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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Qatar’s Milaha Launches Direct Container Service to Kuwait Amid Regional Diplomatic Crisis
Shipping News

Qatar’s Milaha Launches Direct Container Service to Kuwait Amid Regional Diplomatic Crisis

DUBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Qatar Navigation (Milaha) , a top Doha-based shipping and logistics group, said on Wednesday it had launched a new container

August 17, 2017
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
PHOTOS: UK’s Biggest Warship HMS Queen Elizabeth Sails Into Portsmouth
Defense

PHOTOS: UK’s Biggest Warship HMS Queen Elizabeth Sails Into Portsmouth

By Peter Nicholls PORTSMOUTH, England, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s most advanced and biggest warship, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen

August 16, 2017
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maersk containership
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Maersk Upbeat Despite Hefty Cyber Attack Bill, Impairment Charges

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Denmark’s A.P. Moller Maersk gave an upbeat outlook for container shipping on Wednesday,

August 16, 2017
Total Views: 79

oil tanker
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Iraq Sets Up Oil Shipping, Trading Joint Venture

By Rania El Gamal DUBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) – OPEC member Iraq has formed a joint venture with a shipping company owned by Arab states to transfer,

August 16, 2017
Total Views: 123

Tuesday, August 15, 2017
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Transocean to Buy Norwegian Rig Firm Songa Offshore for $1.1 Billion

By Terje Solsvik OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Transocean, one of the world’s biggest drilling rig operators, has agreed to buy Norwegian competitor

August 15, 2017
Total Views: 80

Monday, August 14, 2017
FILE PHOTO: Migrants on a dinghy are rescued by "Save the Children" NGO crew from the ship Vos Hestia in the Mediterranean sea off Libya coast
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More NGOs Suspend Mediterranean Migrant Rescues Over Safety Fears

By Gavin Jones ROME, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Two more aid groups have suspended migrant rescues in the Mediterranean, joining Doctors Without Borders, because

August 14, 2017
Total Views: 50

Friday, August 11, 2017
right whale
Shipping News

Canada Orders Ships to Reduce Speed to Prevent Whale Strikes

TORONTO, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Certain ships are being ordered to reduce speed because of the deaths of at least 10 North Atlantic right whales in

August 11, 2017
Total Views: 69

Christophe de Margerie LNG carrier
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Arctic Ocean Thaw Boosts Russian Shipping as Old Ice Blows West

By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Russian shipping in the Arctic is benefiting from winds that are driving the oldest

August 11, 2017
Total Views: 63

INS vikrant launch
Shipping News

India’s Cochin Shipyard Makes Strong Market Debut After $225 Million IPO

MUMBAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) – India’s Cochin Shipyard Ltd shares rose more than 20 percent on their trading debut on Friday after a $225 million

August 11, 2017
Total Views: 57

Thursday, August 10, 2017
U.S. Destroyer Challenges China’s Claims in South China Sea
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U.S. Destroyer Challenges China’s Claims in South China Sea

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a “freedom of navigation operation” on Thursday, coming within

August 10, 2017
Total Views: 41

bulk carrier ship
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Baltic Index Surges On Strong Demand for Larger Vessels

Aug 10 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, notched its biggest

August 10, 2017
Total Views: 38

maersk jack-up rig
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Denmark EPA Reports Maersk Oil to Police For Dumping Chemicals into North Sea

COPENHAGEN, Aug 10 (Reuters) – The Danish environmental protection agency (DEPA) said on Thursday it had reported Maersk Oil, the oil unit of A.P.

August 10, 2017
Total Views: 106

naval base guam
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North Korea Details Plan to Fire Missiles Over Japan, Near Guam

By Christine Kim and Martin Petty SEOUL/GUAM, Aug 10 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Thursday it was completing plans to fire four intermediate-range

August 10, 2017
Total Views: 47

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
container barge europe
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Development of France’s Long-Planned Seine-Nord Canal Depends on Funding, Minister Says

By Geert De Clercq PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A project to build a canal to link Paris with major harbours of northern Europe will depend on lining up

August 9, 2017
Total Views: 70

maersk freight cargo
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Maersk Family Holding Company Launches Africa Infrastructure Fund

COPENHAGEN, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller Holding, which controls Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, said Wednesday it has launched a new fund

August 9, 2017
Total Views: 78

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
USS Fitzgerald to Be Hauled Back to U.S. for Repairs
Interesting

USS Fitzgerald to Be Hauled Back to U.S. for Repairs

By Tim Kelly TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy on Tuesday said it will haul the guided missile destroyer severely damaged in a collision with a

August 8, 2017
Total Views: 106

Yangzijiang shipbuilding
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China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Shares Hit Six-Year High as Q2 Profit Jumps

SINGAPORE, Aug 8 (Reuters) – China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd reported a 73 percent increase in second-quarter net profit, helped by

August 8, 2017
Total Views: 137

Hong Kong Closes Beaches as Stinking Palm Oil Washes Ashore Days After Ship Collision
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Hong Kong Closes Beaches as Stinking Palm Oil Washes Ashore Days After Ship Collision

HONG KONG, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Hong Kong has closed more than a dozen beaches after a palm oil spill washed foul-smelling, Styrofoam-like clumps ashore,

August 8, 2017
Total Views: 53

Qatar Navigation (Milaha)
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Qatar Navigation Shifting Regional Hub to Oman Amid Diplomatic Rift

DUBAI, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Qatar Navigation (Milaha), a top Doha-based shipping and logistics group, said it was shifting its regional trans-shipment hub

August 8, 2017
Total Views: 131

Monday, August 7, 2017
jakarta port
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Citing National Interests, Jakarta Port Workers End Strike Early

JAKARTA, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Workers at one of the operators of Indonesia’s busiest ports ended their strike on Monday, sooner than planned, out of

August 7, 2017
Total Views: 86