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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
North Korean Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Mexico
Marine Salvage

North Korean Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Mexico

A North Korean cargo ship has run aground in the Gulf of Mexico after sailing from Cuba, according to

July 15, 2014
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Underwater Footage Shows Refloated Costa Concordia
Shipping News

Underwater Footage Shows Refloated Costa Concordia

Here is some underwater footage filmed from beneath the Costa Concordia on July 15, one day after the initial refloat of the

July 15, 2014
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Work Continues At Costa Concordia Wreck Site
Accidents

Work Continues At Costa Concordia Wreck Site

Work at the Costa Concordia wreck site in Giglio continued overnight Monday and throughout the day Tuesday following Monday's successful initial

July 15, 2014
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News

Windsor Petroleum Files for Ch. 11 Protection

Windsor Petroleum Transport Corp (WPT), a Bermuda-based company that falls underneath International Tankers Corp and is 82.5 percent owned by Frontline Tankers

July 15, 2014
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Finance

Dubai’s DP World Signs $3 Billion Loan Deal

DP World, one of the world's largest port operators, has signed a $3 billion loan deal, becoming the latest Dubai entity to take advantage of buoyant funding

July 15, 2014
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E.R. Offshore Orders New PSV from VARD
News

E.R. Offshore Orders New PSV from VARD

E.R. Offshore, the offshore arm of Hamburg-based ship owning and management firm E.R. Schiffahrt Group has awarded VARD today a contract for the design

July 15, 2014
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News

U.S. Condensate Producers Seen Jumping on Export Bandwagon

Enterprise Products Partners LP and Pioneer Natural Resources Co., two of the first fuel suppliers to win approval to send U.S. condensates abroad, may be

July 15, 2014
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Monday, July 14, 2014
ClassNK Acquires Helm Operations
Engineering News

ClassNK Acquires Helm Operations

“When I was in eighth grade, I read a book on programming computers using BASIC, but I still hadn’t even seen a computer by the time I had finished

July 14, 2014
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Defense

U.S. Marine Corps Designs Crazy-Ass Amphibious Tank

When U.S. Marine Corps steps outside of the box, things tend to get interesting, and indeed they have. During RIMPAC 2014, a biannual joint military exercise

July 14, 2014
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Engineering News

ExxonMobil’s Antwerp Refinery Is Producing a Whole New Type of Bunker Fuel

“It used to be refinery feedstock, but now it’s being used as a finished product,” commented Iain White, Field Marketing Manager for

July 14, 2014
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NCL Orders More ‘Breakaway-Plus’ Cruise Ships
Shipping News

NCL Orders More ‘Breakaway-Plus’ Cruise Ships

Norwegian Cruise Line (NASDAQ: NCLH) has announced that it has reached an agreement with Germany's Meyer Werft shipyard to build two new Breakaway-Plus class

July 14, 2014
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Refloating the Costa Concordia – Day 1 Time-Lapse
Accidents

Refloating the Costa Concordia – Day 1 Time-Lapse

Day 1 time-lapse video shows the refloating of Costa Concordia shipwreck.

July 14, 2014
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PHOTOS: U.S. Navy’s New Mobile Landing Platform in Action
News

PHOTOS: U.S. Navy’s New Mobile Landing Platform in Action

This month twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are in and around the Hawaiian Islands for the world's

July 14, 2014
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Incidents

With Insufficient Horsepower, the Northwest Passage Proves Unpassable

For the solo-sailor aboard the 36-foot steel-hulled sailing yacht Altan Girl, the Northwest Passage and the rumors of ice-free summers appears to have been

July 14, 2014
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News

NITC Still Faces Sanctions After EU Blacklisting Annulled

Iran's main oil tanker firm NITC will struggle for some time to call at European ports, get foreign insurance and overcome obstacles under western sanctions,

July 14, 2014
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Refloating the Costa Concordia: Successful First Day – UPDATE
Accidents

Refloating the Costa Concordia: Successful First Day – UPDATE

The salvage team working to refloat and remove the Costa Concordia shipwreck from Giglio have been given green light from the Italian government to kick off

July 14, 2014
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News

LPG Tanker Attacked Off Trinidad, Captain Shot and Beaten Unconscious

Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Transport reports in an emailed statement the LPG tanker Virgo Gas was attacked on 10 July  29 June in the vicinity

July 14, 2014
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Costa Concordia Refloated: Initial Stages of Refloating Phase Prove Successful
Accidents

Costa Concordia Refloated: Initial Stages of Refloating Phase Prove Successful

By Eleanor Biles GIGLIO, Italy, July 14 (Reuters) – The wreck of the luxury liner Costa Concordia was re-floated on Monday and will soon be towed away

July 14, 2014
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Noble Jule Robertson rig jackup
News

Noble Julie Robertson Turning to the Right at Pegasus West

The Atlantic Petroleum-contracted jackup rig Noble Julie Robertson has commenced drilling today at Pegasus West, a well located in approximately 95 feet of

July 14, 2014
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News

COSCO Continues Scrapping Program

COSCO announced today that since the end of May, eight of the company’s ships have been scrapped as part of a fleet restructuring plan announced last

July 14, 2014
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