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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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56 years After Gruesome Chemical Catastrophe, Science Prevented Second Texas City Disaster

In addition to authors Vicki Loe and CJ Beegle-Krause, Charlie Henry, Doug Helton, and Amy Merten contributed to this post, via NOAA Response and Restoration

April 17, 2012
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Royal Caribbean Orders ABB Azipods for “Project Sunshine”

ABB announced today that they have won orders worth more than $60 million to provide complete power and Azipod propulsion systems for two new cruise ships to

April 17, 2012
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Sempra Energy Signs Agreement for Gas Liquefaction Export Facility in Louisiana

(Dow Jones) A Sempra Energy (SRE) unit signed a commercial development agreement with Mitsubishi Corp. (MSBHY, 8058.TO) and Mitsui & Co. (MITSY,

April 17, 2012
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GDF Suez and GAIL Team Up to Build India’s First Floating LNG Import Terminal

NEW DELHI (Dow Jones)–French power company GDF Suez SA (GSZ.FR), GAIL (India) Ltd. (532155.BY) and the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Tuesday

April 17, 2012
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Monday, April 16, 2012
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Teekay Sheds 13 Tankers, Positions for Investment in High Growth Sectors

Teekay Corp. (TK) said it will sell 13 of its 17 directly owned conventional tankers to its subsidiary Teekay Tankers Ltd. (TNK) in a stock-and-debt deal

April 16, 2012
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Australian Government Steps In to Remove M/V Tycoon Wreckage from Christmas Island
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Australian Government Steps In to Remove M/V Tycoon Wreckage from Christmas Island

After more than three months against the rocks on Christmas Island, the Australian Government says it is stepping in to remove the wreckage of the M/V Tycoon

April 16, 2012
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The Role of Class in Shipping – A Discussion with Tim Protheroe, President, Lloyd’s Register North America

I met up with Tim Protheroe, President, Lloyd’s Register North America, for a chat at this year’s Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA)

April 16, 2012
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Maersk Alabama Crewmembers Sue
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Maersk Alabama Crewmembers Sue

Eleven crewmembers who were onboard the Maersk Alabama when the vessel was hijacked in 2009 off the coast of Somalia have sued Maersk Line and Waterman

April 16, 2012
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Engineering News

Aker Solutions to Fit Out a New Friede & Goldman 2000E Jackup

Aker Solutions has won a contract from Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a new jack-up drilling rig, being

April 16, 2012
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Farewell to Mærsk McKinney-Møller 1913-2012

A long and active life has come to an end, and Denmark has lost one of the few truly international businessmen that this country has produced. For more than

April 16, 2012
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Remembering Titanic: Top 10 Best Titanic Links on The Internet
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Remembering Titanic: Top 10 Best Titanic Links on The Internet

On todays 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, there is not shortage of websites, videos and exhibitions providing pretty much everything

April 15, 2012
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
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Iranian Oil Tanker Fleet Tries to Hide, AIS Transponders Ordered to be Switched Off

Iran is disabling tracking systems on most of its 39-ship tanker fleet, Reuters reported Friday, citing oil industry, trading and shipping sources, who said it

April 14, 2012
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Tour the RMS Titanic in Google Earth 3-D!
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Tour the RMS Titanic in Google Earth 3-D!

With the 100 year Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic upon us, there is no shortage of “Remembering the Titanic” blog posts, galleries,

April 14, 2012
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Friday, April 13, 2012
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Report Due this Summer into Mysterious Sinking of M/Y Yogi

Proteksan Turquoise issued the most recent public statement from any of the parties linked to its 60m superyacht, Yogi, on 12 March. The vessel itself sank off

April 13, 2012
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Bunker Fuels Show a Downward Trend, but Decline Should Have Been Greater [REPORT]

5 April – 12 April 2012 Despite a tremendous amount of continued volatility bunker prices are clearly trending downward at this point.  This week the

April 13, 2012
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World’s Largest Sloop Arrives for Refit at Pendennis Plus

To some gCaptain readers, the superyacht market may be an alien world, however, over the last ten years, this niche industry has exploded. With dedicated,

April 13, 2012
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DryShips Takes Profit from Ocean Rig, Sells 10 Million Shares

DryShips Inc. (DRYS) unveiled a bigger-sized sale of its stake in Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (ORIG) as the dry bulk shipper pares its stake in the offshore drilling

April 13, 2012
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Impropriety Investigation Continues at BP Shipping

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- BP PLC (BP.LN) is investigating allegations of impropriety in its shipping division but still doesn’t know whether there is any

April 13, 2012
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RiverWijs Emma
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Destined for Dampier, RiverWijs Takes Delivery of Pair of Robert Allan-Designed Tugs

RiverWijs has recently taken delivery of two sister vessels, the Robert Allan Ltd. designed – RiverWijs Emma and RiverWijs Rowan. The christening was

April 13, 2012
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At Least There Won’t Be Financing to Build More Containerships this Year

COPENHAGEN -(Dow Jones)- Danish oil and shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S‘s (MAERSK-B.KO) container shipping arm Maersk Line won global market

April 13, 2012
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