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Thursday, June 11, 2015
NTSB Report: Captain’s Decision, Lack of Communication Led to 2014 Collision and Oil Spill in Houston Ship Channel
Accidents

NTSB Report: Captain’s Decision, Lack of Communication Led to 2014 Collision and Oil Spill in Houston Ship Channel

  [contextly_sidebar id=”Jr4hoLuDio0M4HU4Bb5arELj8pMW7XCi”] A U.S. National Transportation Safety Board investigation into the March 2014

June 11, 2015
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Dramatic Rescue Caught on Tape – Four Airlifted from Sinking Fishing Vessel in Gulf of Alaska
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Dramatic Rescue Caught on Tape – Four Airlifted from Sinking Fishing Vessel in Gulf of Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued four crew of the fishing vessel Kupreanof from the Gulf of Alaska near Lituya Bay, Alaska. The dramatic rescue was

June 11, 2015
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Barge Allision: Naphtha Spill Closes Houston Ship Channel
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Barge Allision: Naphtha Spill Closes Houston Ship Channel

A section of the Houston Ship Channel was briefly shut Wednesday after the release of an estimated 23,000 gallons of naphtha (PTN) from a tank barge that had

June 11, 2015
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Vale Says Iron to Tighten as China Buys More and Sells Less
Shipping News

Vale Says Iron to Tighten as China Buys More and Sells Less

(Bloomberg) The global iron-ore market is set to tighten in the second half of the year as China imports more and produces less, according to the biggest

June 10, 2015
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U.S. Should Ditch ‘Outdated’ Oil Export Ban -Harvard Business School
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U.S. Should Ditch ‘Outdated’ Oil Export Ban -Harvard Business School

The United States must lift an "outdated" ban on oil exports to take full economic and geopolitical advantage of its hydraulic fracturing boom, according to a

June 10, 2015
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Eastern Star Tragedy – China Gathers “Multitude” of Evidence in Cruise Ship Sinking Probe
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Eastern Star Tragedy – China Gathers “Multitude” of Evidence in Cruise Ship Sinking Probe

Chinese investigators looking into last week's deadly capsizing of a packed cruise ship have collected a "multitude of first-hand evidence" and have

June 10, 2015
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SPOTD: Samsung Heavy Industries Shuttle Tanker
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SPOTD: Samsung Heavy Industries Shuttle Tanker

Samsung Heavy Industries has announced the signing for a contract for three 155,000 DWT shuttle tankers, further solidifying its spot as the world’s top

June 10, 2015
Total Views: 119

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Southeast Asia Piracy A Clear Threat to Seafarers – State of Maritime Piracy Report 2014
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Southeast Asia Piracy A Clear Threat to Seafarers – State of Maritime Piracy Report 2014

The maritime advocacy group Ocean's Beyond Piracy has released its fifth annual State of Maritime Piracy Report, analyzing the human and economic impacts of

June 9, 2015
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Satellite image of dredgers depositing sand on the northern rim of the Mischief Reef
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Everything You Need to Know About the South China Sea Conflict… In Five Questions

Whose South China Sea is it,

June 9, 2015
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Expanded Panama Canal Lock Flooding to Begin This Week
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Expanded Panama Canal Lock Flooding to Begin This Week

The contractor in charge of the design and construction of the new set of locks for the expanded Panama Canal says it will begin flooding the lock complexes

June 9, 2015
Total Views: 55

Paris MoU’s White, Grey and Black List 2014 – Ranking the World’s Flag States from Best to Worst
Interesting

Paris MoU’s White, Grey and Black List 2014 – Ranking the World’s Flag States from Best to Worst

The Paris MoU on Port State Control has published its updated “White, Grey and Black (WGB) List” for 2014, ranking flag states from quality flags to flags

June 9, 2015
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Costa Rica Questioning Environmental Impact of Nicaragua Canal
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Costa Rica Questioning Environmental Impact of Nicaragua Canal

Costa Rica wants information from Nicaragua about the potential environmental impact of a planned $50 billion canal project that would rival the Panama Canal,

June 9, 2015
Total Views: 164

Monday, June 8, 2015
Police Dismantle Anti-Shell Protest Tent in Seattle
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Police Dismantle Anti-Shell Protest Tent in Seattle

Police dismantled a tent on Monday used as a staging area for protests in Seattle over Royal Dutch Shell Plc's use of the city's port as a home base for a

June 8, 2015
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Maersk Targets Ports in Africa Expansion Push

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest shipping container line, is seeking to win contracts to build and upgrade ports in Nigeria and Kenya as

June 8, 2015
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China Targets Ship Emissions in War On Pollution
Environment

China Targets Ship Emissions in War On Pollution

China is considering regulating emissions from boats and ships, the environment ministry said on Monday, as it tries to clamp down on

June 8, 2015
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jan toschka shell
Engineering News

Shell’s Alexia S3 Offers Smooth Transition to Emissions Control Areas

Shipowners switching to low sulphur content fuels in line with their obligations in Emissions Control Areas have demanded confidence in the cylinder oils

June 8, 2015
Total Views: 193

abb azipod
Engineering News

Inside the Home of ABB Azipods [IMAGES]

With the roll-out of ABB’s Azipod “D” series of gearless thruster this past March, I decided to make my way over to Helsinki to see where

June 8, 2015
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Eurotunnel Bows to Regulatory Pressure with Ferries Sale to Danish Rival DFDS
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Eurotunnel Bows to Regulatory Pressure with Ferries Sale to Danish Rival DFDS

Eurotunnel, the operator of the undersea rail link between England and France, is selling its Calais-to-Dover ferry business to Danish rival DFDS to end its

June 8, 2015
Total Views: 52

Video: How Not to Disembark a Ferry
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Video: How Not to Disembark a Ferry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3ymteBNTmc Early exit nearly proves fatal for this guy. Scary

June 8, 2015
Total Views: 55

Sunday, June 7, 2015
China coal imports slump 41%
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China coal imports slump 41%

BEIJING, June 8 (Reuters) – China’s coal imports slumped 41 percent in May from a year earlier to 14.25 million tonnes and were down sharply on

June 7, 2015
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