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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Chinese Investor Behind Proposed Nicaraguan Canal Announces $3 Billion Ukraine Port Project
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Chinese Investor Behind Proposed Nicaraguan Canal Announces $3 Billion Ukraine Port Project

Wang Jing, a little known Chinese investor who has a concession to build a waterway in Nicaragua to rival the Panama Canal, announced he was also spearheading

December 5, 2013
Total Views: 33

Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Canada Panel Urges Better Response Plan for Oil Spills
News

Canada Panel Urges Better Response Plan for Oil Spills

Canada must be better prepared to respond to major oil spills if more crude starts to flow in pipelines to the country's Pacific Coast, a government panel said

December 4, 2013
Total Views: 19

Gazprom Neft to Sign Deal For Terminal to Ship New Arctic Oil
News

Gazprom Neft to Sign Deal For Terminal to Ship New Arctic Oil

Russia's Gazprom Neft plans to sign a deal on Thursday to build a terminal to ship oil from its new Novoportovskoye Arctic field to feed Europe, sources

December 4, 2013
Total Views: 32

Chemical Experts Eye Port to Load Syria Toxins Onto U.S. Ship
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Chemical Experts Eye Port to Load Syria Toxins Onto U.S. Ship

The United Nations and the global chemical weapons watchdog are awaiting approval from a country to use its port to load Syria's most deadly chemicals onto a

December 4, 2013
Total Views: 17

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News

China Rongsheng Flags ‘Substantial’ Full-Year Loss

China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country's largest private shipbuilder, said on Wednesday it expects to report a substantial full-year loss just

December 4, 2013
Total Views: 51

Tuesday, December 3, 2013
France To Allow Private Security On Shipping Fleet
Piracy

France To Allow Private Security On Shipping Fleet

France will allow private security forces to protect its shipping fleet against the threat of piracy with armed guards, the French government said on

December 3, 2013
Total Views: 41

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News

Greek Shipowner Victor Restis Released Pending Trial On Embezzlement Charges

Greek shipowner Victor Restis has been conditionally released after spending four months in jail pending trial on money laundering and embezzlement charges,

December 3, 2013
Total Views: 60

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Interesting

Record-Breaking Prelude FLNG Launched, Bigger One Planned

It will be the biggest thing ever sent to sea - but as the Prelude FLNG vessel was launched on Tuesday, plans were already under way for something

December 3, 2013
Total Views: 148

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News

Bumi Armada Wins $280 Million OSV Charter Deal With Lukoil

Malaysia's offshore oil field services firm Bumi Armada Bhd said on Tuesday it will lease six marine vessels to Russian oil firm Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft in

December 3, 2013
Total Views: 21

Monday, December 2, 2013
Bail Set for Seattle High-Speed Ferry Thief
News

Bail Set for Seattle High-Speed Ferry Thief

A man accused of leaping a fence at the Seattle waterfront and briefly commandeering a high-speed ferry used to shuttle passengers between Washington state and

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 48

Australia Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports To China Up 38 Percent On Year
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Australia Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports To China Up 38 Percent On Year

Iron ore exports to China from Australia's Port Hedland, which handles about a fifth of the global seaborne market, rose 38 percent in November from the same

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 87

Delivery of New German Navy Frigates Delayed at ThyssenKrupp
Shipbuilding

Delivery of New German Navy Frigates Delayed at ThyssenKrupp

The German Navy will receive the first of four new ships ordered from ThyssenKrupp later than expected, the defence ministry and the company said on Monday,

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 150

Sunday, December 1, 2013
U.S. Ship MV Cape Ray Readied For Possible Syrian Chemical Weapons Destruction
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U.S. Ship MV Cape Ray Readied For Possible Syrian Chemical Weapons Destruction

The U.S. government has begun outfitting a ship in its ready reserve force with equipment to enable it to destroy some of Syria's chemical weapons at sea in

December 1, 2013
Total Views: 130

Friday, November 29, 2013
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News

Gazprom to Deliver 15 Cargoes of LNG to Argentina

MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The marketing and trading division of Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom said on Friday it would deliver 15 cargoes of

November 29, 2013
Total Views: 50

Thursday, November 28, 2013
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News

High Costs Impede LNG Use For Maritime Transport In Europe

Northern European use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel ships is becoming feasible as supply from Qatar to the Dutch port of Rotterdam becomes available,

November 28, 2013
Total Views: 28

Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Panama Freeing Most Of North Korean Crew in Smuggled Arms Case, Captain Still Held
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Panama Freeing Most Of North Korean Crew in Smuggled Arms Case, Captain Still Held

Panama is freeing most of the 35 North Korean crew members it detained more than four months ago for smuggling Cuban weapons aboard a ship, a senior government

November 27, 2013
Total Views: 68

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News

Tanzania Considering New LNG Export Facility That Could Rival Qatar

Tanzania is looking at building a massive facility to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) similar to those developed by the world's biggest gas exporter Qatar

November 27, 2013
Total Views: 50

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News

Frontline Looks to Restructure Amid Delayed Tanker Market Recovery

The global tanker market is still some time away from a full recovery and Frontline, the crude tanker arm of shipping tycoon John Fredriksen's business empire,

November 27, 2013
Total Views: 53

Tuesday, November 26, 2013
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News

OSX Brasil Board Elects Euchério Rodrigues Chief Executive

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 26 (Reuters) – OSX Brazil SA, the shipbuilding company controlled by Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista, said on Tuesday that its board of

November 26, 2013
Total Views: 42

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Steams Towards Disputed South China Sea For Drills
Navy

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Steams Towards Disputed South China Sea For Drills

China sent its sole aircraft carrier on a training mission into the South China Sea on Tuesday amid maritime disputes with the Philippines and other neighbors

November 26, 2013
Total Views: 61