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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.


Thursday, February 27, 2014
Two Years Later, Costa Concordia’s Former Captain Returns Aboard
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Two Years Later, Costa Concordia’s Former Captain Returns Aboard

The captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, went back on board on Thursday for the first time since the huge cruise liner sank with the loss of 32

February 27, 2014
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MV Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller
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Maersk Line Profit Drops as Rates to Ship Containers Fall to Historic Lows

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Møller-Maersk A/S’s container- shipping line, the world’s largest, said fourth-quarter profit fell 6.6 percent as

February 27, 2014
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Steel Cut for World’s First LNG-Powered Containership
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Steel Cut for World’s First LNG-Powered Containership

Construction is officially underway on the world's first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered containership at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San

February 26, 2014
Total Views: 63

Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Integrated Bridge System With ECDIS - Electronic Chart Display showing tech data
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Rolls-Royce Testing Drone Technology for Unmanned Cargo Ships

In an age of aerial drones and driver-less cars, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is designing unmanned cargo

February 25, 2014
Total Views: 297

Singapore Plans Second LNG Terminal In Pursuit of Regional Hub Role
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Singapore Plans Second LNG Terminal In Pursuit of Regional Hub Role

Singapore plans to build a second liquefied natural gas receiving terminal as it pursues a long- term strategy to become Asia’s LNG trading

February 25, 2014
Total Views: 177

Heroin Abuse Linked to Deaths of Maersk Line Security Contractors
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Heroin Abuse Linked to Deaths of Maersk Line Security Contractors

The Seychelles Police released the autopsy report today on the two American security contractors who died aboard the containership Maersk Alabama last week,

February 25, 2014
Total Views: 116

vale rio de janeiro vloc ore carrier
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Vale Creeping on Australia’s Turf as First Giant Ore Carrier Heads to Malaysia

BEIJING, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vale SA will launch in March the first phase of its iron ore storage and distribution centre in Malaysia that

February 25, 2014
Total Views: 154

Monday, February 24, 2014
Australia’s Mermaid Marine to Buy Jaya Offshore Business
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Australia’s Mermaid Marine to Buy Jaya Offshore Business

Australian marine logistics firm Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy the offshore businesses of Singapore's Jaya Holdings Ltd for

February 24, 2014
Total Views: 110

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COSCO Reports 2013 Net Profit Down 71 Percent

Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Corp (Singapore) Ltd on Monday reported a 71 percent fall in full-year 2013 net profit, due to lower profit contributions from ship

February 24, 2014
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Unified Command: Weekend Collision Spilled 31,500 Gallons of Light Crude Into Mississippi River
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Unified Command: Weekend Collision Spilled 31,500 Gallons of Light Crude Into Mississippi River

An update Monday from the Unified Command set up in response incident now calculates that approximately 31,500 gallons of light crude oil was discharged into

February 24, 2014
Total Views: 30

maersk viking
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Maersk Drilling Takes Delivery First Ultra Deepwater Drillship, Maersk Viking [PHOTOS]

Maersk Drilling on Monday announced that it has taken delivery of its first ultra deepwater drillship, Maersk Viking, from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI)

February 24, 2014
Total Views: 338

maersk container ashore beach
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40-Foot Container Full of Cigarettes Washes Ashore on UK Beach

After the worst single incident involving a loss of containers from a Maersk Line vessel last week, one of those containers found itself washed up on a UK

February 24, 2014
Total Views: 138

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Pilots Do Texas Chicken as Houston Ship Channel Chokes on Oil Traffic

It takes an expert pilot to pull off the Texas

February 24, 2014
Total Views: 1366

India Drops Anti-Piracy Charges Against Italian Marines
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India Drops Anti-Piracy Charges Against Italian Marines

India has dropped a plan to prosecute two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen under a tough anti-piracy law, a government lawyer said on

February 24, 2014
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Car Carrier and Brunei Navy Ship Have Hard Time Letting Go [INCIDENT PHOTOS]
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Car Carrier and Brunei Navy Ship Have Hard Time Letting Go [INCIDENT PHOTOS]

Here are some photos sent in to us today from Brunei showing a little mishap involving the Trans Future 2 car carrier and a Royal Brunei Navy

February 23, 2014
Total Views: 277

Friday, February 21, 2014
neste oil tanker suula
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Neste Oil Chooses OSM to Manage Fleet

As part of Neste Oil’s plan to exit the shipping business, the Finnish oil refining and marketing firm has reached an agreement this week with

February 21, 2014
Total Views: 151

qatargas Q-Flex class LNG vessel Al-Gharrafa
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China’s LNG Imports Rise 77 Percent as New Terminal Comes on Line

Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — China’s imports of liquefied natural gas rose to a record for a second month in January as new terminals and winter heating

February 21, 2014
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nordic tankers marianne
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Former CEO of Eitzen Chemical Takes Over at Nordic Tankers

7 months after taking over as CEO of Nordic Tankers, Claus Thornberg is out the door. Effective today, Per Sylvester Jensen has assumed the role as Nordic

February 21, 2014
Total Views: 83

Thursday, February 20, 2014
Salvors to Remove Sunken Baltic Ace Near Rotterdam
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Salvors to Remove Sunken Baltic Ace Near Rotterdam

The Dutch Government is getting ready to award the salvage contract for the complete removal of the sunken Baltic Ace car carrier near the port of

February 20, 2014
Total Views: 47

Drugs Found On Maersk Alabama Where Security Contractors Died
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Drugs Found On Maersk Alabama Where Security Contractors Died

An investigation into the deaths of two American security contractors by the Seychelles Police has confirmed the presence of drugs and paraphernalia in the

February 20, 2014
Total Views: 299