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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
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Time-Lapse: Maersk Ship Transits New Suez Canal in 3 Minutes

Here is a new time-lapse video from Maersk Line showing a transit of the New Suez Canal, an adjacent waterway that now allows vessels to pass each other

August 11, 2015
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COSCO and China Shipping Group In Merger Talks, Sources Say

  By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group are in talks over a possible

August 11, 2015
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Keppel Lands More Contracts

  Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard says it is continuing to secure contracts from new and existing clients even amid the current downturn in the market

August 11, 2015
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Steel Jacket for Statoil’s Mariner A Platform Heads for UK North Sea

The 22,400 ton steel jacket for the Statoil-operated Mariner A platform on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) left the Spanish Dragados yard on Monday and is now

August 11, 2015
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Dutch Engineering Group Imtech has Completely Collapsed

  By Toby Sterling and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Royal Imtech, the Dutch engineering services company, filed for protection from

August 11, 2015
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Monday, August 10, 2015
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El Niño Drought Forces Panama Canal Draft Restrictions

  The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) says it will set temporary draft restrictions on vessels transiting the Canal because of drought caused by El Niño. In

August 10, 2015
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Interesting

The U.S. Coast Guard Just Offloaded Over $1 Billion of Cocaine Seized in Pacific Ocean

  The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 66,000 pounds of cocaine worth just over $1 billion from the USCGC Stratton in San Diego on Monday in what is

August 10, 2015
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Kinder Morgan Grows Jones Act Tanker Fleet

  Kinder Morgan has agreed to take over the existing contracts for the construction of four Jones Act-qualifying product tankers from Philly

August 10, 2015
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Incredible Footage of Rare White Whale Off Australia

Check out this incredible footage of a rare white humpback whale captured Monday off Queensland, Australia. While whale watchers across the globe were hoping

August 10, 2015
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Crowley Lands Six More MSC Ship Management Contracts

  Crowley Maritime Corp.’s global ship management group has landed more support work for the U.S. Government with the announcement Monday of a new

August 10, 2015
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Offshore

Jack-Up Maersk Giant Avoids Stack with New North Sea Contract

  Maersk Drilling says it has been awarded a new $16 million contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Giant with Danish energy utility DONG Energy, saving the

August 10, 2015
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Bunker Pirates Hit Another Tanker in Malacca Strait

  Regional piracy watchdog ReCAAP has confirmed another fuel oil heist in the Malacca Strait over the weekend. ReCAAP says it was alerted Friday by the

August 10, 2015
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China Considers Merging CSCL and COSCO in Major State-Owned Overhaul -REPORT

  By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s stocks rallied for their biggest gain in a month amid speculation the government will accelerate mergers

August 10, 2015
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Noble Says Report Finds Accounting Practices In Line with Rules

  By Anshuman Daga and Rujun Shen SINGAPORE, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Noble Group’s Chief Executive Yusuf Alireza sought to draw a line under a

August 10, 2015
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Ambitious India Port Bets on Policy Shift to Steal Trade

  BY Anurag Kotoky (Bloomberg) — A southern Indian port has established the nation’s newest facilities to handle the world’s largest ships. The

August 10, 2015
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Wärtsilä Names New CEO

Wärtsilä’s Board of Directors has appointed Jaakko Eskola as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation Eskola will assume the position on

August 10, 2015
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Shipping News

DSME Announces Restructuring After Huge Q2 Loss

  SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd said on Monday it would sell non-core assets,

August 10, 2015
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Friday, August 7, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – USCG’s Newest National Security Cutter From the Air

The U.S. Coast Guard will officially debut its newest National Security Cutter (NSC), Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) during a ceremony Saturday, August

August 7, 2015
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Oil Tankers the Exception to Weak Shipping Market

  By Sinead Carew Aug 7 (Reuters) – Maritime stocks have broadly fallen this year as weak demand for some commodities and goods in Asia and

August 7, 2015
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Petrobras Bribery Scandal – Six Charged Over Vantage Drilling Rig Contract Award

  SAO PAULO, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday presented formal charges against Jorge Zelada, the former head of state-run oil

August 7, 2015
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