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Thursday, July 16, 2015
Is This the End for South Asia Shipbreakers?
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Is This the End for South Asia Shipbreakers?

By Krishna N. Das and Keith Wallis ALANG, India/SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) – In the world’s biggest ship recycling centre of Alang on

July 16, 2015
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First of Iran’s Floating Storage Supertankers Sets Sail After Nuclear Deal
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First of Iran’s Floating Storage Supertankers Sets Sail After Nuclear Deal

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) – An Iranian supertanker with two million barrels of oil is heading to Asia after sitting in Iranian waters

July 16, 2015
Total Views: 48

Islamic State Affiliate Claims Rocket Attack on Egypt Navy Vessel – PHOTOS
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Islamic State Affiliate Claims Rocket Attack on Egypt Navy Vessel – PHOTOS

By Eric Knecht and Ali Abdelaty CAIRO, July 16 (Reuters) – Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate said on Thursday it fired a rocket at an Egyptian naval

July 16, 2015
Total Views: 39

Neptune Orient Lines Put Up for Sale, Sources Say
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Neptune Orient Lines Put Up for Sale, Sources Say

  July 16 (Reuters) – Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has put shipping company Neptune Orient Lines Ltd , which has a market value of $1.7

July 16, 2015
Total Views: 142

Wednesday, July 15, 2015
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Hapag-Lloyd Advances IPO Plans

  By Arno Schuetze and Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT, July 15 (Reuters) – German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd is speeding up preparations for

July 15, 2015
Total Views: 45

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South Korea Plans LNG Bunkering Terminals as Strategy for Dual Fuel Domination

  SEOUL, July 15 (Reuters) – South Korea plans to construct liquefied natural gas bunkering terminals at some of its ports as part of a drive to

July 15, 2015
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, July 14, 2015
European Refiners Gearing Up for Return of Iranian Oil
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European Refiners Gearing Up for Return of Iranian Oil

By Ron Bousso LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) – Mediterranean refiners are gearing up to welcome the return of Iranian crude oil to the market which could push

July 14, 2015
Total Views: 42

Signal International Settles Labor Suit After Filing for Bankrupcty
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Signal International Settles Labor Suit After Filing for Bankrupcty

By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, July 14 (Reuters) – Signal International will pay $20 million to settle lawsuits alleging fraud and labor trafficking by the

July 14, 2015
Total Views: 76

DSME Shares Plunge on Media Report Saying $1.75 Billion in Losses Not Booked
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DSME Shares Plunge on Media Report Saying $1.75 Billion in Losses Not Booked

  SEOUL, July 15 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd shares fell 12 percent on Wednesday after a

July 14, 2015
Total Views: 43

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Maersk Line to Raise Asia-Europe Freight Rate

COPENHAGEN, July 14 (Reuters) – Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, told its clients on Tuesday it would raise the freight

July 14, 2015
Total Views: 33

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Iran’s Oil Sector Sanctions… And What Removing Them Could Mean

  July 14 (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that

July 14, 2015
Total Views: 33

Monday, July 13, 2015
‘Enrica Lexie’ Marines’ Indian Murder Case May Head to International Arbitration
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‘Enrica Lexie’ Marines’ Indian Murder Case May Head to International Arbitration

  By Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI, July 13 (Reuters) – A case in which two Italian marines are accused of killing two Indian fisherman could now be

July 13, 2015
Total Views: 43

Saudi Oil-Shipper Bahri Says Q2 Profit Doubles
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Saudi Oil-Shipper Bahri Says Q2 Profit Doubles

  DUBAI, July 13 (Reuters) – National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), the exclusive oil-shipper for Saudi Aramco, said on Monday its

July 13, 2015
Total Views: 17

Thursday, July 9, 2015
Greece’s Latest Bailout Proposal Includes Shipping Sector Tax Hikes
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Greece’s Latest Bailout Proposal Includes Shipping Sector Tax Hikes

By Renee Maltezou and John O’Donnell ATHENS/FRANKFURT, July 10 (Reuters) – The Greek government sent a package of reform proposals to its euro zone

July 9, 2015
Total Views: 35

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Libya Government Will Seize Any Tanker Approaching Main Oil Port

  By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, July 9 (Reuters) – Libyan security forces guarding the country’s major Ras Lanuf oil port will seize any tankers

July 9, 2015
Total Views: 37

Venezuela Bid to Review $46 Million Tidewater Award Rejected
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Venezuela Bid to Review $46 Million Tidewater Award Rejected

CARACAS, July 8 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s request to review a $46 million compensation claim it has been ordered to pay to oil service company

July 9, 2015
Total Views: 36

Colombia’s Magdalena River Project Dredges Up Economic Promise
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Colombia’s Magdalena River Project Dredges Up Economic Promise

  By Julia Symmes Cobb BARRANCABERMEJA, Colombia, July 9 (Reuters) – The hulking backhoe dredges up rocks and silt from the shallows of the muddy

July 9, 2015
Total Views: 139

Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Two Killed in Accident at Petrobras Oil Terminal; Fire Reported at Platform
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Two Killed in Accident at Petrobras Oil Terminal; Fire Reported at Platform

  RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Reuters) – Two workers died at a construction project at a Brazilian oil terminal operated by state-run Petrobras on

July 8, 2015
Total Views: 47

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Investment Firms to Buy Shipping Company Esvagt from Maersk
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Investment Firms to Buy Shipping Company Esvagt from Maersk

  COPENHAGEN, July 7 (Reuters) – Investment firms 3i Infrastructure and AMP Capital have agreed to buy Danish shipping company Esvagt for 4.1

July 7, 2015
Total Views: 86

Monday, July 6, 2015
Egypt Busts Suez Terror Plot – Sources
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Egypt Busts Suez Terror Plot – Sources

  CAIRO, July 6 (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on suspicion of planting bombs around the Suez

July 6, 2015
Total Views: 44