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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – SAIL Amsterdam Festival Kicks Off with Huge Parade
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Ship Photos of the Day – SAIL Amsterdam Festival Kicks Off with Huge Parade

  Here are some photos from Wednesday’s Sail-In Parade marking the beginning of the SAIL Amsterdam 2015 maritime festival held in Amsterdam,

August 19, 2015
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Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Reflects Today’s Depressed Offshore Market
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Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Reflects Today’s Depressed Offshore Market

  The Department of the Interior’s latest oil and gas lease sale covering nearly 22 million acres in the western Gulf of Mexico drew little interest

August 19, 2015
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China’s Huge (and Hard-to-Find) Canal on the Doorstep of America
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China’s Huge (and Hard-to-Find) Canal on the Doorstep of America

  By Michael McDonald (Bloomberg Business) — Deep on the southeastern side of Lake Nicaragua, along a bumpy dirt road that climbs gently through

August 19, 2015
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Full Steam Ahead: Shippers Risk Paying a Price for Cheaper Fuel

  By Keith Wallis and Jane Xie SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) – A slide in marine fuel prices to six-year lows should be a welcome break for global

August 19, 2015
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WATCH: Blue Whale Has Perfect Comedic Timing
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WATCH: Blue Whale Has Perfect Comedic Timing

The timing on this is

August 19, 2015
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Jensen Unveils LNG Bunker Barge Concepts
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Jensen Unveils LNG Bunker Barge Concepts

Seattle-based naval architecture firm Jensen Maritime on Wednesday revealed two new concepts for fully customizable liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barges.

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 394

China Port Authorities to Tighten Supervision of Dangerous Goods Shipments
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China Port Authorities to Tighten Supervision of Dangerous Goods Shipments

  SHANGHAI, Aug 19 (Reuters) – China’s port authorities will strengthen supervision of dangerous goods shipments following devastating

August 19, 2015
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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.
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DSME Shares Tank on Concern Liabilities Exceed Assets

  By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. fell to the lowest price in more than 13 years in Seoul trading on

August 19, 2015
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Shipping TV Tour On Board a Seventy-Year-Old VIC Steamer – VIDEO
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Shipping TV Tour On Board a Seventy-Year-Old VIC Steamer – VIDEO

Shipping TV’s Chris Gosling takes a tour aboard the 1945-built steam-driven Victualling Inshore Craft, VIC96, has a chat with her skipper and

August 19, 2015
Total Views: 121

Tuesday, August 18, 2015
WATCH: Tanker Maneuvering Into Port in Perfect Aerial Time-Lapse
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WATCH: Tanker Maneuvering Into Port in Perfect Aerial Time-Lapse

Check out this perfect aerial time-lapse of UK-flagged tanker Galway Fisher entering the Port of Galway, located on the central west coast of Ireland in Galway

August 18, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – HMS Artful: Britain’s Most Powerful Attack Sub Put to Sea
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Ship Photos of the Day – HMS Artful: Britain’s Most Powerful Attack Sub Put to Sea

The UK Royal Navy’s third Astute-class nuclear powered submarine HMS Artful departed the BAE Systems yard in Barrow-in-Furness this week for its maiden

August 18, 2015
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MOL Second to Settle Car Carrier Price-Fixing Lawsuit
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MOL Second to Settle Car Carrier Price-Fixing Lawsuit

Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, also known as MOL, has settled a major class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by individual consumers and auto,

August 18, 2015
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Expanded Panama Canal Meets Pacific Ocean – Photos and Video
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Expanded Panama Canal Meets Pacific Ocean – Photos and Video

This video shows the process of removing the barrier separating the waters of the Pacific Ocean from the new Cocoli locks on the Pacific side of the Panama

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 140

Hillary Clinton: Arctic Drilling ‘Not Worth the Risk’
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Hillary Clinton: Arctic Drilling ‘Not Worth the Risk’

  By Timothy Gardner and Amanda Becker Aug 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her

August 18, 2015
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Prosafe Books First Gig for New Accommodation Vessel
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Prosafe Books First Gig for New Accommodation Vessel

  Semi-submersible accommodation vessel owner Prosafe says it has booked a $60 million contract for use of one of its newbuild vessels beginning in

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 182

DSME shipyard
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DSME Execs Offer to Resign After Record Loss

  BY Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said 13 executives and advisers have offered to resign as the

August 18, 2015
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‘Cool Pool’ – LNG Ship Owners Form First Vessel Pool
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‘Cool Pool’ – LNG Ship Owners Form First Vessel Pool

  By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Dynagas Ltd., GasLog Ltd. and Golar LNG Ltd. agreed to jointly market their liquefied natural gas tankers for

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 142

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Maersk Line Plans Huge Freight Rate Hike on Key Asia-Europe Route

  COPENHAGEN, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk Line, plans to raise spot freight rates sharply on

August 18, 2015
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – USNS Mercy Replenishment at Sea
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Ship Photos of the Day – USNS Mercy Replenishment at Sea

The Japanese oiler JS Mashu in a replenishment at sea with the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2015. Now in its 10th year,

August 17, 2015
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Shell Arctic Drilling Receives U.S. Approval
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Shell Arctic Drilling Receives U.S. Approval

  The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has granted Shell its final approval to drill for oil and gas offshore Alaska in the arctic

August 17, 2015
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