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Friday, May 18, 2018
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Canada Announces New Measures to Enhance Safety of Marine Navigation

 The government of Canada is taking additional measures to help enhance safety of navigation and emergency response in Canadian waters. The measures were

May 18, 2018
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TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico President Selected to Lead Parent TOTE, Inc.

Seattle-based Saltchuk has announced that Tim Nolan has been named the next President and CEO of TOTE Inc., the parent company to TOTE Maritime and TOTE

May 18, 2018
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Total to Set Up LNG Bunkering Hub in Oman
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Total to Set Up LNG Bunkering Hub in Oman

French energy company Total has plans to set up a regional hub for liquefied natural gas bunkering in Oman.  Total announced this week that it has signed

May 18, 2018
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Shipping News

German Company’s Million Missing Shipping Containers Puzzles Prosecutors

MUNICH, May 17 (Reuters) – Managers of insolvent P&R Group are being investigated after it was discovered the investment firm sold nearly one million

May 18, 2018
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Shipping News

Dallas Company Secures Permits to Expand Crude Export Hub at Texas’ Port of Brownsville

By Jarrett Renshaw and Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) – Jupiter MLP LLC, a Dallas-based logistics company, has secured permits to expand

May 18, 2018
Total Views: 31

Thursday, May 17, 2018
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Cargo Operations to Begin on Maersk Honam Next Week

The Maersk Honam is scheduled to berth at the Port of Jebel Ali next week where the operation to discharge cargo will finally begin nearly three months after

May 17, 2018
Total Views: 68

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U.S. LNG Exports Could Raise Gas Prices for American Consumers

By Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) — Environmental groups opposed to U.S. natural gas exports just found an unlikely ally: the Commodity Futures Trading

May 17, 2018
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ABS Awarded Contract to Class Canadian Coast Guard’s Entire 114-Vessel Fleet

International classification society ABS has been awarded the contract to provide classification and certification services for the Canadian Coast

May 17, 2018
Total Views: 190

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Shipping Giant’s Containment Plan Is Leaking Badly -Opinion

By Chris Bryant (Bloomberg Opinion) — Conglomerates fell out of fashion because so many of them destroyed shareholder value: Companies boosted their top

May 17, 2018
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Shipping’s 2020 Low Sulphur Fuel Rules Explained

By Libby George and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) – New rules coming into force from 2020 to curb pollution produced by the world’s ships

May 17, 2018
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Maersk Warns on Trade Risks as Disappointing Q1 Earnings Hit Share Price Hard

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, May 17 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk missed first-quarter profit expectations on Thursday and warned that

May 17, 2018
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Australia Toughens Welfare Standards for Live Animal Exports After Death of 2,400 Sheep

By Colin Packham SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) – Australia will require ships carrying live cattle and sheep exports to have an independent observer to

May 17, 2018
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018
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Mitsui Said to Be Close to Buying Stake in Giant Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

By Anna Hirtenstein and Ichiro Suzuki (Bloomberg) — Mitsui & Co. Ltd. is close to taking a stake in a major offshore wind farm in Taiwan, according

May 16, 2018
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World’s No. 2 Shipping Line MSC Stops New Bookings for Iran

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) – The world’s No. 2 container shipping line MSC said on Wednesday it would stop taking new bookings for Iran due to the

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 71

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Interesting

Japanese Shipping Company Fined $1 Million for ‘Magic Pipe’ on Bulk Carrier

A Japanese shipping company that delivered steel products to the Wilmington, North Carolina has been convicted and sentenced for obstruction of justice and

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 139

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Shipping News

Time-Lapse: World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine Installed Off Scotland

A time-lapse video has been posted online showing last months installation of the world’s most power wind turbine at Vattenfall’s European Offshore

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 271

U.S. Aims at Russia With Navy’s Resurrected Second Fleet -Stavridis
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U.S. Aims at Russia With Navy’s Resurrected Second Fleet -Stavridis

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) — In yet another indication of the return of great power politics and the cratering U.S.-Russian relationship, the

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 97

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Maersk Tankers to Wind Down Customer Agreements in Iran

COPENHAGEN, May 16 (Reuters) – Danish oil product tanker operator Maersk Tankers said on Wednesday it would wind down its customer agreements in Iran by

May 16, 2018
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Morgan Stanley Says IMO’s Low Sulphur Fuel Regs Has Oil Headed for $90

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Forget Iran and OPEC — there’s another issue that will keep oil prices supported for the next two years, according

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 97

The Real Story Behind Youtube’s Most Epic Ship Collision Video
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The Real Story Behind Youtube’s Most Epic Ship Collision Video

On September 29, 2014, the 324-meter containership Colombo Express lost control and slammed into the side of the similarly-sized Maersk Tanjong during a

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 2442