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Friday, February 12, 2016
Ro-Ro Safety Compromised By Fires and Explosions
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Ro-Ro Safety Compromised By Fires and Explosions

Ro-Ro safety is a crucial issue, which was discussed by marine industry professionals at a Ro-Ro Safety Seminar held in Rome last month.

February 12, 2016
Total Views: 143

Thursday, February 11, 2016
Royal Caribbean’s Nightmare Cruise: What Did the Weather Forecasts Say?
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Royal Caribbean’s Nightmare Cruise: What Did the Weather Forecasts Say?

The Anthem of the Seas departed Bayonne, New Jersey last Saturday with about 4,500 guests and 1,600 crewmembers for what was scheduled to be a 7-day

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 143

el faro wreck
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NTSB to Launch Second Search for El Faro’s VDR

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday said it would launch a second expedition to search for evidence in its investigation of the loss of the

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 15

anthem of the seas
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NTSB Urged to Review Anthem of the Seas Cruise

The NTSB has been urged to look into the Anthem of the Seas’ nightmare cruise earlier this week into the middle of hurricane-force storm, but the agency

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 231

NATO Launches Aegean Sea Mission to Combat Migrant Smugglers
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NATO Launches Aegean Sea Mission to Combat Migrant Smugglers

By Robin Emmott and Phil Stewart BRUSSELS, Feb 11 (Reuters) – NATO ships are on their way to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece crack down on

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 62

42 Rescued After Abandoning American Fishing Vessel On Fire in South Pacific
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42 Rescued After Abandoning American Fishing Vessel On Fire in South Pacific

Forty-two people were rescued Wednesday after abandoning an American fishing vessel which had caught fire in the South Pacific approximately 1,800 miles south

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 47

Baltic Index Ends Flat, Pausing 12 Day Losing Streak
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Baltic Index Ends Flat, Pausing 12 Day Losing Streak

Feb 11 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, ended flat on Thursday

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 11

BG Group, Gas-Shipping Pioneer, Trades Final Time Before Merger
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BG Group, Gas-Shipping Pioneer, Trades Final Time Before Merger

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — BG Group Plc, pioneer of natural-gas shipping, will trade on stock exchanges for the last time on Friday, 19 years after

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 82

maersk drilling rig
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Maersk Drilling Sees Rig Overcapacity Lasting for ‘Foreseeable Future’

OSLO, Feb 11 (Reuters) – As much as one third of the global offshore fleet of oil drilling rigs could be idled in 2016 as energy firms scale back

February 11, 2016
Total Views: 32

Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Coast Guard to Investigate Cruise Ship’s Wild Ride into Hurricane-Force Storm
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Coast Guard to Investigate Cruise Ship’s Wild Ride into Hurricane-Force Storm

The U.S. Coast Guard says it will inspect the storm-damaged Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas upon its scheduled return to New York Harbor

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 234

Oil Traders Looking Again Towards Floating Storage
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Oil Traders Looking Again Towards Floating Storage

By Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — The world is so awash with crude, the boss of BP Plc said people will be filling their “swimming pools” with it by the

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 45

SBM Offshore Says U.S. Re-Opens Bribery Probe
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SBM Offshore Says U.S. Re-Opens Bribery Probe

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, Feb 10 (Reuters) – SBM Offshore, the world’s top oil production ship leasing company, said on Wednesday that U.S.

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 26

Maersk’s Hedge Busted as Oil and Freight Revenue Slide
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Maersk’s Hedge Busted as Oil and Freight Revenue Slide

By Chris Bryant (Bloomberg) — In “normal” times, AP Moeller Maersk’s oil production assets should provide a natural fuel-price hedge

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 74

Offshore Wind Turbines At Sea
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Dong Energy to Acquire Lease for Wind Project Off New Jersey Coast

By Joe Ryan (Bloomberg) — Dong Energy A/S, the world’s largest offshore-wind developer, agreed to acquire a lease for a site off the coast of New

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 22

Shipping Containers Stacked Tall
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Container Shipping Lines Offer to Settle EU Pricing Probe

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Leading shipping container groups Maersk, MSC and 13 other firms have offered to change their pricing

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 79

Maersk’s $2.5 Billion Loss in Q4 2015 Worse Than Expected
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Maersk’s $2.5 Billion Loss in Q4 2015 Worse Than Expected

By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk tumbled to a loss of $2.5 billion in the last three months of 2015

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 46

A GTT LNG containment tank.
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GTT, DSME Pact to Advance LNG Membrane Technology

The world’s leading designer of membrane containment systems has linked up one of the world’s biggest shipbuilders to advance the commercial

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 148

Tuesday, February 9, 2016
North Korean Shipping Firm Skirts UN Sanctions to Gain Port Access
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North Korean Shipping Firm Skirts UN Sanctions to Gain Port Access

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A U.N.-blacklisted North Korean shipping company continues to evade sanctions

February 9, 2016
Total Views: 70

containership at sea
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Low Bunker Prices Offer Relief for Containership Operators, But Slow-Steaming Benefits Lost

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The jury is out as to whether the dramatic fall in oil prices in the past two years has produced a net benefit

February 9, 2016
Total Views: 152

Fake London Trader Jailed for 14 Years After Scamming Allseas Out of $113 Million
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Fake London Trader Jailed for 14 Years After Scamming Allseas Out of $113 Million

By Suzi Ring (Bloomberg) — A conman posing as a millionaire London trader who defrauded a Dutch shipping company of 100 million euros ($113 million) was

February 9, 2016
Total Views: 146