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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Hong Kong Port Strikers Camp Outside Li Ka-Shing Headquarters
Ports

Hong Kong Port Strikers Camp Outside Li Ka-Shing Headquarters

More than 200 striking dock workers have set up shop outside the headquarters of Asia's richest

April 17, 2013
Total Views: 48

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Obama Ocean Plan Aims To Protect Economy, Environment
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Obama Ocean Plan Aims To Protect Economy, Environment

New plan aimed at protecting oceans, coastal and Great Lakes environments around the United States while safeguarding related

April 16, 2013
Total Views: 30

Euronav Loss Deepens
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Euronav Loss Deepens

"The market is playing Russian roulette and on one voyage one day one charterer will find out there was a bullet in the gun after all," said Chief Executive

April 16, 2013
Total Views: 65

India Appoints Anti-Terrorism Agency to Investigate Enrica Lexie Marines, Stoking Diplomatic Row
Piracy

India Appoints Anti-Terrorism Agency to Investigate Enrica Lexie Marines, Stoking Diplomatic Row

Italy opposed on Tuesday India's decision to appoint its anti-terrorism agency to investigate the case of Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen,

April 16, 2013
Total Views: 34

Monday, April 15, 2013
Italian Prosecutors Pursue Criminal Charges Against Schettino and Other Officers

Italian Prosecutors Pursue Criminal Charges Against Schettino and Other Officers

By Silvia Ognibene GROSSETO, Italy, April 15 (Reuters) – An Italian judge began hearing a request on Monday to send the former captain of the Costa

April 15, 2013
Total Views: 86

Sunday, April 14, 2013
LNG Capricorn mitsui o.s.k. lines

South Korea Resumes Iranian NGL Imports

By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) – South Korea resumed imports from Iran of natural gas liquids in March, customs data showed on Monday, after

April 14, 2013
Total Views: 65

Friday, April 12, 2013
Turkey Presses On With Bosphorus Bypass Ship Canal Plans
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Turkey Presses On With Bosphorus Bypass Ship Canal Plans

ANKARA, April 12 (Reuters) – Turkey will forge ahead with plans for a 45-km (30 mile) ship canal linking the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara to try

April 12, 2013
Total Views: 44

Thursday, April 11, 2013
yamal lng

Russia Arctic LNG Plant To Ship To Europe, UK In Winter

By Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – The partners in Russia’s Yamal liquefied natural gas project are in talks to ship cargoes to

April 11, 2013
Total Views: 49

Two Charged With Manslaughter In Hong Kong Ferry Disaster
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Two Charged With Manslaughter In Hong Kong Ferry Disaster

HONG KONG, April 11 (Reuters) – Hong Kong police charged two boat captains with manslaughter on Thursday in connection with a ferry collision last year

April 11, 2013
Total Views: 25

Tackling Somali Piracy Needs New Onshore Focus – World Bank
Piracy

Tackling Somali Piracy Needs New Onshore Focus – World Bank

By Edmund Blair MOGADISHU, April 11 (Reuters) – Ending Somali piracy requires a shift from reliance on security at sea to targeting those on land who

April 11, 2013
Total Views: 38

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Costa Cruises Settles With Italy Over Concordia Grounding
Grounding Incidents

Costa Cruises Settles With Italy Over Concordia Grounding

By Silvia Ognibene GROSSETO, Italy, April 10 (Reuters) – Costa Cruises, the unit of Carnival Corp that owned and operated the capsized cruise liner Costa

April 10, 2013
Total Views: 44

hong kong port strike
News

Hong Kong’s Port Workers are Tired of Pooping in Newspapers, Strike Continues

By James Pomfret and Grace Li HONG KONG, April 10 (Reuters) – Striking dock workers at a port operator backed by Hong Kong’s richest man Li

April 10, 2013
Total Views: 78

Monday, April 8, 2013
hapag lloyd hamburg sud
News

Hamburg City Pushes For Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg Süd Shipping Merger

KIEL, Germany, April 8 (Reuters) – The city of Hamburg wants shippers Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd to resume merger talks so that they stand a better

April 8, 2013
Total Views: 131

chevron frade fpso
News

Frade FPSO Finally Given Green Light for Restart by Brazilian Authorities

By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8 (Reuters) – Brazil’s oil regulator, the ANP, said on Monday that it authorized Chevron Corp to restart output

April 8, 2013
Total Views: 177

Egyptian Authorities Release Private Security Ship
Piracy

Egyptian Authorities Release Private Security Ship

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities released a ship loaded with heavy weapons and its crew three days after they were seized for entering Egyptian

April 8, 2013
Total Views: 47

Sunday, April 7, 2013
Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout
Navy

A Glance at the Near Future of Naval UAVs

(Reuters) – The Navy plans to carry out the first catapult takeoff of its new X-47B unmanned plane from an aircraft carrier next month and other

April 7, 2013
Total Views: 111

Oceans may explain slowdown in climate change
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Oceans may explain slowdown in climate change

OSLO (Reuters) – Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists

April 7, 2013
Total Views: 57

port hong kong container shipping containers
Ports

Most Chilean Ports Back to Normal, But Strike Resumption Possible

Reuters – Most ports in Chile were returning to normal operations on Saturday after an extended strike that slammed the No. 1 copper producer’s

April 7, 2013
Total Views: 65

Saturday, April 6, 2013
Arctic ice flow
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Report Calls For New US Arctic Ocean Strategy

Reuters – With the warming U.S. Arctic region poised for greater oil and mining development, the White House needs to develop a national strategy that

April 6, 2013
Total Views: 42

Friday, April 5, 2013
grain carrier bulk liberty maritime
News

Another Negative Week for the Dry Bulk Market

April 5 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry commodities, fell on Friday for a

April 5, 2013
Total Views: 41