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Friday, November 13, 2015
What is the Role of the Oceans in Global Warming/Climate Change?
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What is the Role of the Oceans in Global Warming/Climate Change?

There has been much press and controversy in recent years about global warming or climate change. Opinions range from doomsday scenarios to absolute disbelief.

November 13, 2015
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Tanker Backlog Threatens World Oil Market Gridlock
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Tanker Backlog Threatens World Oil Market Gridlock

By Jonathan Saul and Libby George LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – As land storage sites worldwide reach brimming point due to a supply glut, tens of millions

November 13, 2015
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Canada Prime Minister Moves to Deliver on Northern B.C. Oil Tanker Ban Promise
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Canada Prime Minister Moves to Deliver on Northern B.C. Oil Tanker Ban Promise

VANCOUVER, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed Transport Minister Marc Garneau, in a letter released on Friday, to

November 13, 2015
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
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El Faro’s Missing Bridge Found

Searchers have located the missing bridge of the ill-fated cargo ship El Faro, but the search continues for the vessel’s voyage data recorder, the

November 12, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – Offshore Construction Vessel ‘Island Venture’ Nearing Completion in Norway

The new offshore construction vessel Island Venture was put through its paces this week during sea trials in Norway, where the vessel is under construction at

November 12, 2015
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Cruise Ship Passenger Awarded $21.5 Million For This:
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Cruise Ship Passenger Awarded $21.5 Million For This:

Holland America Line has been ordered to pay a staggering $21.5 million in damages to a cruise ship passenger who apparently suffered a minor brain injury

November 12, 2015
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WATCH: Cargo Ship Burns in Japan
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WATCH: Cargo Ship Burns in Japan

Firefighters in Japan were working to extinguish a fire in the cargo area of a Cambodian-flagged general cargo ship on Thursday. According to reports, the fire

November 12, 2015
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Rolls-Royce Reveals Entrenched Failings to Stunned Investors

By Benjamin Katz and Christopher Jasper (Bloomberg) — Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Warren East revealed the full extent of the

November 12, 2015
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Video: Here Are The World’s Largest Ships By Type
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Video: Here Are The World’s Largest Ships By Type

Ships are freaking

November 12, 2015
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
A Current Look At and Inside the Dismantled Costa Concordia
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A Current Look At and Inside the Dismantled Costa Concordia

The effort to dismantle the ill-fated Costa Concordia continues in Genoa, Italy with approximately 200 technicians now working to cut up and remove

November 11, 2015
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Ships Waiting Up to 11 Days at the Panama Canal
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Ships Waiting Up to 11 Days at the Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is still dealing with a high backlog of vessels waiting to pass through the waterway, leaving ships, crews and cargo waiting

November 11, 2015
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CMA CGM Leading the Field to Buy NOL, But Only if the Price is Right

By Mike Wackett, The Loadstar There are “significant obstacles” to the sale of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), despite interest from Maersk

November 11, 2015
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Sri Lanka Scraps Firm’s Floating Armory Deals Amid Scandal
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Sri Lanka Scraps Firm’s Floating Armory Deals Amid Scandal

By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maitripala Sirisena on Wednesday revoked all deals by a private security firm related to

November 11, 2015
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Viking Ocean Cruises Makes it Six at Fincantieri
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Viking Ocean Cruises Makes it Six at Fincantieri

The new ocean-going fleet of Viking Cruises will increase to six ships by 2020 with the company returning to Fincantieri for two

November 11, 2015
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DSME Told to Stop Work on LPG Ships After Fatal Fire

The Korean Government has ordered Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to halt work on five LPG carriers under construction at DSME’s Okpo

November 11, 2015
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Iran to Face Bumpy Re-Entry Into Global Oil Tanker Market
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Iran to Face Bumpy Re-Entry Into Global Oil Tanker Market

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Even after Western sanctions are lifted, Iran’s oil tanker fleet is expected to face more hurdles

November 11, 2015
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Hapag-Lloyd Returns to Profit

FRANKFURT, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Newly-listed German container shipping group Hapag Lloyd said on Wednesday it broke even in the third quarter as it

November 11, 2015
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Danish Shipping Companies Torm and D/S Norden Helped by Higher Tanker Rates
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Danish Shipping Companies Torm and D/S Norden Helped by Higher Tanker Rates

  COPENHAGEN, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Busy refineries boosting tanker freight rates in the oil tanker market helped both Danish shipping companies D/S

November 11, 2015
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Largest STS Crane in North America Commissioned in Houston
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Largest STS Crane in North America Commissioned in Houston

  The Port of Houston Authority has commissioned the first of four new Super Post-Panamax STS cranes at its Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The four

November 10, 2015
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Incredible Footage: Heavy Weather Tow Of Russian Aircraft Carrier in Bay of Biscay
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Incredible Footage: Heavy Weather Tow Of Russian Aircraft Carrier in Bay of Biscay

February 2012: New footage of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov towed by the tug Nikolay Chiker after the aircraft carrier lost propulsion in the

November 10, 2015
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