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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Shell to GE Lured by LNG-Powered Ships on Record U.S. Supply
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Shell to GE Lured by LNG-Powered Ships on Record U.S. Supply

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, General Electric Co. and a company co-founded by T. Boone Pickens are planning investments in natural-gas-powered shipping as record

December 3, 2013
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Interesting

Record-Breaking Prelude FLNG Launched, Bigger One Planned

It will be the biggest thing ever sent to sea - but as the Prelude FLNG vessel was launched on Tuesday, plans were already under way for something

December 3, 2013
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U.N Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş
Finance

KKR Said to Hire Goldman Sachs for Turkish Shipping Sale

KKR & Co., the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to sell its Turkish shipping company U.N. Ro-Ro

December 3, 2013
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Bumi Armada Wins $280 Million OSV Charter Deal With Lukoil

Malaysia's offshore oil field services firm Bumi Armada Bhd said on Tuesday it will lease six marine vessels to Russian oil firm Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft in

December 3, 2013
Total Views: 23

Monday, December 2, 2013
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Regulating LNG | Q&A with Transport Canada

Transport Canada is the federal body responsible for transportation safety and regulation.  Their Marine departments have been working to support the industry

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 125

Bail Set for Seattle High-Speed Ferry Thief
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Bail Set for Seattle High-Speed Ferry Thief

A man accused of leaping a fence at the Seattle waterfront and briefly commandeering a high-speed ferry used to shuttle passengers between Washington state and

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 52

WATCH: Ocean Countess Cruise Ship on Fire in Greece – Update
Blog

WATCH: Ocean Countess Cruise Ship on Fire in Greece – Update

Firefighting crews over the weekend were struggling to contain a fire onboard Majestic International's Ocean Countess cruise ship while laid up at a shipyard

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 383

Stuck in a Shipwreck – New Video Surfaces of Miraculous Jascon 4 Rescue
Blog

Stuck in a Shipwreck – New Video Surfaces of Miraculous Jascon 4 Rescue

A new video has surfaced showing divers discovering a man found tucked inside an air bubble of a the Jascon 4 shipwreck after two days at depth of 30

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 1313

Canadian Police Charge Man with Attempting to Leak Classified Shipbuilding Data to China
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Canadian Police Charge Man with Attempting to Leak Classified Shipbuilding Data to China

Canadian police have arrested a man and charged him with trying to leak classified information related to the country’s national shipbuilding strategy

December 2, 2013
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Man Arrested After Stealing Victoria Clipper High-Speed Ferry in Seattle
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Man Arrested After Stealing Victoria Clipper High-Speed Ferry in Seattle

Authorities in Seattle have arrested a man accused of stealing a high-speed passenger ferry from a dock and attempting to take it on a joyride across Elliott

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 83

Stephen L. Colby Response Switches Gears on Mississippi River – Salvage Update
Marine Salvage

Stephen L. Colby Response Switches Gears on Mississippi River – Salvage Update

A Unified Command set up in response to the Stephen L. Colby towboat sinking and oil spill on the Mississippi River has shifted its operations from lightering

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 54

Friday, November 29, 2013
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UKHO Launches New Edition of ADMIRALTY Digital Publications

A word from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, a gCaptain sponsor: The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office has launched its latest edition of ADMIRALTY

November 29, 2013
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European Commission Collusion Probe Puts Focus on 14 Container Lines

By Gavin van Marle The 14 container lines subject to the latest EC anti-trust investigation are Maersk, CMA CGM, MSC, China Shipping, Cosco, Evergreen,

November 29, 2013
Total Views: 89

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Eni Sees Mozambique 2018 LNG Deadline as ‘Very Challenging’

Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Eni SpA said it will be “very challenging” for Mozambique, its planned base for African output, to meet a 2018 deadline

November 29, 2013
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Gazprom to Deliver 15 Cargoes of LNG to Argentina

MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The marketing and trading division of Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom said on Friday it would deliver 15 cargoes of

November 29, 2013
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
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Defense

Inchcape Responds to U.S. Navy Contracting Ban

In a statement late yesterday, the U.S. Navy announced a ban had been placed on Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) that suspends them from contracting with the

November 28, 2013
Total Views: 60

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Engineering News

Terntank Orders LNG-Powered Chemical Tankers

Swedish tanker owner Terntank has stepped forward and placed the first order ever for the new Wärtsilä 5RT-flex50DF dual fuel, low pressure, 2-stroke

November 28, 2013
Total Views: 81

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Petition to Install CCTVs on Ferries Gathers Momentum

Bob and Marianne Fearnside’s son Richard disappeared one evening while traveling home this year on a P&O Cruises ferry. “He went on deck for a

November 28, 2013
Total Views: 25

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Finance

NordLB Raises Loan-Loss Provisions as Shipping Crisis Persists

Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, one of the world’s top shipping lenders, increased loan-loss provisions by 2 percent in the third quarter as the

November 28, 2013
Total Views: 50

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High Costs Impede LNG Use For Maritime Transport In Europe

Northern European use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel ships is becoming feasible as supply from Qatar to the Dutch port of Rotterdam becomes available,

November 28, 2013
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