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Monday, September 16, 2013
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Finance

Eivind Kolding Resigns as CEO of Danske Bank

Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) — Danske Bank A/S said Eivind Kolding will step down as chief executive officer today as the board replaces him with a candidate it

September 16, 2013
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Engineering News

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to Build Liquefied Ethylene Gas Carriers

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard announced today the winning of a KRW 198 million order to build 5 Liquefied Ethylene Gas carriers from an undisclosed European shipowner.

September 16, 2013
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Washington State Ferry Collides With Sailboat
News

Washington State Ferry Collides With Sailboat

A Washington State Ferry collided with a sailboat Friday in the San Juan Islands, sinking the sailboat but luckily sparing any

September 13, 2013
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News

US Gas Exports To Asia Will Narrow, Not Shut Price Gap -Kemp

Large-scale gas exports from the United States will narrow the gap between U.S. domestic prices and those in Asia, but the boost to U.S. domestic gas prices is

September 13, 2013
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Ezra Surges to 8-Month High on Speculation of Possible Takeover
Finance

Ezra Surges to 8-Month High on Speculation of Possible Takeover

Singapore shares were slightly lower on Friday, but oil and gas services provider Ezra Holdings Ltd surged to an eight-month high on market speculation about a

September 13, 2013
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Russian Icebreaker to Take Olympic Torch to North Pole
News

Russian Icebreaker to Take Olympic Torch to North Pole

An Olympic organizing committee in Russia unveiled plans today to take the Olympic torch relay to the North Pole ahead of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in

September 12, 2013
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Bird’s-eye View of Costa Concordia Wreck – UPDATE
Interesting

Bird’s-eye View of Costa Concordia Wreck – UPDATE

With the parbuckling of the Costa Concordia nearly upon us, this recent aerial photo of the wreck site gives us a good view of what salvors are working

September 12, 2013
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News

Stena Bulk and Hyundai Glovis to Collaborate in Arctic Shipping

Stena Bulk and South Korean Hyundai Glovis, the Hyundai group’s shipping arm, have announced a plan to work together on a long term shipping strategy

September 12, 2013
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Suspended Sentences for Captain and First Officer Involved in Fatal 2011 High Speed Ferry Crash
Interesting

Suspended Sentences for Captain and First Officer Involved in Fatal 2011 High Speed Ferry Crash

The Captain and First Officer of a British high-speed passenger ferry involved in a fatal 2011 crash with a fishing boat were convicted of manslaughter by a

September 11, 2013
Total Views: 236

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News

Pacific Radiance Group Orders Pair of Ulstein X-Bows

Ulstein announced today that Singapore-based OSV operator, Pacific Radiance Group, has ordered the building of two platform supply vessels of their PX121

September 11, 2013
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Commanding Officer Among Three Killed as Canadian Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes into Arctic Ocean
Interesting

Commanding Officer Among Three Killed as Canadian Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes into Arctic Ocean

A helicopter assigned to a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker has crashed into the Arctic Ocean, killing all three people on board including the icebreaker's

September 10, 2013
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USCG Oil Spill Cleanup Boom
Defense

Maritime Industry Collaborates with USCG on Major OPA 90 Training Drill

On September 17, McAllister Towing and Reinauer Transportation will be partnering with the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound and Sector New York in a

September 10, 2013
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Monday, September 9, 2013
Disaster Averted on Columbia River
Interesting

Disaster Averted on Columbia River

A heads up tugboat crew helped in averting a potentially disastrous situation late Friday night when they hauled in a 250-foot, unlit and unmanned grain barge

September 9, 2013
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Freeport LNG terminal
News

Freeport LNG Signs 20-Year Supply Agreement with Toshiba

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Japan’s Toshiba Corp has agreed to buy liquefied natural gas from the proposed Freeport LNG export plant in Texas,

September 9, 2013
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Engineering News

Mitsui to Team With Rivals as 700 LNG Ships Needed by 2030

(Bloomberg) — Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., the heavy machinery maker whose merger talks with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. fell apart

September 9, 2013
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Sunday, September 8, 2013
MV Gold Star
Incidents

MV Gold Star Becomes Epic Cannabis Campfire Off Malta

The Tanzanian-registered cargo ship MV Gold Star, loaded with an estimated 30 tons of cannabis, caught fire on Friday 6 September while in international waters

September 8, 2013
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Friday, September 6, 2013
News

Research Vessel Aids in Discovery of World’s Largest Volcano

Researchers at the University of Houston have uncovered the largest single volcano on earth, laying thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

September 6, 2013
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Engineering News

Caterpillar Finalizes Acquisition of Berg Propulsion

Caterpillar Marine has announced the acquisition of Johan Walter Berg AB has successfully closed. The merger deal between CAT and Berg was announced on July

September 6, 2013
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News

GasLog to Acquire LNG Carrier from STX Pan Ocean, More to Follow Says CEO

GasLog (NYSE: GLOG) announced further expansion of their shipping fleet today in the form of an additional LNG carrier from Singapore-based STX Pan Ocean.

September 6, 2013
Total Views: 92

Investigators Rule Out Technical Failure in Fatal Shetland Helicopter Crash
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Investigators Rule Out Technical Failure in Fatal Shetland Helicopter Crash

Air officials in the U.K. have ruled out technical failure in last month’s fatal crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea near Scotland’s

September 6, 2013
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