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Monday, April 29, 2013
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Collision

2 Killed, 8 Missing After Ship Collision off Greece

(Bloomberg) Two Syrian sailors were killed and another eight are missing after a cargo ship carrying fertilizer collided with a container vessel early today

April 29, 2013
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News

PSV Far Supporter Awarded 3-Year Contract with Petrobras

Petrobras has awarded a 3 years firm contract to PSV Far Supporter (1996, UT 750, 4,680 DWT). The contract is in direct continuation of the existing contract.

April 29, 2013
Total Views: 102

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News

Kuma Shipping Orders Pair of Ulstein Workboats

Hong Kong-based Kuma Shipping announced today the order two new platform supply vessels from Ulstein.   The vessels will be built at an undisclosed shipyard

April 29, 2013
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Incidents

14 Pirates Storm “City of Xiamen” Containership, 5 Crew Taken

ABUJA, April 29 (Reuters) – Pirates have kidnapped five crew members from a cargo ship off Nigeria, the vessel’s management company said on Monday,

April 29, 2013
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
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News

Sinopec, China Shipping, MOL Joint Venture Orders $1.5 Billion in New LNG Carriers

In a stock exchange filing today, 6 Hong Kong-based investment holding companies jointly owned by Sinopec Kantons, China Shipping Development, and Mitsui

April 28, 2013
Total Views: 92

Friday, April 26, 2013
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News

ClassNK Certifies Iino Marine ECDIS Training Course

Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK announced that it has certified the Type Specific ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) training

April 26, 2013
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Delayed Deliveries Hit Cargotec’s Marine Unit
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Delayed Deliveries Hit Cargotec’s Marine Unit

Cargotec has been struggling to improve profitability for the past few years as global economic uncertainty and a glut of vessels have made shipping companies

April 26, 2013
Total Views: 73

Ship Photos of The Day: A Herculean Effort on The Illinois
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Ship Photos of The Day: A Herculean Effort on The Illinois

Salvage operations continued Thursday near the Marseille’s Dam with the removal three more barges and two gates being brought back online.

April 26, 2013
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News

Norway’s DNB Sees Bottom For Bad Shipping Loans

DNB, one the world's largest lenders to the shipping industry has struggled with souring loans in the shipping

April 26, 2013
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News

Tsakos Takes Delivery of Second DP2 Shuttle Tanker from Sungdong

Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (NYSE: TNP) took delivery today of its second fully-coated DP2 suezmax shuttle product tanker, Brasil 2014, from Sungdong

April 26, 2013
Total Views: 210

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News

Highest-Paid Workforce Drives Floating LNG Offshore Australia

(Bloomberg) — Escalating costs to build liquefied natural gas plants on land in Australia, where energy workers earn the highest salaries in the world,

April 26, 2013
Total Views: 667

Thursday, April 25, 2013
Interview with Kathleen Eisbrenner, CEO of Next Decade and Founder of Excelerate Energy
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Interview with Kathleen Eisbrenner, CEO of Next Decade and Founder of Excelerate Energy

In the business of liquefied natural gas (LNG), there are few people on this planet who are moving bigger pieces of the puzzle around than LNG-entrepreneur

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 207

Somali Authorities Nab 78 in Rare Crackdown on Illegal Fishing
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Somali Authorities Nab 78 in Rare Crackdown on Illegal Fishing

Maritime police in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland seized five Iranian ships and detained 78

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 22

Kirby Corp Says Opportunities Ripe for… Barge Building
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Kirby Corp Says Opportunities Ripe for… Barge Building

"I would characterize it as more opportunities for new build equipment because of increased volumes and an aging fleet than through acquisitions," said Kirby's

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 77

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Finance

Diana Containerships – Lessons Learned From The Disposal of Maersk Madrid

Bruised investors could learn a thing or

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 151

Grain Ships Have Biggest Fall This Year as Cargo Demand Slows
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Grain Ships Have Biggest Fall This Year as Cargo Demand Slows

(Bloomberg) — Rates for dry bulk carriers hauling grains and minerals fell the most in a single session this year as demand for cargoes slowed. Day rates

April 25, 2013
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News

German Containership Hansa Marburg Attacked Off Equatorial Guinea

The 23,416 dwt container ship “HANSA MARBURG” was attacked by criminal gangs about 130 nautical miles southwest of the Port of

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 128

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Engineering News

Rolls-Royce Wins Repeat Order from Sølvtrans for Live Fish Carrier

Rolls-Royce has signed a repeat order today for a ship developed specifically for transporting live fish. This will be the second vessel of this type for ship

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 119

ABS Elects New Council & Committee Members
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ABS Elects New Council & Committee Members

(New York) At the 151st Annual Meeting of the Members of ABS, and the subsequent meeting of the ABS Council, industry leaders were elected to serve on a

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 167

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News

Seadrill Announces New Board Members

Hamilton, Bermuda – Seadrill Limited announced today that Bert Bekker and Paul Leand Jr. have been appointed to its board of directors to fill vacancies

April 25, 2013
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