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Friday, July 25, 2014
Kenyan Police Kill Two Men Suspected of Plotting Ferry Attack
Maritime News

Kenyan Police Kill Two Men Suspected of Plotting Ferry Attack

Kenyan police said on Friday they shot and killed two armed men suspected of planning an attack on a ferry in the port city of Mombasa after one of them tried

July 25, 2014
Total Views: 71

Notorious Drug Smuggling Freighter Headed for Scrapyard
Maritime News

Notorious Drug Smuggling Freighter Headed for Scrapyard

A freighter seized off the coast of Washington state nearly four decades ago in one of the largest marijuana busts in the region's history was moved to Seattle

July 25, 2014
Total Views: 279

Asia Tankers – VLCC Rates Could Nudge Higher on More Vessel Charters
Maritime News

Asia Tankers – VLCC Rates Could Nudge Higher on More Vessel Charters

Rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on key Asian freight routes could hold steady or gain next week as charterers seek to complete their vessel

July 25, 2014
Total Views: 16

Thursday, July 24, 2014
Royal Caribbean Raises Forecast; Profit Sails Past Estimates

Royal Caribbean Raises Forecast; Profit Sails Past Estimates

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd's quarterly profit beat analysts' average estimate as demand for its European and Chinese cruises increased and passengers spent

July 24, 2014
Total Views: 3

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News

Strong Jackup Market Helps Boost Profit at Singapore’s Keppel Corp

Keppel Corporation Ltd , the world's largest builder of jackup rigs, reported on Thursday a 17 percent increase in its second-quarter net profit, propelled by

July 24, 2014
Total Views: 3

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Maritime News

Capesize Market Seen Flat to Higher as Owners Resist Lower Rates

Rates for capesize bulk carriers on key Asian routes could remain flat or show marginal improvement next week as ship owners resist attempts by cargo owners to

July 24, 2014
Total Views: 12

Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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News

At 2 Knots, Costa Concordia Heads to the Scrapyard

Maneouvres began early on Wednesday to remove the rusty hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise liner from the Italian island where it struck rocks and capsized two

July 23, 2014
Total Views: 35

Tuesday, July 22, 2014
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Maritime News

Portland, Maine Bans Oil Loading as Canada Seeks Export Options

City councilors in South Portland, Maine, voted late Monday night to ban the loading of crude oil onto tankers along its

July 22, 2014
Total Views: 5

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Maritime News

Maersk’s APM Terminals to Sell Container Terminal in Virginia

Port operator APM Terminals, a unit of Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk, said it would sell a big U.S. container terminal to infrastructure investor Alinda Capital

July 22, 2014
Total Views: 42

Monday, July 21, 2014
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News

Decomposed Body of South Korean Ferry Owner Found

South Korean police said on Tuesday that a body found last month in the south of the country was that of a fugitive businessman who headed the family that

July 21, 2014
Total Views: 392

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News

ExxonMobil-Contracted Rig Enters Uncharted Waters of Russian Political Storm

An ordinary, long-scheduled journey of an oil drilling rig into Arctic waters is turning into a major political exercise, attracting international scrutiny and

July 21, 2014
Total Views: 32

Saturday, July 19, 2014
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News

New Seismic Surveys Likely Off U.S. East Coast

The Obama administration on Friday approved a plan that would allow companies to assess oil resources off the Atlantic Coast, angering environmental groups

July 19, 2014
Total Views: 314

Friday, July 18, 2014
Asia-Europe Container Freight Rates Fall
Maritime News

Asia-Europe Container Freight Rates Fall

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell by 5.5 percent to $1,230 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week

July 18, 2014
Total Views: 0

Thursday, July 17, 2014
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Finance

Zim Completes $3.4 Billion Restructuring

Israel's biggest shipping firm Zim said it completed a more than $3 billion debt restructuring that will allow the company to capitalise on the recovery in

July 17, 2014
Total Views: 147

Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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Maritime News

Trans-Pacific Container Shipping Group Aims For Rise in Rates

Container shipping companies were urged to raise Asia-U.S. freight rates by at least $600 per 40-foot container (FEU) with effect from Aug. 1, their

July 16, 2014
Total Views: 11

Tuesday, July 15, 2014
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News

China’s Deepwater Drilling Rig Finds Oil Off Vietnam

By John Ruwitch and Nguyen Phuong Linh SHANGHAI/HANOI, July 16 (Reuters) – A Chinese oil rig has finished drilling near the disputed Paracel islands in

July 15, 2014
Total Views: 64

Watch Out, That Freighter May Actually Be a Warship -Column
Maritime News

Watch Out, That Freighter May Actually Be a Warship -Column

U.S. military operations now increasingly begin and end at sea - aboard a growing fleet of vessels that the Pentagon has specifically outfitted as floating

July 15, 2014
Total Views: 85

Kenya Makes Record Heroin Haul from Ship in Mombasa
Press Releases

Kenya Makes Record Heroin Haul from Ship in Mombasa

Kenyan police on Tuesday seized 341.7 kg of heroin hidden in the diesel tank of a ship, the biggest ever single seizure of drugs at the Indian Ocean port of

July 15, 2014
Total Views: 29

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Finance

Dubai’s DP World Signs $3 Billion Loan Deal

DP World, one of the world's largest port operators, has signed a $3 billion loan deal, becoming the latest Dubai entity to take advantage of buoyant funding

July 15, 2014
Total Views: 23

Monday, July 14, 2014
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Maritime News

NITC Still Faces Sanctions After EU Blacklisting Annulled

Iran's main oil tanker firm NITC will struggle for some time to call at European ports, get foreign insurance and overcome obstacles under western sanctions,

July 14, 2014
Total Views: 16
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