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Monday, August 7, 2017
Australia Finds U.S. Military Aircraft that Crashed Off Coast
Shipping News

Australia Finds U.S. Military Aircraft that Crashed Off Coast

By James Regan SYDNEY, Aug 7 (Reuters) – An Australian Navy survey ship has located a U.S. military aircraft that crashed off the Australian northeast

August 7, 2017
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controls on a ship's bridge
Interesting

Cyber Threats Prompt Return of Radio for Ship Navigation

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The risk of cyber attacks targeting ships’ satellite navigation is pushing nations to delve back

August 7, 2017
Total Views: 150

Friday, August 4, 2017
ship bunkering
Shipping News

Shell Mulling Using German Refinery to Meet 2020 IMO Low Sulphur Fuel Rules

LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell is considering expanding the capacity of one of its German refineries to make oil products that meet an

August 4, 2017
Total Views: 34

vlcc tanker
News

Middle East VLCC Rates Set to Fall to New 2017 Low in Over Tonnaged Market

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on Asian routes from the Middle East could fall to a new

August 4, 2017
Total Views: 97

jakarta port. Photo: Creativa Images / Shutterstock.com
Ports

Jakarta Port Strike Hits Biggest Terminal Operator

JAKARTA, Aug 4 (Reuters) – More than 600 workers at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok port have gone on strike and could extend the action until Aug. 10,

August 4, 2017
Total Views: 151

Thursday, August 3, 2017
INS vikrant launch
News

Cochin Shipyard’s $231 Million IPO Showing Signs of ‘Strong Interest’

Aug 3 (Reuters) – Cochin Shipyard Ltd’s initial public offering, which aims to raise up to 14.68 billion rupees ($231 million), was subscribed more

August 3, 2017
Total Views: 53

dry cargo ship
News

Baltic Dry Index Tops 1,000 Points

Aug 3 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Thursday, boosted

August 3, 2017
Total Views: 33

Wednesday, August 2, 2017
madrid maersk triple-e
News

Corporate Earnings Show Impacts of NotPetya Cyber Attack

By Jim Finkle and Eric Auchard TORONTO/FRANKFURT, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The cyber attack that crippled Ukraine businesses and spread worldwide to shut down

August 2, 2017
Total Views: 120

ocean infinity seabed constructor
News

US-Based Subsea Exploration Company Offers to Resume MH370 Search, Families Say

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Reuters) – A U.S. seabed exploration firm has offered to take on the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, families of

August 2, 2017
Total Views: 86

Italy Seizes NGO Rescue Boat in Lampedusa
Shipping News

Italy Seizes NGO Rescue Boat in Lampedusa

By Wladimiro Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Italian coastguards seized a migrant rescue boat operated by a German aid group in the

August 2, 2017
Total Views: 93

oil tanker
News

Global Trade Recovery Lifts Diesel Demand

By John Kemp LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – World trade is growing again which will give a big boost to middle distillates such as diesel used in the

August 2, 2017
Total Views: 30

Tuesday, August 1, 2017
France, Italy Want Solution for STX Shipyard by End September
News

France, Italy Want Solution for STX Shipyard by End September

By Gwénaëlle Barzic and Giulia Segreti ROME/MILAN, Aug 1 (Reuters) – France and Italy want to find a solution for Italian shipbuilder

August 1, 2017
Total Views: 54

Russia in Talks to Privatize Sovcomflot, Its Largest Shipping Company -Report
News

Russia in Talks to Privatize Sovcomflot, Its Largest Shipping Company -Report

MOSCOW, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Russia is in talks with Asian investors on the privatisation of state shipping company Sovcomflot, the RIA news agency cited

August 1, 2017
Total Views: 48

Monday, July 31, 2017
Panama Canal Wins Arbitration Over $193 Million in Expansion Project Overruns
News

Panama Canal Wins Arbitration Over $193 Million in Expansion Project Overruns

PANAMA CITY, July 31 (Reuters) – The head of the Panama Canal Authority said on Monday a Miami-based arbitration board rejected a demand by Spanish-led

July 31, 2017
Total Views: 131

right whale
News

High Number of Deaths Among North Atlantic Right Whales Puzzles Scientists

TORONTO, July 31 (Reuters) – North American conservationists are scrambling to find out why North Atlantic right whales are dying in unprecedented

July 31, 2017
Total Views: 22

cargo ships at anchor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
News

Brazil Ends Decades-Old Maritime Transport Pact with Chile

BRASILIA, July 31 (Reuters) – The cost of shipping goods between Brazil and Chile is expected to fall by about 5 percent with the 2020 expiry of a pact

July 31, 2017
Total Views: 89

mol containership
News

Japanese Carriers Swing to Profit on Growth in Trade, Pick-up in Freight Rates

TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) – Japan’s big three shippers on Monday reported profits for the first quarter, bouncing back from losses a year earlier

July 31, 2017
Total Views: 63

A wooden plaque is seen on a wall at The Baltic Exchange in the City of London
News

London’s Baltic Exchange to Close Ship Futures Platform Baltex

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange will close its freight derivatives platform Baltex at the end of the year after a review, the London-run

July 31, 2017
Total Views: 51

Sunday, July 30, 2017
Shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries
Shipping News

Oil Trader Vitol Places LPG Ship Order at Hyundai Heavy

SEOUL, July 30 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co has won a contract worth up to $600 million from Vitol, the world’s

July 30, 2017
Total Views: 63

France Offers Italy Naval Ship Deal to Resolve STX Row – Report
Shipbuilding

France Offers Italy Naval Ship Deal to Resolve STX Row – Report

PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) – France will offer to expand shipbuilding cooperation with Italy into naval vessels, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said,

July 30, 2017
Total Views: 44