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Monday, November 2, 2015
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Shipping Braces for Pollution Tax After Paris Talks

  By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The shipping industry expects to be stung by a carbon levy as momentum building from climate talks in

November 2, 2015
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Major Damage Reported After Giant APL Containership Hits Crane at Port Said – UPDATE
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Major Damage Reported After Giant APL Containership Hits Crane at Port Said – UPDATE

  UPDATE (Nov 2) – As of Monday, the APL Temasek remained alongside the pier at which the incident occurred. A spokesperson for SCCT tells us that

November 2, 2015
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
U.S. Navy Salvage Team Looking to Confirm Wreckage of Sunken El Faro
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U.S. Navy Salvage Team Looking to Confirm Wreckage of Sunken El Faro

  By David Adams MIAMI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy salvage team prepared on Sunday to launch a remotely operated submersible to confirm that

November 1, 2015
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NTSB: Wreckage Believed to be Missing Ship El Faro Found

  A search team on board a U.S. Navy tug has found what they believe is the wreckage of the missing American cargo ship El Faro in the search

November 1, 2015
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Saturday, October 31, 2015
TOTE Services Seeks Protection from Death Claims in El Faro Sinking
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TOTE Services Seeks Protection from Death Claims in El Faro Sinking

  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla., Oct 31 (Reuters) – The owner of the U.S. cargo ship El Faro that sank in a powerful hurricane off the Bahamas

October 31, 2015
Total Views: 151

Friday, October 30, 2015
Australia Reveals Details of New Antarctic Icebreaker
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Australia Reveals Details of New Antarctic Icebreaker

The Australian Government has provided details of Australia’s new state-of-the-art icebreaker set to replace the Aurora Australis as the flagship of

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 125

Rare Cyclone Gaining Strength Over Arabian Sea
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Rare Cyclone Gaining Strength Over Arabian Sea

  By Tom Miles GENEVA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Cyclone Chapala, a storm gathering in the Arabian Sea, is heading for Yemen and Oman and may cause floods,

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 101

Ship Hits Barge in Corpus Christi – INCIDENT PHOTO
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Ship Hits Barge in Corpus Christi – INCIDENT PHOTO

A 480-foot heavy lift cargo ship hit a barge in the Corpus Christi Inner Harbor Thursday night, causing quite the scene but resulting in no pollution and just

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 154

ACP Awaiting Report on Repair Timeline for Panama Canal Cracks
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ACP Awaiting Report on Repair Timeline for Panama Canal Cracks

  By Michael McDonald (Bloomberg) — The April opening of Panama’s $5.3 billion expanded canal, originally set for 2014, could be delayed further

October 30, 2015
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Hapag-Lloyd Revises IPO Again as Maersk Warning Damps Demand

  By Nicholas Brautlecht (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG adjusted its initial public offering plan for the third time this month, potentially depriving

October 30, 2015
Total Views: 78

Thursday, October 29, 2015
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DSME Gets $3.7 Billion Bailout

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-biggest shipyard, rose the most in two months in

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 45

China Holds Weight in Numbers in South China Sea
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China Holds Weight in Numbers in South China Sea

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Oct 30 (Reuters) – When a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed near one of Beijing’s artificial islands in the

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 28

TOTE Hit With Fourth Lawsuit Over El Faro Loss
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TOTE Hit With Fourth Lawsuit Over El Faro Loss

  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. cargo ship El Faro which experienced engine failure and sank in a hurricane in the Bahamas

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 111

Hornbeck Offshore to Have 30 OSVs Stacked by End of Year
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Hornbeck Offshore to Have 30 OSVs Stacked by End of Year

  Hornbeck Offshore is set to have more than 30 OSVs fleet stacked by year-end as the slump in oil prices continues to wreck havoc on the offshore market.

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 101

Ship Photos of the Day – Triple-E Makes Maiden Call at Southampton
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Ship Photos of the Day – Triple-E Makes Maiden Call at Southampton

The Maersk Triple-E Mathilde Maersk makes it maiden call at the DP World Southampton container terminal at the port of Southampton on Wednesday, October

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 66

Wrecked Bulk Carrier to be Scuttled Off Mexico
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Wrecked Bulk Carrier to be Scuttled Off Mexico

  A 223-meter bulk carrier will need to be scuttled after suffering catastrophic damage from its grounding along a remote stretch of coast in Mexico

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 106

World’s Busiest Shanghai Port Logs First Quarterly Profit Fall in Over a Year
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World’s Busiest Shanghai Port Logs First Quarterly Profit Fall in Over a Year

  SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Shanghai International Port Group Co Ltd, the operator of the world’s busiest container port,

October 29, 2015
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How One Lone Oil Rig Embodies the Brazil Boom That Never Was
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How One Lone Oil Rig Embodies the Brazil Boom That Never Was

  By Sabrina Valle and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Oil majors had big plans for Brazil, but you can’t tell by looking at the country’s offshore

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 121

Shell Posts Biggest Loss in More Than a Decade
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Shell Posts Biggest Loss in More Than a Decade

  By Rakteem Katakey and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported its biggest net loss in at least 16 years after Europe’s largest

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 40

Asia Capesize Rates Could Slide Further in Overtonnaged Market
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Asia Capesize Rates Could Slide Further in Overtonnaged Market

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers could slip further next week as too many ships available

October 29, 2015
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