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Monday, October 20, 2014
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Samsung Engineering Set to Win $1 Billion LNG Project Contract

Samsung Engineering Co., South Korea’s largest engineering company, expects to win its first liquefied natural gas project contract that could be worth more

October 20, 2014
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Sunday, October 19, 2014
Disabled Russian Cargo Ship Arrives in Prince Rupert, Canada – Update
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Disabled Russian Cargo Ship Arrives in Prince Rupert, Canada – Update

Monday Update: The disabled Russian cargo ship MV Simushir is now safely berthed at the port of Prince Rupert. Previous: A disabled Russian cargo ship is

October 19, 2014
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Sweden Says Credible Reports of Foreign Submarine In Its Waters
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Sweden Says Credible Reports of Foreign Submarine In Its Waters

Sweden released on Sunday a grainy photo of a mysterious vessel in Stockholm's archipelago, as the military hunted for a foreign submarine or divers in the

October 19, 2014
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
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Boskalis Wins $1.5 Billion Suez Canal Dredging Contract

A consortium consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), Van Oord, NMDC (Abu Dhabi) and Jan de Nul (Belgium) has won a contract from the Suez

October 18, 2014
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Update: Tow Line Secured to Adrift Cargo Ship Off British Columbia
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Update: Tow Line Secured to Adrift Cargo Ship Off British Columbia

Update: Late on Friday night the Canadian Coast Guard patrol vessel Gordon Reid secured a tow line to the adrift Russian cargo ship, MV Simushir, west of

October 18, 2014
Total Views: 97

Friday, October 17, 2014
Gonzalo Makes Landfall in Bermuda As Category 2 Hurricane
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Gonzalo Makes Landfall in Bermuda As Category 2 Hurricane

Hurricane Gonzalo scored a direct hit on Bermuda on Friday evening, knocking out most of the electricity there as it lashed the tiny Atlantic island chain with

October 17, 2014
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This week on the gCaptain Job Board
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This week on the gCaptain Job Board

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October 17, 2014
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Researchers Map Tasman Bridge Disaster Shipwreck in Stunning Detail
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Researchers Map Tasman Bridge Disaster Shipwreck in Stunning Detail

Australian researchers have used some new sonar equipment to capture stunning imagery of the shipwreck of the MV Lake Illawarra bulk carrier, which tragically

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 375

Venezuela Buys Two Russian Crude Cargoes for Curacao Refinery -Sources
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Venezuela Buys Two Russian Crude Cargoes for Curacao Refinery -Sources

Venezuela's PDVSA bought two cargoes of Russian Urals light crude from a unit of Petrochina to be delivered starting in November at the Isla refinery in

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 36

Video: Arctic Escort Aboard Canadian Icebreaker Pierre Radison
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Video: Arctic Escort Aboard Canadian Icebreaker Pierre Radison

Video from onboard Canadian Coast Guard's medium icebreaker, CCGS Pierre Radison, as she escorts the expedition-style cruise ship, National Geographic

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 112

Cargill’s Black Sea Stop Is Booming 2,600-Year-Old Port
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Cargill’s Black Sea Stop Is Booming 2,600-Year-Old Port

Constanta, whose natural harbor on the Black Sea has welcomed ships since at least the sixth century B.C., is emerging as Europe’s biggest grain transport

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 214

Ebola: Texas Lab Worker Isolated Onboard Carnival Cruise Ship
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Ebola: Texas Lab Worker Isolated Onboard Carnival Cruise Ship

A lab worker at the Dallas hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan died and two other nurses have fallen ill is in isolation onboard a Carnival cruise

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 52

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Maersk Line to Raise Freight Rates by Over 100 Percent

Maersk Line plans to raise freight rates sharply on main routes from ports in Asia to ports in northern

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 56

Coast Guard Patrol Boat Capsizes Upon Launch [VIDEO]
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Coast Guard Patrol Boat Capsizes Upon Launch [VIDEO]

Not sure when/where this video was taken, but wow. Maybe using inflatable rubber tubes to launch a ship isn’t the best way to

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 1310

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OSV Operators Flock to Nam Cheong for New AHTS’

Malaysia shipbuilder Nam Cheong had a strong end the week today. Five of their customers signed letters of intent worth approximately US$186 million for the

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 170

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Floating LNG Facility in the Works Offshore East Africa

More than enough natural gas has been discovered offshore the east African countries of Mozambique and Tanzania recently to make a business case for

October 17, 2014
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
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Neptune Orient Considering Sale of APL Logistics

CJ Korea Express Co., the country’s biggest courier delivery company, is considering an acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.’s logistics

October 16, 2014
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Freshly Minted Meyer Turku Shipyard Floats First Ship
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Freshly Minted Meyer Turku Shipyard Floats First Ship

Finland's new Meyer Turku Oy shipyard has celebrated its first newbuild float out since the Turku shipyard changed ownership just last

October 16, 2014
Total Views: 72

Eagle Bulk Shares Soar After Debt Cut By 80 Percent
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Eagle Bulk Shares Soar After Debt Cut By 80 Percent

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc's shares shot up to as much as $15.46 from 68 cents as the company cut its borrowings by about 80 percent after converting debt into

October 16, 2014
Total Views: 53

Crowley Christens Fourth Ocean Class Tug, Ocean Sun
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Crowley Christens Fourth Ocean Class Tug, Ocean Sun

Crowley Maritime Corp. has christened the fourth of four Ocean class tugs during a ceremony Wednesday in Lake Charles, Louisiana, formally welcoming the DP2,

October 16, 2014
Total Views: 491