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Thursday, November 5, 2015
WATCH: Three of the World’s Largest Cranes Arrive in Mexico
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WATCH: Three of the World’s Largest Cranes Arrive in Mexico

Three of the world’s largest ship-to-shore cranes have arrived onboard the heavy lift ship ZHEN HUA 26 at APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas (TEC2) located

November 5, 2015
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TransCanada Scraps Plan for Quebec Crude Export Terminal
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TransCanada Scraps Plan for Quebec Crude Export Terminal

By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 5 (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp said on Thursday it has scrapped plans to build a port in Quebec and will have only

November 5, 2015
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Petrobras Strike Shows Unions Can’t Let Go of Boom-Year Dreams
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Petrobras Strike Shows Unions Can’t Let Go of Boom-Year Dreams

  By Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the Brazilian state- run oil company grappling with plunging crude prices, a sweeping

November 5, 2015
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WATCH: World’s First LNG-Powered Dry Cargo Vessel Launched
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WATCH: World’s First LNG-Powered Dry Cargo Vessel Launched

Ferus Smit recently celebrated the launch of the Greenland, the world’s first dry cargo vessel to be fueled by clean-burning liquified natural gas. The

November 5, 2015
Total Views: 307

Ship Photos of the Day – Sail Training Ship ARM Cuauhtemoc Arrives in Guatemala
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Ship Photos of the Day – Sail Training Ship ARM Cuauhtemoc Arrives in Guatemala

Mexico’s naval training ship ARM Cuauhtemoc at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, November 4, 2015. The training ship arrived at Guatemala from Nicaragua

November 5, 2015
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WATCH: New Ocean Eagle 43 Trimaran in Sea State 5
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WATCH: New Ocean Eagle 43 Trimaran in Sea State 5

New video released by French shipyard CMN shows the Ocean Eagle 43 trimaran in heavy seas sea trials. The trials were carried off the coast of Cherbourg and in

November 5, 2015
Total Views: 392

General Dynamics Can’t Be Trusted on Zumwalt Destroyer Data, Agency Says
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General Dynamics Can’t Be Trusted on Zumwalt Destroyer Data, Agency Says

  By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The Pentagon agency that oversees contracts says it can’t rely on cost and schedule projections from General

November 5, 2015
Total Views: 83

Fredriksen Group CEO Detained in Norway Amid Corruption Probe in Former Role
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Fredriksen Group CEO Detained in Norway Amid Corruption Probe in Former Role

By Stine Jacobsen OSLO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Former Vimpelcom chief executive Jo Lunder is being held by Norwegian police on suspicion of corruption as part

November 5, 2015
Total Views: 86

Wednesday, November 4, 2015
U.S. Judge Sets Deadline for Damage Claims in Deadly El Faro Wreck
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U.S. Judge Sets Deadline for Damage Claims in Deadly El Faro Wreck

  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday set a Dec. 21 deadline for damage claims to be filed by

November 4, 2015
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Maersk Decision to Lay-Up a Triple-E is ‘A Wake-Up Call’, Says Drewry
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Maersk Decision to Lay-Up a Triple-E is ‘A Wake-Up Call’, Says Drewry

  By Mike Wackett, The Loadstar Maersk Line’s decision last week to lay-up one of its 18,000 teu flagships is “good news for the industry”, Drewry

November 4, 2015
Total Views: 154

Petrobras Oil Worker Strike Shuts Offshore Platforms, Other Units
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Petrobras Oil Worker Strike Shuts Offshore Platforms, Other Units

  By Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Petroleo Brasileiro SA said its oil and natural-gas production has been cut because of a strike by workers

November 4, 2015
Total Views: 25

Maersk Line to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Scales Back Shipbuilding Plans
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Maersk Line to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Scales Back Shipbuilding Plans

  By Sabina Zawadzki COPENHAGEN, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, said on Wednesday it will

November 4, 2015
Total Views: 151

Hundreds of Miles From Ocean, Utah Banks on Shipping Industry
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Hundreds of Miles From Ocean, Utah Banks on Shipping Industry

By Jennifer Oldham and Matthew Winkler (Bloomberg) — Seven hundred miles from the nearest ocean in Utah, the nation’s second-most arid state, Orient

November 4, 2015
Total Views: 128

Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports to China Drop as Prices Sink
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Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports to China Drop as Prices Sink

  SYDNEY, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Iron ore shipments to China through Australia’s Port Hedland in October fell 9 percent to 30.73 million tonnes

November 4, 2015
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
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NTSB: El Faro Wreck Missing Bridge and Voyage Data Recorder

  A major disappointment announced today in the investigation into the El Faro sinking with the NTSB now saying that the wreck of the ship was discovered

November 3, 2015
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U.S. Shipbuilding and Repair Contributed $37 Billion to U.S. Economy in 2013

  The U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry supported more than 110,000 jobs and contributed $37.3 billion in overall annual gross domestic product to the

November 3, 2015
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El Faro’s LNG-Powered Replacement Arrives in Jacksonville
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El Faro’s LNG-Powered Replacement Arrives in Jacksonville

  The TOTE Maritime LNG-powered newbuild MV Isla Bella arrived at its new homeport in Jacksonville, Florida late Monday night following a roughly two week

November 3, 2015
Total Views: 123

Crowley Christens First LNG-Ready Product Tanker
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Crowley Christens First LNG-Ready Product Tanker

  Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corp. has christened the MV Ohio, the first of four new LNG-ready Jones Act product tankers being built at Aker

November 3, 2015
Total Views: 126

The UKHO Expands Its ADMIRALTY Port Approach Guide Coverage
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The UKHO Expands Its ADMIRALTY Port Approach Guide Coverage

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office’s (UKHO) Port Approach Guides are port-scale charts that contain a wide range of planning and support information for

November 3, 2015
Total Views: 50

Royal Caribbean Orders Fifth Quantum-Class Cruise Ship
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Royal Caribbean Orders Fifth Quantum-Class Cruise Ship

  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Meyer Werft in Germany to order a fifth

November 3, 2015
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