Shipping News

Explore the latest developments in the shipping industry, including market trends, fleet management, and the impact of global trade on maritime logistics.


Thursday, November 12, 2015
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El Faro’s Missing Bridge Found

Searchers have located the missing bridge of the ill-fated cargo ship El Faro, but the search continues for the vessel’s voyage data recorder, the

November 12, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – Offshore Construction Vessel ‘Island Venture’ Nearing Completion in Norway

The new offshore construction vessel Island Venture was put through its paces this week during sea trials in Norway, where the vessel is under construction at

November 12, 2015
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Rolls-Royce Reveals Entrenched Failings to Stunned Investors

By Benjamin Katz and Christopher Jasper (Bloomberg) — Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Warren East revealed the full extent of the

November 12, 2015
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Video: Here Are The World’s Largest Ships By Type
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Video: Here Are The World’s Largest Ships By Type

Ships are freaking

November 12, 2015
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
A Current Look At and Inside the Dismantled Costa Concordia
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A Current Look At and Inside the Dismantled Costa Concordia

The effort to dismantle the ill-fated Costa Concordia continues in Genoa, Italy with approximately 200 technicians now working to cut up and remove

November 11, 2015
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Ships Waiting Up to 11 Days at the Panama Canal
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Ships Waiting Up to 11 Days at the Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is still dealing with a high backlog of vessels waiting to pass through the waterway, leaving ships, crews and cargo waiting

November 11, 2015
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CMA CGM Leading the Field to Buy NOL, But Only if the Price is Right

By Mike Wackett, The Loadstar There are “significant obstacles” to the sale of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), despite interest from Maersk

November 11, 2015
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Sri Lanka Scraps Firm’s Floating Armory Deals Amid Scandal
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Sri Lanka Scraps Firm’s Floating Armory Deals Amid Scandal

By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maitripala Sirisena on Wednesday revoked all deals by a private security firm related to

November 11, 2015
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Iran to Face Bumpy Re-Entry Into Global Oil Tanker Market
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Iran to Face Bumpy Re-Entry Into Global Oil Tanker Market

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Even after Western sanctions are lifted, Iran’s oil tanker fleet is expected to face more hurdles

November 11, 2015
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Hapag-Lloyd Returns to Profit

FRANKFURT, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Newly-listed German container shipping group Hapag Lloyd said on Wednesday it broke even in the third quarter as it

November 11, 2015
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Danish Shipping Companies Torm and D/S Norden Helped by Higher Tanker Rates
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Danish Shipping Companies Torm and D/S Norden Helped by Higher Tanker Rates

  COPENHAGEN, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Busy refineries boosting tanker freight rates in the oil tanker market helped both Danish shipping companies D/S

November 11, 2015
Total Views: 104

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Largest STS Crane in North America Commissioned in Houston
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Largest STS Crane in North America Commissioned in Houston

  The Port of Houston Authority has commissioned the first of four new Super Post-Panamax STS cranes at its Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The four

November 10, 2015
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Another Fire at DSME Kills One, Injures Seven

  A fire onboard a ship under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo shipyard killed one and injured seven others

November 10, 2015
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Oil Tanker Backlog in U.S. Gulf Seen as New Symbol of Glut
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Oil Tanker Backlog in U.S. Gulf Seen as New Symbol of Glut

  HOUSTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) – A traffic jam of oil tankers has emerged along the U.S. Texas coast this month, a snarl that some traders see as the

November 10, 2015
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Monday, November 9, 2015
LNG Tanker Steaming Toward U.S. Sabine Pass for Inaugural Loading
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LNG Tanker Steaming Toward U.S. Sabine Pass for Inaugural Loading

  NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Cheniere Energy’s landmark Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas export plant in Louisiana will receive its first

November 9, 2015
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Maersk Line CEO Expects Shipping Consolidation to Speed Up

  By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Nov 9 (Reuters) – The world’s number one container shipping company Maersk Line expects consolidation in the

November 9, 2015
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Neptune Orient Lines Jumps to Highest Since May on Takeover Talks
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Neptune Orient Lines Jumps to Highest Since May on Takeover Talks

  By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. jumped to the highest level in more than five months in Singapore trading after the

November 9, 2015
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Maersk: Global Economy Worse Than Forecasts Show
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Maersk: Global Economy Worse Than Forecasts Show

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The world’s economy is growing at a slower pace than the International Monetary Fund and other large

November 9, 2015
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Tanker Futures Market Booms as Rates Rally
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Tanker Futures Market Booms as Rates Rally

  By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) – The market for hedging oil tanker freight has revived sharply this year to a value of $4.5 billion

November 9, 2015
Total Views: 55

Saturday, November 7, 2015
CMA CGM, Maersk in Talks to Buy Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines
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CMA CGM, Maersk in Talks to Buy Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines

  By Joyce Koh, Jonathan Browning and Aaron Kirchfeld (Bloomberg) — Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. said it’s in separate talks with France’s CMA CGM

November 7, 2015
Total Views: 137