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Monday, June 25, 2018
Shipping Groups Call for Cooperation on Migrant Rescues at Sea
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Shipping Groups Call for Cooperation on Migrant Rescues at Sea

International shipping groups are calling for greater cooperation on a policy for migrants rescued at sea following Italy’s move to refuse ships carrying

June 25, 2018
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HFO Spill at Port of Rotterdam Could Take Several Days, Maybe Weeks to Cleanup

The initial clean up of a large heavy fuel oil spill at the port of Rotterdam after a tanker struck a jetty over the weekend is expected to last

June 25, 2018
Total Views: 54

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Jack-Up Specialist Shelf Drilling Falls in Oslo Debut, But Optimistic on Rising Rig Rates

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, June 25 (Reuters) – A fall in equities and oil markets knocked shares in Shelf Drilling on their Oslo market debut on Monday,

June 25, 2018
Total Views: 133

IMO Highlights Seafarers’ Well-being and Mental Health on Today’s International Day of the Seafarer
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IMO Highlights Seafarers’ Well-being and Mental Health on Today’s International Day of the Seafarer

Happy International Day of the Seafarer! Each year on June 25 the International Maritime Organization marks the Day of the Seafarer as a way to recognize the

June 25, 2018
Total Views: 428

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Sudan’s Appeal in USS Cole Bombing Case

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear Sudan’s appeal of $314.7 million in damages awarded

June 25, 2018
Total Views: 45

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Top Norwegian Oil Analyst Quitting DNB to Pursue 2020 Low Sulphur Fuel Rule Riches

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Oil analyst Torbjorn Kjus said he’s quitting Norway’s biggest bank to pursue opportunities that will arise thanks to an

June 25, 2018
Total Views: 53

CMA CGM ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY
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CMA CGM Founder Jacques Saade Dies at 81

By Gus Trompiz and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS, June 25 (Reuters) – Jacques Saade, who founded France’s CMA CGM 40 years ago as a one-vessel firm and

June 25, 2018
Total Views: 100

Sunday, June 24, 2018
China’s Dongfeng Race Team Clinches Volvo Ocean Race Victory
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China’s Dongfeng Race Team Clinches Volvo Ocean Race Victory

By Alexander Smith LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) – China’s Dongfeng Race Team won the Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday, the first victory for a team

June 24, 2018
Total Views: 61

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‘Considerable’ Heavy Fuel Oil Spill in Rotterdam After Odfjell Tanker Contacts Jetty; Reported 220 Tons of HFO Released

Odfjell said in a statement that while navigating to its assigned berth for loading, its vessel Bow Jubail made contact with a jetty and accidentally ruptured

June 24, 2018
Total Views: 117

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China Sails Past Japan to Become World’s Largest Buyer of Natural Gas

By Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — China’s drive for cleaner skies has pushed it past Japan to become the world’s largest buyer of natural gas, a

June 24, 2018
Total Views: 71

Saturday, June 23, 2018
Maersk Containership Picks Up 113 Migrants Off Italy
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Maersk Containership Picks Up 113 Migrants Off Italy

COPENHAGEN, June 23 (Reuters) – The container ship Alexander Maersk picked up 113 migrants from a boat off southern Italy early on Friday, Maersk Line,

June 23, 2018
Total Views: 39

Friday, June 22, 2018
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Grant Supports Zero-Emission Cargo Handling at Port of Long Beach

The Port of Long Beach is moving ahead with a $16.8 million project to build infrastructure that will support electric-powered, zero-emissions cargo-handling

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 193

Big Oil Looks to U.S. Minorities to Build Offshore Drilling Support
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Big Oil Looks to U.S. Minorities to Build Offshore Drilling Support

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – The largest U.S. oil and gas lobby group is seeking to convince Hispanic and black communities

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 28

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NGO Shipbreaking Platform Slams Shipping Industry ‘Scaremongering’ to Undermine European Ship Recycling Regulation

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform is accusing the shipping industry of using ‘scaremonger’ tactics and ‘fake news’ in order to get South

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 120

Subsea Search for 79 Missing Containers Lost from YM Efficiency Set to Start Off Australia
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Subsea Search for 79 Missing Containers Lost from YM Efficiency Set to Start Off Australia

The subsea search for 79 missing containers that fell from the containership YM Efficiency earlier this month is set to kick off in the next few days, the

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 104

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Trump Threatens 20 Percent Tariff on U.S. Car Imports from European Unions

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to escalate a trade war with Europe by imposing a 20

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 44

Thursday, June 21, 2018
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Shipping News

Supertanker FPMC C Melody Arrives at Texas City Terminal to Load Crude

A supertanker that has been scheduled to load crude oil at Enterprise Products Partners LP’s Texas City marine terminal for export arrived was

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 183

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Defends Navigator Holdings Sale
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Defends Navigator Holdings Sale

By Terrence Dopp (Bloomberg) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said his personal sale of stock in a shipping company days before news organizations

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 59

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Some 2,500 Offshore Oil Workers in Norway Threaten to Strike

OSLO, June 21 (Reuters) – Some 2,250 workers on Norwegian offshore oil drilling rigs and in drilling and catering services on oil producing platforms

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 25

Italy to Impound Dutch-Flagged Humanitarian Ship
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Italy to Impound Dutch-Flagged Humanitarian Ship

By Steve Scherer and Angelo Amante ROME, June 21 (Reuters) – Italy appeared to relent on Thursday after at first refusing to accept 226 migrants on

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 29