Friday, July 6, 2018
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Shipping News

Inmarsat Slumps After Rejecting $4.2 Billion Offer From EchoStar

By Thomas Seal (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar Corp. made its 3.2 billion pound ($4.2 billion) proposal to buy Inmarsat

July 6, 2018
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Thursday, July 5, 2018
Burning Container Ship Grounds, Partially Sinks Off India
Accidents

Burning Container Ship Grounds, Partially Sinks Off India

Things are not looking up for an Indian containership which suffered an explosion and fire more than three weeks ago in the Bay of Bengal off the east coast

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 196

China Accuses U.S. of Firing First Shot in Trade War
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China Accuses U.S. of Firing First Shot in Trade War

By Elias Glenn and David Lawder BEIJING/WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) – China accused the United States on Thursday of “opening fire” on the

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 19

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Shipping News

U.S. Navy Ready to Protect Freedom of Navigation in Strait of Hormuz Amid Iran Threat

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy stands ready to ensure free navigation and the flow of commerce, the U.S.

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 59

Australia Detains ‘Unseaworthy’ Ship, Arrests Owners
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Australia Detains ‘Unseaworthy’ Ship, Arrests Owners

Inspectors with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority detained the Australian-flagged MV Tomin in the Port of Yamba, New South Wales last week after

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 109

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Trade Tensions Loom Over World’s Fastest-Growing Fossil Fuel

By Rachel Adams-Heard, Dan Murtaugh and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — The world’s fastest growing fossil fuel is bracing for a direct hit from

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 71

Trump Effort to Lift U.S. Offshore Wind Sector Sparks Interest from Europe
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Trump Effort to Lift U.S. Offshore Wind Sector Sparks Interest from Europe

By Nichola Groom July 5 (Reuters) – The Trump administration wants to fire up development of the U.S. offshore wind industry by streamlining

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 51

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Shipping News

World’s Biggest Shipping Market Shrugs Off Trade War Threat

By Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) –Will somebody please tell commodity shippers there’s a trade war going on? Whether it’s the price of hiring

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 97

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Global Automakers Hail More Ships Ahead of Tariff Deadline

By Nick Carey, Jonathan Saul and Brenda Goh DETROIT/LONDON/SHANGHAI, July 5 (Reuters) – Automakers are scrambling to ship vehicles to the United

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 37

strait of hormuz
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Strait of Hormuz: The World’s Most Important Oil Artery

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) – With a third of the world’s sea-borne oil passing through it every day, the Strait of Hormuz is a strategic artery

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 47

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Shipping News

200,000 DWT LNG-Powered Bulk Carrier Design Granted Class Approval

Tokyo-based classification society has granted Approval in Principle to NYK Line and Japan Marine United for their joint project on the concept design of an

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 168

Wednesday, July 4, 2018
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Shipping News

Ghost Ships No More: Seismic Vessels Resume Oil and Gas Search as Prices Perk Up

By Florence Tan and Gavin Maguire SINGAPORE, July 5 (Reuters) – A growing fleet of ships is scanning oceans in search of new oil and gas fields as energy

July 4, 2018
Total Views: 143

Humanitarian Migrant Rescue Boat Rejected by Italy and Malt Arrives in Spain
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Humanitarian Migrant Rescue Boat Rejected by Italy and Malt Arrives in Spain

MADRID, July 4 (Reuters) – A humanitarian rescue boat carrying 60 migrants rescued off Libya docked in Barcelona on Wednesday after being turned away by

July 4, 2018
Total Views: 22

Captain Managed to Steer Sinking Indonesian Ferry Onto Reef, But 31 Reported Dead
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Captain Managed to Steer Sinking Indonesian Ferry Onto Reef, But 31 Reported Dead

JAKARTA, July 4 (Reuters) – The captain of a sinking Indonesian ferry managed to steer his ship onto a reef to enable the evacuation of more than 100

July 4, 2018
Total Views: 276

Tuesday, July 3, 2018
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Crew Concerns Saved Lives When Rescue Boat Unintentionally Released During Drill

Crew members’ concern over the safety of rescue boats being lowered from heights prevented an accidental release of a boat during a training exercise from

July 3, 2018
Total Views: 250

MHI Vestas to Use Taiwan as Export Hub for Asia’s Offshore Wind Industry
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MHI Vestas to Use Taiwan as Export Hub for Asia’s Offshore Wind Industry

By Chisaki Watanabe (Bloomberg) — MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S, the world’s second-biggest offshore wind turbine maker, is planning to use Taiwan as a

July 3, 2018
Total Views: 43

Shipping

DHT to Install Scrubbers on Twelve VLCCs

Crude oil tanker company DHT Holdings has entered into agreements to install exhaust gas cleaning systems, also know as scrubbers, on twelve of its Very

July 3, 2018
Total Views: 35

Disgraced Brazilian Tycoon Eike Batista Sentenced to 30-Years for Corruption
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Disgraced Brazilian Tycoon Eike Batista Sentenced to 30-Years for Corruption

By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO, July 3 (Reuters) – Eike Batista, the former mining and oil magnate who was once Brazil’s richest man, was convicted and

July 3, 2018
Total Views: 67

Port of Virginia’s Harbor Deepening Project Gets Final Federal Approval
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Port of Virginia’s Harbor Deepening Project Gets Final Federal Approval

The project to make the Port of Virginia “wider, deeper and safer” has taken a critical step forward after receiving final approval for the

July 3, 2018
Total Views: 77

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VARD to Construct Third Expedition Cruise Ship for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises

VARD has announced it has secured new contract for the design and construction of a luxury expedition cruise vessel for German cruise company Hapag-Lloyd

July 3, 2018
Total Views: 30