Monday, August 27, 2018
Maersk Container Overbookings Delay Brazilian Exports
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Maersk Container Overbookings Delay Brazilian Exports

by Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) – Brazilian exporters are facing delays shipping goods transported in containers, including coffee and cotton, due to

August 27, 2018
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Watch: Sailboat Loses Mast After Hitting USS Midway in San Diego
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Watch: Sailboat Loses Mast After Hitting USS Midway in San Diego

Sorry, the video doesn’t want to embed. View it here on Instagram. View this post on Instagram Qualified Captain vs USS Midway ?? #qualified #ragbagger

August 27, 2018
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us oil exports
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What Caused A Fall In U.S. Crude Exports? Money or Politics?

by Clyde Russell (Reuters) – One of the side effects of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade dispute with China is that U.S. exports of crude

August 27, 2018
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u.s. withdraws from iran nuclear deal
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Iran Says It Has Full Control Of Gulf, U.S. Navy Does Not Belong There

by Babak Dehghanpisheh (Reuters) Tehran has suggested it could take military action in the Gulf to block other countries’ oil exports in retaliation for

August 27, 2018
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Friday, August 24, 2018
Photos: Check Out the Bridge on Crowley’s New LNG-Powered ConRo El Coquí
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Photos: Check Out the Bridge on Crowley’s New LNG-Powered ConRo El Coquí

The above photo shows the El Coquí, one of two new LNG-powered container/roll-on roll-off vessels for Crowley Maritime Corp. The vessel was delivered in late

August 24, 2018
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Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
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China’s Unipec to Resume U.S. Oil Purchases After Tariff Policy Change -Sources

By Florence Tan and Meng Meng SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) – China’s Unipec will resume purchases of U.S. crude oil in October after a

August 24, 2018
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Watch: Incredible Whale Watching Close Call in Alaska
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Watch: Incredible Whale Watching Close Call in Alaska

You would have to be hiding under a rock to miss this video this week. But if somehow didn’t catch it, here it is. The video was filmed during

August 24, 2018
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Pantelena chemical tanker
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Missing Tanker Docks in Togo After Suspected Hijacking

By Marta Ardashelia TBILISI, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A tanker with 19 crew members on board has docked at a port in Togo after going missing for over a

August 24, 2018
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Maersk Sends First Containership Through Arctic Route
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Maersk Sends First Containership Through Arctic Route

For Maersk, the trip the Northern Sea Route is a one-off trial for now. But, as climate change makes the Arctic route more accessible, there’s growing

August 24, 2018
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oil tanker
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Iran’s Tanker Fleet Gives it Oil-Export Lifeline as Sanctions Loom

By Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — Iran’s own fleet of tankers may provide a lifeline for its crude and condensate exports that’ll be slashed

August 24, 2018
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Thursday, August 23, 2018
tankers at anchor
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Coffee Exporters Struggle to Find Ships for Brazil’s Bumper Crop

By Marcelo Teixeira and Marcy Nicholson SAO PAULO/NEW YORK, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Brazilian coffee exporters are struggling to find shipping capacity to

August 23, 2018
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Hurricane Lane Approaching Hawaiian Islands as Category 4 Hurricane
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Hurricane Lane Approaching Hawaiian Islands as Category 4 Hurricane

By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Hurricane Lane churned toward Hawaii on Thursday, dumping torrential rain on the Big Island and threatening

August 23, 2018
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Stock photo of a tanker at sea
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Saudi-Led Coalition Foils Houthi Attacks on Merchant Vessels -Spokesman

RIYADH, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A Saudi-led military coalition foiled attacks by explosives-laden speedboats deployed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi

August 23, 2018
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Congressman Duncan Hunter, a Champion of the U.S. Maritime Industry, Pleads Not Guilty to Misuse of Campaign Funds
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Congressman Duncan Hunter, a Champion of the U.S. Maritime Industry, Pleads Not Guilty to Misuse of Campaign Funds

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) has been a major champion of the U.S. maritime industry, writing several op-eds, hosting roundtables, and leading Congressional

August 23, 2018
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port of Hamburg
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Hamburg Lags Behind Rival European Ports as It Awaits Deeper Elbe

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – The port of Hamburg is continuing to lose ground to its North European container competitors, with another

August 23, 2018
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De Beers Mining Vessel
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Wärtsilä to Repower De Beers’ Diamond Mining Vessel Debmar Pacific

Finnish technology firm Wärtsilä and De Beers Marine, the offshore mining unit of the world’s largest diamond miner, have signed an agreement to

August 23, 2018
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How the Oil Crisis Gave Norway’s Giant Field a $10 Billion Boost

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Right before Norway’s biggest oil project in decades got the go-ahead in 2015, crude prices fell off a cliff.

August 23, 2018
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Dupre Marine Transportation launches Helm CONNECT Personnel
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Dupre Marine Transportation launches Helm CONNECT Personnel

Houma, Louisiana-based towing operator becomes first company to roll out new Helm Operations software for crew management. Press Release

August 23, 2018
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Major Hurricane Lane Barrels Toward Hawaii
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Major Hurricane Lane Barrels Toward Hawaii

By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Hawaii residents already reeling from months of explosive eruptions from Kilauea volcano braced on

August 22, 2018
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Meyer Werft Floats AIDAnova, the World’s First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship
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Meyer Werft Floats AIDAnova, the World’s First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship

German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has floated out the world’s first LNG-powered cruise ship from its covered construction dock in Papenburg. The float-out

August 22, 2018
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