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Thursday, August 15, 2019
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Steel Cut on First Great Lakes Bulker Built in Last 35 Years

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has started construction on the first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulker in more than 35 years. A ceremonial steel cutting ceremony

August 15, 2019
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Flying Wind Power Turbine Does First Trip Offshore in Norway

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) –A carbon-fiber kite tethered to a buoy floating in waters 220 meters (761 feet) deep took flight in a test to prove that

August 15, 2019
Total Views: 96

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Equinor Announces First Oil from Mariner Field in UK North Sea

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has announced first oil from the Mariner field in the UK North Sea. The field, which is the first Equinor has operating in UK

August 15, 2019
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Jan De Nul Wins Offshore Wind Contract in Denmark

Belgium-based Jan De Nul says it has secured a contract from Vattenfall Vindkraft Kriegers Flak to transport and install 72 large offshore wing turbines for

August 15, 2019
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Scandlines Rotor Sail ferry
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Scandlines to Install Norsepower Rotor Sail On Board Ferry

European ferry operator Scandlines has signed an agreement to install Norsepower’s rotor sails on board one of its passenger ferries operating between

August 15, 2019
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Maersk CEO Wants to Explain Free Trade to Trump

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The chief executive officer of the world’s biggest shipping line says he’d like to meet with U.S. President

August 15, 2019
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Eleonora Maersk Los Angeles Record
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Maersk Warns Trade War Could Hurt Container Business

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Aug 15 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk warned a trade war between the United States and China could curb container

August 15, 2019
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Gibraltar Decides to Free Seized Iranian Tanker, U.S. Opens Case to Hold It

By Guy Faulconbridge and Marco Trujillo LONDON/GIBRALTAR, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Britain’s Mediterranean territory Gibraltar decided on Thursday

August 15, 2019
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
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Canadian Coast Guard Among Vessels Fined for Speeding in Gulf of St. Lawrence

The Government of Canada has issued fines against six vessels, including two Canadian Coast Guard ships, for breaking mandatory speed limits in the Gulf of St.

August 14, 2019
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Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, is seen at Bandar Abbas port
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Union Designates Strait of Hormuz a Temporary Extended Risk Zone

The International Transport Workers Federation has designated the Strait of Hormuz a Temporary Extended Risk Zone following recent tanker attacks in the Gulf

August 14, 2019
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Tariff Delay May Mean Relief for U.S. West Coast Ports

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – West coast US ports suffered last month, but there may be some relief with the news that the US government is

August 14, 2019
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China Denies Hong Kong Port Visit for U.S. Navy Ships Amid Tensions

WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – China has denied a request for two U.S. Navy ships to visit Hong Kong in the coming weeks, U.S. officials said on Tuesday,

August 14, 2019
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
MSC Gulsun Departs Port of Tanjung Pelepas with Record-Breaking 19,574 TEUs
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MSC Gulsun Departs Port of Tanjung Pelepas with Record-Breaking 19,574 TEUs

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Malaysia has broken its own record for containership utilization after the MSC Gulsun, the largest container ship in the

August 13, 2019
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Idling LNG Tankers Hint at Increasing Appeal of Floating Storage

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) –Liquefied natural gas tankers are taking longer-than-usual journeys to deliver cargoes and

August 13, 2019
Total Views: 104

Oil supertanker Grace 1 sits anchored in waters of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar
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Iran Claims Britain Might Release Seized Tanker Soon

By Parisa Hafezi and Guy Faulconbridge DUBAI/LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The British territory of Gibraltar will not yet release an Iranian oil tanker

August 13, 2019
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Fire Reported in Engine Room of MARAD Vessel MV Cape Henry

A small fire broke out in the engine room of the U.S. Maritime Administration vessel Cape Henry at its layberth in Alameda, California. The San Francisco Fire

August 13, 2019
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Low Sulphur Fuel Giant Planned for Launch

OSLO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Commodities trader Trafigura is joining forces with shipping firms Frontline and Golden Ocean to supply marine fuel ahead of a

August 13, 2019
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Arctic Cruises Accused of Leaving Indigenous People in the Cold

By Sonia Elks LONDON, Aug 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A lust for adventure tourism is driving a rise in the number of cruise ships touring the

August 13, 2019
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TI Oceania tanker
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Euronav’s Giant ‘Oceania’ Starts 12,400-Mile Trip to Fuel-Storage Zone

By Jack Wittels and Timothy Abington (Bloomberg) –The world’s biggest oil tanker has begun a 12,400-mile voyage to a fuel-storage zone in Asia, the

August 13, 2019
Total Views: 511

Monday, August 12, 2019
Watch: LNG Carrier Gives Port Aransas Ferry Passengers a Scare
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Watch: LNG Carrier Gives Port Aransas Ferry Passengers a Scare

Port Aransas Ferry passengers got quite the scare Monday when a large LNG tanker came a little too close for comfort as they were being loaded.  Video

August 12, 2019
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