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Thursday, October 30, 2014
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News

Exmar Optimistic About Gas Carrier Market Into 2015

Belgian gas shipping group Exmar said on Thursday that the market for its very large and midsize gas carriers was at historically high levels in the third

October 30, 2014
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Suncor to Regularly Consider Shipping Western Canada Crude Overseas
News

Suncor to Regularly Consider Shipping Western Canada Crude Overseas

Suncor Energy Inc will look regularly at the economics of shipping Western Canadian crude from the country's East Coast to markets overseas, Chief Executive

October 30, 2014
Total Views: 27

hyundai heavy industries
Finance

Hyundai Heavy Loses $1.8 Billion in 3rd Quarter, Braces for Worst Annual Loss

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, the world's biggest shipbuilder, slid to a record quarterly loss of $1.8 billion and warned it's heading for its

October 30, 2014
Total Views: 46

Wednesday, October 29, 2014
French Ferry Operator SNCM to Seek Court Protection Next Week -Source
Shipping News

French Ferry Operator SNCM to Seek Court Protection Next Week -Source

France-Corsica ferry operator SNCM will file for court protection next week, a source close to the company told Reuters on Wednesday, which will clear the way

October 29, 2014
Total Views: 35

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News

Chinese Shipping is Delivering a Toxic Pollution Cocktail – Report

China is waging war on pollution, closing factories and targeting dirty coal-fired power plants, but its ports are pumping out pollution virtually unchecked,

October 29, 2014
Total Views: 63

Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Saint Lawrence Seaway Workers Threaten Strike
News

Saint Lawrence Seaway Workers Threaten Strike

Union workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway, the waterway that links the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, have given notice of a possible strike, which could

October 28, 2014
Total Views: 54

Canada’s Arctic Fleet Expansion Needs More Funds, Watchdog Says
News

Canada’s Arctic Fleet Expansion Needs More Funds, Watchdog Says

Canada will fail to deliver a proposed fleet of six to eight Arctic patrol ships unless it spends significantly more than the C$2.8 billion ($2.51 billion)

October 28, 2014
Total Views: 44

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News

BG Group’s Profit Fall Bigger-Than-Expected

Britain's third-biggest energy company BG Group reported a worse-than-expected 26 percent fall in third-quarter operating profit on the back of a continued

October 28, 2014
Total Views: 31

Monday, October 27, 2014
High Arctic Costs Deter Business Despite Thaw
News

High Arctic Costs Deter Business Despite Thaw

Despite high hopes for Arctic business from mining to shipping as the ice melts rapidly and temperatures rise twice as fast as the global average, few firms

October 27, 2014
Total Views: 96

Pirates Launch Deadly Niger Delta Attacks
Piracy

Pirates Launch Deadly Niger Delta Attacks

Pirates have launched a spate of attacks in the creeks of Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region since last Thursday, killing three policemen and abducting

October 27, 2014
Total Views: 746

Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Sewol Captain
News

Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Sewol Captain

South Korean prosecutors on Monday sought the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that capsized in April, leaving 304 people, most of them school

October 27, 2014
Total Views: 759

Sunday, October 26, 2014
Supertanker Arrives With Venezuela’s First Imported Crude Oil
News

Supertanker Arrives With Venezuela’s First Imported Crude Oil

Oil tanker Carabobo, bringing Venezuela's first import of crude oil, arrived late on Saturday at the Jose port, where it is scheduled to unload up to 2 million

October 26, 2014
Total Views: 740

Friday, October 24, 2014
UASC SCHUAIBA, containership
News

UASC Targets Expansion to Beat Container Market Blues

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is on a major expansion drive, investing more than $2 billion in bigger ships and forming alliances with peers to boost

October 24, 2014
Total Views: 66

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall
News

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe continued to fall for the sixth consecutive

October 24, 2014
Total Views: 22

Thursday, October 23, 2014
Somalia’s Mogadishu Port In For Major Facelift With Turkish Help
Ports

Somalia’s Mogadishu Port In For Major Facelift With Turkish Help

The Somali government's grand vision for Mogadishu port under its new Turkish managers sees modern container ships replacing wooden dhows, new cranes easing

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 334

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News

BG Group Seeks Revival of Egyptian LNG Business

British energy company BG Group is in talks with BP to link their two gas developments off Egypt's coast, as part of BG's drive to breathe life into its

October 23, 2014
Total Views: 46

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Venezuela Books VLCC to Import Second Algerian Crude Shipment
Shipping News

Venezuela Books VLCC to Import Second Algerian Crude Shipment

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has hired a supertanker to load a second 2 million-barrel cargo of Algerian crude, according to preliminary tanker

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 40

U.S. Needs New Heavy Icebreaker to “Assure Access” to the Arctic
Defense

U.S. Needs New Heavy Icebreaker to “Assure Access” to the Arctic

The United States needs billions of dollars of new equipment including ice-breaking ships, better satellite service and fiber-optic networks as it prepares

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 36

Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Weak Oil Threatens U.S. LNG Exports, Leaving Asian Buyers Stranded
News

Weak Oil Threatens U.S. LNG Exports, Leaving Asian Buyers Stranded

By Oleg Vukmanovic MILAN, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Plunging global oil prices may turn hopes for cheap liquefied natural gas supplies from the United States

October 21, 2014
Total Views: 35

keppel fels shipyard almeida
News

Profit Falls at Singaporean Rig Builder

"We believe that with the depleting (oil) reserves and aging (rig) fleet, the industry fundamentals are still strong," said Chief Executive Loh Chin Hua in a

October 21, 2014
Total Views: 37