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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Aurora Australis Icebreaker Reaches Australia with 52 Rescued Passengers
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Aurora Australis Icebreaker Reaches Australia with 52 Rescued Passengers

The 52 passengers rescued from a Russian expedition vessel that became stuck in an Antarctic ice floe over the holidays have reached Australia safe and

January 21, 2014
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Halliburton Worker Gets Probation for Destroying Well Tests
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Halliburton Worker Gets Probation for Destroying Well Tests

A former Halliburton Co. manager was spared jail for destroying well-testing evidence after BP Plc’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil

January 21, 2014
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Panama Canal, Consortium Discuss New Financing Proposal
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Panama Canal, Consortium Discuss New Financing Proposal

The Panama Canal Authority said on Tuesday it was in talks over a new financing proposal with the Spanish-led consortium in charge of expanding the waterway

January 21, 2014
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One Dead, Four Injured in Istanbul Tanker Blast
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One Dead, Four Injured in Istanbul Tanker Blast

One person has died and four others were injured Monday afternoon following an explosion onboard a chemical tanker near the Tuzla Shipyard in Istanbul,

January 21, 2014
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Shipping News

IMO Secretary-General’s 2014 New Year Address -Full Text

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has delivered his 2014 New Year Address, outlining some of the targets, challenges and priorities the International

January 21, 2014
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New Rules for Arctic Shippers as Polar Code Nearly Finalized

New shipping rules are soon to be agreed for the Arctic, where summer sea ice has shrunk by about two-thirds over three decades, opening a new ocean with vast

January 21, 2014
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Engineering News

Rolls-Royce Expected to Make Offer to Buy Wärtsilä

British engineering company Rolls-Royce is expected to make a public offer on the Finnish ship and power plant engine maker Wartsila, a newspaper reported on

January 21, 2014
Total Views: 189

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Teekay Splits Off New Tanker Investment Company

As a play on the cyclical, secondhand crude tanker market, Teekay Tankers Ltd. (NYSE:TNK) and Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK) announced today the creation of a

January 21, 2014
Total Views: 200

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Stena Line Outlines Make-Or-Break Strategic Plan

In a letter obtained by gCaptain, Stena Line’s Head of Human Resources Mick Ambrose layed out a difficult scenario to his company’s employees last

January 21, 2014
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Wison Offshore & Marine to Build Floating LNG Regas Barge

Wison Offshore & Marine announced today the signing of a turnkey engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract

January 21, 2014
Total Views: 133

Monday, January 20, 2014
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Damen’s “Twin Axe” Windfarm Support Vessels in High Demand as Sure Wind Takes Delivery

Offshore wind farm support vessel owner Sure Wind has accepted delivery of the first of two Damen “Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers” ordered last

January 20, 2014
Total Views: 294

Panama Canal Authority Rejects EU Mediation in Expansion Dispute
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Panama Canal Authority Rejects EU Mediation in Expansion Dispute

The Panama Canal Authority (PCA) has turned down an offer by the European Commission to mediate in a multi-billion dollar dispute with a Spanish-led

January 20, 2014
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Car ID’d As Source of Containership Blaze Off Florida
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Car ID’d As Source of Containership Blaze Off Florida

Officials in Miami have identified a car as the source of a fire that broke out Saturday night onboard a Liberian-flagged containership while underway off the

January 20, 2014
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SPOTD: Sovcomflot’s Newest LNG Carrier, the Velikiy Novgorod

Sovcomflot, Russia’s largest shipping company held a naming ceremony today at STX Offshore & Shipbuilding celebrating their new ice-class 170,200

January 20, 2014
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Port of Rotterdam Receives Nine Super Post Panamax Cranes from China
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Port of Rotterdam Receives Nine Super Post Panamax Cranes from China

The Port of Rotterdam over the weekend saw the arrival of nine Super Post Panamax container cranes in three shipments from China, marking the first time ever

January 20, 2014
Total Views: 177

NTSB Marine Safety Director: 100 Years of SOLAS
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NTSB Marine Safety Director: 100 Years of SOLAS

One hundred years ago today, on January 20, 1914, 13 nations agreed on the terms of the International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea, or

January 20, 2014
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500-Foot Log Carrier Abandoned in the Pacific
Interesting

500-Foot Log Carrier Abandoned in the Pacific

The U.S. Coast Guard reports today that twenty-four sailors from the M/V Rich Forest are now safe after being rescued by the bulk carrier CS Sunshine, 440

January 20, 2014
Total Views: 55

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Traces of Blood Indicate Foul Play in Case of Missing Sailor

Ukrainian sailor Igor Yavorskyy, Chief Mate on board the bulk carrier M/V Ocean Lion was last seen on Friday evening when the ship’s captain ordered him

January 20, 2014
Total Views: 51

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Shell Exits Wheatstone LNG

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, will exit the Wheatstone LNG project in Australia after selling its interests for $1.14 billion to

January 20, 2014
Total Views: 85

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BW Adds Options to Build More Large Gas Carriers

BW LPG confirmed today that they have negotiated a plan with Hyundai Heavy Industries to move the construction timeline 10 months to the left on their pair of

January 20, 2014
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