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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Iran Taps Tanker Shipping Network To Tackle Unsold Oil Glut

Iran is quietly mobilising more ships to store and transport oil, aiming to keep its fields working and mitigate losses of several billion dollars a month from

Monday, November 25, 2013
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Australian Icebreaker Beset in Heavy Pack Ice

The Australian Antarctic Division reports today that their icebreaker Aurora Australis is currently beset by heavy pack ice 180 nautical miles from Davis

November 25, 2013
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Russian Jail Stuns Captain of Greenpeace Ship Sunk by French

The captain of a Greenpeace ship released on bail after two months of detention in a Russian prison following an Arctic protest said he and his fellow

November 25, 2013
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
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Iranian Nuclear Deal Could Mean 400,000 BPD in Additional Crude Exports

By Daniel Fineren DUBAI, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Iran’s nuclear deal with the West is not intended to let more of its oil into the market, the White

November 24, 2013
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Captain Fournier Crosses the Bar

The passing of Captain Arthur J. Fournier, a former Portland, Maine Harbor pilot did not go unnoticed by the gCaptain community on 16 November. Out of respect

November 24, 2013
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Finance

‘Things Cannot Get Worse’ in Shipping

The momentum keeps building that shipping is indeed in a cyclical

November 24, 2013
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
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Regional Stability at Stake as China Makes Bold New Claim Over East China Sea

By John Ruwitch SHANGHAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) – China on Saturday bolstered its claim to islands that Japan says it owns, warning that it would take

November 23, 2013
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Ship Photos of The Day – Tennis, anyone?
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Ship Photos of The Day – Tennis, anyone?

Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Rafael Nadal of Spain play an exhibition tennis match at a court set up on the deck of the "Argentino Supply" cargo

November 23, 2013
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Is Satellite Imagery The Future Of Search-And-Rescue Operations?
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Is Satellite Imagery The Future Of Search-And-Rescue Operations?

The search for the schooner, Niña, missing in the Tasman Sea, is breaking new ground in the use of satellite images to locate

November 23, 2013
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Friday, November 22, 2013
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The Sword of Damocles | Accounting Changes That Will Cause Financial Stress for Shipping Companies

Shipowners were lucky this year as newly proposed accounting standards have been delayed until at least 2015. The new rules would bring certain charters onto

November 22, 2013
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Sailors’ Society’s Typhoon Haiyan Relief Effort Update
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Sailors’ Society’s Typhoon Haiyan Relief Effort Update

The international maritime community has helped Sailors' Society charity raise nearly 70% of their £100,000 goal to help our Filipino seafarers reach loved

November 22, 2013
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Friday, November 22, 2013
EU Regulators Target 14 Shipping Companies in Antitrust Probe
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EU Regulators Target 14 Shipping Companies in Antitrust Probe

EU regulators will investigate whether 14 of the world's major container shipping companies, including world No. 1 A.P. Moller-Maersk and No. 2 MSC, have been

November 22, 2013
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Washinton State Ferries Pushes Ahead With LNG Conversion Plans
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Washinton State Ferries Pushes Ahead With LNG Conversion Plans

Washington State Ferries is another step closer becoming one of the United States' first passenger ferry systems to convert at least part of its fleet from

November 22, 2013
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International Maritime Tribunal Orders Release of Greenpeace ‘Arctic 30’
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International Maritime Tribunal Orders Release of Greenpeace ‘Arctic 30’

An international maritime tribunal on Friday ordered Russia to release a Greenpeace ship and 30 people arrested in a protest against Russian Arctic oil

November 22, 2013
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Finance

LNG Tanker Membrane Maker GTT Planning IPO

French gas and power group GDF Suez is working on a stock market listing for its Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) subsidiary, Chief Executive Gerard Mestrallet

November 22, 2013
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Iceberg the Size of Singapore Breaks Off Into the Southern Ocean

Between November 9 - 11, 2013, an iceberg measuring 21 miles by 12 miles broke off from Antarctica’s Pine Island

November 22, 2013
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Friday, November 22, 2013
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Hyundai Mipo to Build 5 Product Tankers

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has been awarded a KRW 198.1 billion (USD 186.4 million) contract to build 5 product tankers according to an exchange filing today. The

November 22, 2013
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Ghana to Award $2.5 Billion in Contracts to Double Port Capacity
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Ghana to Award $2.5 Billion in Contracts to Double Port Capacity

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, the state company that runs the nation’s two ports, will award contracts worth $2.5 billion through 2018 to double

November 22, 2013
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Miami Dredge Set to Kick Off
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Miami Dredge Set to Kick Off

The long-awaited dredge of Miami's port will begin this week as it and other cities up and down the east coast scramble to prepare for the massive ships that

November 21, 2013
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An Inside Look at JFK’s Presidential Yacht, “Honey Fitz” [PHOTOS]
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An Inside Look at JFK’s Presidential Yacht, “Honey Fitz” [PHOTOS]

With the 50 year anniversary of John F. Kennedy's death upon us, it's only appropriate that we honor his legacy here on gCaptain by featuring a photo tour of

November 21, 2013
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Transpacific Container Shippers Plan Freight Rate Rise

Container shipping lines have agreed to raise Asia-U.S. freight rates in two stages in an effort to halt current losses. "The central truth in this market is

November 21, 2013
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