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Sunday, September 8, 2013
MV Gold Star
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MV Gold Star Becomes Epic Cannabis Campfire Off Malta

The Tanzanian-registered cargo ship MV Gold Star, loaded with an estimated 30 tons of cannabis, caught fire on Friday 6 September while in international waters

September 8, 2013
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Friday, September 6, 2013
Italy Approves Costa Concordia Parbuckling
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Italy Approves Costa Concordia Parbuckling

Authorities in Italy have given engineers the green light to carry out the parbuckling of the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship at the Island of

September 6, 2013
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Carnival to Spend $180 Million on Exhaust Scrubbers for Fleet
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Carnival to Spend $180 Million on Exhaust Scrubbers for Fleet

By Mark Drajem Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise operator, agreed to spend $180 million to cut sulfur emissions

September 5, 2013
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New Video Allegedly Shows Attack on COSCO Asia Containership in Suez Canal
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New Video Allegedly Shows Attack on COSCO Asia Containership in Suez Canal

A new video has surfaced on youtube showing, allegedly, the recent attack on the COSCO Asia containership in the Suez

September 5, 2013
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DON’T MISS: High-Def Google Street View from Inside a Ship
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DON’T MISS: High-Def Google Street View from Inside a Ship

This summer Google took their cameras on board Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 272-foot research vessel, Falkor, while on a visit to the San Francisco

September 5, 2013
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
mv sealand comet
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Facing Dead Whale Or Lost Cargo, Maersk Line Turns To Social Media

By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Who would have thought a container shipping firm could rally as many Facebook “likes” as a

September 3, 2013
Total Views: 103

Monday, September 2, 2013
D.C. Police Boat Slams on Gas, Slams Into Boats [VIDEO]
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D.C. Police Boat Slams on Gas, Slams Into Boats [VIDEO]

Not exactly sure what this officer was thinking here, but it didn’t end well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-r7eEfcV2s While i was walking by Potomac

September 2, 2013
Total Views: 51

Saturday, August 31, 2013
COSCO Asia Containership Attacked in Suez Canal
Incidents

COSCO Asia Containership Attacked in Suez Canal

A "terrorist" staged an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the Suez Canal on Saturday, in an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through

August 31, 2013
Total Views: 399

Friday, August 30, 2013
shipbreaking ship recycling scrapping
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Cargo Ships on Beaches…Really?

A perspective on ship recycling and how to end beaching  Like most other things, ships don’t last forever. After 25-30 years they are no longer

August 30, 2013
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Costa Concordia Salvage Makes Progress
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Costa Concordia Salvage Makes Progress

Salvors with the Titan-Micoperi consortium on Tuesday announced the completion of another important step towards the parbuckling -or uprighting- of the Costa

August 27, 2013
Total Views: 114

Sunday, August 25, 2013
U.S.’s First Modern-Day Pirate Prosecutor to Step Down
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U.S.’s First Modern-Day Pirate Prosecutor to Step Down

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Neil H. MacBride, helped secure the U.S.'s first high-seas piracy convictions since 1820 for a total of 26

August 25, 2013
Total Views: 100

Friday, August 23, 2013
Four Killed When Offshore Services Helicopter Ditches In North Sea [UPDATE]
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Four Killed When Offshore Services Helicopter Ditches In North Sea [UPDATE]

Search underway for 3 missing after helicopter carrying 18 people from the Borgsten Dolphin drilling rig in the North Sea ditched into the sea west of the

August 23, 2013
Total Views: 86

Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Russian Hovercraft Parks On Crowded Beach [VIDEO]
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Russian Hovercraft Parks On Crowded Beach [VIDEO]

Beachgoers in Russia got a little more than they bargained for when a massive military hovercraft made an unexpected landing on a crowded beach. Only in

August 21, 2013
Total Views: 141

kiani satu under tow
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The Final Days of the Kiani Satu Bulk Carrier [16 PHOTOS]

A photo collection from the grounding and attempted salvage of the MV Kiani Satu on a South African

August 21, 2013
Total Views: 673

Tuesday, August 20, 2013
WATCH: First of Panama Canal’s Giant New Gates Arrive in Panama
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WATCH: First of Panama Canal’s Giant New Gates Arrive in Panama

The first four gates for the Panama Canal's new, larger locks have arrived in Colon, Panama in what is being called a major milestone in the expansion of the

August 20, 2013
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Explosion Rocks New Jersey Naval Weapons Station
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Explosion Rocks New Jersey Naval Weapons Station

Eight people were injured, one of them seriously, after an explosion and fire struck a U.S. Navy ammunitions depot near the New Jersey shore on Tuesday, Navy

August 20, 2013
Total Views: 123

mv smart aground
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Bulk Carrier MV Smart Has Split in Two After Running Aground in South Africa [UPDATE]

A bulk carrier has run aground and has broken up along the east coast of South Africa near Richards

August 20, 2013
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lou vest oneighteen seafarer sailor
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MLC 2006 | Seafarers’ Bill of Rights Enters into Force

SINGAPORE –  20 August 2013 – The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, also known as the “Seafarers Bill of Rights” has officially

August 20, 2013
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Monday, August 19, 2013
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Nigerian Navy Kills 12 Pirates in Battle Over Tanker

The Nigerian navy killed 12 pirates in a gun battle as they tried to flee from a fuel tanker they hijacked off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea last week, the

August 19, 2013
Total Views: 103

Saturday, August 17, 2013
Philippines Suspends Search For Ferry Disaster Survivors [UPDATE]
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Philippines Suspends Search For Ferry Disaster Survivors [UPDATE]

Worsening weather and sea conditions on Saturday forced the Philippines to suspend a search for survivors of a ferry disaster that killed at least 32 people

August 17, 2013
Total Views: 147