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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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News

Woodside Scraps $2.6 Billion Israeli Gas Deal as Talks Fail

Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s second-biggest oil and gas producer, scrapped an agreement to buy a quarter of Israel’s largest natural gas field for

May 21, 2014
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Finance

Maersk Profit Jumps on Lower Costs, Higher Shipping Volumes

By Christian Wienberg May 21 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S’s container- shipping line, the world’s largest, said first-quarter profit more

May 21, 2014
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Arab Ship Management Pleads Guilty in ‘Magic Pipe’ Case
News

Arab Ship Management Pleads Guilty in ‘Magic Pipe’ Case

Jordan-based Arab Ship Management has pleaded guilty in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware to one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships

May 20, 2014
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Incidents

Man Crushed to Death on Board RoRo at Australian Port Facility

Anthony Attard, a member of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and employee of Toll Group, Australia’s largest transport company, was crushed to death

May 20, 2014
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News

Miners Lock In Shipping Costs As Dry Bulk Market Recovers

Global miners and commodity traders are using multiple strategies to lock in favourable rates for shipping costs, anticipating a freight market recovery after

May 20, 2014
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Shipping News

IMO Approves SOLAS Amendments for Container Weight Verification

The International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved long-awaited changes to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention

May 20, 2014
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VIDEO: Bulker Crew Trolls Seagulls
Blog

VIDEO: Bulker Crew Trolls Seagulls

Polish crew has a little fun with a flock of seagulls that decided this bulk carrier was a good place to take a break. That is

May 20, 2014
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U.S. Coast Guard Resumes High Seas Search for Missing Sailors
Shipping News

U.S. Coast Guard Resumes High Seas Search for Missing Sailors

The U.S. Coast Guard has resumed its search for four sailors that disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean last Friday after activating two of their emergency

May 20, 2014
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News

LNG Wrap-Up: Korea Looks to Sell Up to 40 Cargoes as Argentina Tenders for More

By Oleg Vukmanovic, edited by Jane Baird MILAN, May 20 (Reuters) – Argentina has secured four liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery in June

May 20, 2014
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Incidents

Shipyard Personnel Freed with Fire Axe as $10M Motor Yacht Capsizes at Launch [IMAGES]

Update 2: Video Surfaces of Yacht Launch Fail Update: Time-lapse Shows Anacortes Yacht Salvage The 85-foot expedition style motor yacht Bäden took two and a

May 20, 2014
Total Views: 190

Bourbon Chairman Eyes Asia Partnerships After Proposed Takeover
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Bourbon Chairman Eyes Asia Partnerships After Proposed Takeover

By Tara Patel May 20 (Bloomberg) — Bourbon SA Chairman Jacques de Chateauvieux said his proposed takeover offer that gets under way today valuing the

May 20, 2014
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News

Repsol Considering $2 Billion LNG Export Facility on Canada’s East Coast

By Esteban Duarte and Rebecca Penty May 20 (Bloomberg) — Repsol SA is considering building a $2 billion plant on Canada’s Atlantic coast to export

May 20, 2014
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Australian Miners Aim To Avert Iron Ore Port Strike
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Australian Miners Aim To Avert Iron Ore Port Strike

MELBOURNE, May 20 (Reuters) – Two of the world’s biggest iron ore miners BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group held-government sponsored

May 20, 2014
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Monday, May 19, 2014
USCG Detains Chinese-Built Bulk Carrier on Maiden Voyage
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USCG Detains Chinese-Built Bulk Carrier on Maiden Voyage

The U.S. Coast Guard last week detained a 39,848 DWT Singapore-flagged bulk carrier in the Port of Portland after inspectors uncovered numerous safety

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 79

Efforts Underway to Refloat Grounded Cargo Ship in Galápagos Islands
Marine Salvage

Efforts Underway to Refloat Grounded Cargo Ship in Galápagos Islands

Work to remove a grounded cargo ship from a reef in the waters in the Galápagos Islands commenced Monday almost 2 weeks after the vessel ran aground, sparking

May 19, 2014
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News

Iron Ore Futures Fall Below $100 Amid China Concerns

By Jasmine Ng May 19 (Bloomberg) — Iron ore futures in Singapore traded below $100 a metric ton for the first time since the contract started last year

May 19, 2014
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Multimedia

View from Above: Donjon’s Chesapeake 1000 Crane Barge

Meow Man brings us an evening fly-by of Donjon Marine’s Chesapeake 1000 crane barge. The 1972-built barge has a lifting capacity of 1,000 short tons at

May 19, 2014
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Finance

Israel Corp Shareholders To Vote On Zim Shipping’s $3 Billion Restructuring

JERUSALEM, May 19 (Reuters) – Israel Corp shareholders are set to vote on a $3 billion restructuring plan by the conglomerate’s shipping offshoot

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 54

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Defense

San Francisco’s Navigational Aids Go Digital

Prominent navigational aids on the approach to and within San Francisco Bay have now been inputted for the first time into the electronic aid to navigation

May 19, 2014
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Kleven Launches Latest Eidesvik Construction Vessel
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Kleven Launches Latest Eidesvik Construction Vessel

Kleven Shipyard’s build number 365, a SALT 301 OCV-design, was launched on 11 May 2014. The ship was designed by Salt Ship Design and mostly built in

May 19, 2014
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