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Monday, August 18, 2014
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Global Number of Container Ships Hits Peak – Drewry

The number of container ships transporting goods around the world has fallen in the first half of 2014 but the total capacity of the global fleet continues to

August 18, 2014
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Two Now Missing After Boat Carrying Foreign Tourists Sinks in Eastern Indonesia – UPDATE
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Two Now Missing After Boat Carrying Foreign Tourists Sinks in Eastern Indonesia – UPDATE

Bad weather was hampering a desperate search on Monday for two foreign tourists still missing after a boat travelling between two Indonesian islands sank at

August 18, 2014
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Cargo Ship Breaks from Mooring in Fremantle, Strikes Rail Bridge
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Cargo Ship Breaks from Mooring in Fremantle, Strikes Rail Bridge

STORM CHAOS. Perth & SW hit hard. LIVE from #Fremantle & #Bunbury soon on #TodayPerth9. LIVE STREAM #9Newscomau pic.twitter.com/GPqqNbNhKV — Nine

August 18, 2014
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DOF Keeps Filling the Bucket With Latest Award of Subsea Contracts

DOF Subsea announced today they have been awarded multiple new contracts adding approximately NOK 830 million (USD $135 million) to their existing backlog of

August 18, 2014
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Sunday, August 17, 2014
India Commissions Its Largest Ever Domestically-Built Warship
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India Commissions Its Largest Ever Domestically-Built Warship

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned the nation’s largest indigenously built warship as he strives to modernize the armed forces and counter

August 17, 2014
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Stabbing Incident Aboard Bulk Carrier Leaves Two Dead, One Injured Off Delaware
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Stabbing Incident Aboard Bulk Carrier Leaves Two Dead, One Injured Off Delaware

U.S. Federal officials are trying to piece together details of a stabbing incident aboard a Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier off the Delaware that left two

August 17, 2014
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Saturday, August 16, 2014
Man Dies in Britain as 35 People Found in Shipping Container
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Man Dies in Britain as 35 People Found in Shipping Container

A man has died after 35 people, including several children, were found inside a shipping container being unloaded at a dock in eastern England on Saturday

August 16, 2014
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Friday, August 15, 2014
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Island Nation Orders Vessel Quarantine Over Ebola Outbreak

Determined to keep the spread of the Ebola virus away from its shores, the small island nation of Cape Verde located off the coast of west Africa is taking

August 15, 2014
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Panama Canal Celebrates 100 Years of Connecting the World
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Panama Canal Celebrates 100 Years of Connecting the World

The Panama Canal on Friday officially celebrated the 100 year anniversary of its inauguration on August 15, 1914 with the transit of the SS Ancon. It was on

August 15, 2014
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Watch: Captain Shows How Not to Overtake Another Vessel in a Narrow Channel
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Watch: Captain Shows How Not to Overtake Another Vessel in a Narrow Channel

Seems to be a prime example of how NOT to overtake a larger vessel, or any vessel for that matter, in a narrow or restricted

August 15, 2014
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Photos: World’s Largest Turret Module Sets Sail for South Korea
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Photos: World’s Largest Turret Module Sets Sail for South Korea

The largest turret module for largest floating structure ever constructed has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South

August 15, 2014
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Crane Breaks Off Bulk Carrier, Falls into Cargo Hold [IMAGES]
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Crane Breaks Off Bulk Carrier, Falls into Cargo Hold [IMAGES]

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is investigating an incident this week involving the failure of a crane on board the bulk carrier Seapace while

August 15, 2014
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Atlantic Offshore Celebrates Latest Fleet Addition in Stavanger

Atlantic Offshore’s newest addition to their fleet, ERRV Ocean Marlin, has been named in Stavanger by Godmother Anni H. Apeland. The vessel was built at

August 15, 2014
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Japan Freezes Assets of North Korean Shipping Firm
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Japan Freezes Assets of North Korean Shipping Firm

Japan on Friday froze the assets of the operator of a North Korean ship seized for smuggling

August 15, 2014
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BHP May Announce $12 Billion Spinoff of Billiton Assets

BHP Billiton Ltd. may announce a spinoff of assets estimated to be worth as much as $12 billion next week, as the world’s biggest mining company casts aside

August 15, 2014
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Asia-Europe Container Shipping Rates Fall Over 10 Percent

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell by 10.7 percent to $1,198 per 20-foot container (TEU) this

August 15, 2014
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
Standby Vessel Damaged in Collision With Wind Turbine Pile Off England
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Standby Vessel Damaged in Collision With Wind Turbine Pile Off England

Liverpool Coastguard on Thursday was coordinating the response to a ship that was leaking oil following a collision with a wind turbine pile at wind farm off

August 14, 2014
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CIMC Raffles Delivers New Jack-Up to Coastal Contracts Bhd

Malaysian offshore and marine services provider Coastal Contracts Bhd received a new Friede & Goldman-designed JU2000E jack-up drilling rig this week from

August 14, 2014
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Panama Says a $5.3 Billion Canal Expansion May Not Be Big Enough
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Panama Says a $5.3 Billion Canal Expansion May Not Be Big Enough

A century after the U.S. steamship Ancon first sailed through the Panama Canal, a $5.3 billion expansion delayed by bickering contractors and angry workers is

August 14, 2014
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Can This Ocean Array Rid The World’s Oceans of Harmful Plastics?
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Can This Ocean Array Rid The World’s Oceans of Harmful Plastics?

We first heard about this concept back in late 2012 when a first year aerospace engineering student named Boyan Slat gave a TED talk about how the Great

August 14, 2014
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