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Friday, April 21, 2017
Shanghai Port, World’s Busiest, Grapples with Traffic Congestion
News

Shanghai Port, World’s Busiest, Grapples with Traffic Congestion

SHANGHAI, April 21 (Reuters) – The world’s busiest container port, Yangshan in China’s business hub of Shanghai, is battling severe

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 91

News

Baltic Dry Index Falls Almost 4%, Biggest Loss Since Mid-December

April 21 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index marked its biggest percentage decline since mid-December on Friday as rates for

April 21, 2017
Total Views: 69

Thursday, April 20, 2017
Killer Robots: Commercial Fishing ROVs Hunt For Venomous Predator Fish
Blog

Killer Robots: Commercial Fishing ROVs Hunt For Venomous Predator Fish

By Ben Gruber (Reuters) As it turns out, some of the best cooks in the world think lionfish, a venomous predatory fish which is breeding out of control and

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 115

oil tanker
News

New York-Bound Tanker Changes Course as Gasoline Prices Dip

By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) – A tanker of gasoline en route to New York Harbor from Europe has been diverted to a Caribbean

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 89

keppel shipyard
Shipping News

Keppel’s Profit Weighed Down by Sluggish Offshore Business

SINGAPORE, April 20 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Keppel Corp posted its first year-on-year rise in quarterly profits since early 2015, helped by

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 74

BW Utik vlcc supertanker tanker
Shipping News

U.S. Court Rejects Frontline’s Last-minute Bid to Stop BW-DHT Deal

OSLO, April 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. court has rejected a last-minute effort by billionaire investor John Fredriksen’s Frontline to prevent BW Group

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 90

Wednesday, April 19, 2017
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News

Capesizes Sent Packing After Accident at Brazil Iron Ore Terminal

By Alberto Alerigi and Gustavo Bonato SAO PAULO, April 19 (Reuters) – The loading of iron ore at Brazil’s Itaguaí terminal operated by mining and

April 19, 2017
Total Views: 42

White House, Defense Secretary Attempt to Clear the Air Over Carrier Confusion
Interesting

White House, Defense Secretary Attempt to Clear the Air Over Carrier Confusion

By Jeff Mason and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON, April 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday denied being misleading about

April 19, 2017
Total Views: 17

Geroi Arsenala cargo ship
News

Eleven Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Off Crimea

MOSCOW, April 19 (Reuters) – A cargo ship heading from Russia to Turkey sunk off the coast of Crimea early on Wednesday morning and 11 of the crew are

April 19, 2017
Total Views: 63

Tuesday, April 18, 2017
U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Supposedly Sent to Deter North Korea Spotted 3,500 Miles Away, Heading in Opposite Direction
News

U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Supposedly Sent to Deter North Korea Spotted 3,500 Miles Away, Heading in Opposite Direction

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) – When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a

April 18, 2017
Total Views: 56

Rhine River shipping
News

Low Water Hinders Shipping Rhine and Danube Rivers in Germany

HAMBURG, April 18 (Reuters) – Water levels on the Rhine and Danube in Germany remain low despite recent rain and freight vessels cannot sail fully loaded

April 18, 2017
Total Views: 37

Banned at Sea: Venezuela’s Crude-Stained Oil Tankers
Interesting

Banned at Sea: Venezuela’s Crude-Stained Oil Tankers

By Marianna Parraga and Mircely Guanipa HOUSTON/PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela, April 18 (Reuters) – In the scorching heat of the Caribbean Sea, workers in scuba

April 18, 2017
Total Views: 151

daewoo shipbuilding bailout
Interesting

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Unlocks $2.6 Billion Bailout

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, April 18 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd has won near unanimous agreement from

April 18, 2017
Total Views: 57

Monday, April 17, 2017
daewoo shipbuilding
News

Daewoo Shipbuilding Bondholders Accept Bailout Plan Following Pension Fund Agreement

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, April 17 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd on Monday won near unanimous approval

April 17, 2017
Total Views: 1136

Saturday, April 15, 2017
Migrant RIB Boat Rescue
Lifesaving Incidents

Largest Rescue In 19 Years With 2,074 Migrants Plucked From The Mediterranean

More than 2,000 migrants trying to reach Europe were plucked from the Mediterranean on Friday in a series of dramatic rescues and one person was found dead,

April 15, 2017
Total Views: 100

Friday, April 14, 2017
To Visit Titanic Firsthand, New York Banker Dives Deep Into Wallet
News

To Visit Titanic Firsthand, New York Banker Dives Deep Into Wallet

By Melissa Fares NEW YORK, April 13 (Reuters) – Renata Rojas has longed to visit the wreck of the Titanic since she was a girl, years before the

April 14, 2017
Total Views: 114

170409-N-GD109-009 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Z.A. Landers/Released)
News

China Says North Korea Tension Must Not Reach “Irreversible” Stage

By Dominique Patton and Sue-Lin Wong BEIJING/PYONGYANG, April 14 (Reuters) – China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from

April 14, 2017
Total Views: 73

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Al Muraykh at London Gateway. Photo: DP World London Gateway
News

Post-Brexit Customs Checks Seen as ‘Catastrophe’ for UK Shipping

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) – The introduction of physical customs checks following Brexit would be a catastrophe for British ports and

April 12, 2017
Total Views: 57

rickmers maritime
Interesting

Rickmers Maritime Winding Up: Containership Trust Becomes Latest Singapore Casualty of Debt Woes

By Aradhana Aravindan,  SINGAPORE, April 12 (Reuters) – Rickmers Maritime, a Singapore-listed trust that operates container ships, said it would be

April 12, 2017
Total Views: 43

Indian cargo dhow Al Kausar
News

Somali Forces Clash with Pirates, Free Indian Crew

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, April 12 (Reuters) – Somali security forces clashed with pirates early on Wednesday and freed nine seamen kidnapped on an

April 12, 2017
Total Views: 28