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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
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Construction of World’s Largest Cargo Sailing Ship Moves Step Closer to Reality

A German-led initiative to build the world’s largest sailing cargo ship has moved one step closer to realization with Lloyd’s Register signing on

August 16, 2017
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Transocean Shares Take a Beating Over Songa Offshore Deal
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Transocean Shares Take a Beating Over Songa Offshore Deal

By David Wethe and Joe Carroll (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. dropped to the lowest in more than two decades as investors panned its deal to buy Songa

August 16, 2017
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PHOTOS: UK’s Biggest Warship HMS Queen Elizabeth Sails Into Portsmouth
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PHOTOS: UK’s Biggest Warship HMS Queen Elizabeth Sails Into Portsmouth

By Peter Nicholls PORTSMOUTH, England, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s most advanced and biggest warship, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen

August 16, 2017
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Global Shipping Industry Bouncing Back From ‘Lehman Moment’

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — The hulking container ships that transport sneakers, bananas and Barbie dolls around the world keep getting

August 16, 2017
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Maersk Upbeat Despite Hefty Cyber Attack Bill, Impairment Charges

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Denmark’s A.P. Moller Maersk gave an upbeat outlook for container shipping on Wednesday,

August 16, 2017
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Iraq Sets Up Oil Shipping, Trading Joint Venture

By Rania El Gamal DUBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) – OPEC member Iraq has formed a joint venture with a shipping company owned by Arab states to transfer,

August 16, 2017
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017
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Huntington Ingall to Pay $9.2 Million to Settle False Billing Allegations

U.S. government shipbuilder and defense contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) has agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle allegations that it

August 15, 2017
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UK-Flagged Bulk Carrier Adrift in Atlantic Ocean After Fire
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UK-Flagged Bulk Carrier Adrift in Atlantic Ocean After Fire

The crew of a UK-flagged bulk carrier has been evacuated after a fire broke out in a cargo hold off Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Spain’s Salvamento

August 15, 2017
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Transocean’s Songa Offshore Deal Is Biggest in Oil Downturn
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Transocean’s Songa Offshore Deal Is Biggest in Oil Downturn

By Mikael Holter and David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. agreed to buy Songa Offshore SE in the biggest offshore drilling industry deal since oil

August 15, 2017
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WATCH: AIS Animation Shows CSCL Jupiter Grounding and Salvage
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WATCH: AIS Animation Shows CSCL Jupiter Grounding and Salvage

Check out this animation from Genscape Vesseltracker showing the AIS track of the 366-meter containership CSCL Jupiter when it ran aground on Monday in

August 15, 2017
Total Views: 577

WATCH: Battered by Waves, British Coastguard Makes Daring Rescue
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WATCH: Battered by Waves, British Coastguard Makes Daring Rescue

The UK Coastguard has released some incredible video showing the daring helicopter rescue of three people from rugged cliffs on the southwest coast of England.

August 15, 2017
Total Views: 87

Another Megaship Grounding Pushes Salvors to Their Limits
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Another Megaship Grounding Pushes Salvors to Their Limits

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Another ultra-large container vessel has run aground in North Europe, again raising questions about the ability of

August 15, 2017
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Transocean to Buy Norwegian Rig Firm Songa Offshore for $1.1 Billion

By Terje Solsvik OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Transocean, one of the world’s biggest drilling rig operators, has agreed to buy Norwegian competitor

August 15, 2017
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Monday, August 14, 2017
Amateur Drone Pilot Makes Unauthorized Landing on Deck of Britain’s Biggest Aircraft Carrier
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Amateur Drone Pilot Makes Unauthorized Landing on Deck of Britain’s Biggest Aircraft Carrier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10wYWKUq2e8&t=13s An amateur drone pilot has sparked a security review of Britain’s biggest and most technologically

August 14, 2017
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Large Containership Runs Aground on Scheldt River Near Antwerp – UPDATE

Shipping traffic to and from the port of Antwerp was suspended Monday after a large containership failed to make a turn and ran aground on the Scheldt river.

August 14, 2017
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FILE PHOTO: Migrants on a dinghy are rescued by "Save the Children" NGO crew from the ship Vos Hestia in the Mediterranean sea off Libya coast
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More NGOs Suspend Mediterranean Migrant Rescues Over Safety Fears

By Gavin Jones ROME, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Two more aid groups have suspended migrant rescues in the Mediterranean, joining Doctors Without Borders, because

August 14, 2017
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Friday, August 11, 2017
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Seagoing LNG Bunkering Vessel Arrives in Rotterdam

The new seagoing LNG bunkering vessel Cardissa has arrived at the port of Rotterdam where it will supply LNG fuel to a wide range of vessels on behalf of

August 11, 2017
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Canada Orders Ships to Reduce Speed to Prevent Whale Strikes

TORONTO, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Certain ships are being ordered to reduce speed because of the deaths of at least 10 North Atlantic right whales in

August 11, 2017
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American Bulk Carrier Aground on St. Marys River
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American Bulk Carrier Aground on St. Marys River

The U.S. Coast Guard is monitoring a 629-foot U.S. cargo ship that ran aground on the St. Marys River on Wednesday. The merchant vessel, Calumet, departed

August 11, 2017
Total Views: 104

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Gigantic Pipes Beach in England After Breaking Free from Tow

Authorities in the UK are monitoring four gigantic plastic pipes that have washed ashore after breaking free while under tow off the east coast of England. The

August 11, 2017
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