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Friday, October 4, 2013
Netherlands Takes Legal Action Against Russia Over Greenpeace Activists
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Netherlands Takes Legal Action Against Russia Over Greenpeace Activists

"The Netherlands today began an arbitration procedure on the basis of the (United Nations) Convention on the Law of the Sea," Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans

October 4, 2013
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
Norwegian Investors Form New Shipping Bank to Fill Financing Gap
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Norwegian Investors Form New Shipping Bank to Fill Financing Gap

A group of Norwegian investors and Henning Oldendorff, chairman of the largest charterer of dry- bulk vessels, are forming a shipping bank that will start next

October 3, 2013
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Engineering News

SPOTD: 30-Ton Propellers Installed on the Gerald R. Ford

Workers at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) tension the bolts that will keep the 30-ton bronze propeller affixed to one of the 4 shafts protruding from

October 3, 2013
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WATCH: OSV Crew in Africa Performs Toto’s “Africa” in Viral Video
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WATCH: OSV Crew in Africa Performs Toto’s “Africa” in Viral Video

You know what they say... When in Africa, create a mimed rendition music video of the 1983 smash hit "Africa" by Toto and post it on

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 670

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Incidents

Hundreds Dead, Missing As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Italy

More than 300 people drowned or were feared dead after a boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 61

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Vale Shareholders Get $500 Million Windfall From Iron Ore Rally

Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — Vale SA, the world’s largest iron-ore producer, boosted this year’s planned dividend by 13 percent to $4.5 billion as

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 42

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Paragon Shipping Acquires Ultramax Newbuilds

Paragon Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PRGN), an Athens-based dry bulk shipper has announced an acquisition worth approximately $53.0 million for two 63,500 dwt

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 142

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Eleven Convicted of Piracy by Seychelles Supreme Court

European Union Naval Forces (EUNAVFOR) reports today that eleven people of Somali origin have been convicted today of piracy by the Seychelles Supreme Court.

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 87

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DSME Delivers AET’s Latest Efficiency-Enhanced Supertanker

AET, the Kuala Lumpur-based tanker operator has announced that two of their 320,000 dwt Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), which are currently under

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 367

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BP’s Well Control Exec Says He Was Unprepared For U.S. Gulf Blowout

By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, Oct 2 (Reuters) – BP’s manager in charge of controlling the Macondo blowout in 2010 was never trained to permanently

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 39

Wednesday, October 2, 2013
More Remains Found at Costa Concordia Wreck Site
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More Remains Found at Costa Concordia Wreck Site

Divers have recovered what could be more human remains from the sea where the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank last year off the Italian island of Giglio, the

October 2, 2013
Total Views: 143

World’s Fastest Ship Put to Work in Argentina
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World’s Fastest Ship Put to Work in Argentina

The high speed, dual fuel ferry commenced service Wednesday shuttling passengers at lightship speed on the Rio Plato between Buenos Aires and Montevideo,

October 2, 2013
Total Views: 300

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Rolls-Royce to Supply “Promas Lite” For Norwegian Cruise Ship

Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply an innovative an integrated propeller and rudder system called “Promas Lite” to the Norwegian cruise

October 2, 2013
Total Views: 362

WATCH: Jumbo Shoots Dramatic Ship Launching from Quadcopter
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WATCH: Jumbo Shoots Dramatic Ship Launching from Quadcopter

Not only did Jumbo, the Netherlands-based maritime heavy lift firm, take cool photos from the recent launching of the Jumbo Kinetic from Croatia’s

October 2, 2013
Total Views: 131

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Coal to Replace Natural Gas as Dominant Fuel in SE Asia

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) — Coal will replace natural gas as the dominant fuel for producing electricity in Southeast Asia as the region almost doubles its

October 2, 2013
Total Views: 146

Russian Authorities Charge Greenpeace Activists with Piracy
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Russian Authorities Charge Greenpeace Activists with Piracy

The piracy charges, which Greenpeace said were absurd, are punishable by up to 15 years in

October 2, 2013
Total Views: 32

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Australia’s Coastal Shipping “No Man’s Land”

A small article in The Australian, Australia’s national newspaper, has signaled that the merry-go-round on Australia’s coastal shipping policy will

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 124

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CSAV Signs $347 Million Loan Deal To Help Buy Ships

Chilean shipper Compania Sud Americana de Vapores said on Tuesday it agreed with a consortium of banks to take on $347 million in loans to help pay for the

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 11

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Despite Launch Parties, Venezuelan Oil Tankers Never Sail

With flags and confetti, Venezuela launched three new oil tankers in the last 14 months that exemplify the socialist nation's ambitions to diversify exports to

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 80

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Future of Shipping | It’s Going to Be About the Data – But Whose?

The future of shipping will in part, be about data. Big

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 87