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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Bunker Price Slump Set to Deepen
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Bunker Price Slump Set to Deepen

Marine fuel prices are set to fall further after plunging to their lowest since late 2013, with traders in Singapore, the world's largest ship refueling hub,

June 17, 2015
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Cargo Ship Grounding Damages Coral Reefs in the Philippines
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Cargo Ship Grounding Damages Coral Reefs in the Philippines

  A Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship ran aground near the entrance of Legazpi City Port on Monday causing damage to coral reefs, the Philippines Coast Guard

June 17, 2015
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China’s Anti-Graft Investigator Keeps Oil Giants in Its Sights
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China’s Anti-Graft Investigator Keeps Oil Giants in Its Sights

China’s anti-corruption investigators continued to zero in on the nation’s oil giants, calling on two of its biggest state-owned companies to review their

June 17, 2015
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
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Cargotec’s MacGregor Inks Major Contract with DSME

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a major contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd in South Korea to supply a range of Hatlapa

June 16, 2015
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Petrobras Postpones Deep Spending Cuts
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Petrobras Postpones Deep Spending Cuts

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras will likely delay details of major cuts to its $221 billion five-year spending plan until July, two sources said, when

June 16, 2015
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Rotterdam Terminal Gets Three More Super Post Panamax Cranes
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Rotterdam Terminal Gets Three More Super Post Panamax Cranes

Another three super post panamax ship-to-shore cranes arrived Tuesday at the ECT Delta Terminal at the Maasvlakte industrial complex at the Port of

June 16, 2015
Total Views: 84

Time-Lapse – Northern Europe Run in Five Awesome Minutes
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Time-Lapse – Northern Europe Run in Five Awesome Minutes

Check out this amazing time-lapse footage filmed aboard the containership MV Carat during a recent trip through northern Europe. The uploader tells us: This

June 16, 2015
Total Views: 62

SPOTD: North Korea Test Fires ‘Ultra-Modern’ Anti-Ship Missile
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SPOTD: North Korea Test Fires ‘Ultra-Modern’ Anti-Ship Missile

A test-firing drill of anti-ship missiles at sea is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 15,

June 16, 2015
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Lloyd’s Register Bags Entire Norden Fleet
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Lloyd’s Register Bags Entire Norden Fleet

A total of 32 ships will be transferred to Lloyd’s Register class as part of new agreement that covers a total of 57 ships including the entire fleet of

June 16, 2015
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Holland America Cruise Ship Assists Sightseeing Vessel in Distress
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Holland America Cruise Ship Assists Sightseeing Vessel in Distress

  A Holland America Line cruise ship diverted its Alaska itinerary to assist in the rescue of over 40 people from a disabled sightseeing boat.

June 16, 2015
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IGF Code – IMO Adopts News Rules for Gas Fueled Ships
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IGF Code – IMO Adopts News Rules for Gas Fueled Ships

The International Maritime Organization's Maritime Safety Committee has adopted new rules for ships powered by gases such as LNG and other low-flashpoint

June 16, 2015
Total Views: 258

Keppel Unit Wins Seabed Exploration Contract in Search of Mineral Resources
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Keppel Unit Wins Seabed Exploration Contract in Search of Mineral Resources

A unit of Keppel Corp. has signed a 15-year seabed exploration contract in its search for rare minerals on the seabed of the Pacific

June 16, 2015
Total Views: 184

ABS to Class Chinese Newbuilds
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ABS to Class Chinese Newbuilds

  Houston-based international classification society ABS says it has been selected to class a semi-submersible drilling rig and liftboat being built in

June 16, 2015
Total Views: 46

Monday, June 15, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – Germany Practices Emergency Tow of Ultra-Large Containership
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Ship Photos of the Day – Germany Practices Emergency Tow of Ultra-Large Containership

One of the world’s largest containerships partnered with the Germany’s maritime emergencies authority Havariekommando to test the agency’s

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 89

DSD Shipping, Engineers Hit with Second Indictment Over Illegal Discharges
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DSD Shipping, Engineers Hit with Second Indictment Over Illegal Discharges

  DSD Shipping and four of its employees have been hit with a second indictment relating to illegal discharges from one of the company’s vessels.

June 15, 2015
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Teekay Books Newbuilds After Signing Long-Term Contract to Ship U.S. LNG
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Teekay Books Newbuilds After Signing Long-Term Contract to Ship U.S. LNG

  Teekay LNG Parters, the LNG shipping unit of Bermuda-based Teekay Corporation, has placed an order for two fuel-efficient LNG carriers after

June 15, 2015
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Shell’s Polar Pioneer Rig Departs Seattle Amid Protests
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Shell’s Polar Pioneer Rig Departs Seattle Amid Protests

  SEATTLE, June 15 (Reuters) – A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic left its temporary base in Seattle on

June 15, 2015
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Oleg Naydenov – Salvage Firms to Remove Oil from Sunken Trawler Off Canary Islands
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Oleg Naydenov – Salvage Firms to Remove Oil from Sunken Trawler Off Canary Islands

  Newly formed marine services company Ardent and a salvage and diving firm from Spain have been contracted to remove oil from a sunken fishing

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 227

USNS Lewis B. Puller – First Afloat Forward Staging Base Delivered to U.S. Navy
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USNS Lewis B. Puller – First Afloat Forward Staging Base Delivered to U.S. Navy

  General Dynamics NASSCO has delivered the USNS Lewis B. Puller, the third ship in the U.S. Navy’s Mobile Landing Platform program and the

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 396

6,600 Passengers – Carnival Orders Record Setting LNG-Powered Cruise Ships
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6,600 Passengers – Carnival Orders Record Setting LNG-Powered Cruise Ships

  Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise ship owner, has finalized contracts for four next-generation ships that will set the record for

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 108