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Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Liverpool Port Eyes Transatlantic Expansion to Overcome Shipping Turmoil
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Liverpool Port Eyes Transatlantic Expansion to Overcome Shipping Turmoil

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Liverpool’s new container terminal expects to ramp up transatlantic shipping as British companies look

December 6, 2016
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Monday, December 5, 2016
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Houston Ship Channel Temporarily Closed After Tanker Fire

HOUSTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Houston Ship Channel, which links the busiest U.S. petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico, reopened on Monday afternoon

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 49

Kemp: After Two Years, Why an OPEC Deal Now?
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Kemp: After Two Years, Why an OPEC Deal Now?

By John Kemp LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – OPEC has finally agreed to cut production, but only after two years of fruitless negotiations. So what changed to

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 4

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Boskalis Trims Holding in Fugro, Causing Shares to Sink

AMSTERDAM, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Shares in Dutch deep-sea prospector Fugro fell 4.5 percent on Monday after larger rival Boskalis announced that it had

December 5, 2016
Total Views: 9

Sunday, December 4, 2016
U.S. Navy Shipbuilders Ready for Trump’s 350-Ship Expansion Plan
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U.S. Navy Shipbuilders Ready for Trump’s 350-Ship Expansion Plan

By Andrea Shalal and Mike Stone SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Dec 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. arms industry is ready and capable of boosting production of new ships if

December 4, 2016
Total Views: 102

Friday, December 2, 2016
Russian Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Istanbul
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Russian Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Istanbul

STANBUL, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Heavy winds forced a Russian ship to run aground off the coast of Istanbul on Friday, Turkey’s Dogan news agency

December 2, 2016
Total Views: 7

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Samsung Heavy Says $776 Million order for FPSO Facility Cancelled

SEOUL, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Friday that a 907.6 billion won ($776.8 million) order for a substructure for a

December 2, 2016
Total Views: 9

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VLCCs Rates Set to Slide Ahead of Holidays

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which are hovering close to the multi-month highs hit

December 2, 2016
Total Views: 1

Thursday, December 1, 2016
Rolls-Royce to Cut Another 800 Jobs from Marine Unit
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Rolls-Royce to Cut Another 800 Jobs from Marine Unit

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – British engineering company Rolls-Royce said it would cut a further 800 jobs in its marine business to save an extra 50 million

December 1, 2016
Total Views: 49

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Maersk Buys German Rival Hamburg Süd

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Maersk Line, the world’s biggest shipping company, is to buy smaller rival Hamburg Süd,

December 1, 2016
Total Views: 89

Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Hit That Iceberg: China Group Readies Titanic Simulation
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Hit That Iceberg: China Group Readies Titanic Simulation

DAYING COUNTY, China, Nov 30 (Reuters) – You too may soon be able to feel what it was like to hit an iceberg on the Titanic. Construction of a

November 30, 2016
Total Views: 81

cargo ship
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Fitch: Deals, Defaults Ahead as Shipping Outlook Stays Negative

The following statement was released by the rating agency LONDON, November 30 (Fitch) Muted demand growth will exacerbate overcapacity for the shipping sector

November 30, 2016
Total Views: 32

Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Trump Said to Nominate Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao for Transportation Post
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Trump Said to Nominate Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao for Transportation Post

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to head the

November 29, 2016
Total Views: 13

Type 26 Global Combat Ship
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Britain Should Speed Up Military Shipbuilding to Create Jobs

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Britain needs to speed up shipbuilding for the Royal Navy and spread work more widely across companies and shipyards to help

November 29, 2016
Total Views: 60

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Bargain Prices, Rising Cargo Rates Lift Second-Hand Ship Sales

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Sales of second-hand ships used to haul commodities such as iron ore, coal, grain and fertiliser have hit a

November 29, 2016
Total Views: 160

Monday, November 28, 2016
Iranian Vessel Points Weapon at U.S. Navy Helicopter in Strait of Hormuz
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Iranian Vessel Points Weapon at U.S. Navy Helicopter in Strait of Hormuz

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessel pointed its weapon at a U.S. military helicopter in the Strait

November 28, 2016
Total Views: 56

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Maersk and Dong Energy Discussing $10 Billion Oil Merger -Sources

By Sophie Sassard and Ron Bousso LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk and DONG Energy are in talks to merge their oil and gas

November 28, 2016
Total Views: 2

Are VLCC Rates Headed Multi-Month Highs?
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Are VLCC Rates Headed Multi-Month Highs?

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which rose to multi-month highs last week, could climb

November 28, 2016
Total Views: 54

EU Extends Somali Counter-Piracy Patrols Through 2018
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EU Extends Somali Counter-Piracy Patrols Through 2018

BRUSSELS, Nov 28 (Reuters) – The European Union’s naval mission will keep patrolling for pirates off the coast of Somalia for another two years, to

November 28, 2016
Total Views: 21

Sunday, November 27, 2016
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Saudi Arabia’s Maritime Complex Could Cost $5 Billion

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia expects a huge ship repair andshipbuilding complex that its national oil company Saudi

November 27, 2016
Total Views: 53
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