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Monday, November 2, 2015
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CSCL Confirms Charters for Six 21,000 TEU Containerships

  A unit of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has entered into bareboat charter agreements for the leasing of six ultra-large containerships with a

November 2, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – Long-Haul Ocean Towing
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Ship Photos of the Day – Long-Haul Ocean Towing

On October 24th, the Netherlands-flagged ALP Centre successfully delivered the semi-submersible drilling rig Songa Equinox to Bergen, Norway almost four months

November 2, 2015
Total Views: 379

IMB: Piracy Crackdown in Southeast Asia ‘Bearing Fruit’
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IMB: Piracy Crackdown in Southeast Asia ‘Bearing Fruit’

Despite an overall global reduction in serious pirate attacks this year, there remains no room for complacency in the global fight against piracy on the high

November 2, 2015
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Hapag-Lloyd IPO Expected to Price at 20 Euros Per Share -Source

  FRANKFURT, Nov 2 (Reuters) – German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd is likely to price its initial public offering at the low end of a revised range of

November 2, 2015
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Shipping Braces for Pollution Tax After Paris Talks

  By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The shipping industry expects to be stung by a carbon levy as momentum building from climate talks in

November 2, 2015
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Major Damage Reported After Giant APL Containership Hits Crane at Port Said – UPDATE
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Major Damage Reported After Giant APL Containership Hits Crane at Port Said – UPDATE

  UPDATE (Nov 2) – As of Monday, the APL Temasek remained alongside the pier at which the incident occurred. A spokesperson for SCCT tells us that

November 2, 2015
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
U.S. Navy Salvage Team Looking to Confirm Wreckage of Sunken El Faro
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U.S. Navy Salvage Team Looking to Confirm Wreckage of Sunken El Faro

  By David Adams MIAMI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy salvage team prepared on Sunday to launch a remotely operated submersible to confirm that

November 1, 2015
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NTSB: Wreckage Believed to be Missing Ship El Faro Found

  A search team on board a U.S. Navy tug has found what they believe is the wreckage of the missing American cargo ship El Faro in the search

November 1, 2015
Total Views: 90

Saturday, October 31, 2015
TOTE Services Seeks Protection from Death Claims in El Faro Sinking
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TOTE Services Seeks Protection from Death Claims in El Faro Sinking

  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla., Oct 31 (Reuters) – The owner of the U.S. cargo ship El Faro that sank in a powerful hurricane off the Bahamas

October 31, 2015
Total Views: 164

Friday, October 30, 2015
Australia Reveals Details of New Antarctic Icebreaker
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Australia Reveals Details of New Antarctic Icebreaker

The Australian Government has provided details of Australia’s new state-of-the-art icebreaker set to replace the Aurora Australis as the flagship of

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 133

Rare Cyclone Gaining Strength Over Arabian Sea
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Rare Cyclone Gaining Strength Over Arabian Sea

  By Tom Miles GENEVA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Cyclone Chapala, a storm gathering in the Arabian Sea, is heading for Yemen and Oman and may cause floods,

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 113

Ship Hits Barge in Corpus Christi – INCIDENT PHOTO
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Ship Hits Barge in Corpus Christi – INCIDENT PHOTO

A 480-foot heavy lift cargo ship hit a barge in the Corpus Christi Inner Harbor Thursday night, causing quite the scene but resulting in no pollution and just

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 166

ACP Awaiting Report on Repair Timeline for Panama Canal Cracks
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ACP Awaiting Report on Repair Timeline for Panama Canal Cracks

  By Michael McDonald (Bloomberg) — The April opening of Panama’s $5.3 billion expanded canal, originally set for 2014, could be delayed further

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 48

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Hapag-Lloyd Revises IPO Again as Maersk Warning Damps Demand

  By Nicholas Brautlecht (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG adjusted its initial public offering plan for the third time this month, potentially depriving

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 85

Thursday, October 29, 2015
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DSME Gets $3.7 Billion Bailout

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-biggest shipyard, rose the most in two months in

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 57

China Holds Weight in Numbers in South China Sea
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China Holds Weight in Numbers in South China Sea

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Oct 30 (Reuters) – When a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed near one of Beijing’s artificial islands in the

October 29, 2015
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Ronald Spithout President Inmarsat Maritime
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Is INMARSAT The Next Apple? Interview With Ronald Spithout

Over 35 years after eighty-six countries came together to found Inmarsat with a maritime safety mandate, the London-headquartered mobile communications

October 29, 2015
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TOTE Hit With Fourth Lawsuit Over El Faro Loss
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TOTE Hit With Fourth Lawsuit Over El Faro Loss

  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. cargo ship El Faro which experienced engine failure and sank in a hurricane in the Bahamas

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 118

Hornbeck Offshore to Have 30 OSVs Stacked by End of Year
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Hornbeck Offshore to Have 30 OSVs Stacked by End of Year

  Hornbeck Offshore is set to have more than 30 OSVs fleet stacked by year-end as the slump in oil prices continues to wreck havoc on the offshore market.

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 112

Ship Photos of the Day – Triple-E Makes Maiden Call at Southampton
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Ship Photos of the Day – Triple-E Makes Maiden Call at Southampton

The Maersk Triple-E Mathilde Maersk makes it maiden call at the DP World Southampton container terminal at the port of Southampton on Wednesday, October

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 71