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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Tuesday, October 1, 2019
golden ray car carrier
Shipping News

Overturned Golden Ray Leaks Oil Into Georgia’s St. Simons Sound

Cleanup crews are responding to an oil discharge from the overturned Golden Ray car carrier in Georgia’s St. Simons Sound. The Unified Command confirms that

October 1, 2019
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Shipping News

Rough Seas and Restless Nights – Tracking the Grace 1 Supertanker

MADRID, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Video journalist Marco Trujillo sat on his hotel balcony, eyes fixed on the silhouette of a supertanker in the Strait of

October 1, 2019
Total Views: 39

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Interesting

Two More Bodies Recovered in Search for Bourbon Rhode Crew

The bodies of two Bourbon Rhode crew members were recovered overnight, bringing the official death toll to three after the tug sank during Hurricane Lorenzo

October 1, 2019
Total Views: 68

Monday, September 30, 2019
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Shipping News

Pemex Seeks Control of U.S. Firm’s Billion-Barrel Find in Gulf of Mexico

By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY, Sept 30 (Reuters) – When U.S. oil firm Talos Energy found nearly a billion barrels off Mexico’s southern Gulf

September 30, 2019
Total Views: 43

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Shipping News

Plug Pulled on Shipping Cryptocurrency

By Sam Whelan, Asia correspondent (The Loadstar) – Hong Kong-based start-up 300cubits will suspend its container shipping cryptocurrency tomorrow, as the

September 30, 2019
Total Views: 60

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Shipping News

NYK Claims First Autonomous Ship Test Under New IMO Guidelines

Japanese shipping group NYK is claiming the world’s first trial of an autonomous ship following International Maritime Organization preliminary guidelines

September 30, 2019
Total Views: 324

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Shipping News

Body Recovered in Search for Bourbon Rhode Crew

Bourbon Offshore has confirmed the death of one crew member from the Bourbon Rhode after the tug sank during Hurricane Lorenzo. The French-based offshore

September 30, 2019
Total Views: 74

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Shipping News

U.S. Sanctions on COSCO Hit Teekay’s Yamal LNG Fleet

By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions on two units of Chinese shipper COSCO hit the liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker

September 30, 2019
Total Views: 148

Sunday, September 29, 2019
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Accidents

Bourbon Rhode Sinks in Atlantic Ocean; Three Rescued – Update

Latest on the Bourbon Rhode Update (Sunday): Search crews located an overturned fast rescue craft believed to be from the Bourbon Rhode late Saturday, Bourbon

September 29, 2019
Total Views: 819

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Interesting

Stolt Tanker Rocked by Major Explosion in Ulsan, South Korea

Update: Stolt Tankers reports that the fire in the cargo section of Stolt Groenland has been extinguished. The Bow Dalian, which was moored alongside at the

September 29, 2019
Total Views: 707

Friday, September 27, 2019
STENA IMPERO
Shipping News

Stena Tanker Arrives in Dubai After 10 Weeks Held by Iran

DUBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker arrived at Dubai’s Port Rashid on Friday after sailing out of Iranian waters,

September 27, 2019
Total Views: 44

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Interesting

Update: Bourbon Offshore Tug Missing After Getting Caught in Hurricane Lorenzo

Latest on the Bourbon Rhode Update: Bourbon Rhode Sinks in Atlantic; Three Rescued A rescue operation is underway for a Bourbon tug with fourteen crew members

September 27, 2019
Total Views: 398

The Rescue: Maersk Montana Rescues Survivor of La Belle Vie
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The Rescue: Maersk Montana Rescues Survivor of La Belle Vie

By Steve Miller, Third Officer, M/V Maersk Montana – “Let me know when he’s aboard!” came the voice through the handheld radio. It was the

September 27, 2019
Total Views: 538

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Shipping News

COSCO Tanker’s 12,000-Mile Voyage May Come to a Halt Due to Iran Oil Sanctions

By Serene Cheong, Debjit Chakraborty and Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) –More than two months and 20,000 kilometers (12,000 miles) ago, the tanker Da Yuan Hu

September 27, 2019
Total Views: 152

ONE Containership Hits Moored Chemical Tanker in Greece
Shipping News

ONE Containership Hits Moored Chemical Tanker in Greece

A ONE Line containership was involved in a collision with a moored chemical tanker at the Port of Perama near Piraeus, Greece on Friday, reportedly causing

September 27, 2019
Total Views: 88

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Shipping News

Stena Impero Leaves Iran After 10 Weeks

DUBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker sailed out of Iranian waters on Friday, the owner said, after it was detained in July

September 27, 2019
Total Views: 39

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Shipping News

Tanker Rates Soar as U.S. Sanctions Rattle Crude Trade

By Florence Tan and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Key oil freight rates from the Middle East to Asia rocketed as much as 28% on Friday

September 27, 2019
Total Views: 122

Thursday, September 26, 2019
Referee Shot with Cannon During Maine Maritime Football Game
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Referee Shot with Cannon During Maine Maritime Football Game

A Maine Maritime Academy alumnus could be facing criminal charges for accidentally shooting a referee with a cannon during a MMA football game. The incident

September 26, 2019
Total Views: 150

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Shipping

World Maritime Day Highlights Gender Equality in Maritime

Today’s World Maritime Day celebration is bringing attention to the importance of gender equality in the maritime industry and especially the

September 26, 2019
Total Views: 61

Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Shipping News

China’s Unipec Scoops Up Charters as U.S. Sanctions COSCO Tankers

By Jonathan Saul and Chen Aizhu LONDON/SINGAPORE, Sept 26 (Reuters) – China’s Unipec has made replacement bookings for four oil shipments from the

September 26, 2019
Total Views: 58