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Thursday, August 29, 2013
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News

Maersk Kampala Containership on Fire Near the Suez [UPDATE]

Update: 30 August Maersk Lines’s containership, Maersk Kampala is still on fire this morning according to a statement on Maersk Line’s website. The

Thursday, August 29, 2013
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DSME
News

Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins $421.5 Million Order for New Containerships

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) announced today they have won an order for three containerships rumored to be 18,000

August 29, 2013
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Engineering News

ABS Nautical Systems Adds Three European Shipowners to NS5 User Base

ABS Nautical Systems has welcomed three more leading European shipowners to the user community for its NS5 Enterprise software suite. Two Athens-based owners,

August 29, 2013
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Defense

LCS 4 Completes U.S. Navy Acceptance Trials

Austal Shipbuilding announced today that their second Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, the Coronado (LCS 4) successfully completed Acceptance Trials

August 29, 2013
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News

DOF Subsea Awarded Installation Contract Offshore New Zealand

DOF Subsea has announced today the award of a NOK 150 million subsea installation contract offshore New Zealand from Austrian energy firm OMV. Located 50

August 29, 2013
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Engineering News

Bollinger Shipyards Announces New President and COO

LOCKPORT, La., Bollinger Shipyards’ Chairman and CEO Donald “Boysie” Bollinger announced the appointments of Chris Bollinger as President and

August 29, 2013
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
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COSCO’s Bulk Shipping Arm Reports Loss of 990 Million Yuan [REPORT]

HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters) – China’s largest bulk shipper, COSCO Holdings Co Ltd , posted on Thursday a first-half net loss of 990 million yuan

August 29, 2013
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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News

Geopolitical Turmoil Is Spilling into the Tanker Market

While the sizzling summer months are coming to a close and cooler weather is beginning to set in in the North East United States, political tension in the

August 28, 2013
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News

Filipino Sailor Killed on Board J.J. Ugland Bulk Carrier, MV Favorita

This past Saturday a Filipino sailor on board the J.J. Ugland-owned bulk carrier MV Favorita was killed while cleaning one of the vessels cargo holds.

August 28, 2013
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Batista Quits As LLX Chairman
News

Batista Quits As LLX Chairman

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista quit as chairman of Brazilian port operator LLX Logística SA on Wednesday, after agreeing to sell control of the company to

August 28, 2013
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Marine Salvage

SPOTD: Subtech Continues Fuel Removal from MV Smart [8 Photos]

Durban-based salvage company Subtech released the following photos of the salvage operation they are currently conducting off Richards Bay, South Africa

August 28, 2013
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Jim Rogers: “When the Sea of Money Ends, it is Going to be a Huge Mess”
Finance

Jim Rogers: “When the Sea of Money Ends, it is Going to be a Huge Mess”

Jim Rogers is seriously concerned about the impact of continual and expansive monetary policy coordinated by central banks around the globe. We have even seen

August 28, 2013
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News

Africa’s Top Coal Port Expands To Open Up Export Capacity

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Africa’s biggest coal export port is be expanded in a $192 million investment designed to help

August 28, 2013
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News

Hyundai Heavy Set For $1.4 Billion Containership Order

DUBAI/SEOUL, Aug 28 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries is close to winning an order worth about $1.4 billion to build 10 huge

August 28, 2013
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News

Frontline Urges Scrapping of Tankers Aged Over 15 Amid Ship Glut

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — Frontline Ltd., the oil-tanker company led by billionaire John Fredriksen, urged shipowners to scrap crude carriers that are more

August 28, 2013
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Port of Beirut Weathers Syrian War Next Door
News

Port of Beirut Weathers Syrian War Next Door

While Lebanon’s growth has suffered during the 2 1/2 year conflict next door in Syria, Port of Beirut traffic has risen as traders avoid risky overland

August 27, 2013
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
D’Amico Shipping On $290 Million Bulker Buying Spree

D’Amico Shipping On $290 Million Bulker Buying Spree

Shipping company d'Amico Societa' di Navigazione has placed orders for dry cargo ships totaling $290 million, a senior official said, as it sees ship building

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
Interesting

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
Total Views: 33

dolwin alpha thialf
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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