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Friday, November 13, 2015
Raw Video: Triple-E Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Arrives in Gale Force Winds
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Raw Video: Triple-E Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Arrives in Gale Force Winds

ShippingTV: With the wind gusting up to 44 knots as she comes alongside, Maersk Mc-kinney Moller needs 4 tugs to berth safely at the Port of Felixstowe, around

November 13, 2015
Total Views: 45

Thursday, November 12, 2015
Cruise Ship Passenger Awarded $21.5 Million For This:
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Cruise Ship Passenger Awarded $21.5 Million For This:

Holland America Line has been ordered to pay a staggering $21.5 million in damages to a cruise ship passenger who apparently suffered a minor brain injury

November 12, 2015
Total Views: 131

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Today Marks 40 Years Since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sank in Lake Superior
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Today Marks 40 Years Since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sank in Lake Superior

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the Great Lakes freighter that sank in a strong gale on eastern Lake Superior

November 10, 2015
Total Views: 187

Thursday, November 5, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – Sail Training Ship ARM Cuauhtemoc Arrives in Guatemala
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Ship Photos of the Day – Sail Training Ship ARM Cuauhtemoc Arrives in Guatemala

Mexico’s naval training ship ARM Cuauhtemoc at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, November 4, 2015. The training ship arrived at Guatemala from Nicaragua

November 5, 2015
Total Views: 138

WATCH: New Ocean Eagle 43 Trimaran in Sea State 5
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WATCH: New Ocean Eagle 43 Trimaran in Sea State 5

New video released by French shipyard CMN shows the Ocean Eagle 43 trimaran in heavy seas sea trials. The trials were carried off the coast of Cherbourg and in

November 5, 2015
Total Views: 374

Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Crowley Christens First LNG-Ready Product Tanker
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Crowley Christens First LNG-Ready Product Tanker

  Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corp. has christened the MV Ohio, the first of four new LNG-ready Jones Act product tankers being built at Aker

November 3, 2015
Total Views: 124

Royal Caribbean Orders Fifth Quantum-Class Cruise Ship
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Royal Caribbean Orders Fifth Quantum-Class Cruise Ship

  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Meyer Werft in Germany to order a fifth

November 3, 2015
Total Views: 70

Monday, November 2, 2015
IMB: Piracy Crackdown in Southeast Asia ‘Bearing Fruit’
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IMB: Piracy Crackdown in Southeast Asia ‘Bearing Fruit’

Despite an overall global reduction in serious pirate attacks this year, there remains no room for complacency in the global fight against piracy on the high

November 2, 2015
Total Views: 76

Friday, October 30, 2015
Australia Reveals Details of New Antarctic Icebreaker
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Australia Reveals Details of New Antarctic Icebreaker

The Australian Government has provided details of Australia’s new state-of-the-art icebreaker set to replace the Aurora Australis as the flagship of

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 129

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Hornbeck Offshore to Have 30 OSVs Stacked by End of Year
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Hornbeck Offshore to Have 30 OSVs Stacked by End of Year

  Hornbeck Offshore is set to have more than 30 OSVs fleet stacked by year-end as the slump in oil prices continues to wreck havoc on the offshore market.

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 107

Ship Photos of the Day – Triple-E Makes Maiden Call at Southampton
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Ship Photos of the Day – Triple-E Makes Maiden Call at Southampton

The Maersk Triple-E Mathilde Maersk makes it maiden call at the DP World Southampton container terminal at the port of Southampton on Wednesday, October

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 68

Oil Removed from Wrecked ‘Flinterstar’ Off Belgium
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Oil Removed from Wrecked ‘Flinterstar’ Off Belgium

  Dutch shipowner Flinter announced Wednesday that all remaining heavy fuel oil has been successfully removed from the wreck of the MV

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 88

Pacific Drilling Cancels Drillship Order at Samsung Heavy
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Pacific Drilling Cancels Drillship Order at Samsung Heavy

  Luxembourg-based Pacific Drilling (NYSE:PACD) says it has rescinded a construction contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Pacific Zonda at Samsung

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 80

Statoil to Explore Offshore South Africa
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Statoil to Explore Offshore South Africa

Norwegian oil major Statoil says it has completed a deal with ExxonMobil to explore for oil and gas offshore South Africa. Under the farm-in transaction,

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 22

Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Maersk Tanker Conducts Rare Refueling of U.S. Navy Ship At Sea
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Maersk Tanker Conducts Rare Refueling of U.S. Navy Ship At Sea

  In a rare occurrence, a Maersk tanker refueled a Military Sealift Command oiler while at sea during an exercise in international waters off the

October 28, 2015
Total Views: 503

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
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Crew Kidnapping Marks Return of West Africa Pirate Attacks

The recent kidnapping of four crew members from a cargo ship off the Niger Delta marks the return of attacks in West Africa and illustrates the

October 27, 2015
Total Views: 38

Subi Reef China Phillipines Dispute
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Ship Photos of the Day – China’s Man-Made Island at Subi Reef

Subi reef, located in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, is shown in these handout satellite images provided by the Center for

October 27, 2015
Total Views: 106

Monday, October 26, 2015
Transocean Delays Drillships at DSME
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Transocean Delays Drillships at DSME

  Drilling contractor Transocean announced Monday that the delivery of two newbuild drillships currently under construction in South Korea will be delayed

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 118

Tug and Barge Ground in High Winds Off Galveston, Texas
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Tug and Barge Ground in High Winds Off Galveston, Texas

  The U.S. Coast Guard is working with contractors and the owner of a seagoing tug and empty tank barge Monday, after the vessels became beached in the

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 111

maersk oil sale
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Maersk Oil to Cut Up to 12% of its Global Workforce

  Maersk Oil says it intends to implement workforce reductions amounting to 10% to 12% of its global workforce amid the low price of oil. The move,

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 39