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Monday, October 21, 2013
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Hyundai Merchant Marine to Build Pair of Bulk Carriers

In a stock exchange filing today, Hyundai Merchant Marine announced they have exercised an option to build a pair of 82,000 dwt bulk carriers for a total

October 21, 2013
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Subsea 7 Wins $600 Million in Contracts from Petrobras

Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC) announced the award of a pair of contracts from Petrobras today worth over $600 million. The contracts are for operation of

October 21, 2013
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Russian LNG Exports Look Brighter After Putin Orders

Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — Russia’s Energy Ministry may from December be able to grant licenses to export liquefied natural gas, moving closer to

October 21, 2013
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Multimedia

Photo of the Day: “Piracy No Longer Pays”

Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, a multi-national naval partnership engaged with countering the threat of piracy in the Indian Ocean successfully apprehended a

October 21, 2013
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Nakilat Damen Shipyards Signs Newbuild Orders

Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has secured newbuild and operations contracts today for seven new vessels consisting of two 60-ton bollard pull (BP)

October 21, 2013
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
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AdvanFort Chief Engineer Attempts Suicide [UPDATE]

Update: The Seaman Guard Ohio’s Chief Engineer, not the ship’s captain, attempted suicide. Earlier report (with further updates) Indian media is

October 20, 2013
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
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Violin That Played As Titanic Sank Sells For $1.5 Million

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – A violin that was being played as the Titanic went down was sold for 900,000 pounds ($1.46 million)

October 19, 2013
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India Charges 33 Aboard Armed U.S. “Anti-Piracy” Ship

By Anupama Chandrasekaran CHENNAI, India, Oct 19 (Reuters) – India has charged 33 men aboard an armed ship operated by a U.S. maritime security firm for

October 19, 2013
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Friday, October 18, 2013
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Incidents

Fire Consumes Brazilian Sugar Mega-Terminal, 180,000 Tons Destroyed [UPDATE]

By Reese Ewing and Fabiola Gomes SAO PAULO, Oct 18 (Reuters) – A fire ravaged Copersucar’s sugar terminal in Brazil on Friday, paralyzing

October 18, 2013
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DDG 1000 Pics: Billy Badass Has Arrived
Defense

DDG 1000 Pics: Billy Badass Has Arrived

Due to the US government shutdown over the past few weeks, the christening of the US Navy and General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works’ latest creation, DDG 1000

October 18, 2013
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COSCO Shipyard Group Wins Over $400 Million in New Contracts

COSCO Corporation’s shipbuilding subsidiaries, COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard and COSCO (Dalian) have won shipbuilding orders today worth over USD $400

October 18, 2013
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Bourbon Sells off Trio of Old Ships

Bourbon, the Paris-based OSV operator announced today the sale of three of their vessels today in a strategic move to maintain a fleet of modern offshore

October 18, 2013
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Singapore LNG Names Ng as CEO to Lead Jurong Terminal Expansion

Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) — Singapore LNG Corp., the operator of the Southeast Asian country’s first liquefied natural gas receiving and exporting

October 18, 2013
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Panama To Send Detained North Korean Crew, Ship Home
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Panama To Send Detained North Korean Crew, Ship Home

By Lomi L. Kriel PANAMA CITY, Oct 17 (Reuters) – The North Korean crew and ship detained in Panama for smuggling Cuban weapons three months ago will soon

October 18, 2013
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
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Introducing Greenstream, the World’s First LNG-Powered Barge

Since March of 2013, the Greenstream, the world’s first 100% LNG powered barge has been delivering liquid fuels along the Rhine river in The Netherlands.

October 17, 2013
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Will the Final Quarter of 2013 Bring Good Tidings to the VLCC Market?
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Will the Final Quarter of 2013 Bring Good Tidings to the VLCC Market?

From the perspective of tanker owners, particularly of larger tonnage, it is clear that 2013 will not be remembered fondly. Rates have languished at levels

October 17, 2013
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Researchers Discover Serious Security Vulnerabilities to AIS Data
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Researchers Discover Serious Security Vulnerabilities to AIS Data

The researchers at Trend Micro have exposed some significant vulnerabilities to the security of the Automatic Identification System (AIS), a ship

October 17, 2013
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Pirate Attacks By Heavily Armed Gangs Surge Off Nigerian Coast

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Pirate attacks off Nigeria’s coast have jumped by a third this year with ships passing through West

October 17, 2013
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Aframax Tanker Rates Jump 51% in Two Days

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping Russian oil to northwest Europe had the biggest two-day jump since April as traders accelerated bookings of

October 17, 2013
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CMB Sees Promise for the Dry Bulk Industry

For CMB, the Belgian dry bulk shipowner, “The outlook for 2014 and 2015 looks promising,” they note to their 3rd quarter earnings report today.

October 17, 2013
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