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Thursday, July 26, 2018
COSCO Shipping Cyber Attack Isolated to Americas Region
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COSCO Shipping Cyber Attack Isolated to Americas Region

China’s COSCO Shipping says it has isolated the cyber attack that impacted its local email and telephone networks in the America’s region. As of

July 26, 2018
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Risks to Middle East Oil and Gas Shipping Routes: Here’s What’s At Stake

DUBAI, July 26 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through the Red Sea after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis

July 26, 2018
Total Views: 208

Damage to Grounded Car Carrier Worse Than Thought; Complex Salvage Lies Ahead
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Damage to Grounded Car Carrier Worse Than Thought; Complex Salvage Lies Ahead

Extensive damage has been found on the hull of the vehicle carrier Makassar Highway off the coast of Sweden. An underwater inspection of vessel carried

July 26, 2018
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IMB Report Shows Persistent Piracy and Kidnapping Risk in Gulf of Guinea
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IMB Report Shows Persistent Piracy and Kidnapping Risk in Gulf of Guinea

All crew kidnappings reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during the first six months of 2018 occurred in the Gulf of Guinea in six separate incidents,

July 26, 2018
Total Views: 65

Bab-el-Mandeb strait. Image credit: eol.jsc.nasa.gov
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Explainer: What is the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Why is it Important?

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia temporarily halted oil shipments via the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping lane for crude at the southern end

July 26, 2018
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lng ship bunkering in fog
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Trump’s Plan for U.S. LNG in Europe to Face Reality Check

By Vera Eckert, Oleg Vukmanovic and Sabina Zawadzki FRANKFURT/LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s plan for “vast

July 26, 2018
Total Views: 43

Bouchard Barge No. 255 Hearing Part 5: ‘No one could say they didn’t know about the problems’
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Bouchard Barge No. 255 Hearing Part 5: ‘No one could say they didn’t know about the problems’

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series focussing on the U.S. Coast Guard’s public hearing on the explosion and fire aboard the Bouchard No. 255

July 26, 2018
Total Views: 259

Wednesday, July 25, 2018
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Saudi Arabia Suspends Oil Exports Through Bab-el-Mandeb Strait After Houthi Attacks

By Rania El Gamal DUBAI, July 26 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through a strategic Red Sea lane after

July 25, 2018
Total Views: 168

Watch This Boat Get Tossed by a Huge Wave
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Watch This Boat Get Tossed by a Huge Wave

This video was apparently filmed this week in Nias in Sumatra, Indonedia as a huge swell hit the island. Luckily, according to reports the vessel was unmanned

July 25, 2018
Total Views: 186

Scrubber Installs Approaching 1,000 Ships Globally – Survey
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Scrubber Installs Approaching 1,000 Ships Globally – Survey

The number of merchant ships with exhaust gas cleaning systems either installed or on order is approaching 1,000 ships worldwide, according to a survey by the

July 25, 2018
Total Views: 88

Priscilla cargo ship aground
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Salvors Re-Float M/V Priscilla from Scotland’s Pentland Skerries -Update

Update: The MV Priscilla was successfully re-floated Wednesday night at around 9 p.m., the Maritime Coastguard Agency said. Following an inspection, permission

July 25, 2018
Total Views: 63

Quick, Heavy Rolling Led to Loss of Containers from YM Efficiency Off Australia, ATSB Finds
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Quick, Heavy Rolling Led to Loss of Containers from YM Efficiency Off Australia, ATSB Finds

A short period of quick, heavy rolling in gale-force winds result in the loss 81 containers overboard from the Liberian-flagged containership YM Efficiency off

July 25, 2018
Total Views: 124

U.S. Navy Seeks $30 Million to Fix Gear That Hobbled its New Gerald R. Ford Supercarrier
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U.S. Navy Seeks $30 Million to Fix Gear That Hobbled its New Gerald R. Ford Supercarrier

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The Navy is asking Congress to shift $30 million from other accounts to start repairing a damaged gear on the service’s

July 25, 2018
Total Views: 1598

cosco containership
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COSCO Hit By Apparent Cyber Attack, Causing ‘Network Breakdown’ in Americas

China’s COSCO Shipping Lines has been hit by an apparent cyber attack that has caused a ‘network breakdown’ within its Americas region, the

July 25, 2018
Total Views: 91

iranian crude supertanker
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Saudi Tanker Damaged in Houthi Attack Off Yemen coast

RIYADH, July 25 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, causing slight damage, an Arab coalition said on Wednesday,

July 25, 2018
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
coco development South Carolina
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Overcapacity, Not Trade Wars, to Blame for Falling Demand on Asia-US East Coast’

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Oversupply of shipping capacity rather than trade wars caused the recent rationalisation in transpacific and

July 24, 2018
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Vard Inks Construction Contracts for Two Ships from Viking Cruises
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Vard Inks Construction Contracts for Two Ships from Viking Cruises

Shipbuilder Vard Holdings has announced it has confirmed contracts for the design and construction of two cruise for the river and ocean cruise company Viking.

July 24, 2018
Total Views: 47

Makassary Highway aground sweden
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Photos: K-Line Car Carrier Aground Off Sweden

Update: Extensive Damage to Makassar Highway; Complex Salvage Ahead A K-Line car carrier ran aground off Loftahammar, Sweden on Monday morning, causing some

July 24, 2018
Total Views: 154

strait of hormuz
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Trump, Iran and the New Guns of August -James Stavridis

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) — In the hot summer of 1987, I was a young Navy officer sailing into the Arabian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz

July 24, 2018
Total Views: 53

Weeks Marine Tugboat Aground in New Jersey
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Tugboat Breaks Mooring and Runs Aground on Jersey Shore

A tugboat working on a beachfill project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ran aground early Tuesday near Lavallette, New Jersey.  USACE’s

July 24, 2018
Total Views: 60