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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge suez canal ship shipping capesize bulk carrier
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Egypt to Hike Suez Canal Tolls

Tolls to rise 5 percent on oil tankers and petrochemical products and 2 percent for container ships and car

April 30, 2013
Total Views: 66

Sunday, April 28, 2013
Obama To Nominate Anthony Foxx As Transportation Secretary
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Obama To Nominate Anthony Foxx As Transportation Secretary

President Barack Obama plans on Monday to nominate Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his next transportation secretary, a White House

April 28, 2013
Total Views: 28

Friday, April 26, 2013
Death Penalty Sentence Looms for Enrica Lexie Marines in India
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Death Penalty Sentence Looms for Enrica Lexie Marines in India

An Indian anti-terrorism agency will investigate the case of two Italian marines accused of murdering two Indian fishermen, raising the possibility once more

April 26, 2013
Total Views: 58

Thursday, April 25, 2013
Hercules Profits on Shallow Water Rig Shortage in U.S. Gulf
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Hercules Profits on Shallow Water Rig Shortage in U.S. Gulf

A growing shortage of shallow-water rigs in the Gulf of Mexico is providing an unexpected profit boost for Hercules Offshore Inc. and Ensco Plc as customers

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 145

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
ABS Reports Record Year in 2012
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ABS Reports Record Year in 2012

The American Bureau of Shipping has reported record performance in 2012 despite uncertainties in the global economy and the shipping and offshore markets, ABS

April 23, 2013
Total Views: 21

Flooding is seen along the Mississippi River in LaGrange, Missouri, in this April 21, 2013 handout photo courtesy of the Missouri Governor's Office. Picture taken April 21, 2013. REUTERS/Office of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon/Handout
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Floods To Sideline Mississippi River Barges At Least Another Week

Barge shipping on the Illinois River and parts of the Mississippi River will remain impeded until at least early next week as the flood-swollen waterways

April 23, 2013
Total Views: 45

Monday, April 22, 2013
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Transatlantic Clean Tanker Rates Rally to 2-Month High

LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) – Clean tanker rates for refined petroleum products on top export routes were mostly lower on Monday while active bookings

April 22, 2013
Total Views: 182

Navios Forms New Joint Venture, Acquires 10-Vessel Fleet
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Navios Forms New Joint Venture, Acquires 10-Vessel Fleet

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. and Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation Through a New Joint Venture Agree to Acquire a Ten-Vessel Fleet From Debtors of HSH

April 22, 2013
Total Views: 49

Friday, April 19, 2013
Canada’s Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Seen Helping Tanker Market
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Canada’s Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Seen Helping Tanker Market

A pipeline proposed for Canada’s west coast would boost demand for tankers carrying oil exports to the U.S. and Asia, according to E.A. Gibson

April 19, 2013
Total Views: 23

Search Underway for Six People Missing After Barges Collide South of Hong Kong
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Search Underway for Six People Missing After Barges Collide South of Hong Kong

Two barges collided Thursday evening in thick fog south of Hong

April 19, 2013
Total Views: 24

BP Faces Uncertainty on Third Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
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BP Faces Uncertainty on Third Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Disaster

BP Plc faces the third anniversary of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow with no sure knowledge of how much more it will have to

April 19, 2013
Total Views: 589

Thursday, April 18, 2013
Mississippi River Locks 16-24 To Close Due To Flood- Army Corps
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Mississippi River Locks 16-24 To Close Due To Flood- Army Corps

Eight Mississippi River locks between Muscatine, Iowa, and Clarksville, Missouri, were expected to close beginning on Friday, effectively closing the river to

April 18, 2013
Total Views: 133

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
U.S. Offshore Drilling Safer Post DWH, Panel Says
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U.S. Offshore Drilling Safer Post DWH, Panel Says

Offshore drilling is safer than prior to the BP Plc spill in 2010 even though the U.S. Congress has failed to pass legislation tightening

April 17, 2013
Total Views: 23

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Obama Ocean Plan Aims To Protect Economy, Environment
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Obama Ocean Plan Aims To Protect Economy, Environment

New plan aimed at protecting oceans, coastal and Great Lakes environments around the United States while safeguarding related

April 16, 2013
Total Views: 27

Euronav Loss Deepens
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Euronav Loss Deepens

"The market is playing Russian roulette and on one voyage one day one charterer will find out there was a bullet in the gun after all," said Chief Executive

April 16, 2013
Total Views: 64

Monday, April 15, 2013
IMB Advises Continued Vigilance Even as Pirate Attacks Decline
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IMB Advises Continued Vigilance Even as Pirate Attacks Decline

By International Maritime Bureau London – The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest quarterly report

April 15, 2013
Total Views: 78

Saturday, April 13, 2013
Are ‘Somali Pirates’ Real? Some May Only Be Acting
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Are ‘Somali Pirates’ Real? Some May Only Be Acting

The video opens in the slums of Eastleigh, a sprawling suburb of Nairobi in Kenya and home to ‘the fixer,’ a man who the UK’s Channel 4

April 13, 2013
Total Views: 68

Canada Bets On LNG Exports To China
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Canada Bets On LNG Exports To China

(Bloomberg) Ed Fast, Canada’s international trade minister, comments on the trade relationship between Canada and China, along with his country’s

April 13, 2013
Total Views: 25

Friday, April 12, 2013
Turkey Presses On With Bosphorus Bypass Ship Canal Plans
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Turkey Presses On With Bosphorus Bypass Ship Canal Plans

ANKARA, April 12 (Reuters) – Turkey will forge ahead with plans for a 45-km (30 mile) ship canal linking the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara to try

April 12, 2013
Total Views: 39

Yemeni Dhow Master: We Haven’t Seen Pirates in Two Years
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Yemeni Dhow Master: We Haven’t Seen Pirates in Two Years

The master of a Yemeni dhow operating along the coast of Somalia and Yemen in the Gulf of Aden told an EUNAVFOR team that he had not seen any

April 12, 2013
Total Views: 198