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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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Crude-Tanker Surplus Seen Swelling a Second Week in Persian Gulf

The surplus of tankers competing to ship 2 million-barrel oil cargoes from ports in the Persian Gulf expanded for a second

Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Crew Rescued After Maiden Voyage Engine Failure Leaves Ship Stranded Off India
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Crew Rescued After Maiden Voyage Engine Failure Leaves Ship Stranded Off India

Ten crew members were rescued from a new Indian-flagged cargo ship following a maiden voyage engine failure that left the vessel stuck off the Konkan coast in

June 10, 2013
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U.S. Tells Nigeria to Improve Port Security or Face Ban
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U.S. Tells Nigeria to Improve Port Security or Face Ban

The U.S. may ban ships from entering Nigeria to protest insecurity in the ports and waterways of sub- Saharan Africa’s second-biggest

June 10, 2013
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Submarine Grave Discovery Propels New York Explorers’ Movie Bid
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Submarine Grave Discovery Propels New York Explorers’ Movie Bid

Two years after Tim Taylor and Christine Dennison put up $750,000 to find and document the R-12, and 70 years after the vessel sank, the two explorers are

June 10, 2013
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Maersk Triple-E – MV Mærsk McKinney-Møller Sea Trials [PHOTOS]
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Maersk Triple-E – MV Mærsk McKinney-Møller Sea Trials [PHOTOS]

First photos showing the Maersk Triple-E

June 10, 2013
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Chinese Firm Plans to Build $40 Billion Nicaraguan Canal

News sources around the world are reporting the Chinese company, HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. Ltd., is fast-tracking plans with the

June 10, 2013
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Monday, June 10, 2013
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Safe Bulkers Preferred Shares Priced At 8%

Last Wednesday I wrote an article about the epidemic, more like trend to be exact, of Greek shipping companies issuing preferred shares to boost their equity

June 10, 2013
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FPSO Knock Allan Fred Olsen Production
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Malaysian Firm To Buy Fred. Olsen Production in $170 Million Deal

OSLO, June 10 (Reuters) – Malaysian offshore oil services firm Yinson Holdings Bhd is bidding $170 million for Norwegian shipping firm Fred. Olsen

June 10, 2013
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
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News

Teekay’s LNG Carrier Newbuilds Gain 5-Year Charter Contracts

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE:TGP) has announced that it has entered into two, five-year time-charter contracts with Cheniere Marketing, LLC to provide them

June 9, 2013
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Ship Photo Of The Week – S/S Ayrfield, The Floating Forest

On the south bank of the Parramatta River, 16 kilometers west of Sydney, is Homebush Bay. Established in the 1800s the area served various purposes until 1970

June 9, 2013
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Have You Seen This Ship? Russian Ghost Ship Has Vanished
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Have You Seen This Ship? Russian Ghost Ship Has Vanished

(Note: Click HERE to visit our forum for the full discussion of this article) UPDATE Jan. 24, 2013: Cannibal Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Story Hijacks the Internet

June 7, 2013
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Friday, June 7, 2013
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Ship Design

LNG Bunkering – Jahre Marine Announces First Vessel

Jahre Marine AS signed a new building contract today with the chinese shipyard Avic Dingheng for building the first seagoing LNG carrier for bunkering and

June 7, 2013
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Panamax Bulker Glut Magnifies Downturn

Panamax Bulker Glut Magnifies Downturn

(Bloomberg) Rates for ships hauling coal and grains posted the longest losing streak on record as the merchant fleet’s largest glut magnified seasonal

June 7, 2013
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STX Pan Ocean Files For Protection
Finance

STX Pan Ocean Files For Protection

(Reuters) STX Pan Ocean – owner of 97 bulk vessels, 249 chartered-in ships and open contracts for 28 newbuilds – filed for court receivership on

June 7, 2013
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Navy

Russia Boosts Mediterranean Naval Presence

(Reuters) Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin said was to defend Russian security

June 7, 2013
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Mississippi River Reopens as Floods Recede
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Mississippi River Reopens as Floods Recede

The Mississippi River was reopened on Thursday along a five-mile stretch near St. Louis as waters receded after one of the worst floods on record halted barge

June 6, 2013
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
UK Watchdog Bans Eurotunnel Ferries From Dover
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UK Watchdog Bans Eurotunnel Ferries From Dover

Britain's competition watchdog has barred France's Groupe Eurotunnel from docking its ferries at Dover for at least two years over purchase of three

June 6, 2013
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Moment of Impact: Norwegian Navy’s Target Practice With Long-Range Missile [VIDEO]
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Moment of Impact: Norwegian Navy’s Target Practice With Long-Range Missile [VIDEO]

Here is a video showing the explosive moment the Norwegian navy blew up one of its own ships to test out their latest long-range

June 6, 2013
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Capesizes Gain Most in Month as Fleet Seen Absorbing Demand

Capesizes Gain Most in Month as Fleet Seen Absorbing Demand

Rates to ship iron ore rose by the most in almost a month on speculation demand remains high even as a surplus of vessels keeps earnings below operating

June 6, 2013
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Maersk Falls as Jefferies Sees Rate Rise Flop

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S fell in Copenhagen trading after Jefferies Group LLC said the world’s largest shipping line may report losses at the end of the

June 6, 2013
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News

HHI and Wartsila Win Bid for New Heavy Construction Vessel

Wärtsilä announced today they have won the design contract for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV) to be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries for Subsea 7.

June 6, 2013
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