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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, December 18, 2017
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Satellites Reshaping How Traders Track Earthly Commodities

By Aaron Clark and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — A lump of coal is scooped onto a truck bed in Australia, driven to a port, loaded on a ship,

December 18, 2017
Total Views: 76

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Oil Steadies Above $57 Amid Supply Disruptions Around the World

By Grant Smith (Bloomberg) — Oil steadied above $57 a barrel in New York as the threat of supply disruptions from the North Sea to OPEC member Nigeria

December 18, 2017
Total Views: 27

Friday, December 15, 2017
Disabled Freighter Adrift in Force 10 Weather Conditions Now Under Tow Off Scotland
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Disabled Freighter Adrift in Force 10 Weather Conditions Now Under Tow Off Scotland

A rescue tug with the HM Coastguard managed to get a drifting cargo ship under tow overnight off Scotland’s Isle of Lewis despite severe weather

December 15, 2017
Total Views: 147

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Port of Los Angeles Sets New All-Time Monthly Container Volume Record

The Port of Los Angeles moved 924,225 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in November, the most containerized monthly cargo the Port has processed during its

December 15, 2017
Total Views: 154

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Britain Says West Must Defend Undersea Cables from Russian Navy

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Britain and its NATO allies must defend deep sea cables against a potentially catastrophic attack by the Russia navy that

December 15, 2017
Total Views: 92

World’s Largest LNG-Fueled Ship Set for Delivery
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World’s Largest LNG-Fueled Ship Set for Delivery

Hyundai Heavy Industries, one of the world’s leading shipbuilders, is getting ready to deliver the world’s largest LNG-fueled ship, a 50,000 dwt

December 15, 2017
Total Views: 207

Thursday, December 14, 2017
U.S. Providing $18.5 Million for Offshore Wind Research and Development
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U.S. Providing $18.5 Million for Offshore Wind Research and Development

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $18.5 million in new funding for an offshore wind research and development (R&D) consortium that will conduct

December 14, 2017
Total Views: 63

Photos: USS John S. McCain Arrives Pier Side in Yokosuka, Japan
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Photos: USS John S. McCain Arrives Pier Side in Yokosuka, Japan

After more than two months aboard the heavy lift vessel MV Treasure, the USS John S. McCain arrived a U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka where it will undergo

December 14, 2017
Total Views: 898

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Bitcoin Points Way to `Massive Change’ for Commodity Trading

By Luzi Ann Javier (Bloomberg) — Blockchain is upending the world’s financial markets with the rise of bitcoin, and now the digital-ledger

December 14, 2017
Total Views: 34

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Dredger ‘Samuel de Champlain’ to Become First in Europe to Be Converted to Dual-Fuel LNG

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has been awarded a contract for the conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel combining clean-burning liquefied natural gas (LNG)

December 14, 2017
Total Views: 89

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Goldman Says Big Oil Is Poised for Its Best Year in Decades

By Kelly Gilblom and Nejra Cehic (Bloomberg) — Big Oil’s slump is over and industry domination beckons, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. In 2018,

December 14, 2017
Total Views: 49

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With Focus on North Korea, China Continues its South China Sea Buildup

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – While attention in Asia has been distracted by the North Korean nuclear crisis in the past year, China

December 14, 2017
Total Views: 90

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Russia Wins in Arctic After U.S. Fails to Kill Giant Gas Project

By Jack Farchy and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — Building the $27 billion Yamal liquefied natural gas project meant shipping more than 5 million

December 14, 2017
Total Views: 1187

Wednesday, December 13, 2017
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Lockheed’s Littoral Combat Ships Running 11 Months Late, U.S. Navy Says

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Lockheed Martin Corp. will deliver its eight remaining Littoral Combat Ships an average of 11 months late, more

December 13, 2017
Total Views: 96

Body of Kidnapped ‘Royal 16’ Captain Found in the Philippines
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Body of Kidnapped ‘Royal 16’ Captain Found in the Philippines

Authorities in the Philippines have recovered the remains of a Vietnamese ship captain who was kidnapped from a bulk carrier by the Abu Sayyaf militants over a

December 13, 2017
Total Views: 137

WATCH: Pirates Chase Containership in Gulf of Guinea
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WATCH: Pirates Chase Containership in Gulf of Guinea

A new video has surfaced online showing an apparent pirate attack on a containership in the Gulf of Guinea. The video, obtained by the British security firm

December 13, 2017
Total Views: 255

Scientists Link 2016 Extreme Weather Events to Human-Caused Climate Change
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Scientists Link 2016 Extreme Weather Events to Human-Caused Climate Change

By Jim Efstathiou Jr. (Bloomberg) — Some of last year’s crazy weather — including extreme heat around the world to unusually warm waters in the

December 13, 2017
Total Views: 19

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In Puerto Rico, Cruises Spark First Signs of a Tourism Recovery

By Nikki Ekstein (Bloomberg) — Almost three months after Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico as a nearly Category 5 storm, a third of the

December 13, 2017
Total Views: 49

Inmarsat Secures Key Partners for Fleet Xpress Application Development
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Inmarsat Secures Key Partners for Fleet Xpress Application Development

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in September between South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries and global communications company Inmarsat

December 13, 2017
Total Views: 28

Tuesday, December 12, 2017
NTSB Determines Probable Cause of EL FARO Sinking
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NTSB Determines Probable Cause of EL FARO Sinking

Captain’s Decisions, Shipping Company’s Poor Safety Oversight Led to Sinking, the NTSB Says The deadliest shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel

December 12, 2017
Total Views: 1966