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Friday, March 18, 2016
UK-Led Project to Test Flettner Rotors on Large Ocean-Going Ship
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UK-Led Project to Test Flettner Rotors on Large Ocean-Going Ship

The Energy Technologies Institute in the UK is looking for partners in a project that will test the use of flattener rotors as a way to increase fuel

March 18, 2016
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Argentina Coast Guard Chases, Sinks Chinese Fishing Vessel
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Argentina Coast Guard Chases, Sinks Chinese Fishing Vessel

BUENOS AIRES, March 15 (Reuters) – Argentina’s coast guard has sunk a Chinese trawler that was fishing illegally within its territorial waters, the

March 16, 2016
Total Views: 141

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Obama Administration Does U-Turn on Atlantic Drilling
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Obama Administration Does U-Turn on Atlantic Drilling

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) – The Obama administration reversed course on Tuesday on a proposal to open the southeastern Atlantic

March 15, 2016
Total Views: 74

Friday, March 11, 2016
Watch: Scary Video Shows SAR Helicopter Crashing Near Grounded Cargo Ship
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Watch: Scary Video Shows SAR Helicopter Crashing Near Grounded Cargo Ship

Some scary video shows the moment a search and rescue helicopter crashed into the sea while responding to a grounded containership in Taiwan.  The

March 11, 2016
Total Views: 385

Thursday, March 10, 2016
Ship Photos of the Day – Largest Cruise Ship Ever Built Begins Sea Trials
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Ship Photos of the Day – Largest Cruise Ship Ever Built Begins Sea Trials

The largest cruise ship ever built departed the STX France Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France on Thursday for its first set

March 10, 2016
Total Views: 214

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Maersk Tankers Claims First Drone Delivery to Ship at Sea
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Maersk Tankers Claims First Drone Delivery to Ship at Sea

Maersk Tankers says that it has completed the first drone delivery to a vessel at sea as part of a test to see whether or not drones can become

March 8, 2016
Total Views: 493

Thursday, March 3, 2016
Big Ben – Photo Tour Of The MegaShip Benjamin Franklin
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Big Ben – Photo Tour Of The MegaShip Benjamin Franklin

The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container ship ever to dock in North America, returned to Southern California last month for its second U.S. visit

March 3, 2016
Total Views: 430

Friday, February 26, 2016
Drunken Captain Gets Vessel Stuck in Germany
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Drunken Captain Gets Vessel Stuck in Germany

A inland freighter found itself pinned in a peculiar way on Germany’s Main river after the drunken ship captain allegedly ran the vessel into a

February 26, 2016
Total Views: 1178

Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Canals Feel Ripples of Container Shipping Crisis as Vessels Go the Long Way Round
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Canals Feel Ripples of Container Shipping Crisis as Vessels Go the Long Way Round

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The Panama and Suez canals could be the next institutions to be affected by the ongoing crisis in the container

February 23, 2016
Total Views: 565

Sunday, February 21, 2016
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El Faro’s Final Communications Played at Hearing – LISTEN

Feb 20 (Reuters) – The captain of the doomed El Faro warned that the “clock was ticking” as his cargo ship took on water in an Atlantic

February 21, 2016
Total Views: 351

Friday, February 19, 2016
Ship Photos of the Day – Wreck of the Costa Concordia, Or At Least What’s Left of It
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Ship Photos of the Day – Wreck of the Costa Concordia, Or At Least What’s Left of It

The wreck of the Costa Concordia – or least what’s left of it – continues to be broken up in Genoa, Italy in preparation for final demolition

February 19, 2016
Total Views: 624

WATCH: Ovation of the Seas Float Out
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WATCH: Ovation of the Seas Float Out

Royal Caribbean’s next 168,666-ton Quantum-class cruise ship Ovation of the Seas was floated out of Meyer Werft’s covered building dock II on

February 19, 2016
Total Views: 330

Sunday, February 14, 2016
Another ‘Megaship’ Grounds in Europe
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Another ‘Megaship’ Grounds in Europe

An ultra large containership had to make a controlled grounding in the Solent Saturday night while on its way to the port of Southampton, the second incident

February 14, 2016
Total Views: 256

Friday, February 12, 2016
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Anthem of the Seas — Is She Seaworthy?

On Wednesday night, the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, made it safely back to its berth in Cape Liberty in New York harbor, a bit

February 12, 2016
Total Views: 2370

Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Electronic Chart Display (ECDIS) aboard ship bridge
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U.S. Coast Guard Approves Use of Electronic Charts

The U.S. Coast Guard published guidance February 5th that allows mariners to use electronic charts and publications instead of paper charts, maps and

February 9, 2016
Total Views: 345

Video: World’s First ‘Oblique’ Icebreaker Breaks Ice Sideways
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Video: World’s First ‘Oblique’ Icebreaker Breaks Ice Sideways

Built by Arctech Helsinki for the Russian Ministry of Transport, the Icebreaking Multipurpose Emergency and Rescue Vessel Baltika is a first-of-its-kind

February 9, 2016
Total Views: 537

Monday, February 8, 2016
Anthem of the Seas Caught in Extreme Storm Off U.S. East Coast
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Anthem of the Seas Caught in Extreme Storm Off U.S. East Coast

Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas is expected to return to Cape Liberty, New Jersey on Monday with major interior damage after the cruise

February 8, 2016
Total Views: 630

Saturday, February 6, 2016
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Maritime Academy Recognized As Top College By Princeton Review

The influential education-research company Princeton Review, just published its 2016 annual college handbook and ranked the State University of New

February 6, 2016
Total Views: 242

Friday, February 5, 2016
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Movie Review – The Finest Hours, Greatest Small Boat Rescue in History

By Rick Spilman – “The Finest Hours” is far from a perfect movie. Nevertheless, it recounts a remarkable story of heroism at sea that is well worth

February 5, 2016
Total Views: 865

Thursday, February 4, 2016
SS United States: Crystal Cruises Planning Return of Historic Transatlantic Liner
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SS United States: Crystal Cruises Planning Return of Historic Transatlantic Liner

A major development today in the ongoing saga to save the SS United States from a trip the scrapyard. Los Angeles-based Crystal Cruises says it has signed a

February 4, 2016
Total Views: 565