, 2018
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Johan Castberg FPSO
Offshore

Statoil Awards Contract for Johan Castberg Topsides to Kvaerner

Oslo, Norway-based Kvaerner has been awarded a large contract from Statoil for the construction and installation of the topside structure for the floating

February 13, 2018
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Shipping News

Timelapse Video: Icebreaking LNG Carrier ‘Eduard Toll’ Transits the Northern Sea Route

Shortly after its official delivery last month, Teekay’s new icebreaking LNG carrier Eduard Toll made its way to complete both its first

February 13, 2018
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hyundai containership
News

HMM Losses Exceed $1 Billion, But Carrier Still Plans to Order More Megaships

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) slumped to a KRW1.2trn ($1.1bn) net loss in 2017. And this follows a KRW484bn loss the

February 13, 2018
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HMS Sutherland
Defense

British Warship to Conduct Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea – Media

SYDNEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) – A British warship will sail through the South China Sea next month to assert freedom-of-navigation rights, British Defence

February 13, 2018
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