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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
PHOTOS: New Neo-Panamax Cranes Arrives at the Port of Savannah
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PHOTOS: New Neo-Panamax Cranes Arrives at the Port of Savannah

Four new Neo-Panamax cranes arrived into the Port of Savannah in Georgia last week as the nation’s largest single container facility continues to expand

November 28, 2017
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FOSS and Damen to Build Ten Tugs for U.S. Ship Assist and Escort Market
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FOSS and Damen to Build Ten Tugs for U.S. Ship Assist and Escort Market

US-based Foss Maritime and Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the construction of at least ten next-generation ship

November 28, 2017
Total Views: 94

Wärtsilä to Equip First LNG Bunkering Barge in United States
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Wärtsilä to Equip First LNG Bunkering Barge in United States

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide the liquified natural gas systems for a new ocean-going LNG bunkering barge for the U.S.

November 28, 2017
Total Views: 183

USS Fitzgerald Returns to Base with New Damage from Heavy Lift
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USS Fitzgerald Returns to Base with New Damage from Heavy Lift

The departure of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) from Japan has been delayed after the destroyer was damaged by the

November 28, 2017
Total Views: 191

USS John S. McCain Leaves Philippines Aboard Heavy Lift Ship After Month-Long Detour
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USS John S. McCain Leaves Philippines Aboard Heavy Lift Ship After Month-Long Detour

The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain (DDG 56) departed Subic Bay, Philippines aboard the heavy lift vessel MV Treasure on Tuesday to

November 28, 2017
Total Views: 141

Monday, November 27, 2017
Jake Shearer Incident: Stricken Fuel Barge Safely Anchored in British Columbia
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Jake Shearer Incident: Stricken Fuel Barge Safely Anchored in British Columbia

Update – The tug Gulf Cajun towing the previously-detached fuel barge have been safely anchored in Norman Morison Bay, BC for inspections, the

November 27, 2017
Total Views: 310

missing ara san Juan
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Argentine Navy: Water Entered Missing Sub’s Snorkel

By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Water entered the snorkel of the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, causing its battery to

November 27, 2017
Total Views: 85

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Fuel Barge Breaks Free from American Tug Off British Columbia

A fully-loaded American-owned fuel barge broke free from its tug in gale-force winds off British Columbia on Sunday, prompting a major response to save the tug

November 27, 2017
Total Views: 149

An LNG carrier at night
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Plan Underway to Subdue Russian Gas With German LNG Terminal

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) — The old trading city of Hamburg in northwest Germany will soon become the center for a drive in

November 27, 2017
Total Views: 54

cma cgm containership
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CMA CGM Names Rodolphe Saade as Chairman Amid Industry Recovery

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — CMA CGM Group, the world’s third-largest container shipping company, gave Chief Executive Officer Rodolphe Saade the

November 27, 2017
Total Views: 93

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Eight Bodies Found in Boat Washed Up on Beach in Japan -Coast Guard

TOKYO, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Eight bodies, which had been reduced partly to skeletons, were found on Monday in a small wooden ship that washed up on a beach

November 27, 2017
Total Views: 70

Saturday, November 25, 2017
Damaged USS Fitzgerald Loaded in Japan
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Damaged USS Fitzgerald Loaded in Japan

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) has been loaded aboard the heavy lift transport vessel Transshelf and begin her

November 25, 2017
Total Views: 198

Friday, November 24, 2017
Hope Fades as Search for Argentine Submarine Enters 9th Day
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Hope Fades as Search for Argentine Submarine Enters 9th Day

By Hugh Bronstein and Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Families of the 44 crew members of a missing Argentine submarine gave up hope

November 24, 2017
Total Views: 48

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A BP North Sea Field to Test U.S. Policy on Iran

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) – A small gas field on the edge of the British North Sea could become a litmus test for U.S. policy towards

November 24, 2017
Total Views: 39

Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Powers Up in the UK
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Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Powers Up in the UK

The Dudgeon offshore wind farm has started delivering electricity to the UK power grid, providing renewable energy to around 410,000 homes. Statoil and its

November 22, 2017
Total Views: 113

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Search for Missing Sub Reaches ‘Critical Phase’

By Walter Bianchi and Nicolás Misculin MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina/BUENOS AIRES Nov 22 (Reuters) – The search for an Argentine navy submarine missing in

November 22, 2017
Total Views: 99

Search Underway for Missing Sailors After U.S. Navy Plane Crashes Off Japan
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Search Underway for Missing Sailors After U.S. Navy Plane Crashes Off Japan

TOKYO, Nov 22 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in the Philippine Sea south of Japan on Wednesday as it flew to the

November 22, 2017
Total Views: 75

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
missing ara san juan sub
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Weather Improves, But It’s a Race Against the Clock to Find Argentina’s Missing Submarine

By Walter Bianchi MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The search for a missing Argentine submarine and its 44-member crew was helped by calmer

November 21, 2017
Total Views: 88

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Companies Talos and Stone Energy Planning $2.5 Billion Merger

NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Talos Energy LLC and Stone Energy Corp, two U.S. exploration and production companies focused on the Gulf of Mexico,

November 21, 2017
Total Views: 73

lng-ready tanker American Endurance
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Philly Shipyard Delivers Fourth and Final Jones Act Tanker to APT

Philly Shipyard has delivered the American Pride, the fourth of four next-generation product tankers that it has built for American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a

November 21, 2017
Total Views: 358