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Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Danube River Blocked in Germany After Ship Grounding
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Danube River Blocked in Germany After Ship Grounding

HAMBURG/LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Shipping on the river Danube was blocked in south Germany on Wednesday after a cargo vessel ran aground because of low

August 12, 2015
Total Views: 151

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Coast Guard Sees Added Burden in Shell’s Arctic Drilling Quest
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Coast Guard Sees Added Burden in Shell’s Arctic Drilling Quest

  By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard has been forced to divert resources – including a vessel that fights

August 11, 2015
Total Views: 113

COSCO and China Shipping Group In Merger Talks, Sources Say
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COSCO and China Shipping Group In Merger Talks, Sources Say

  By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group are in talks over a possible

August 11, 2015
Total Views: 63

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Dutch Engineering Group Imtech has Completely Collapsed

  By Toby Sterling and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Royal Imtech, the Dutch engineering services company, filed for protection from

August 11, 2015
Total Views: 147

Monday, August 10, 2015
Noble Says Report Finds Accounting Practices In Line with Rules
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Noble Says Report Finds Accounting Practices In Line with Rules

  By Anshuman Daga and Rujun Shen SINGAPORE, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Noble Group’s Chief Executive Yusuf Alireza sought to draw a line under a

August 10, 2015
Total Views: 49

DSME Announces Restructuring After Huge Q2 Loss
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DSME Announces Restructuring After Huge Q2 Loss

  SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd said on Monday it would sell non-core assets,

August 10, 2015
Total Views: 63

Friday, August 7, 2015
Oil Tankers the Exception to Weak Shipping Market
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Oil Tankers the Exception to Weak Shipping Market

  By Sinead Carew Aug 7 (Reuters) – Maritime stocks have broadly fallen this year as weak demand for some commodities and goods in Asia and

August 7, 2015
Total Views: 49

Petrobras Bribery Scandal – Six Charged Over Vantage Drilling Rig Contract Award
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Petrobras Bribery Scandal – Six Charged Over Vantage Drilling Rig Contract Award

  SAO PAULO, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday presented formal charges against Jorge Zelada, the former head of state-run oil

August 7, 2015
Total Views: 82

OSG Investors Settle Lawsuit with Execs and Others
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OSG Investors Settle Lawsuit with Execs and Others

  By Nate Raymond NEW YORK, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Overseas Shipholding Group Inc investors have reached $16.25 million in settlements with the

August 7, 2015
Total Views: 82

Thursday, August 6, 2015
Containerships Trickle Back to Iran After Nuke Deal
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Containerships Trickle Back to Iran After Nuke Deal

  By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – The first international container ships began arriving in Iran this week after the nuclear deal between

August 6, 2015
Total Views: 32

More Than 200 Feared Dead in Latest Migrant Boat Sinking
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More Than 200 Feared Dead in Latest Migrant Boat Sinking

  By Steve Scherer ROME, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Hopes faded of finding survivors of the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy, in which an estimated 200

August 6, 2015
Total Views: 34

Wednesday, August 5, 2015
U.S. Investment Funds Target Italian Shipping Debt Deals
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U.S. Investment Funds Target Italian Shipping Debt Deals

  By Pamela Barbaglia and Jonathan Saul LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Distressed debt investors are looking to buy shipping loans from Italian banks,

August 5, 2015
Total Views: 78

Major Search and Rescue After Migrant Boat Carrying Hundreds Sinks Off Libya
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Major Search and Rescue After Migrant Boat Carrying Hundreds Sinks Off Libya

  By Philip Pullella and Steve Scherer ROME, Aug 5 (Reuters) – A boat packed with up to 700 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast

August 5, 2015
Total Views: 42

Six Quick Facts About the New Suez Canal
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Six Quick Facts About the New Suez Canal

  CAIRO, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Egypt on Thursday opens the New Suez Canal, an extension which flanks the existing 145-year-old waterway and part of a

August 5, 2015
Total Views: 1382

Nigeria’s Sudden Tanker Ban Dumbfounds Just About Everyone
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Nigeria’s Sudden Tanker Ban Dumbfounds Just About Everyone

  By Libby George and Julia Payne LONDON/ABUJA, Aug 5 (Reuters) – The Nigerian president’s sudden, unexpected and seemingly unilateral

August 5, 2015
Total Views: 34

Monday, August 3, 2015
Containership Giant CMA CGM to Resume Iran Service
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Containership Giant CMA CGM to Resume Iran Service

  PARIS/LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The world’s third-largest container shipping group, France’s CMA CGM, said on Monday it would resume

August 3, 2015
Total Views: 42

Friday, July 31, 2015
WATCH: Shell Icebreaker Threads Bridge Hanger’s Barricade
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WATCH: Shell Icebreaker Threads Bridge Hanger’s Barricade

  By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore., July 30 (Reuters) – An icebreaking vessel key to Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic

July 31, 2015
Total Views: 95

Royal Caribbean Surges After Raising Forecast
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Royal Caribbean Surges After Raising Forecast

By Nayan Das July 31 (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd raised its full-year profit forecast as bookings surge in the Caribbean and the fast-growing

July 31, 2015
Total Views: 39

Thursday, July 30, 2015
U.S. Senate Panel Votes to Lift Oil Export Ban
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U.S. Senate Panel Votes to Lift Oil Export Ban

  By Timothy Gardner and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Energy Committee on Thursday narrowly passed a bill to

July 30, 2015
Total Views: 52

Vale to Collect $448 Million from Sale of Four Giant ‘Valemax’ Ships to China
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Vale to Collect $448 Million from Sale of Four Giant ‘Valemax’ Ships to China

  RIO DE JANEIRO, July 30 (Reuters) – Brazilian mining company Vale SA said on Thursday that it expects to receive $448 million from the sale of

July 30, 2015
Total Views: 169