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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
NTSB: BAE Knew About Poor Mooring Bollards Prior to Carnival Triumph Breaking Free
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NTSB: BAE Knew About Poor Mooring Bollards Prior to Carnival Triumph Breaking Free

The National Transportation Safety Board says that BAE Systems knew about the poor condition of multiple mooring bollards at its Mobile shipyard prior to when

February 4, 2014
Total Views: 40

Monday, February 3, 2014
RNLI Crew Rescues Six Fishermen From 30 Foot Seas
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RNLI Crew Rescues Six Fishermen From 30 Foot Seas

A volunteer rescue crew with the Royal National Lifeboat Institute this weekend assisted in the rescue of 6 fisherman forced to abandon their trawler in waves

February 3, 2014
Total Views: 28

Real Life Castaway Says He Survived 13 Months Lost At Sea
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Real Life Castaway Says He Survived 13 Months Lost At Sea

Efforts are underway to confirm the identity (and story) of a mystery castaway who washed up last week on a Marshall Islands atoll after allegedly surviving

February 3, 2014
Total Views: 33

Sunday, February 2, 2014
VIDEO: Sea Shepherd and Japanese Whaling Vessels Collide in Southern Ocean
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VIDEO: Sea Shepherd and Japanese Whaling Vessels Collide in Southern Ocean

Check out this video released today by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society showing a aggressive confrontation between the Sea Shepherd and Japanese whaling

February 2, 2014
Total Views: 27

Friday, January 31, 2014
Nose Job Leads to Big Savings for Clipper Multi-Purpose Vessel
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Nose Job Leads to Big Savings for Clipper Multi-Purpose Vessel

International shipping company, Clipper Group, says it has achieved an overall fuel savings of about 8.5% from a new bulbous bow recently installed on a

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 27

Dockwise Wins ‘Cat J’ Transport Contracts
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Dockwise Wins ‘Cat J’ Transport Contracts

Heavy lift owner/operator Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), has ended the first month of

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 8

Rolldock’s Newest Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Ro-Ro Launched in Germany
Maritime News

Rolldock’s Newest Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Ro-Ro Launched in Germany

On January 31, 2014, the semi-submersible heavy lift Ro-Ro "Rolldock Storm" (Yard No. 759) was launched before a crowd at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 185

Stinky Situation: Livestock Carrier Spends 72 Hrs. Adrift with 42,000 Sheep, Cows
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Stinky Situation: Livestock Carrier Spends 72 Hrs. Adrift with 42,000 Sheep, Cows

Australia’s largest livestock exporter, Wellard Rural Exports, said Thursday that their flagship carrier, the MV Ocean Drover, broke down in the Indian Ocean

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 936

Vigor In Talks to Buy Seward, Alaska Shipyard
Maritime News

Vigor In Talks to Buy Seward, Alaska Shipyard

The owner of Seward Ship’s Drydock has signed a letter of intent to sell the assets of the Seward, Alaska, shipyard company to Vigor

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 24

Ever Wonder What It’s Like to Work On A Livestock Carrier?
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Ever Wonder What It’s Like to Work On A Livestock Carrier?

Earlier this morning news of a broken down livestock ship got many people wondering what it's like to work on such a ship. Well, here's a

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 581

Thursday, January 30, 2014
Suspected Pirates Arrive in Seychelles
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Suspected Pirates Arrive in Seychelles

Five suspected pirates arrived in Seychelles on Wednesday to be prosecuted following an unsuccessful attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this

January 30, 2014
Total Views: 23

Two Collisions, Two Spills in Singapore
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Two Collisions, Two Spills in Singapore

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is coordinating the containment and clean-up of two oil spills following two separate collisions south of Jurong

January 30, 2014
Total Views: 66

Wednesday, January 29, 2014
WATCH: (Another) Heavy Seas Med Moor in Greece
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WATCH: (Another) Heavy Seas Med Moor in Greece

You may remember a video we showed you last year of a high-risk docking maneuver, called Mediterranean mooring, performed by a Ro/Ro passenger ferry at the

January 29, 2014
Total Views: 158

Time Lapse Video: Cruise Ship Cut in Half, Stretched
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Time Lapse Video: Cruise Ship Cut in Half, Stretched

Check out this recently unearthed timelapse video showing the 2008 lengthening of the Balmoral cruise ship at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg,

January 29, 2014
Total Views: 196

Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Interesting Ship: New Compact Accommodation Vessel ‘Olympia’
Maritime News

Interesting Ship: New Compact Accommodation Vessel ‘Olympia’

Do not adjust your screen resolution, this interesting new ship is actually a compact accommodation vessel recently delivered to the Brazilian company

January 28, 2014
Total Views: 379

mv smart aground
Maritime News

MV Smart Salvage Enters Phase Three

Salvage crews in South Africa have kicked off the third phase of salvage operations to remove what's left of the MV Smart shipwreck in Richards

January 28, 2014
Total Views: 68

A Look Inside the Ship and Systems Tasked with Destroying Syria’s Chemical Weapons – PHOTOS
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A Look Inside the Ship and Systems Tasked with Destroying Syria’s Chemical Weapons – PHOTOS

The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that the M/V Cape Ray (T-AKR 9679) was deployed from Portsmouth, Virginia on Monday for its mission to the

January 28, 2014
Total Views: 65

Monday, January 27, 2014
WATCH: Christine Klimkowski Talks “Ship That Matters”
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WATCH: Christine Klimkowski Talks “Ship That Matters”

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? In this video, Christine Klimkowski, an instructor at the Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle, breaks

January 27, 2014
Total Views: 5

Friday, January 24, 2014
Cannibal Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Story Goes Viral -Lyubov Orlova FAQ
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Cannibal Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Story Goes Viral -Lyubov Orlova FAQ

You'd have to be hiding under a rock to not know that internet has exploded with reports that a Russian ghost ship infested with cannibal rats is heading

January 24, 2014
Total Views: 496

Vigor to Build Three Tugs for Tidewater Barge Lines
Maritime News

Vigor to Build Three Tugs for Tidewater Barge Lines

Vigor Fab, the fabrication and newbuild arm of Vigor Industrial, has been awarded a contract by Tidewater Barge Lines of Vancouver, Washington, to construct

January 24, 2014
Total Views: 44
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