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Inmarsat plc has confirmed that its Global Xpress constellation achieved global commercial service introduction in December last year. Global Xpress is a
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Maritime union groups around the world are closely monitoring a dispute over the replacement of the Australian-flagged bulk carrier MV Portland
Video from Maine Imaging Photography showing the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt (DDG-1000) entering Portland Harbor following sea trials in December. The Zumwalt is
The Port of Rotterdam has reported a record number of very large crude carriers in port in 2015 helped by growth in full oil supply in northwest Europe and
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Arctech Helsinki Shipyard marked Christmas Day with the delivery of the Baltic Sea icebreaker Murmansk at Vyborg Shipyard in Russia.
On December 21, 2015, Mediterranean Shipping Company’s Ultra-Large Containership (ULCS) MSC Maya called at APM Terminals Gothenburg, becoming
A total of 15 LNG-powered inland barges to be chartered by Shell for use in European waterways will be equipped with Wärtsilä dual-fuel main engines
Jones Act shipbuilder Philly Shipyard says it has delivered the second of four LNG-ready product tankers to Crowley Maritime Corporation, marking the first new
Norwegian oil major Statoil has decided to terminate its contract with Transocean for the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Americas over
General Dynamics NASSCO says it has successfully completed the LNG bunkering for the Perla Del Caribe, the world’s second containership to be powered by
Houston-based Atwood Oceanics says it has reached an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to delay delivery of two ultra-deepwater
The 192-meter Hellenic Seaways ferry Nissi Rosos filmed making a quick turnaround at the port of Chios with the ANEK Lines’ ferry Eleftherios
The 600,000 tonnes Prelude FLNG facility, the largest offshore facility ever constructed, is nearing completion at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard
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