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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Tuesday, March 6, 2018
expanded Panama Canal 3000
Shipping News

Expanded Panama Canal Marks 3,000 Vessel Crossings

More than 3,000 vessels have now transited the Expanded Panama Canal less than two years since the new locks opened for business, the Panama Canal Authority

March 6, 2018
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How this Navigation Light Uses the Moiré Effect to Guide Ships Home
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How this Navigation Light Uses the Moiré Effect to Guide Ships Home

The little-known moiré effect is the basis of this marker that helps mariners navigate hazards in port or close to shore. In this video, the host explains

March 6, 2018
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Dominican Republic to Join Caribbean Energy Exploration Rush

By Ezra Fieser (Bloomberg) — The Dominican Republic expects to draw interest from energy titans BP Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. when it opens the country to

March 6, 2018
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Monday, March 5, 2018
Maersk Shanghai loses containers
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Maersk Line Addresses Loss of Containers from Ship Off U.S. East Coast

The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk Line, issued a statement Monday regarding the loss of containers from one of its vessels during

March 5, 2018
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MSC Containership Collides with RoRo in the Netherlands
Shipping News

MSC Containership Collides with RoRo in the Netherlands

Authorities in the Netherlands are investigating a collision involving an MSC containership and a DFDS roll-on/roll-off cargo ship over the weekend. The

March 5, 2018
Total Views: 144

Statoil Enters Offshore Wind Market in Poland
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Statoil Enters Offshore Wind Market in Poland

Norway’s Statoil has signed an agreement with Polish power company Polenergia to acquire a 50% interest in the two early phase offshore wind development

March 5, 2018
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First LNG Cargo Sets Sail from Maryland’s Cove Point Export Terminal

The first cargo of liquefied natural gas has set sail from the Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG export terminal in Maryland, where the newly constructed

March 5, 2018
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medport tangier cranes
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World’s Largest Tandem-Lift Container Cranes Arrive at MedPort Tangier Terminal

APM Terminals’ MedPort Tangier terminal, located on the Strait of Gibraltar, has seen the arrival of three new giant container cranes capable of handling

March 5, 2018
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car carrier
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Trump Threatens to Tax European Auto Imports

By David Shepardson and Mike Stone WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump kept up pressure on trading partners on Saturday,

March 5, 2018
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ship bunkering
Shipping News

Distillate Demand Boost from Shipping Sulphur Rules to Be Brief- IEA

LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – A sharp increase in demand for distillates following new shipping fuel rules will fade quickly, the International Energy

March 5, 2018
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Sunday, March 4, 2018
Maersk Shanghai loses containers
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Coast Guard: Containership Loses About 70 Containers Overboard Off U.S. East Coast

A 10,000 TEU containership lost about 70 containers overboard on Saturday night while about 17 miles off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. The U.S. Coast Guard is

March 4, 2018
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Friday, March 2, 2018
shipping containers
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DP World May Develop $1.2 Billion Port at Banana on Congo Coast

By William Clowes and Michael J. Kavanagh (Bloomberg) — DP World Ltd. may develop a $1.2 billion deep-water port in the Democratic Republic of Congo,

March 2, 2018
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Antarctic Sea Ice Forces Research Ship to Turn Back
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Antarctic Sea Ice Forces Research Ship to Turn Back

OSLO, March 2 (Reuters) – Thick sea ice has forced a scientific research ship to abandon a trip to an Antarctic ice shelf from which a massive iceberg

March 2, 2018
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nave Pyxis
Shipping News

Oil Traders Make Sea Odyssey as Gasoline Criss-Crosses Globe

By Ann Koh, Serene Cheong and Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — Over the course of March, the oil tanker Nave Pyxis will slice through the Pacific Ocean as it

March 2, 2018
Total Views: 44

North Korea oil transfers at sea
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At U.N., China Delays U.S. Bid to Blacklist Ships, Companies Over North Korea

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, March 2 (Reuters) – China delayed a U.S. request for a United Nations Security Council committee to blacklist 33

March 2, 2018
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Thursday, March 1, 2018
cosco shipping at port of long beach
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Capacity Increases Could Put Transpacific Container Rates Under More Pressure

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – As shippers and carriers on the transpacific prepare for the annual contract negotiating season – which kicks

March 1, 2018
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siem offshore contractors vessels
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Subsea 7 to Acquire Siem Offshore Contractors and Two Vessels

Luxembourg-based marine engineering contractor Subsea 7 S.A. has signed an agreement to acquire Siem Offshore Contractors and two vessels, expanding Subsea

March 1, 2018
Total Views: 139

Indonesia Seizes Luxury Yacht, Questions Crew in Malaysian 1MDB Scandal
Shipping News

Indonesia Seizes Luxury Yacht, Questions Crew in Malaysian 1MDB Scandal

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA, March 1 (Reuters) – Indonesian police on Thursday questioned the captain and crew of a luxury yacht seized in

March 1, 2018
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Ben Franklin gulf stream
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High Wind and Wave Events Crossing the Gulf Stream, Explained

Crossing the Gulf Stream where ocean currents can exceed 2 knots takes some skill and if you try in under certain weather conditions, could be dangerous for

March 1, 2018
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GE's haliade offshore wind turbine
Offshore

GE Unveils the World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine

By Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) — GE Renewable Resources said it’ll spend as much as $400 million over the next few years to build an offshore wind

March 1, 2018
Total Views: 118