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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Interesting

Video: Mega-Block Construction at Meyer Werft

Meyer Werft is cranking out the cruise ships right now. Over the years, the shipyard, located inland on the River Ems in Papenburg, Germany, has built a total

October 8, 2014
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News

Captain of Doomed South Korean Ferry Apologises For Failure to Rescue Children

The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing about 300 people, most of them school children, apologised in court on Wednesday for his

October 8, 2014
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
News

Missing Vietnamese Oil Tanker Believed Hijacked

A Vietnamese oil tanker missing for five days may have been hijacked after sailing from Singapore last week, say maritime officials searching for the

October 7, 2014
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Ports

Ports of Seattle and Tacoma Team Up to Compete With Canadian Gateways

By Peter Robison and Christopher Donville Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — The ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, said they will unify management of marine

October 7, 2014
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Shipping News

Knightsbridge and Golden Ocean Group Merger Creates Dry Bulk Giant

Dry bulk shippers Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSE: GOGL) and Knightsbridge Shipping Ltd (Nasdaq: VLCCF) have entered into an agreement today to merge resulting

October 7, 2014
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News

Fire Forces Ship Carrying Radioactive Concrete to Drop Anchor Off Scotland

A ship carrying radioactive concrete was forced to put down its anchor just off the Scottish coast in the North Sea on Tuesday after a fire in one of its

October 7, 2014
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Shipping News

Mass Maritime Website Hacked Apparent Islamic extremist group

The website of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy was targeted Monday by a group of hackers identifying themselves as the Moroccan Islamic Union-mail. The

October 7, 2014
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News

Carnival, Norwegian Shares Fall as Ebola Forces Lines to Skip Stops

Cruise line stocks fell after Carnival Corp. and a company being bought by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. canceled stops in West Africa over concerns

October 7, 2014
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Shipbuilding

SHI Wins $440 Million Order for Three Arctic Shuttle Tankers

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries says it has won an order from an unidentified European shipowner to construct three arctic shuttle

October 7, 2014
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Shipping News

North and South Korea Navies Trade Warning Fire Near Maritime Border

By Sam Kim Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — Naval boats of North Korea and South Korea exchanged warning fire near their disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea, days

October 7, 2014
Total Views: 58

News

EU Sanctions On Iran’s NITC Annulled, Lawyer Says

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – European Union sanctions on Iran’s main oil tanker firm NITC have been annulled after the EU failed to

October 7, 2014
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Blog

Australia Pacific LNG On Turning CSG Into LNG… Safely [VIDEO]

The Australia Pacific LNG Project is a US $21 billion project that involves the construction of a new plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone, located in

October 7, 2014
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News

Gulf of Guinea Piracy Expected to Increase Ahead of Election, Experts Warn

Piracy will increase in the Gulf of Guinea as Nigeria prepares for an election next February in order to funnel ransom money into campaign financing,

October 7, 2014
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News

LNG Carriers Line Up Off Argentina as Energy Demand Misjudged

Ships loaded with liquefied natural gas are lining up off the coast of Argentina after the government overshot winter orders, with a lack of storage facilities

October 7, 2014
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News

Canada Lacks ‘Long-Term Vision’ to Ensure Safety of Arctic Shipping

Canada will have trouble ensuring marine safety in the Arctic as climate change melts the sea ice and shipping increases, Parliament's environmental watchdog

October 7, 2014
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Monday, October 6, 2014
Shipping News

Scuttled Train Ferry Aerosund II Is Denmark’s Newest Artificial Reef [VIDEO]

Cameras rolled as the Danish rail ferry MF Aerosund II (aka Ærøsund) was intentionally sunk this weekend off the coast of Svendborg,

October 6, 2014
Total Views: 154

Shipping News

Petronas Says Canada Pacific NorthWest LNG Project Risks 15-Year Delay

By Christopher Donville and Rebecca Penty Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state-owned energy company, said it may delay

October 6, 2014
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News

Haitian Shipwreck Not Columbus’s Santa Maria -UNESCO

A team of experts working on a UNESCO mission to confirm the identity of a shipwreck found off the coast of Haiti have determined that the wreck is NOT that

October 6, 2014
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Navy

U.S. Navy Testing Unmanned Autonomous ‘Swarm’ Boats

The U.S. Navy is testing a new type of artificial intelligence technology which allows for self-guided, unmanned boats to autonomously protect navy ships and

October 6, 2014
Total Views: 169

News

First Walk-to-Work Vessel Launched at Niestern Sander

Dutch shipbuilder Niestern Sander has launched the world’s first ‘Walk-to-Work’ vessel today which upon delivery in 2015, will support the

October 6, 2014
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