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Explore the latest developments in the shipping industry, including market trends, fleet management, and the impact of global trade on maritime logistics.


Friday, June 12, 2015
Pacific Drilling Emerges as Deepwater Takeover Target
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Pacific Drilling Emerges as Deepwater Takeover Target

Pacific Drilling SA, an offshore oil-rig contractor, is gaining notice as a takeover

June 12, 2015
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Chevron Completes Its Largest-Ever Seismic Survey Off Australia
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Chevron Completes Its Largest-Ever Seismic Survey Off Australia

Chevron Corp. is studying data from its largest-ever seismic survey to decide where to drill for oil in an untapped frontier off southern

June 12, 2015
Total Views: 103

Thursday, June 11, 2015
Over 4,000 Tankers Not Ready for Upcoming ECDIS Mandate
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Over 4,000 Tankers Not Ready for Upcoming ECDIS Mandate

More than half of the world’s tankers of 3,000 gross tonnes or more will comply with new SOLAS regulations on the mandatory carriage of

June 11, 2015
Total Views: 64

Two Shipping Companies Busted for Illegal Dumping in Great Barrier Reef
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Two Shipping Companies Busted for Illegal Dumping in Great Barrier Reef

  Australia has successfully prosecuted two shipping companies for illegal dumping garbage within the Great Barrier Reef in two separate incidents. The

June 11, 2015
Total Views: 92

New Rules to Enhance Safety of Large Containerships
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New Rules to Enhance Safety of Large Containerships

  The International Association of Classifications Societies (IACS) has announced the adoption of new rules to further improve the safety of Large

June 11, 2015
Total Views: 206

Survey Paints Bleak Picture for North Sea Oil and Gas Industry
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Survey Paints Bleak Picture for North Sea Oil and Gas Industry

  Two-thirds of North Sea oil and gas industry operators (67 percent) have been forced to cancel projects because of the recent fall in oil price,

June 11, 2015
Total Views: 39

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Tanker Owner Euronav Sets Record Straight on Reported $1.2 Billion Buying Spree

  International crude oil tanker owner Euronav has set the record straight on market speculation that it is planning a $1.2 billion tanker

June 11, 2015
Total Views: 64

Dramatic Rescue Caught on Tape – Four Airlifted from Sinking Fishing Vessel in Gulf of Alaska
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Dramatic Rescue Caught on Tape – Four Airlifted from Sinking Fishing Vessel in Gulf of Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued four crew of the fishing vessel Kupreanof from the Gulf of Alaska near Lituya Bay, Alaska. The dramatic rescue was

June 11, 2015
Total Views: 99

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Vale Says Iron to Tighten as China Buys More and Sells Less
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Vale Says Iron to Tighten as China Buys More and Sells Less

(Bloomberg) The global iron-ore market is set to tighten in the second half of the year as China imports more and produces less, according to the biggest

June 10, 2015
Total Views: 44

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Southeast Asia Piracy A Clear Threat to Seafarers – State of Maritime Piracy Report 2014
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Southeast Asia Piracy A Clear Threat to Seafarers – State of Maritime Piracy Report 2014

The maritime advocacy group Ocean's Beyond Piracy has released its fifth annual State of Maritime Piracy Report, analyzing the human and economic impacts of

June 9, 2015
Total Views: 83

Satellite image of dredgers depositing sand on the northern rim of the Mischief Reef
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Everything You Need to Know About the South China Sea Conflict… In Five Questions

Whose South China Sea is it,

June 9, 2015
Total Views: 78

Expanded Panama Canal Lock Flooding to Begin This Week
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Expanded Panama Canal Lock Flooding to Begin This Week

The contractor in charge of the design and construction of the new set of locks for the expanded Panama Canal says it will begin flooding the lock complexes

June 9, 2015
Total Views: 56

Paris MoU’s White, Grey and Black List 2014 – Ranking the World’s Flag States from Best to Worst
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Paris MoU’s White, Grey and Black List 2014 – Ranking the World’s Flag States from Best to Worst

The Paris MoU on Port State Control has published its updated “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” for 2014, ranking flag states from quality flags to flags

June 9, 2015
Total Views: 98

Costa Rica Questioning Environmental Impact of Nicaragua Canal
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Costa Rica Questioning Environmental Impact of Nicaragua Canal

Costa Rica wants information from Nicaragua about the potential environmental impact of a planned $50 billion canal project that would rival the Panama Canal,

June 9, 2015
Total Views: 166

Monday, June 8, 2015
Police Dismantle Anti-Shell Protest Tent in Seattle
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Police Dismantle Anti-Shell Protest Tent in Seattle

Police dismantled a tent on Monday used as a staging area for protests in Seattle over Royal Dutch Shell Plc's use of the city's port as a home base for a

June 8, 2015
Total Views: 26

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Maersk Targets Ports in Africa Expansion Push

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest shipping container line, is seeking to win contracts to build and upgrade ports in Nigeria and Kenya as

June 8, 2015
Total Views: 51

Eurotunnel Bows to Regulatory Pressure with Ferries Sale to Danish Rival DFDS
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Eurotunnel Bows to Regulatory Pressure with Ferries Sale to Danish Rival DFDS

Eurotunnel, the operator of the undersea rail link between England and France, is selling its Calais-to-Dover ferry business to Danish rival DFDS to end its

June 8, 2015
Total Views: 53

Video: How Not to Disembark a Ferry
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Video: How Not to Disembark a Ferry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3ymteBNTmc Early exit nearly proves fatal for this guy. Scary

June 8, 2015
Total Views: 55

Sunday, June 7, 2015
China coal imports slump 41%
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China coal imports slump 41%

BEIJING, June 8 (Reuters) – China’s coal imports slumped 41 percent in May from a year earlier to 14.25 million tonnes and were down sharply on

June 7, 2015
Total Views: 22

Nightmare Navigation – Containership Outbound Through Pack of Sailboats
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Nightmare Navigation – Containership Outbound Through Pack of Sailboats

  Here’s a video shot from the wheelhouse of the containership MV Dole Ecuador outbound on San Diego Bay on June 3, 2015, through a pack of

June 7, 2015
Total Views: 74