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Thursday, August 4, 2016
360° Video Aboard Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S Truman
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360° Video Aboard Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S Truman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzcnpRZjX_s Check out this 360° video filmed aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman while in the

August 4, 2016
Total Views: 69

Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Deepwater Champion Drillship
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Transocean Profits Dwindle as Customers Cut Offshore Drilling

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd.’s profit dwindled in the second quarter as the world’s largest offshore driller struggles to win

August 3, 2016
Total Views: 56

Does Sinking Shipping Market Mean End for Ultra-Large Newbuild Orders?
Shipping News

Does Sinking Shipping Market Mean End for Ultra-Large Newbuild Orders?

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) — As ocean carriers reel from a disastrous first half this year, they seem to have lost lost their appetite for ordering

August 3, 2016
Total Views: 45

keppel shipyard
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Keppel’s Man in Brazil Says Managers Backed Bribes

By Sabrina Valle (Bloomberg) — Keppel Corp.’s Brazil problems just keep growing. The world’s largest builder of offshore oil rigs has seen

August 3, 2016
Total Views: 61

Cruise Ships a Beacon for Germany’s KfW in Dire Shipping Market
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Cruise Ships a Beacon for Germany’s KfW in Dire Shipping Market

By Nicholas Brautlecht (Bloomberg) — The call of the Caribbean is proving irresistible for Germany’s KfW IPEX, the development bank that funds the

August 3, 2016
Total Views: 170

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Hyundai Heavy Shares Nosedive on Convertible Bond Plan

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., the South Korean shipping company currently under creditor banks’ control, tumbled the most

August 3, 2016
Total Views: 101

Towboat Crew Saves Breakaway Barge in Probably the Best Vintage Budweiser Commercial Ever
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Towboat Crew Saves Breakaway Barge in Probably the Best Vintage Budweiser Commercial Ever

To all you towboat crews saving breakaway barges out there on America’s rivers, this Bud’s for you!  PS: Please drinking

August 3, 2016
Total Views: 578

Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Damen Stan Tug 3711
Shipping News

Damen Opens First U.S. Office With Four-Tug Order from Young Brothers

Dutch shipbuilding group Damen opened its first U.S. office with a bang on Monday, announcing a four-tug order from Young Brothers.=. The order is the first to

August 2, 2016
Total Views: 112

supertanker TI Europe
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Supertanker TI Europe Back on Market as China’s Unipec Gives Up Floating Storage Lease

By Libby George LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The UK-based trading arm of Beijing-backed Sinopec will give up the megatanker it booked to park crude in Asia

August 2, 2016
Total Views: 340

asia vision lng carrier
Shipping News

Wild Ride Seen for U.S. Gas as LNG Exports to Boost Volatility

By Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) — U.S. natural gas traders may be in for a bumpy ride. Price swings in the gas market have been fairly muted over the past

August 2, 2016
Total Views: 55

USAID Contractors Agree to $1 Million Settlement Related to Delivery of Humanitarian Food Aid
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USAID Contractors Agree to $1 Million Settlement Related to Delivery of Humanitarian Food Aid

The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday that Jacintoport International LLC and Seaboard Marine Ltd. have agreed to pay $1.075 million to settle a lawsuit

August 2, 2016
Total Views: 155

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Singapore Exchange Said to be Preparing Formal Offer to Buy Baltic Exchange

By Anshuman Daga and Jonathan Saul SINGAPORE/LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is readying a formal offer to buy London’s

August 2, 2016
Total Views: 27

Video: Prelude FLNG’s Subsea System Takes Shape Off Western Australia
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Video: Prelude FLNG’s Subsea System Takes Shape Off Western Australia

With construction of the Prelude FLNG facility nearing completion at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, subsea

August 2, 2016
Total Views: 162

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Maersk Drilling to Cut 122 Jobs in U.S. After Losing Drillship Contract

COPENHAGEN, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Maersk Drilling will cut 122 jobs in the United States due to the early termination of a contract for deepwater rig Maersk

August 2, 2016
Total Views: 148

Royal Caribbean Lowers Outlook on Increased Fuel Costs, Weak Pound
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Royal Caribbean Lowers Outlook on Increased Fuel Costs, Weak Pound

By Brooke Fox (Bloomberg) — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. lowered its outlook for 2016 profit, citing an increase in fuel prices and a weak British pound

August 2, 2016
Total Views: 35

Monday, August 1, 2016
Giant ‘Pioneering Spirit’ Moves One Step Closer to Delivery
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Giant ‘Pioneering Spirit’ Moves One Step Closer to Delivery

Offshore pipeline installation, heavy lift and subsea construction company Allseas has announced that its giant Pioneering Spirit has completed commissioning

August 1, 2016
Total Views: 695

Genting Cruise Ship
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Deltamarin, Elomatic to Design 200,001 Ton Cruise Ship for Star Cruises

Design and engineering companies Deltamarin and Elomatic have signed a large scale engineering contract with German shipbuilder MV Werften for the design of a

August 1, 2016
Total Views: 118

Singapore’s Port Authority Revokes AC Oil Bunker License
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Singapore’s Port Authority Revokes AC Oil Bunker License

SINGAPORE, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) revoked the bunker fuel supplier and bunker craft operator licences of AC

August 1, 2016
Total Views: 58

Watch: Forty Ships and Submarines Sail in Close Formation
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Watch: Forty Ships and Submarines Sail in Close Formation

Forty ships and submarines from 13 nations operate in close formation during Rim of the Pacific 2016. This year’s RIMPAC, the world’s largest

August 1, 2016
Total Views: 34

WATCH: Cargo Ship Hits Villa in Bosphorus Strait
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WATCH: Cargo Ship Hits Villa in Bosphorus Strait

Some new video has emerged showing the moment a cargo ship slammed into a villa in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait. As we reported last year, the incident

August 1, 2016
Total Views: 190