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Thursday, October 9, 2014
Maritime Professional Training to Break Ground on Major Expansion Project
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Maritime Professional Training to Break Ground on Major Expansion Project

Maritime Professional Training is getting ready to break ground on a major expansion project that will add 25,000 square feet of space to its Fort Lauderdale

October 9, 2014
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AMVER-Participating Bulker Carrier Helps Rescue Three Overdue Boaters in Central Pacific
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AMVER-Participating Bulker Carrier Helps Rescue Three Overdue Boaters in Central Pacific

A Panama-flagged bulk carrier assisted in the rescue of three overdue boaters Thursday near the Chuuk Atoll in the central

October 9, 2014
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Mexico’s Alemans Plans Investment for Controlling Stake of Oceanografia
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Mexico’s Alemans Plans Investment for Controlling Stake of Oceanografia

Mexico’s Aleman family, owner of the airline Interjet, said it reached agreement to make a capital injection into bankrupt oil-services provider Oceanografia

October 9, 2014
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bawat ballast water treatment
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Pasteurizing Ballast Water?

“Nobody thought it was possible,” commented Kim Diederichsen, CEO of BAWAT AS, a Danish company that it releasing to the shipping industry the

October 9, 2014
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Pirates Release Vietnamese Tanker, Crew Injured in Attack
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Pirates Release Vietnamese Tanker, Crew Injured in Attack

Pirates that captured a Vietnamese oil tanker last week after it left Singapore have released the vessel, the company that owns the ship said on

October 9, 2014
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Watch: Greek Island Ferry Loading Cars Looks Super Sketchy
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Watch: Greek Island Ferry Loading Cars Looks Super Sketchy

By now you should all know how sketchy Greek ferry landings can be and this video just serves as the latest example of

October 8, 2014
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Ports

Ports Tighten Ship Entry Procedures As Ebola Fears Spread

By Jonathan Saul, Gustavo Bonato and Ros Krasny Oct 8 (Reuters) – Brazil, Argentina and the United States have tightened port entry procedures for ships

October 8, 2014
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Super Typhoon Vongfong Packing 189 MPH Wind Gusts in Western Pacific
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Super Typhoon Vongfong Packing 189 MPH Wind Gusts in Western Pacific

Super Typhoon Vongfong is now the most intense storm recorded on planet earth in 2014 packing wind gusts up to 189 mph as it makes its way across the

October 8, 2014
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AMP Chairman Hails American Maritime Surge, Questions Jones Act Critics
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AMP Chairman Hails American Maritime Surge, Questions Jones Act Critics

NEW YORK – Tom Allegretti, Chairman of the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today highlighted the continued

October 8, 2014
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Savannah Harbor Deepening Gets Long-Awaited Green Light
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Savannah Harbor Deepening Gets Long-Awaited Green Light

A long-awaited harbor deepening project at Georgia's Port of Savannah has cleared its final hurdle with the signing of a final project agreement

October 8, 2014
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Video: Mega-Block Construction at Meyer Werft
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Video: Mega-Block Construction at Meyer Werft

Meyer Werft is cranking out the cruise ships right now. Over the years, the shipyard, located inland on the River Ems in Papenburg, Germany, has built a total

October 8, 2014
Total Views: 193

Captain of Doomed South Korean Ferry Apologises For Failure to Rescue Children
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Captain of Doomed South Korean Ferry Apologises For Failure to Rescue Children

The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing about 300 people, most of them school children, apologised in court on Wednesday for his

October 8, 2014
Total Views: 149

Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Missing Vietnamese Oil Tanker Believed Hijacked
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Missing Vietnamese Oil Tanker Believed Hijacked

A Vietnamese oil tanker missing for five days may have been hijacked after sailing from Singapore last week, say maritime officials searching for the

October 7, 2014
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Ports of Seattle and Tacoma Team Up to Compete With Canadian Gateways
Ports

Ports of Seattle and Tacoma Team Up to Compete With Canadian Gateways

By Peter Robison and Christopher Donville Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — The ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, said they will unify management of marine

October 7, 2014
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Knightsbridge and Golden Ocean Group Merger Creates Dry Bulk Giant
Shipping News

Knightsbridge and Golden Ocean Group Merger Creates Dry Bulk Giant

Dry bulk shippers Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSE: GOGL) and Knightsbridge Shipping Ltd (Nasdaq: VLCCF) have entered into an agreement today to merge resulting

October 7, 2014
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Fire Forces Ship Carrying Radioactive Concrete to Drop Anchor Off Scotland
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Fire Forces Ship Carrying Radioactive Concrete to Drop Anchor Off Scotland

A ship carrying radioactive concrete was forced to put down its anchor just off the Scottish coast in the North Sea on Tuesday after a fire in one of its

October 7, 2014
Total Views: 71

Mass Maritime Website Hacked Apparent Islamic extremist group
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Mass Maritime Website Hacked Apparent Islamic extremist group

The website of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy was targeted Monday by a group of hackers identifying themselves as the Moroccan Islamic Union-mail. The

October 7, 2014
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Carnival, Norwegian Shares Fall as Ebola Forces Lines to Skip Stops
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Carnival, Norwegian Shares Fall as Ebola Forces Lines to Skip Stops

Cruise line stocks fell after Carnival Corp. and a company being bought by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. canceled stops in West Africa over concerns

October 7, 2014
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SHI Wins $440 Million Order for Three Arctic Shuttle Tankers
Shipbuilding

SHI Wins $440 Million Order for Three Arctic Shuttle Tankers

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries says it has won an order from an unidentified European shipowner to construct three arctic shuttle

October 7, 2014
Total Views: 96

North and South Korea Navies Trade Warning Fire Near Maritime Border
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North and South Korea Navies Trade Warning Fire Near Maritime Border

By Sam Kim Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — Naval boats of North Korea and South Korea exchanged warning fire near their disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea, days

October 7, 2014
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