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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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LR Chosen to Class Canada’s New LNG-Powered Ferries

Following an RFP last December, BC Ferries awarded Gdansk-based shipyard Remontowa Shipbuilding a $165 million contract earlier this month to build three

July 16, 2014
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Grounding Incidents

200-Foot Casino Boat High and Dry After Wrong Turn on Maiden Voyage

Latest: USCG Rescues 118 From Stranded Casino Ship – Photos Update: All passengers have been transferred off the vessel according the U.S. Coast Guard

July 16, 2014
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Finance

Amid Oceanographia Fraud Scandal, Grupo Pegaso Partners with POSH in Mexico

PACC Offshore Services Holdings Ltd (POSH), Asia’s largest operator of offshore supply vessels announced today that Mexican conglomerate Grupo Pegaso

July 16, 2014
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News

U.S. Ban on Oil Exports Won’t Be Lifted This Year, Lawmaker Says

By Lynn Doan July 16 (Bloomberg) — A four-decade-old ban on crude exports from the U.S. will survive another year, the chairman of the U.S. House’s

July 16, 2014
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
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China’s Deepwater Drilling Rig Finds Oil Off Vietnam

By John Ruwitch and Nguyen Phuong Linh SHANGHAI/HANOI, July 16 (Reuters) – A Chinese oil rig has finished drilling near the disputed Paracel islands in

July 15, 2014
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Watch Out, That Freighter May Actually Be a Warship -Column
Shipping News

Watch Out, That Freighter May Actually Be a Warship -Column

U.S. military operations now increasingly begin and end at sea - aboard a growing fleet of vessels that the Pentagon has specifically outfitted as floating

July 15, 2014
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North Korean Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Mexico
Marine Salvage

North Korean Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Mexico

A North Korean cargo ship has run aground in the Gulf of Mexico after sailing from Cuba, according to

July 15, 2014
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Underwater Footage Shows Refloated Costa Concordia
Shipping News

Underwater Footage Shows Refloated Costa Concordia

Here is some underwater footage filmed from beneath the Costa Concordia on July 15, one day after the initial refloat of the

July 15, 2014
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Work Continues At Costa Concordia Wreck Site
Accidents

Work Continues At Costa Concordia Wreck Site

Work at the Costa Concordia wreck site in Giglio continued overnight Monday and throughout the day Tuesday following Monday's successful initial

July 15, 2014
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News

Windsor Petroleum Files for Ch. 11 Protection

Windsor Petroleum Transport Corp (WPT), a Bermuda-based company that falls underneath International Tankers Corp and is 82.5 percent owned by Frontline Tankers

July 15, 2014
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Finance

Dubai’s DP World Signs $3 Billion Loan Deal

DP World, one of the world's largest port operators, has signed a $3 billion loan deal, becoming the latest Dubai entity to take advantage of buoyant funding

July 15, 2014
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E.R. Offshore Orders New PSV from VARD
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E.R. Offshore Orders New PSV from VARD

E.R. Offshore, the offshore arm of Hamburg-based ship owning and management firm E.R. Schiffahrt Group has awarded VARD today a contract for the design

July 15, 2014
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News

U.S. Condensate Producers Seen Jumping on Export Bandwagon

Enterprise Products Partners LP and Pioneer Natural Resources Co., two of the first fuel suppliers to win approval to send U.S. condensates abroad, may be

July 15, 2014
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Monday, July 14, 2014
ClassNK Acquires Helm Operations
Engineering News

ClassNK Acquires Helm Operations

“When I was in eighth grade, I read a book on programming computers using BASIC, but I still hadn’t even seen a computer by the time I had finished

July 14, 2014
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Defense

U.S. Marine Corps Designs Crazy-Ass Amphibious Tank

When U.S. Marine Corps steps outside of the box, things tend to get interesting, and indeed they have. During RIMPAC 2014, a biannual joint military exercise

July 14, 2014
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Engineering News

ExxonMobil’s Antwerp Refinery Is Producing a Whole New Type of Bunker Fuel

“It used to be refinery feedstock, but now it’s being used as a finished product,” commented Iain White, Field Marketing Manager for

July 14, 2014
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NCL Orders More ‘Breakaway-Plus’ Cruise Ships
Shipping News

NCL Orders More ‘Breakaway-Plus’ Cruise Ships

Norwegian Cruise Line (NASDAQ: NCLH) has announced that it has reached an agreement with Germany's Meyer Werft shipyard to build two new Breakaway-Plus class

July 14, 2014
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Refloating the Costa Concordia – Day 1 Time-Lapse
Accidents

Refloating the Costa Concordia – Day 1 Time-Lapse

Day 1 time-lapse video shows the refloating of Costa Concordia shipwreck.

July 14, 2014
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PHOTOS: U.S. Navy’s New Mobile Landing Platform in Action
News

PHOTOS: U.S. Navy’s New Mobile Landing Platform in Action

This month twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are in and around the Hawaiian Islands for the world's

July 14, 2014
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Incidents

With Insufficient Horsepower, the Northwest Passage Proves Unpassable

For the solo-sailor aboard the 36-foot steel-hulled sailing yacht Altan Girl, the Northwest Passage and the rumors of ice-free summers appears to have been

July 14, 2014
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