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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
offshore rig north sea
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Tepid U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale a Setback for Trump

By Richard Valdmanis March 21 (Reuters) – Oil and gas drillers bid on only a tiny fraction of Gulf of Mexico acreage offered on Wednesday in the

March 21, 2018
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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News

Maersk CFO Quits Following Organizational Changes

COPENHAGEN, March 20 (Reuters) – Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Tuesday its chief financial officer has decided to leave the company

March 20, 2018
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Crews Cleaning Up Containers at Port of Karachi After Ship Scrapes Another
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Crews Cleaning Up Containers at Port of Karachi After Ship Scrapes Another

By Syed Raza Hassan Karachi, Pakistan, March 20 (Reuters) – Authorities in Pakistan’s southern port of Karachi have launched an effort to retrieve

March 20, 2018
Total Views: 75

Monday, March 19, 2018
U.S. Navy Asks Huntington Ingalls for Pricing on Two New Aircraft Carriers
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U.S. Navy Asks Huntington Ingalls for Pricing on Two New Aircraft Carriers

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy asked shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries on Monday for detailed pricing on the cost of two aircraft

March 19, 2018
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Migrants wait to disembark from Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms in the Sicilian harbour of Pozzallo.REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello/File Photo
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Italy Seizes NGO Ship that Picked Up Migrants in Mediterranean

By Steve Scherer ROME, March 19 (Reuters) – Italian authorities seized a charity’s ship on suspicion it had helped illegal immigration by

March 19, 2018
Total Views: 130

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China Building Arctic Cruise Ship for “Polar Silk Road”

SHANGHAI, March 17 (Reuters) – China has begun building its first polar expedition cruise ship, state news agency Xinhua reported Saturday, as the

March 19, 2018
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Friday, March 16, 2018
CMA CGM ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY Arrival
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CMA CGM Sees Container Shipping Industry Continuing to Rebound in 2018

PARIS, March 16 (Reuters) – Container shipping group CMA CGM said it expects a rebound in the industry to continue this year on the back of brisk

March 16, 2018
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Construction Begins on Saudi Arabia’s Massive Persian Gulf Maritime Yard
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Construction Begins on Saudi Arabia’s Massive Persian Gulf Maritime Yard

DUBAI, March 16 (Reuters) – Construction work has begun on a joint venture to build a shipyard on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast, oil rig builder

March 16, 2018
Total Views: 206

Thursday, March 15, 2018
Employees working at cargo ship Kypros Land which is loading soybeans to China at Tiplam terminal in Santos, Brazi
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Brazilian Grain Producers Explore Increased Use of Panama Canal

By Marcelo Teixeira SAO PAULO, March 15 (Reuters) – Brazilian farmers in top soy state Mato Grosso signed a memorandum of understanding with the Panama

March 15, 2018
Total Views: 88

ship breaking in Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Court Finds Dutch Shipping Company Illegally Sent Ships to India for Demolition

AMSTERDAM, March 15 (Reuters) – The Dutch shipping company Seatrade and two of its directors were found guilty by a Dutch court on Thursday of illegally

March 15, 2018
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Libya Seizes Greek Tanker Suspected of Fuel Smuggling and Arrests Crew
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Libya Seizes Greek Tanker Suspected of Fuel Smuggling and Arrests Crew

By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, March 15 (Reuters) – Libya’s naval forces seized a Togo-flagged fuel tanker and arrested its Greek crew on suspicion they

March 15, 2018
Total Views: 86

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First LNG Cargo from New U.S. Export Terminal Changes Course for Britain

By Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) – Falling Asian gas prices are reigniting interest in northwest Europe as a liquefied natural gas (LNG)

March 15, 2018
Total Views: 88

Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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Djibouti Says Key Container Port to Remain in State Hands

By Maggie Fick NAIROBI, March 14 (Reuters) – Djibouti’s container port will remain in state hands as the government seeks investment, a senior

March 14, 2018
Total Views: 55

Tuesday, March 13, 2018
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BP Sees Strong Compliance with 2020 Low Sulphur Fuel Rule

By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW ORLEANS, March 13 (Reuters) – Oil major BP Plc expects more than 90 percent of the world’s shipping fleet will

March 13, 2018
Total Views: 51

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Maersk’s Port Business Woos Customers with New Transport Services

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, March 13 (Reuters) – Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk’s is betting on winning new customers for its port

March 13, 2018
Total Views: 60

Monday, March 12, 2018
offshore rig north sea
News

U.S. States Slow Trump’s Offshore Drilling Expansion Plan

By Jessica Resnick-Ault HOUSTON, March 12 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s plan to broadly expand drilling in U.S. offshore waters is

March 12, 2018
Total Views: 92

Friday, March 9, 2018
File photo of an offshore drillship
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New York Asks for Exclusion from Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan

March 9 (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had formally asked for the state to be excluded from a federal offshore drilling

March 9, 2018
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APM Terminals
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Maersk to Expand Onshore Services in Port Unit APM Terminals -Report

COPENHAGEN, March 9 (Reuters) – Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk will begin expanding onshore services at its global port division to

March 9, 2018
Total Views: 35

Thursday, March 8, 2018
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Harvey Gulf Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del., March 8 (Reuters) – A U.S. marine transportation company that pleaded for the Trump administration to protect its industry

March 8, 2018
Total Views: 84

USS John S. McCain Collision Caused by Destroyer’s ‘Sudden Turn to Port’, Singapore Investigation Says
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USS John S. McCain Collision Caused by Destroyer’s ‘Sudden Turn to Port’, Singapore Investigation Says

SINGAPORE, March 8 (Reuters) – A U.S. guided missile destroyer’s deadly collision with an oil tanker near Singapore in 2017 was caused by “a

March 8, 2018
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