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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, March 25, 2019
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Shipping News

U.S., U.K. Join Norway in Investigating Viking Sky Engine Failure

Maritime authorities in Norway, Britain and the United States have started investigating the loss of power on board the Viking Sky cruise ship which nearly led

March 25, 2019
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Shipping News

CMA CGM Containership Bunkers Marine Bio-Fuel in Rotterdam

The 5,095-TEU container ship CMA CGM White Shark refueled with marine bio-fuel bunker oil at the Port of Rotterdam over the weekend, kicking off a trial that

March 25, 2019
Total Views: 99

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Shipbuilding

The Super Rich Are Buying $50 Million ‘Support’ Yachts to Haul Their Toys

By Devon Pendleton (Bloomberg) — Sailing from port to port in peace and seclusion on a multimillion-dollar boat sounds appealing, but as any

March 25, 2019
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Watch: AIS Animation Shows Just How Close the Viking Sky Cruise Ship Came to Disaster
Blog

Watch: AIS Animation Shows Just How Close the Viking Sky Cruise Ship Came to Disaster

An animation of the Viking Sky’s AIS ship tracking shows just how close the cruise came to disaster after losing power along the west coast of Norway on

March 25, 2019
Total Views: 427

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Shipping News

Petrochemical Disaster Creates Houston Shipping Bottleneck

HOUSTON, March 25 (Reuters) – The backlog of vessels waiting to move through the Houston Ship Channel grew on Monday while it remained closed to traffic

March 25, 2019
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Sunday, March 24, 2019
viking sky reaches port
Interesting

Viking Sky Cruise Ship Arrives in Port After Near Disaster at Sea

By Terje Solsvik OSLO, March 24 (Reuters) – A luxury cruise ship that had set sail with almost 1,400 passengers and crew aboard arrived at a port in

March 24, 2019
Total Views: 270

Saturday, March 23, 2019
Viking Sky in distress
Interesting

Cruise Ship with 1,300 People On Board in Distress Off Norway

Update: Viking Sky cruise ship arrives in port after near disaster at sea.  A Viking Ocean Cruises cruise ship with about 1,300 people on board is in

March 23, 2019
Total Views: 743

Friday, March 22, 2019
coast guard 27000 pounds cocaine
Shipping News

U.S. Coast Guard Offloads Seized Cocaine Worth $360 Million Wholesale

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded approximately 27,000 pounds of cocaine Miami, Florida on Friday worth an estimated $360 million wholesale,

March 22, 2019
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texas petrochemical fire
Shipping News

Petrochemical Fire Halts Ship Traffic on Houston Ship Channel

By Gary McWilliams HOUSTON, March 22 (Reuters) – A petrochemical fire re-ignited Friday afternoon at a fuel storage facility outside Houston, adding to

March 22, 2019
Total Views: 125

Pioneering Spirit world record
Interesting

Pioneering Spirit Sets New Offshore Lifting Record at Johan Sverdrup

A new offshore lifting world record has been set with the installation of the final topsides in first phase of the Johan Sverdrup field development project in

March 22, 2019
Total Views: 629

shipping container port
Environment

Interview: Royal HaskoningDHV’s Kris Kosmala Talks Smart Ports

Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Kris Kosmala is Director of Smart Port Operations Digital Solutions at Royal HaskoningDHV, an

March 22, 2019
Total Views: 121

nyk containership
Shipping News

NYK Secures ‘Green Loan’ for Scrubber Installs

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Japanese transport group NYK has secured a ¥9bn ($81m) syndicated ‘green’ loan, supported by eight domestic

March 22, 2019
Total Views: 1128

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Shipping News

With Early Retiring of USS Harry Truman, Navy Seeking to Shrink Its Aircraft Carrier Fleet

By Justin Bachman and Dave Merrill (Bloomberg) — Visiting the USS Gerald R. Ford two years ago, U.S. President Donald Trump extolled the importance of an

March 22, 2019
Total Views: 299

maersk ship
Shipping News

Maersk Tests Biofuel as It Sets Sail for 2050 Carbon Neutrality

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is about to conduct the shipping industry’s biggest test yet of biofuel as it seeks to cut

March 22, 2019
Total Views: 89

AFIF Hapag-Lloyd
Shipping News

Hapag-Lloyd Charts Course to Strong 2019 Earnings

By Vera Eckert HAMBURG, March 22 (Reuters) – German container group Hapag-Lloyd is on course to achieve better earnings and further reduce debts this

March 22, 2019
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Thursday, March 21, 2019
uss decatur south china sea incident
Shipping News

Business of Shipping: China’s Claims in South China Sea Could Impact Commercial Shipping

By Ira Breskin – The maritime territorial dispute between China and many of its neighbors, as well as the United States, has major negative, long-term

March 21, 2019
Total Views: 55

vlcc tanker
Shipping News

Opinion: Energy Has a Whole Other Climate Change to Fear

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Opinion) — One pocket-sized symbol of globalization is the iPhone; that California-by-way-of-China apotheosis of

March 21, 2019
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cosco shipping at port of long beach
Ports

Yilport Is Said in Talks for $2 Billion California Terminal Deal

By Gillian Tan, Vinicy Chan and Ercan Ersoy (Bloomberg) — Turkey’s Yilport Holding AS is in advanced talks to buy a container terminal in Long Beach,

March 21, 2019
Total Views: 92

texas petrochemical fire
Shipping News

Mitsui Petrochemical Unit Probed After Texas Fire Rages for Days

Update: Residents of Deer Park in the Houston-area were issued a shelter-in-place advisory Thursday after the petrochemical plant fire that burned for days

March 21, 2019
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Shipping News

Australia Clears Iron Ore Ports as Cyclone Approaches

MELBOURNE, March 21 (Reuters) – The operator of Australia’s key iron ore exporting ports said it was clearing ships from the sites as a severe

March 21, 2019
Total Views: 81