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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, September 9, 2019
U.S. President Trump receives a Hurricane Dorian update at the White House in Washington.REUTERS/Jonathan Erns
Shipping News

Trump’s Dorian Forecast Leads to Dispute Within Weather Agency

(Bloomberg) –As President Donald Trump dragged the brawl over his forecast for Hurricane Dorian into a sixth day on Friday, a U.S. agency released a

September 9, 2019
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Golden Ray Rescue: Three of Four Crew Members Extracted from Ship, Rescue of Fourth Continues
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Golden Ray Rescue: Three of Four Crew Members Extracted from Ship, Rescue of Fourth Continues

Update 1 (1615 EDT): Three of the four crew members have been extracted from the MV Golden Ray through a hole drilled in the side of the ship, the

September 9, 2019
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A boat of Iranian Revolutionary Guard sails next to Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, at Bandar Abbas port
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Iran Says Stena Impero Could Be Released ‘Soon’

DUBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran could be released after the imminent completion of legal proceedings against the

September 9, 2019
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oil tanker
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Iran’s Dark Tanker Fleet Poses Oil World’s Biggest Mystery

By Grant Smith (Bloomberg) –While one Iranian tanker is attracting global attention, serious oil watchers remain absorbed by a bigger mystery: the hunt

September 9, 2019
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U.S. Coast Guard: Contact Made with Missing Car Carrier Crew Members
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U.S. Coast Guard: Contact Made with Missing Car Carrier Crew Members

Update 2 (1315 EDT): Rescue Underway for Four Missing Crew Members Found Alive Aboard Overturned Car Carrier Update 1 (1100 EDT): The U.S. Coast

September 9, 2019
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ship emissions
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IMO 2020: Dirty Fuel Oil Down but Not Out

By Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Asia’s spot premium for 380-centistoke (cst) high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) is expected to ease

September 9, 2019
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Sunday, September 8, 2019
golden bay capsized at port of brunswick
Accidents

Four Missing as Car Carrier Capsizes at Port of Brunswick, Georgia

Update (Monday, Sept. 9, 2019): Contact Made with Missing Crew Members -Breaking (Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019): The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple agencies are

September 8, 2019
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Saturday, September 7, 2019
Conditions ‘Rapidly Deteriorating’ in Bahamas After Dorian -Aid Group
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Conditions ‘Rapidly Deteriorating’ in Bahamas After Dorian -Aid Group

By Nick Brown and Zachary Fagenson NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Thousands of displaced people are living in “rapidly deteriorating”

September 7, 2019
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Friday, September 6, 2019
Ports

Business of Shipping: Trade Dispute Helps Lift Volumes at Ontario’s Port of Thunder Bay

By Ira Breskin THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO– The deepwater port here will modestly increase volume this year by offering shippers attractive transit options for

September 6, 2019
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Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales Takes the Helm of the Panama Canal
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Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales Takes the Helm of the Panama Canal

Panama has be sworn-in Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, Ph.D. as the new administrator of the Panama Canal, superseding Jorge L. Quijano after seven years as the

September 6, 2019
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cma cgm vasco de gama
Shipping News

CMA CGM Stays in Red

PARIS, Sept 6 (Reuters) – CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping firm, reported a second straight quarterly loss as its takeover of

September 6, 2019
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conception boat fire
Shipping News

California Dive Boat Fire to Put Spotlight on Titanic’s Legal Defense

By Tom Hals Sept 6 (Reuters) – The company that owns a scuba dive boat that caught fire and sank off California, killing 34 people, has sought to avoid

September 6, 2019
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Lomonosov Prospect northern sea route
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Northern Sea Route Shipping Expected to Quadruple by 2024

Russia expects shipping along the Northern Sea Route in to increase more than four-fold by 2024 compared to 2018 levels. The outlook was presented this week

September 6, 2019
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Thursday, September 5, 2019
TI Oceania tanker
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Euronav Storing Initial Supply of IMO 2020-Compliant Fuel On Board ULCC Oceania

Belgian tanker owner Euronav says it has so far procured 420,000 metric tons of low sulphur fuel oil which is storing aboard one of its ultra large crude

September 5, 2019
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MV alta found
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Abandoned Cargo Ship Found Drifting in the Mid-Atlantic

The Royal Navy ice patrol ship stumbled upon a mysterious ghost ship while in underway in the mid-Atlantic Ocean earlier this week. The Royal Navy’s HMS

September 5, 2019
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International Effort to Aid Bahamas Underway in Dorian’s Wake
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International Effort to Aid Bahamas Underway in Dorian’s Wake

By Nick Brown NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept 5 (Reuters) – An international relief effort to bring humanitarian aid to stunned residents of the Bahamas

September 5, 2019
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hurricand dorian september 5
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Charleston Braces for Flooding as Hurricane Dorian Creeps Up the Coast

By Nick Carey CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept 5 (Reuters) – The nearly deserted rain-lashed streets of Charleston, South Carolina, began to disappear beneath

September 5, 2019
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madrid maersk triple-e
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Maersk Signs Deal to Produce IMO 2020-Compliant Bunker Fuel at Port of Rotterdam

Maersk has signed a deal for the production of IMO 2020-compliant bunker fuel at the Port of Rotterdam that will cover 5-10% of the shipping giant’s annual

September 5, 2019
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Port of Rotterdam Expects Years of Rising LNG Bunker Use
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Port of Rotterdam Expects Years of Rising LNG Bunker Use

By Bart Meijer ROTTERDAM, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The Port of Rotterdam on Wednesday said it expects sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a bunker fuel to

September 5, 2019
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A boat of Iranian Revolutionary Guard sails next to Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, at Bandar Abbas port
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Iran Releases Some Stena Impero Crew Members

LONDON/STOCKHOLM, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Iran has released seven of the 23 crew members of the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero that was seized earlier

September 5, 2019
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