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Thursday, May 7, 2015
SBM Offshore to Cut 300 More Jobs
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SBM Offshore to Cut 300 More Jobs

SBM Offshore said on Thursday it was cutting 300 jobs in addition to the 1,200 redundancies it announced last year, saying the low oil price had led clients to

May 7, 2015
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SBM Offshore to Cut 300 More Jobs
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SBM Offshore to Cut 300 More Jobs

SBM Offshore said on Thursday it was cutting 300 jobs in addition to the 1,200 redundancies it announced last year, saying the low oil price had led clients to

May 7, 2015
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Italy May Have Found the Boat that Sank Last Month Killing Hundreds of Migrants
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Italy May Have Found the Boat that Sank Last Month Killing Hundreds of Migrants

Italy's navy said on Thursday it believed it had found the wreck of a boat that sank last month killing up to 900 migrants off the coast of Libya, the

May 7, 2015
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Italy May Have Found the Migrant Boat that Sank Last Month Killing Hundreds
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Italy May Have Found the Migrant Boat that Sank Last Month Killing Hundreds

Italy's navy said on Thursday it believed it had found the wreck of a boat that sank last month killing up to 900 migrants off the coast of Libya, the

May 7, 2015
Total Views: 165

Costa Concordia Ready for 10-Mile Tow
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Costa Concordia Ready for 10-Mile Tow

The Costa Concordia wreck is ready to be moved to a new dock about 10 miles away from its current location, where the ship will continue to be dismantled.

May 7, 2015
Total Views: 210

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Farstad Stacks Two, Seadrill Loses Huge BP Contract

Farstad Shipping’s CEO Karl-Johan Bakken says today, “very demanding” conditions in the offshore market has forced his company to lay up

May 7, 2015
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This Tiny Attachment Could Save Shipowners Millions
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This Tiny Attachment Could Save Shipowners Millions

After a year of testing, Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, says its new fuel saving propeller attachment is now ready to hit the

May 7, 2015
Total Views: 187

maersk giant drilling rig jackup
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Maersk Giant to Conduct P&A Work at Varg

Talisman Energy AS (TENAS), operator of the Varg field, has received consent today from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the

May 7, 2015
Total Views: 77

Ship Photo of the Day – Holed Carla Maersk in Dry Dock
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Ship Photo of the Day – Holed Carla Maersk in Dry Dock

The MT Carla Maersk sits in a Bahamas dry dock on May 5, 2015 for repairs following a collision with the Conti Peridot bulk carrier in the Houston Ship

May 7, 2015
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Maersk Tigris Released from Iranian Control

The containership Maersk Tigris has been released today from Iranian control according to a statement from Rickmers Group, the operators of the vessel. The

May 7, 2015
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Shipping Freight Rates to Stay Low Until at Least 2020 Says Goldman Sachs

Shipping freight rates, which have hit record lows this year, are set to remain weak for the rest of the decade or longer as there are too many ships and

May 7, 2015
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Carnival Sending New Cruise Ship to China
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Carnival Sending New Cruise Ship to China

Carnival Corporation announced Wednesday that it will be sending a state-of-the-art newbuild cruise ship to China for year-round operations. The new

May 6, 2015
Total Views: 108

Cargo Ship Breakup France
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Watch as Huge Waves Split Cargo Ship In Half [VIDEO]

This unreal video from the gCaptain archives was shot last year from the shoreline of Anglet, France. Read about it, and see more photos and video HERE.

May 6, 2015
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U.S. Navy Stops Accompanying Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. Navy has stopped accompanying U.S.- flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz, ending a mission that began last week after Iran’s seizure of a

May 6, 2015
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Scorched ‘Sorrento’ Ferry Towed to Port
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Scorched ‘Sorrento’ Ferry Towed to Port

The fire-scorched ferry is finally headed for Segunto, Spain more than a week after the ship burst into flames while crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The fire

May 6, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – Giant Cranes Arrive in Houston Ship Channel
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Ship Photos of the Day – Giant Cranes Arrive in Houston Ship Channel

Four new Super Post-Panamax wharf cranes for the Port of Houston Authority’s Barbours Cut Container Terminal traveled up the Houston Ship Channel on Tuesday

May 6, 2015
Total Views: 185

Ice Freezes Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade
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Ice Freezes Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade

Heavy ice blanketing the Great Lakes is continuing to wreak havoc on the region's robust iron ore trade.

May 6, 2015
Total Views: 57

Ocean’s Wrath Summed Up in Four Epic Minutes [VIDEO]
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Ocean’s Wrath Summed Up in Four Epic Minutes [VIDEO]

This is clip from the 2009 documentary film ‘Oceans’ by Jacques Cluzaud. How they filmed that warship I have no idea.

May 6, 2015
Total Views: 223

Raw Video: Chaotic Migrant Rescue by Cargo Ship Caught on Tape
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Raw Video: Chaotic Migrant Rescue by Cargo Ship Caught on Tape

Some dramatic raw video emerged Tuesday (May 5) showing the chaotic rescue of migrants from a sinking rubber boat by a cargo ship. The shipping industry has

May 6, 2015
Total Views: 106

Iran, Maersk Close to Deal Over Vessel Arrest
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Iran, Maersk Close to Deal Over Vessel Arrest

Iran said on Wednesday a legal settlement could be reached soon over its seizure of the Marshall-Islands flagged Maersk Tigris container ship in the Strait of

May 6, 2015
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