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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.


Saturday, December 21, 2013
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Incidents

Cable Penetrations Almost Did In The EMMA MAERSK

The EMMA MAERSK suffered a flooding incident in February as it was getting ready to transit the Suez Canal. As reported earlier, water entered the vessel

December 21, 2013
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News

Who Let 110,000 Cartons of Bananas Go Bad?

A cargo ship with 110,000 cartons of overripe bananas will remain docked at a U.S. port while their owner and the shipping company battle in court over who let

December 21, 2013
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Ship Photos of The Day – Heavy Surf Sea Trials, Part 2
News

Ship Photos of The Day – Heavy Surf Sea Trials, Part 2

Safehaven Marine is taking perfect advantage of recent heavy weather and surf off the coast of Cork, Ireland. Last week they we saw the heavy surf sea trials

December 20, 2013
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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus
Defense

Navy Secretary Mabus Tightens Counter-fraud Measures

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2013 – While the Navy already has one of the strongest counter-fraud efforts in the

December 20, 2013
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Gazprom Starts Production at Russia’s First Offshore Arctic Oil Field Amid Controversy and Delays
News

Gazprom Starts Production at Russia’s First Offshore Arctic Oil Field Amid Controversy and Delays

Russia's first Arctic offshore field Prirazlomnoye, where Greenpeace activists were arrested in September after a high seas clash with Russian authorities, has

December 20, 2013
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Engineering News

MOL Comfort Investigation Committee Unable to Replicate Casualty

Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), in collaboration with ClassNK, released an updated report today on the

December 20, 2013
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Front Warrior Frontline Tankers Suezmax
News

Rates for Large Crude Carriers Could Inch Lower As Market Enters Holiday Mode

Dirty tanker rates on key Asian freight routes could edge down next week due to year-end holidays, but are likely to remain firm, ship brokers said on

December 20, 2013
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
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Finance

OSG’s Tax Liability $199 Million Less Than Previously Thought

Beleaguered tanker company Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG), saw today its stock jumping 36%, amid very heavy trading. The stock closed at $6.05 per

December 19, 2013
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Archer-Daniels-Midland
News

ADM to Boost Brazil Soybean Exports as Barges Serve New Port

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the largest exporter of soybean meal from Brazil, plans to double the size of its South American fleet of river barges to boost

December 19, 2013
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News

Intermodal link Could See Pakistan’s Ports Handling 5% of China’s cargo

By Gavin van Marle Container throughput in Pakistan could rise dramatically if China succeeds in its ambition to build a new deepwater port in the country

December 19, 2013
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News

ARI Delivers Super High-Tech Offshore Simulators to India

ARI Simulation has delivered a complete suite of integrated offshore simulators to India’s NUSI Offshore Training Institute (NOTI), the world’s

December 19, 2013
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Finance

Hanjin Shipping Supported by $3.3 Billion Asset Sale

SEOUL, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Korean Air Lines Co Ltd plans to raise 3.5 trillion won ($3.33 billion) over two years by selling assets such as shares in

December 19, 2013
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News

Wanna Buy the Siderfly?

It’s been since six weeks since the freighter “Siderfly” collided with the 116-meter gas carrier Coral Ivory, and the vessel still waits at

December 19, 2013
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Diana Containerships Sells 18-Year Old Panamax for Demolition, and at a Loss [ANALYSIS]
News

Diana Containerships Sells 18-Year Old Panamax for Demolition, and at a Loss [ANALYSIS]

Diana Containerships Inc. (DCIX) took everybody by surprise, announcing the sale of its 18-year old Panamax containership “Spinel“ (Ex “APL

December 18, 2013
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News

Navios Acquires 10 Ships from HSH Norbank Debtors, Additional Ships Possible

Navios Europe Inc. announced today they have acquired ten vessels from debtors of HSH Nordbank AG including five product tankers and five Panamax and

December 18, 2013
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Interesting

RNLI Gets Airborne [VIDEO]

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is an all-volunteer, charity-funded organization aimed at ending the preventable loss of life at sea in an around the

December 18, 2013
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Hedge Funds Buy Shipping Loans From Capital-Conscious Banks
Finance

Hedge Funds Buy Shipping Loans From Capital-Conscious Banks

After a five-year slump in shipping, investors are betting on better times by taking over shipowners' debts from European banks keen to offload troubled loans

December 18, 2013
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Chicago Express Hapag Lloyd containership
News

TUI AG Not Giving Up Right To IPO Hapag-Lloyd Stake

The chief executive of TUI AG , a shareholder in German shipper Hapag-Lloyd , said he viewed as positive the talks between the shipper and Chilean rival

December 18, 2013
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News

China Said to Refuse More Than 500,000 Tons of U.S. Corn

Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — China has rejected more than half a million metric tons of genetically modified U.S. corn in November and December, almost three

December 18, 2013
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
OSG Jones Act Tanker Secures Record-Breaking Charter
Interesting

OSG Jones Act Tanker Secures Record-Breaking Charter

A Jones Act tanker was recently chartered for six months at a record high rate of $110,000 per day, market sources said, the latest sign of how surging U.S.

December 17, 2013
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