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Six Workers Presumed Dead in Baltimore Bridge Collapse

By Andy Sullivan, Joseph Campbell and Gabriella Borter BALTIMORE, March 26 (Reuters) – Six workers were missing and presumed dead from a bridge that collapsed in Baltimore Harbor early on Tuesday after a massive...

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Baltimore Bridge Collapse

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore suffered a catastrophic collapse early Tuesday when the containership Dali veered off course and collided with one of the bridge's main support pillars.


Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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Finance

China Admits Inaccurate Economic Statistics

In an article yesterday in ZeroHedge, Tyler Durden recalls from earlier this summer, “problems with the industry-specific data underlying the Chinese

August 27, 2013
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Costa Concordia Salvage Makes Progress
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Costa Concordia Salvage Makes Progress

Salvors with the Titan-Micoperi consortium on Tuesday announced the completion of another important step towards the parbuckling -or uprighting- of the Costa

August 27, 2013
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News

In Bustling Houston, It’s a Case of ‘Build, Baby, Build!’

With Texas one of the few bright spots in the U.S. economy, the skyline of swaggering Houston is where the action is as builders and global oil companies, from

August 27, 2013
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News

Thialf Installs World’s Highest-Voltage Offshore Converter Station

Thialf, the world’s largest crane vessel was recently put to work in the North Sea by Swiss power and automation group, ABB, to install the world’s

August 27, 2013
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Salvors Make Progress Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart

eNCA News posted an update today on the ongoing salvage of the MV Smart and the potential environmental impact of the cargo of coal that is open to the

August 27, 2013
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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News

Swire Pacific Sees 71 Percent Jump in Profits

Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) reported very positive results in their mid-year financial report today. The Hong Kong-listed offshore supply vessel operator

August 27, 2013
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China’s Economic Stimulus and the Short-Term Dry Bulk Shipping Impact
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China’s Economic Stimulus and the Short-Term Dry Bulk Shipping Impact

Why has there been a relatively sudden demand spike for dry bulk shipping since June 2013? The origins lead directly back to an “Unofficial Economic

August 27, 2013
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Monday, August 26, 2013
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News

Panamax Rates Rising as Crop Cargoes Near Record

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Near-record agricultural exports are diminishing the capacity glut in grain carriers, boosting rates for Safe Bulkers Inc. and

August 26, 2013
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Russian Authorities Board Greenpeace Protest Ship in Arctic
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Russian Authorities Board Greenpeace Protest Ship in Arctic

Greenpeace accused Russia on Monday of trying to block its protest against offshore drilling in the mineral-rich but ecologically fragile Arctic after Russian

August 26, 2013
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BIMCO: Professionalism The Key to MLC 2006 Success
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BIMCO: Professionalism The Key to MLC 2006 Success

The “fourth pillar” of maritime regulation – the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) – is now in place and along with high hopes for

August 26, 2013
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Monday, August 26, 2013
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News

Songa Offshore Slumps as DSME Falls Behind on Newbuild Rig Deliveries

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) — Songa Offshore SE, a Cyprus-based offshore drilling contractor, slumped the most in six months in Oslo trading as delays in rig

August 26, 2013
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News

If Egyptian Unrest Closes the Suez

Over 17,000 ships carried 928 million tons of cargo and almost 38 million TEUs through the Suez Canal in 2012.  This man-made waterway is a critical artery in

August 26, 2013
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China’s Ghost Cities Reveal Potential for Dry Bulk Market Calamity
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China’s Ghost Cities Reveal Potential for Dry Bulk Market Calamity

The real estate problems in China dwarf those experienced in the U.S. from 2006 to 2010 by a significant factor. Supported by economic programs

August 26, 2013
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Salvors Begin Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart
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Salvors Begin Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart

Salvors working just outside the channel at Richards Bay, South Africa have finally begun the process of pumping 1700 tons of heavy fuel from the wreck of the

August 26, 2013
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News

Norway Election Could Break Deadlock on Lofoten Oil Drilling

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) — Norway’s election outcome next month is poised to end a deadlock over oil drilling off the shores of its protected Lofoten

August 26, 2013
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
For Jerry Ren, the Commodity Boom Continues in Australia’s Outback
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For Jerry Ren, the Commodity Boom Continues in Australia’s Outback

By James Regan SYDNEY, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Former Chinese commodities trader Jerry Ren, who is quietly building a mining empire in the Australian outback,

August 25, 2013
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News

ONGC to Buy $2.64 Billion Stake in Mozambique LNG

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) — ONGC Videsh Ltd., a unit of India’s biggest energy explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp., agreed to pay $2.64 billion to buy a

August 25, 2013
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U.S.’s First Modern-Day Pirate Prosecutor to Step Down
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U.S.’s First Modern-Day Pirate Prosecutor to Step Down

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Neil H. MacBride, helped secure the U.S.'s first high-seas piracy convictions since 1820 for a total of 26

August 25, 2013
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
RNLI Crews Recover Helicopter Wreckage Off Shetland [VIDEO]
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RNLI Crews Recover Helicopter Wreckage Off Shetland [VIDEO]

New video shows RNLI crews recovering the oilfield services Super Puma helicopter that crashed in the North Sea Friday

August 24, 2013
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Teekay Predicts Depressed Tanker Market Throughout Rest of 2013
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Teekay Predicts Depressed Tanker Market Throughout Rest of 2013

Teekay’s Market Analyst Christian Waldegrave reports a low, but seasonally “normal” summer in the conventional tanker market, with not much

August 24, 2013
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