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Friday, April 4, 2014
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Incidents

Cargo Ship Sinks, 11 North Korean Sailors Missing

SEOUL, April 4 (Reuters) – A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship has sunk off the southern coast of South Korea, with most of the 16 North Korean crew members

April 4, 2014
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Investors Snap Up Shipping Loans As Global Economy Lifts Trade Prospects
News

Investors Snap Up Shipping Loans As Global Economy Lifts Trade Prospects

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) – Global private equity firm KKR has bought $150 million worth of shipping loans from two European banks amid

April 3, 2014
Total Views: 46

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News

Capesize Owners Face Uncertain Week On Major Trades

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE April 3 (Reuters) – Rates for capesize bulk carriers on key Asian routes are facing mixed fortunes with a two-tier market

April 3, 2014
Total Views: 110

Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Chile Assesses Damage After Massive Quake, Tsunami
News

Chile Assesses Damage After Massive Quake, Tsunami

By Anthony Esposito and Rosalba O’Brien SANTIAGO, April 2 (Reuters) – Chilean authorities on Wednesday were assessing the damage from a massive

April 2, 2014
Total Views: 50

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News

SBM Offshore Says Agents May Have Bribed Officials In Africa

The use of the word "bribe" makes it seem like some sort of shady, awkward proposal made in the corner of a dimly lit room. There must be a better word for it

April 2, 2014
Total Views: 100

Tuesday, April 1, 2014
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News

Chinese Contractors to Build Container Shipping Hub in Jamaica

By Horace Helps KINGSTON, April 1 (Reuters) – The Jamaican government has signed a preliminary agreement with one of China’s leading construction

April 1, 2014
Total Views: 122

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Finance

HSH Nordbank Cuts Bad Ship Loans

FRANKFURT, April 1 (Reuters) – Ailing German public-sector lender HSH has cut its exposure to bad shipping loans by striking a debt restructuring deal

April 1, 2014
Total Views: 40

Monday, March 31, 2014
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Interesting

UN Court Orders Japan to End Whaling

Judges at the highest U.N. court ordered Japan on Monday to halt whaling in the Antarctic, rejecting its long-held argument that the catch was for scientific

March 31, 2014
Total Views: 62

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News

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Announces $5 Billion Fleet Expansion Plan

TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) – Japan’s second-largest shipping company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd (MOL), plans to invest 520 billion yen ($5.05 billion)

March 31, 2014
Total Views: 46

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Finance

Rongsheng Heavy in the Spotlight After Reporting Massive Loss

By Yimou Lee and Umesh Desai HONG KONG, March 31 (Reuters) – China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group has agreed with banks to extend loans and other

March 31, 2014
Total Views: 33

Sunday, March 30, 2014
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Shipping News

Oil Tanker Fired On In Strait of Hormuz

Unknown assailants in a speedboat shot at a merchant vessel as it sailed through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman on Sunday, the NATO Shipping Centre

March 30, 2014
Total Views: 70

Saturday, March 29, 2014
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News

China’s EximBank Lends $1.2 Billion To Fund New Shipbuilding Program

BEIJING, March 29 (Reuters) – Export-Import Bank of China (EximBank) will lend $1.2 billion to German shipping firms Peter Dohle Shiffahrts-KG and

March 29, 2014
Total Views: 51

Friday, March 28, 2014
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News

Repsol To Expand Singapore Crude and Fuel Oil Trading

SINGAPORE, March 27 (Reuters) – Spanish oil group Repsol plans to expand its trading desk in Singapore as it looks to move more crude and fuel oil to

March 28, 2014
Total Views: 87

Thursday, March 27, 2014
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News

China COSCO Avoids Shanghai Delisting With Return To Profit

HONG KONG, March 27 (Reuters) – China COSCO Holdings returned to profit in 2013 thanks to investment gains from asset disposals during a global shipping

March 27, 2014
Total Views: 14

Malaysia’s Icon Offshore Plans Estimated $150 Million IPO
News

Malaysia’s Icon Offshore Plans Estimated $150 Million IPO

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Icon Offshore Bhd, whose ships offer support services to oil platforms, aims to list on the Kuala

March 27, 2014
Total Views: 21

Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Deal Reached To End Month-Long Strike At Canada’s Largest Port
News

Deal Reached To End Month-Long Strike At Canada’s Largest Port

By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER, March 26 (Reuters) – Negotiators on Wednesday reached a deal to end the month-long container truck strike that has crippled

March 26, 2014
Total Views: 32

Carnival Cruise Ship Rescues 41 Migrants From Sinking Boat
News

Carnival Cruise Ship Rescues 41 Migrants From Sinking Boat

MIAMI, March 26 (Reuters) – A Carnival Cruise ship rescued 41 Cuban migrants from a small, overcrowded boat in the Florida Straits, the 90-mile span of

March 26, 2014
Total Views: 117

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News

Lifting U.S. Crude Export Ban Would Help Counter Russia Says Oil CEO

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – Lifting the 40-year ban on U.S. crude exports is the fastest way the American drilling boom could be

March 26, 2014
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Coast Guard Slowly Reopens Houston Ship Channel – Update
Incidents

Coast Guard Slowly Reopens Houston Ship Channel – Update

The U.S. Coast Guard said it was preparing for the possible reopening on Tuesday of the Houston Ship Channel, which has been shut for three days after an oil

March 25, 2014
Total Views: 35

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Interesting

How Inmarsat Used Satellite Data and Physics to Track Flight MH370 to Southern Indian Ocean

ritain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the nineteenth century to analyse the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight

March 25, 2014
Total Views: 464