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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Ice-Class LNG Tanker Forges Path for Arctic Shipping Super-Highway
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Ice-Class LNG Tanker Forges Path for Arctic Shipping Super-Highway

By Olesya Astakhova SABETTA, Russia, March 30 (Reuters) – An ice-breaking tanker docked for the first time at Russia’s Arctic port of Sabetta to

March 30, 2017
Total Views: 210

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China’s COSCO Shipping Reports $1.4 Billion Loss for 2016

SHANGHAI, March 30 (Reuters) – China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd made a loss last year of 9.9 billion yuan ($1.44 billion), the company

March 30, 2017
Total Views: 26

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
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After Six Decades, U.S. Set to Turn Natural Gas Exporter Amid LNG Boom

By Scott DiSavino March 29 (Reuters) – The last time the United States was a net exporter of natural gas was in 1957, when Dwight Eisenhower was

March 29, 2017
Total Views: 71

Port Operators, Shippers Lead Up China, Hong Kong Shares as Global Trade View Brightens
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Port Operators, Shippers Lead Up China, Hong Kong Shares as Global Trade View Brightens

SHANGHAI, March 29 (Reuters) – China and Hong Kong stocks rose on Wednesday as further signs of a pick-up in global trade boosted shares of port

March 29, 2017
Total Views: 90

Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Maersk Elects New Chairman to Steer Digital Transformation
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Maersk Elects New Chairman to Steer Digital Transformation

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN March 28 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk’s new chairman committed to automating its systems as the oil and shipping

March 28, 2017
Total Views: 81

Bones Found Near Salvaged Sewol Ferry Not Human, Ministry Says
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Bones Found Near Salvaged Sewol Ferry Not Human, Ministry Says

SEOUL, March 28 (Reuters) – South Korea on Tuesday said forensic examination showed bone fragments found near a salvaged ferry that sank in one of its

March 28, 2017
Total Views: 87

Hapag Lloyd-UASC Merger Hits Snag Over Ownership Share, Sources Say
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Hapag Lloyd-UASC Merger Hits Snag Over Ownership Share, Sources Say

By Jonathan Saul and Arno Schuetze LONDON/FRANKFURT, March 28 (Reuters) – A merger of Hapag-Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has hit a snag,

March 28, 2017
Total Views: 46

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Deepwater Driller Ocean Rig Files for U.S. Bankruptcy Protection

March 28 (Reuters) – Ocean RIG UDW Inc, a Cyprus-based rig contractor, filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in a U.S. court amid a deep and

March 28, 2017
Total Views: 68

Monday, March 27, 2017
China State Firms Eye Infrastructure Projects Around Panama Canal
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China State Firms Eye Infrastructure Projects Around Panama Canal

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, March 27 (Reuters) – Chinese state firms have expressed an interest to develop land around the Panama Canal, the chief executive

March 27, 2017
Total Views: 112

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Baltic Dry Index Hits Highest Level Since November 2014

March 27 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, hit a more than two-year

March 27, 2017
Total Views: 44

Friday, March 24, 2017
Decline of Ancient Trade Route Deepens Yemeni Food Crisis
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Decline of Ancient Trade Route Deepens Yemeni Food Crisis

By Maha El Dahan and Michael Georgy SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, March 24 (Reuters) – Captains of small wooden dhows are carrying food and wares from

March 24, 2017
Total Views: 54

Somali Pirates Hijack Dhow to Use as ‘Mothership’
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Somali Pirates Hijack Dhow to Use as ‘Mothership’

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, Somalia, March 24 (Reuters) – Pirates have seized control of a Somali fishing boat to use as a base from which to attack

March 24, 2017
Total Views: 654

DSME CEO Says Should Step Down if Shipbuilder Can’t Turn Profit
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DSME CEO Says Should Step Down if Shipbuilder Can’t Turn Profit

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, March 24 (Reuters) – Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd’s CEO Jung Sung-leep said he believes he should step

March 24, 2017
Total Views: 57

Thursday, March 23, 2017
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BW Group Grabs Control of Tanker Firm DHT from Fredriksen’s Frontline

By Ole Petter Skonnord OSLO, March 23 (Reuters) – Privately-owned shipping firm BW Group became the top shareholder in tanker firm DHT Holdings on

March 23, 2017
Total Views: 96

Photos: Sunken Sewol Ferry Raised Three Years After Disaster
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Photos: Sunken Sewol Ferry Raised Three Years After Disaster

By Ju-min Park SEOUL, March 23 (Reuters) – A South Korean ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing 304 people, most of them children on a school

March 23, 2017
Total Views: 585

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DSME Gets Fresh $2.6 Billion Bailout

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, March 23 (Reuters) – South Korean state banks are preparing a fresh $2.6 billion bailout for floundering Daewoo Shipbuilding &

March 23, 2017
Total Views: 205

Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Maersk Reaches Key North Sea Tax Deal with Denmark
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Maersk Reaches Key North Sea Tax Deal with Denmark

By Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN, March 22 (Reuters) – Shipping and oil company A. P. Moller-Maersk on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Danish state that

March 22, 2017
Total Views: 35

U.S. Navy Commanders Say Iranian Navy Endangering Freedom of Navigation in Gulf
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U.S. Navy Commanders Say Iranian Navy Endangering Freedom of Navigation in Gulf

By Sami Aboudi ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, March 22 (Reuters) – U.S. Navy commanders accused Iran of jeopardizing international navigation by

March 22, 2017
Total Views: 63

Shell Gets Access to Key Oil Hub in Panama -Sources
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Shell Gets Access to Key Oil Hub in Panama -Sources

By Elida Moreno and Marianna Parraga PANAMA CITY/SAN ANTONIO, March 22 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell agreed to lease capacity at a large oil terminal in

March 22, 2017
Total Views: 112

South Korea to Raise Sunken Ferry if Test of Lift Goes Well
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South Korea to Raise Sunken Ferry if Test of Lift Goes Well

By Heekyong Yang SEOUL, March 22 (Reuters) – Salvage experts in South Korea prepared on Wednesday to begin raising a ferry that sank nearly three years

March 22, 2017
Total Views: 31