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


Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Time-Lapse – Northern Europe Run in Five Awesome Minutes
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Time-Lapse – Northern Europe Run in Five Awesome Minutes

Check out this amazing time-lapse footage filmed aboard the containership MV Carat during a recent trip through northern Europe. The uploader tells us: This

June 16, 2015
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Lloyd’s Register Bags Entire Norden Fleet
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Lloyd’s Register Bags Entire Norden Fleet

A total of 32 ships will be transferred to Lloyd’s Register class as part of new agreement that covers a total of 57 ships including the entire fleet of

June 16, 2015
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IGF Code – IMO Adopts News Rules for Gas Fueled Ships
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IGF Code – IMO Adopts News Rules for Gas Fueled Ships

The International Maritime Organization's Maritime Safety Committee has adopted new rules for ships powered by gases such as LNG and other low-flashpoint

June 16, 2015
Total Views: 258

ABS to Class Chinese Newbuilds
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ABS to Class Chinese Newbuilds

  Houston-based international classification society ABS says it has been selected to class a semi-submersible drilling rig and liftboat being built in

June 16, 2015
Total Views: 46

Monday, June 15, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – Germany Practices Emergency Tow of Ultra-Large Containership
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Ship Photos of the Day – Germany Practices Emergency Tow of Ultra-Large Containership

One of the world’s largest containerships partnered with the Germany’s maritime emergencies authority Havariekommando to test the agency’s

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 89

Teekay Books Newbuilds After Signing Long-Term Contract to Ship U.S. LNG
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Teekay Books Newbuilds After Signing Long-Term Contract to Ship U.S. LNG

  Teekay LNG Parters, the LNG shipping unit of Bermuda-based Teekay Corporation, has placed an order for two fuel-efficient LNG carriers after

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 29

Shell’s Polar Pioneer Rig Departs Seattle Amid Protests
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Shell’s Polar Pioneer Rig Departs Seattle Amid Protests

  SEATTLE, June 15 (Reuters) – A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic left its temporary base in Seattle on

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 48

Oleg Naydenov – Salvage Firms to Remove Oil from Sunken Trawler Off Canary Islands
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Oleg Naydenov – Salvage Firms to Remove Oil from Sunken Trawler Off Canary Islands

  Newly formed marine services company Ardent and a salvage and diving firm from Spain have been contracted to remove oil from a sunken fishing

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 227

USNS Lewis B. Puller – First Afloat Forward Staging Base Delivered to U.S. Navy
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USNS Lewis B. Puller – First Afloat Forward Staging Base Delivered to U.S. Navy

  General Dynamics NASSCO has delivered the USNS Lewis B. Puller, the third ship in the U.S. Navy’s Mobile Landing Platform program and the

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 396

6,600 Passengers – Carnival Orders Record Setting LNG-Powered Cruise Ships
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6,600 Passengers – Carnival Orders Record Setting LNG-Powered Cruise Ships

  Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise ship owner, has finalized contracts for four next-generation ships that will set the record for

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 108

Oil Market Beware – Iran Awaits Nuclear Deal with 40 Million Barrels Stored at Sea
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Oil Market Beware – Iran Awaits Nuclear Deal with 40 Million Barrels Stored at Sea

Iran is storing as much as 40 million barrels of oil on supertankers at sea as it prepares for a sales drive if a nuclear deal can be

June 15, 2015
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Odfjell Drilling Wins Johan Sverdrup Drilling Contracts
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Odfjell Drilling Wins Johan Sverdrup Drilling Contracts

Norwegian oil major Statoil has awarded rig firm Odfjell Drilling contracts worth up to $1.04 billion for work on the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 24

Sunday, June 14, 2015
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Petronas Pushes Forward with $29 Billion Canada LNG Project

A Petroliam Nasional Bhd.-led group of companies elected to proceed with a C$36 billion ($29 billion) natural gas shipping project on Canada’s Pacific Coast

June 14, 2015
Total Views: 25

Seven Decades Later, WWII Mariners Still Fighting for Benefits, Recognition
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Seven Decades Later, WWII Mariners Still Fighting for Benefits, Recognition

  By Capt. Christopher J. Edyvean, National President Elect, American Merchant Marine Veterans It seems wherever you look these days, veterans are in

June 14, 2015
Total Views: 223

Saturday, June 13, 2015
New Suez Canal to Open in August, Egypt Says
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New Suez Canal to Open in August, Egypt Says

Egypt's New Suez Canal will open on Aug. 6, its overseer said on Saturday, a project President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sees as a potent symbol of national pride

June 13, 2015
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Friday, June 12, 2015
SPOTD: Panama Begins Flooding New Locks for Expanded Canal
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SPOTD: Panama Begins Flooding New Locks for Expanded Canal

[contextly_sidebar id=”emv22bvFl5EH0iihy58zwSgF1icHfp5x”]The Panama Canal Authority and main contractor Grupo Unidos por el Canal

June 12, 2015
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USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) rolls out of Austal USA's facility, February 25, 2015. Photo: Austal USA
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U.S. Navy to Christen LCS 10 – USS Gabrielle Giffords

[contextly_sidebar id=”4G7lDFNttrhX3qiMdbG625bPjNe9kMix”]The U.S. Navy is getting ready to christen the future USS Gabrielle Giffords, the tenth

June 12, 2015
Total Views: 136

Arctic Protests – Activists Climb Anchor Chain of Shell Vessel in Washington
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Arctic Protests – Activists Climb Anchor Chain of Shell Vessel in Washington

Two activists strapped themselves on Friday to the anchor chain of a Shell Royal Dutch Shell vessel docked in Washington state that will be part of a fleet

June 12, 2015
Total Views: 58

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APM Terminals Joint Venture Seals $1.5 Billion Port Deal in Ghana

  APM Terminals, the container terminal operating unit of Maersk Group, and its partners have sealed a massive $1.5 billion investment in Ghana

June 12, 2015
Total Views: 137

Pacific Drilling Emerges as Deepwater Takeover Target
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Pacific Drilling Emerges as Deepwater Takeover Target

Pacific Drilling SA, an offshore oil-rig contractor, is gaining notice as a takeover

June 12, 2015
Total Views: 55