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Monday, October 31, 2016
BIMCO: Update on Dry Bulk’s Road to Recovery
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BIMCO: Update on Dry Bulk’s Road to Recovery

(BIMCO) – Back in May, BIMCO disclosed a projected “road to recovery” for the dry bulk shipping industry. The main message back then on what the dry

October 31, 2016
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Japan Shipping Line Merger Is Fiddling at the Margins
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Japan Shipping Line Merger Is Fiddling at the Margins

By David Fickling (Bloomberg Gadfly) — A business is rarely more than the sum of its parts. That’s a problem for anyone hoping that combining

October 31, 2016
Total Views: 70

Indonesia Resumes Coal Shipments to Philippines Amid Piracy Concerns
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Indonesia Resumes Coal Shipments to Philippines Amid Piracy Concerns

JAKARTA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Indonesia will resume some shipments of coal to the Philippines, a government official said on Sunday, after a months-long

October 31, 2016
Total Views: 137

Singapore Considers Measures to Help Struggling Marine Sector
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Singapore Considers Measures to Help Struggling Marine Sector

SINGAPORE, Oct 31 (Reuters) – The Singapore government is considering whether to help the city-state’s marine and offshore engineering (M&OE)

October 31, 2016
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Loch Ness Monster Found (in Alaska)?
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Loch Ness Monster Found (in Alaska)?

The internet once again is buzzing with new loch ness monster theories after the Alaska Bureau of Land Management published this video of a “strange

October 31, 2016
Total Views: 124

Sunday, October 30, 2016
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Japanese Shipping Companies to Merge Container Operations

By Chris Cooper and Kiyotaka Matsuda (Bloomberg) — Nippon Yusen KK, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan’s three largest

October 30, 2016
Total Views: 111

Samsung Heavy Industries Shipbuilding (Geoje, South Korea)
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South Korea to Spend $10 Billion to Boost Local Shipbuilers

By Jiyeun Lee, Kanga Kong and Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — South Korea, home to the world’s three biggest shipbuilders, plans to spend about 11

October 30, 2016
Total Views: 117

South Korea to Create State-Backed Ship Financing Company
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South Korea to Create State-Backed Ship Financing Company

By Joyce Lee and Cynthia Kim SEOUL, Oct 31 (Reuters) – South Korea said on Monday it plans to establish a state-backed ship financing company with an

October 30, 2016
Total Views: 41

Boat Refugees Australia
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Asylum Seekers Arriving By Boat Face Lifetime Ban In Australia

by Gareth Hutchens (TheGuardian) The Turnbull government plans to ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat from ever being allowed into Australia. The

October 30, 2016
Total Views: 124

Saturday, October 29, 2016
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Container Shipping: Will New Alliance Structures Help Stabilize The Market?

By Sam Whelan (TheLoadstar) After the supply chain havoc caused by Hanjin Shipping’s collapse, and with an alliance reshuffle on the horizon, should

October 29, 2016
Total Views: 58

Friday, October 28, 2016
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LNG Exports – Is Australia The Worst-Case Scenario?

by Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) Americans wondering what life with liquefied natural gas exports will bring can look to eastern Australia for a

October 28, 2016
Total Views: 87

Thursday, October 27, 2016
B.C. Locals ‘Infuriated’ By Nathan E. Stewart Response
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B.C. Locals ‘Infuriated’ By Nathan E. Stewart Response

British Colombia locals are up in arms over the Canadian Coast Guard’s response to an oil spill following the grounding of an American tug and barge in

October 27, 2016
Total Views: 179

WATCH: Testing the Pentagon’s New Unmanned Sub Chaser
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WATCH: Testing the Pentagon’s New Unmanned Sub Chaser

The Pentagon’s new unmanned submarine chaser is currently undergoing at-sea testing off the coast of California and recently set sail with its first-ever

October 27, 2016
Total Views: 61

Hanjin Vessel Sitting Off Canada for Months Set to Dock in Vancouver
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Hanjin Vessel Sitting Off Canada for Months Set to Dock in Vancouver

By Catherine Ngai VANCOUVER, Oct 27 (Reuters) – A container vessel that spent months sitting off Canada’s west coast due to the collapse of a major

October 27, 2016
Total Views: 103

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Iran Shipping Lines Sees Business Back to Normal in 2017

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN Oct 27 (Reuters) – Container shipping firm Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) expects to have regained by

October 27, 2016
Total Views: 63

First Very Large Ethane Carriers Inaugurated in South Korea
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First Very Large Ethane Carriers Inaugurated in South Korea

India’s largest private sector company Reliance Industries has inaugurated the world’s first Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) at South Korea’s

October 27, 2016
Total Views: 46

Search Called Off for Professional Solo-Sailor Missing in the Pacific
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Search Called Off for Professional Solo-Sailor Missing in the Pacific

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the active search for a professional Chinese sailor who is believed to have fallen overboard while sailing his 97-foot

October 27, 2016
Total Views: 86

IMO Sets Regulations to Cut Sulphur Emissions by Ships from 2020
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IMO Sets Regulations to Cut Sulphur Emissions by Ships from 2020

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The United Nations’ shipping agency set global regulations on Thursday to limit the amount of sulfur

October 27, 2016
Total Views: 164

HSH Nordbank Seals Charter of Hanjin Ships to Maersk
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HSH Nordbank Seals Charter of Hanjin Ships to Maersk

LONDON/FRANKFURT, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Germany’s HSH Nordbank has arranged a deal which will see six container ships from collapsed South Korean line

October 27, 2016
Total Views: 78

Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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Teekay Gas Carrier Attacked Near Key Shipping Lane Off Yemen

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Unknown assailants attacked a gas tanker off the coast of Yemen close to the Bab al-Mandab waterway in the

October 26, 2016
Total Views: 133