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Thursday, November 17, 2016
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The Great Trump Shipping Stock Rally May Have Just Ended

US-listed shipping stocks ended their head-scratching post-election rally on Thursday with a major correction that saw some stocks fall more than 50% since

November 17, 2016
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Vietnam Seen Expanding South China Sea Runway – PHOTOS
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Vietnam Seen Expanding South China Sea Runway – PHOTOS

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Vietnam is extending a runway on an island it claims in the South China Sea in apparent response to China’s building

November 17, 2016
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Nearly 100 Smuggled Puppies Rescued at Wales’ Holyhead Port
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Nearly 100 Smuggled Puppies Rescued at Wales’ Holyhead Port

Almost 100 puppies were rescued at Holyhead Port in the early hours of Tuesday morning, as part of a Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

November 17, 2016
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DryShips Unable to Explain 1500% Stock Price Surge
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DryShips Unable to Explain 1500% Stock Price Surge

DryShips on Thursday said it has raised $20 million through a registered direct offering but otherwise cannot explain the meteoric rise in the price of its

November 17, 2016
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WATCH: Huntington Ingalls Launches Latest Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer
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WATCH: Huntington Ingalls Launches Latest Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), the company’s 31st and latest Arleigh

November 17, 2016
Total Views: 114

Drewry: Ballast Water Management Regulation to Trigger Further Scrapping in Tanker Shipping Market
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Drewry: Ballast Water Management Regulation to Trigger Further Scrapping in Tanker Shipping Market

(Drewry) – Weakness in freight rates will increase tanker shipping demolitions over the next two years, with the trend accelerating in later years as a

November 17, 2016
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What Is Causing The Strength in Cross-Med Aframax Rates?

(Ocean Freight Exchange) – Aframax Cross-Med freight rates saw a sharp spike last Friday, nearly doubling from w80 to w140 in a day. Rates have

November 17, 2016
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Pasha Shortlists Two Yards to Build LNG-Fuelled Containerships for Hawaii Jones Act Trade

Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii today announced that the company has narrowed its selection to two U.S. shipyards for the construction of two new Liquefied Natural

November 17, 2016
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
WATCH: Cow Marked for Export Jumps Ship, Swims to Shore in Fremantle
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WATCH: Cow Marked for Export Jumps Ship, Swims to Shore in Fremantle

A determined cow with an amazing will to live escaped a livestock ship and swam to freedom on Sunday in Fremantle, Western Australia. The cow was apparently

November 16, 2016
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Check Out This Awesome Panama Canal LEGO Set That Actually Works
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Check Out This Awesome Panama Canal LEGO Set That Actually Works

LEGO is known for releasing awesome nautical themed toy sets – including the amazing LEGO Maersk Triple-E Containership – but today they

November 16, 2016
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Shipping Stock Rally Raises Interest (and Questions)
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Shipping Stock Rally Raises Interest (and Questions)

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Shares of U.S. shipping companies shot higher again on Wednesday, tripping various volatility halts

November 16, 2016
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Study: Shipping Employees Concerned About Job Security
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Study: Shipping Employees Concerned About Job Security

More shore-based employees in the shipping industry are concerned with their job security than ever before, according to research conducted by international

November 16, 2016
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Obama Said to Block Selling New Drilling Rights in U.S. Arctic
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Obama Said to Block Selling New Drilling Rights in U.S. Arctic

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration is set to block the sale of new oil and gas drilling rights in U.S. Arctic waters under a

November 16, 2016
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Taiwan Offers to Lend Local Shipping Lines $1.9 Billion
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Taiwan Offers to Lend Local Shipping Lines $1.9 Billion

TAIPEI, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government said on Wednesday it will offer to lend struggling local shippers NT$60 billion ($1.9 billion) at

November 16, 2016
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Worst Still to Come for Norway Offshore Fleet as More Rigs Idled

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — The offshore fleet tending to Norway’s oil industry, already sailing through the worst downturn in a generation, is

November 16, 2016
Total Views: 78

Rolls-Royce to Close Ship-Engine Sites as CEO Deepens Cost Cuts
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Rolls-Royce to Close Ship-Engine Sites as CEO Deepens Cost Cuts

By Benjamin Katz (Bloomberg) — Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc will close the bulk of sites at its marine-engine and ship-design unit and shift some

November 16, 2016
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Have Shipping Stocks Gotten Way Ahead of Themselves Since the Election?
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Have Shipping Stocks Gotten Way Ahead of Themselves Since the Election?

By Julie Verhage (Bloomberg) — A 1,500 percent stock surge since Nov. 8? It’s possible in Trump’s America. DryShips Inc., which owns tankers

November 16, 2016
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Russia Set to Dismantle First Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker
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Russia Set to Dismantle First Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker

Russia is set to begin dismantling the nuclear icebreaker Sibir marking the first time ever that a nuclear-powered icebreaker has been sent for recycling. The

November 15, 2016
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Nathan E. Stewart Removed from B.C. Waters Near Bella Bella
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Nathan E. Stewart Removed from B.C. Waters Near Bella Bella

A giant crane was used to lift the sunken tug Nathan E. Stewart from the sea floor Monday night more than a month after the tug ran aground near

November 15, 2016
Total Views: 118

Bid to Limit U.S. Offshore Drilling Gains in Wake of Trump Win
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Bid to Limit U.S. Offshore Drilling Gains in Wake of Trump Win

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — A long-shot bid to convince the Obama administration to use 24 words of a 1953 law to permanently

November 15, 2016
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