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Monday, March 20, 2017
Ship Photos – 1,000 Vessels Through the Expanded Panama Canal
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Ship Photos – 1,000 Vessels Through the Expanded Panama Canal

The Panama Canal has marked the 1000th Neopanamax vessel to use the waterway since the inauguration of the Expanded Canal less than nine months ago.

March 20, 2017
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Somali Security Forces Urge NATO for More Action on Piracy

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, March 19 (Reuters) – Somali officials whose forces freed a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew said on Sunday

March 20, 2017
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Oil Drops as U.S. Drilling Growth Threatens to Counter OPEC Cuts

By Mark Shenk (Bloomberg) — Oil fell as a U.S. drilling revival undermines the potential for OPEC output curbs to rebalance the market. Futures

March 20, 2017
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Rival Drilling Tycoons Place Bets on Offshore Oil Rig Recovery
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Rival Drilling Tycoons Place Bets on Offshore Oil Rig Recovery

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Billionaire John Fredriksen and his former top adviser Tor Olav Troim may not see eye to eye anymore, but they agree

March 20, 2017
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Borr Drilling to Buy Transocean’s Jack-Up Fleet for $1.4 Billion
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Borr Drilling to Buy Transocean’s Jack-Up Fleet for $1.4 Billion

Newly established Borr Drilling has announced plans to scoop up Transocean’s entire fleet of high specification jack-up rigs in a deal worth nearly $1.4

March 20, 2017
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Drillship Walkthrough: See What It’s Like Inside an Ultra-Deepwater Drill Rig [VIDEO]
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Drillship Walkthrough: See What It’s Like Inside an Ultra-Deepwater Drill Rig [VIDEO]

Ever wonder what it’s like inside a modern ultra-deepwater drillship. Well, here you go: The video was filmed in the Gulf of Mexico aboard a 2010-built

March 20, 2017
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Ezra Bankruptcy Adds to Singapore’s Sorry Offshore Marine Story
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Ezra Bankruptcy Adds to Singapore’s Sorry Offshore Marine Story

By Aradhana Aravindan and Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE, March 20 (Reuters) – Oilfield services provider Ezra Holdings Ltd’s decision to file for U.S.

March 20, 2017
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Robust Capesize Rates Buoy Baltic Dry Index

March 20 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose for the 14th

March 20, 2017
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
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How To Sail Aboard The World’s Biggest Megayacht

by Nikki Ekstein (Bloomberg) It takes a lot of good business to be able to afford a megayacht. But owning one is very, very bad business, according to Aaron

March 16, 2017
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
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Royal Caribbean Jettisons Balconies And Adopts RFID Tracking In New Celebrity Edge Class Design

by Nikki Ekstein (Bloomberg) Richard Fain, the chief executive officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., is willing to bet $5 billion that he can take

March 15, 2017
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Somali Pirates Hijack First Commercial Ship Since 2012
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Somali Pirates Hijack First Commercial Ship Since 2012

By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI, March 14 (Reuters) – Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board, Somali authorities said on

March 14, 2017
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Golden Ocean Acquires 16 Modern Bulk Carrier in All-Share Deal
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Golden Ocean Acquires 16 Modern Bulk Carrier in All-Share Deal

Dry bulk shipping company Golden Ocean (NASDAQ and OSE: GOGL) has announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire 16 modern dry bulk vessels in an

March 14, 2017
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Maersk Tanker to Be Fitted with Flettner Rotor Sails
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Maersk Tanker to Be Fitted with Flettner Rotor Sails

A Maersk-owned tanker is set to be fitted with two Flettner rotor sails as part of a industry project seeking to test the century-old wind propulsion

March 14, 2017
Total Views: 617

Employees working at cargo ship Kypros Land which is loading soybeans to China at Tiplam terminal in Santos, Brazi
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Terminal Gives Timely Boost to Brazil’s Soy, Sugar Shipping Capacity

By Gustavo Bonato SANTOS, March 14 (Reuters) – A new terminal near completion in Latin America’s largest port in Santos, Brazil, is expected to add

March 14, 2017
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EU NAVFOR Confirms Fuel Tanker Pirated off North Coast of Somalia

A Comoros-flagged bunker tanker with eight crew members has been pirated off Somalia’s north coast, the EU Naval Force (EU

March 14, 2017
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Irish Coast Guard SAR Helicopter Involved in Fatal Crash Off Ireland; One Dead, Three Missing
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Irish Coast Guard SAR Helicopter Involved in Fatal Crash Off Ireland; One Dead, Three Missing

An has died and three others were missing after a Irish Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter crashed off the west coast of Ireland during a rescue

March 14, 2017
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Shipping On Right Course for the Ballast Water Management Convention
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Shipping On Right Course for the Ballast Water Management Convention

By Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping The Ballast Water Management Convention (the Convention), aimed at establishing

March 14, 2017
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Shipping Stocks That Soared After the Election Have Now Tanked
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Shipping Stocks That Soared After the Election Have Now Tanked

By Julie Verhage (Bloomberg) — Almost as quickly as it happened, it was gone. Shortly after President Donald Trump was elected on Nov. 8, the stock

March 14, 2017
Total Views: 35

Europe-Asia Capacity Crunch a Sign of Shifting Trade Patterns, says Maersk
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Europe-Asia Capacity Crunch a Sign of Shifting Trade Patterns, says Maersk

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The eastbound capacity crunch hitting shippers to Asia is not temporary, but the beginning of a more permanent shift in

March 14, 2017
Total Views: 91

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Ship Photos of the Day – Cargo Loading at Brazil’s New Tiplam Terminal

Today’s ship photos show employees working to load a soybean cargo aboard the ship Krypos Land at the Tiplam terminal in Santos, Brazil, Merch

March 14, 2017
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