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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Tanker Fire, Bunker Spill Closes Houston Ship Channel
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Tanker Fire, Bunker Spill Closes Houston Ship Channel

A tanker fire caused by a bunker fuel leak closed a 1 mile section of the Houston Ship Channel overnight as crews worked to contain the spill and

September 6, 2016
Total Views: 109

Hanjin Raising Funds To Unload Stranded Cargo Ships
Shipping News

Hanjin Raising Funds To Unload Stranded Cargo Ships

By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Hanjin Shipping’s parent firm plans to raise 100 billion won ($90 million) to fund the

September 6, 2016
Total Views: 133

Monday, September 5, 2016
container-ship-bow-port-of-hamburg
Ports

Hanjin Steers Stranded Ships to Singapore, Hamburg

by Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) South Korea said Hanjin Shipping will try to steer vessels to ports to unload cargo as the government tries to contain global

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 103

Port of Calais Migrant "Jungle"
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French Truck Drivers Blockade Port Of Calais To Protest Migrant Crisis

  By Gavin van Marle (TheLoadstar) Cross-Channel operations between Dover and Calais were set to descend into chaos today as French truck

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 54

First X-Stern Enters Service in North Sea Wind Farm
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First X-Stern Enters Service in North Sea Wind Farm

The new Service Operations Vessel (SOV) Windea La Cour, the first vessel to feature the X-Stern hull, has commenced working in the 600 megawatt Gemini wind

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 98

Two Greek Shipping Companies, Engineers Convicted in ‘Magic Pipe’ Pollution Case
Shipping News

Two Greek Shipping Companies, Engineers Convicted in ‘Magic Pipe’ Pollution Case

A federal jury in Greenville, North Carolina, has convicted Oceanic Illsabe Limited, Oceanfleet Shipping Limited and two of their employees of violating the

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 85

Wallenius Wilhelmsen ro-ro ship
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Wilhelmsen and Wallenius Agree to Merger Deal

International maritime group Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding and shipping company Wallenius Lines have signed a letter of intent to combine their jointly owned

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 290

Swiber Says Managers See ‘Reasonable Prospect’ to Save Firm
Offshore

Swiber Says Managers See ‘Reasonable Prospect’ to Save Firm

By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen (Bloomberg) — Swiber Holdings Ltd. said its court-appointed managers have indicated a “reasonable prospect” of saving

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 101

Hanjin Scrambles to Prevent Ship Seizures
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Hanjin Scrambles to Prevent Ship Seizures

By Joyce Lee and Keith Wallis SEOUL/SINGAPORE, Sept 5 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping plans to take legal action in jurisdictions

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 73

CMA CGM Containership. Photo credit: CMA CGM
Shipping News

CMA CGM Bonds Drop to Record as Weak Freight Rates Squeeze Profits

By Joe Mayes (Bloomberg) — CMA CGM SA bonds hit a record low after the container-shipping line’s quarterly profit plunged on weak freight rates. The

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 59

Saturday, September 3, 2016
First Ethane Carrier Departs US Gulf
Shipping News

First Ethane Carrier Departs US Gulf

Swiss petrochemical company INEOS has announced that the first cargo of ethane to be exported from Enterprise’s Morgan’s Point, Texas terminal

September 3, 2016
Total Views: 163

Hermine Churns North into Carolinas After Pounding Florida
Shipping News

Hermine Churns North into Carolinas After Pounding Florida

Sept 3 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Hermine plowed across North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Saturday, threatening the U.S. East Coast with a mix of

September 3, 2016
Total Views: 31

Friday, September 2, 2016
A fisherman repairs his boat overlooking fishing boats that fish in the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, at Masinloc, Zambales, in the Philippines
Shipping News

ASEAN, China To Adopt Code for ‘Unplanned Encounters At Sea’

By Manuel Mogato (Reuters) Southeast Asian countries and China will establish hotlines and adopt communications protocols to avoid potential naval clashes

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 69

Watch: This Guys’ Boat Flies, Literally
Shipping News

Watch: This Guys’ Boat Flies, Literally

Soaring into the weekend

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 61

Costa Concordia Hulk Makes Final Voyage to Scrapyard
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Costa Concordia Hulk Makes Final Voyage to Scrapyard

The rusted hulk of what was once the Costa Concordia made its final journey to a dry dock in Italy where it will be cut up and recycled once

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 736

Stern View Of A Hanjin Containership
Finance

U.S. Firms Take Legal Action Against Hanjin

By Joyce Lee and Keith Wallis (Reuters) Roughly half of Hanjin Shipping Co‘s container vessels have been blocked from ports

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 68

Navy

‘Little Green Boats’ Have Japan on High Alert

By Eli Lake (Bloomberg) In early August, Japan’s Coast Guard witnessed an unconventional Chinese assault on its territorial waters. According to Japanese

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 32

Freight Rates Jump as Hanjin Collapse Spurs Supply Shock
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Freight Rates Jump as Hanjin Collapse Spurs Supply Shock

By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The cost of transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe and the United States jumped

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 27

Top India Shipping Line Reviving Iran Venture to Fight Slump
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Top India Shipping Line Reviving Iran Venture to Fight Slump

By Saket Sundria and Debjit Chakraborty (Bloomberg) — State-run Shipping Corp. of India Ltd., struggling for respite from an industry downturn, plans to

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 27

Thursday, September 1, 2016
Hanjin Philadelphia at the Port of Oakland
Finance

Hanjin Captains Ordered To Slow Steam Or Drift To Avoid Arrest

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) Captains on bankrupt Hanjin Shipping vessels have been ordered to slow steam or stop altogether to avoid the risk of being served

September 1, 2016
Total Views: 113