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Friday, October 17, 2014
Researchers Map Tasman Bridge Disaster Shipwreck in Stunning Detail
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Researchers Map Tasman Bridge Disaster Shipwreck in Stunning Detail

Australian researchers have used some new sonar equipment to capture stunning imagery of the shipwreck of the MV Lake Illawarra bulk carrier, which tragically

October 17, 2014
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Video: Arctic Escort Aboard Canadian Icebreaker Pierre Radison
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Video: Arctic Escort Aboard Canadian Icebreaker Pierre Radison

Video from onboard Canadian Coast Guard's medium icebreaker, CCGS Pierre Radison, as she escorts the expedition-style cruise ship, National Geographic

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 28

Ebola: Texas Lab Worker Isolated Onboard Carnival Cruise Ship
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Ebola: Texas Lab Worker Isolated Onboard Carnival Cruise Ship

A lab worker at the Dallas hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan died and two other nurses have fallen ill is in isolation onboard a Carnival cruise

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 21

Thursday, October 16, 2014
Crowley Christens Fourth Ocean Class Tug, Ocean Sun
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Crowley Christens Fourth Ocean Class Tug, Ocean Sun

Crowley Maritime Corp. has christened the fourth of four Ocean class tugs during a ceremony Wednesday in Lake Charles, Louisiana, formally welcoming the DP2,

October 16, 2014
Total Views: 315

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Powerful Storm Sets Ships Adrift at Sydney’s Port Botany
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Powerful Storm Sets Ships Adrift at Sydney’s Port Botany

It was a wild and dangerous night Tuesday in Sydney, Australia as a powerful storm caused two large containerships to break free, among other

October 15, 2014
Total Views: 22

Laden Tanker Stuck in Amazon River Mud
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Laden Tanker Stuck in Amazon River Mud

A laden product tanker remains aground in the middle of the Amazon River for a seventh day following futile attempts to free the

October 15, 2014
Total Views: 69

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Coast Guard Responding to Two Sunken Vessels in Mobile Ship Channel
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Coast Guard Responding to Two Sunken Vessels in Mobile Ship Channel

The Coast Guard is responding Tuesday to two sunken vessels -a towing vessel and a smaller dredger- which sank in the Mobile Ship Channel, north of Gaillard

October 14, 2014
Total Views: 10

Ebola Fight: Royal Navy Medical Ship Deployed to West Africa
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Ebola Fight: Royal Navy Medical Ship Deployed to West Africa

The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its efforts in the fight against Ebola with the deployment of troops, equipment and a medical ship to West Africa as

October 14, 2014
Total Views: 70

Monday, October 13, 2014
Giant ‘Pieter Schelte’ Caught on Camera [VIDEO]
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Giant ‘Pieter Schelte’ Caught on Camera [VIDEO]

Some new video posted to Youtube gives us a rare look at the massive Pieter Schelte, a unique catamaran-like vessel that will soon be used to remove

October 13, 2014
Total Views: 228

Ship Strike Likely Killed Giant Fin Whale
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Ship Strike Likely Killed Giant Fin Whale

A 58-foot-long whale that washed up last week along a New York beach was likely killed by a collision with a

October 13, 2014
Total Views: 17

Brittany Ferries Suspends LNG Fuel Plans
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Brittany Ferries Suspends LNG Fuel Plans

Brittany Ferries says it has been forced to suspend plans to upgrade much of its fleet to operate on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) because a temporary exemption

October 13, 2014
Total Views: 29

Passengers Evacuated After Norled Ferry Runs Aground
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Passengers Evacuated After Norled Ferry Runs Aground

A Norwegian can and passenger ferry ran aground late Sunday night forcing the evacuation of all

October 13, 2014
Total Views: 43

Samsung Heavy Industries Lands $620 Million Order for LNG Carriers
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Samsung Heavy Industries Lands $620 Million Order for LNG Carriers

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries announced Monday that it has won a US $620 million order from an Asian buyer for the construction of three LNG

October 13, 2014
Total Views: 13

Ten Injured After Ferry Strikes Pier in San Francisco
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Ten Injured After Ferry Strikes Pier in San Francisco

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is investigating accident in which a Bay Area ferry struck a piling at Pier 41 in San Francisco, causing multiple

October 13, 2014
Total Views: 9

Saturday, October 11, 2014
Video Shows RV Ocean Researcher V Aground Off Taiwan, Frantic Search and Rescue
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Video Shows RV Ocean Researcher V Aground Off Taiwan, Frantic Search and Rescue

New video shows the scene from Friday night’s search and rescue after the Taiwanese research vessel Ocean Researcher V struck a reef and sank near the

October 11, 2014
Total Views: 67

Friday, October 10, 2014
Two Dead After Taiwan’s Largest and Most Advanced Research Vessel Sinks
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Two Dead After Taiwan’s Largest and Most Advanced Research Vessel Sinks

Update: Video Shows RV Ocean Researcher V Aground Off Taiwan, Search and Rescue Two people are reported dead and 43 have been rescued after the

October 10, 2014
Total Views: 357

Photos and Video: Danish Special Forces Storm Maersk Triple-E in Anti-Piracy Raid… Training
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Photos and Video: Danish Special Forces Storm Maersk Triple-E in Anti-Piracy Raid… Training

A Maersk Triple-E containership played host recently to a Royal Danish Navy anti-piracy training exercise in preparation for real anti-piracy missions in the

October 10, 2014
Total Views: 255

Thursday, October 9, 2014
This USMMA Cadet’s Sea Year With MSC Did Not Suck [VIDEO]
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This USMMA Cadet’s Sea Year With MSC Did Not Suck [VIDEO]

Check out this highlight reel from a USMMA midshipman’s Sea Year with Military Sealift Command on board the USNS Joshua Humphreys. The USNS Joshua

October 9, 2014
Total Views: 78

Maritime Professional Training to Break Ground on Major Expansion Project
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Maritime Professional Training to Break Ground on Major Expansion Project

Maritime Professional Training is getting ready to break ground on a major expansion project that will add 25,000 square feet of space to its Fort Lauderdale

October 9, 2014
Total Views: 8

AMVER-Participating Bulker Carrier Helps Rescue Three Overdue Boaters in Central Pacific
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AMVER-Participating Bulker Carrier Helps Rescue Three Overdue Boaters in Central Pacific

A Panama-flagged bulk carrier assisted in the rescue of three overdue boaters Thursday near the Chuuk Atoll in the central

October 9, 2014
Total Views: 1
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