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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
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Sempra LNG Export Plan Clears U.S. FERC Environmental Review

By Brian Wingfield April 30 (Bloomberg) — Sempra Energy’s plan to export liquefied natural gas won’t cause major environmental damage, a U.S.

April 30, 2014
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Winter Weather Freezes Great Lakes Shipping
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Winter Weather Freezes Great Lakes Shipping

The biggest ice cover on the Great Lakes in decades is backing up shipments of everything from Canadian grain to U.S. iron and steel in one of North America's

April 30, 2014
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Hastings, China Merchants Pay $1.6 Billion For Australia’s Port of Newcastle

By Swati Pandey SYDNEY, April 30 (Reuters) – Hastings Funds Management and China Merchants Group have won a state government auction for a 98-year lease

April 30, 2014
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Maersk Alabama Deaths Due to Deadly Mix of Heroin and Alcohol – Toxicologist
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Maersk Alabama Deaths Due to Deadly Mix of Heroin and Alcohol – Toxicologist

On 18 February 2014, two American security contractors working for Virginia-based Trident Group were found dead in their cabin on board the containership

April 29, 2014
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Incidents

Lifeboats, Liferafts and the Sunken Ferry M/V SEWOL

On April 16, 2014 the Korean-flagged passenger ferry M/V SEWOL sank resulting in a large loss of life of the passengers. While this story will continue to

April 29, 2014
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Video: Panama Canal Mule Gets Crushed by Containership
Incidents

Video: Panama Canal Mule Gets Crushed by Containership

On April 3rd, the containership CAP TRAFALGAR was lined up improperly while entering the Panama Canal’s Gatun Locks and accidentally smooshed one of the

April 29, 2014
Total Views: 430

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Oil and Gas Explorers Converge Offshore Morocco

By Aziz El Yaakoubi MARRAKESH, Morocco, April 29 (Reuters) – Morocco will drill 30 oil and gas wells in 2014 as part of the North African kingdom’s

April 29, 2014
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DFDS to Invest Millions into Emissions Scrubbers for Fleet

Opting out of the LNG movement within the shipping industry, Danish shipping group DFDS has announced their intention to invest upwards of $100 million to

April 29, 2014
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2013 Was a Tough Year for China Shipping

China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) released their 2013 annual report today, and with it, revealed a year that showed major financial losses to the company

April 29, 2014
Total Views: 80

Somali Pirates Ditch Dhow Under Naval Pressure
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Somali Pirates Ditch Dhow Under Naval Pressure

On Saturday April 26, the master of a dhow gave a sigh of relief after 6 armed pirates, who had taken his vessel and crew hostage, fled the scene after

April 29, 2014
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South Korea President Apologizes Over Ferry Disaster
Shipping News

South Korea President Apologizes Over Ferry Disaster

South Korean President Park Geun Hye apologized over a ferry sinking that left more than three hundred people dead or missing, the nation’s worst maritime

April 29, 2014
Total Views: 42

Monday, April 28, 2014
New Video Shows Sewol Captain Abandoning Ship, More Shocking Errors by Sewol Crew
Interesting

New Video Shows Sewol Captain Abandoning Ship, More Shocking Errors by Sewol Crew

New video just released by the South Korean Coast Guard shows the captain of the Sewol abandoning the heavily listing ship into a coast guard lifeboat as

April 28, 2014
Total Views: 144

Cheniere Energy’s CEO is the Big Winner of the LNG Game
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Cheniere Energy’s CEO is the Big Winner of the LNG Game

April 28 (Bloomberg) — Cheniere Energy Inc., the U.S. natural gas export company that’s never posted an annual profit, more than doubled the

April 28, 2014
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Cuba to Move Ahead with LNG Regasification Project

By Pietro D. Pitts April 28 (Bloomberg) — Cuba continues moving forward with development of a $1.4 billion natural gas regasification project and a $1.2

April 28, 2014
Total Views: 89

Jack-Up Rig Salvage Off Angola Could Take Upwards of 10 Months
Marine Salvage

Jack-Up Rig Salvage Off Angola Could Take Upwards of 10 Months

By Oleg Vukmanovic MILAN (Reuters) – Salvage work to remove a capsized rig lying in shallow waters offshore from Angola’s new liquefied natural

April 28, 2014
Total Views: 182

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Defense

U.S. Government Imposes Sanctions on Rosneft Chairman

Rather than impose broad economic sanctions on Russia for their invasion of Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea, the U.S. Government is targeting individuals

April 28, 2014
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Operators to Gain Greater Transparency During Bunkering Ops in Singapore
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Operators to Gain Greater Transparency During Bunkering Ops in Singapore

Just as every gas pump in the United States has a stamp on it saying it’s been certified by a weights and measures regulatory body, shipowners are asking

April 28, 2014
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Keppel FELS and Workfox Discuss Plans for New Jack-Up Rig Design

As shallow-water fields around the world are reaching the end of their production lives, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea, the need for the

April 28, 2014
Total Views: 147

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Passenger Injured by Champagne Cork on Norwegian Cruise Liner

Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Gem was caught in a tricky situation last Wednesday night while trying to evacuate a passenger who was suffering from

April 28, 2014
Total Views: 67

Sewol Ferry Captain Could Be Facing Life in Prison
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Sewol Ferry Captain Could Be Facing Life in Prison

Prosecutors investigating South Korea’s worst maritime disaster in four decades said the captain of the ‘Sewol’ ferry and two crew members are facing a

April 28, 2014
Total Views: 63