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Monday, July 27, 2015
South Korean Shipyards Struggling As Offshore Strategy Fails
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South Korean Shipyards Struggling As Offshore Strategy Fails

  By Rose Kim, Jungah Lee and Michael S. Arnold (Bloomberg) — The deep-ocean strategy is coming back to bite South Korean shipyards. Hyundai Heavy

July 27, 2015
Total Views: 55

Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Triple-E Class Vessel, Construction In Floating Drydock
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DSME Rises on Report of Financial Aid

  By Michael S. Arnold (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, rose by the most in

July 21, 2015
Total Views: 3

Wednesday, July 15, 2015
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South Korea Plans LNG Bunkering Terminals as Strategy for Dual Fuel Domination

  SEOUL, July 15 (Reuters) – South Korea plans to construct liquefied natural gas bunkering terminals at some of its ports as part of a drive to

July 15, 2015
Total Views: 5

Monday, June 15, 2015
Teekay Books Newbuilds After Signing Long-Term Contract to Ship U.S. LNG
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Teekay Books Newbuilds After Signing Long-Term Contract to Ship U.S. LNG

  Teekay LNG Parters, the LNG shipping unit of Bermuda-based Teekay Corporation, has placed an order for two fuel-efficient LNG carriers after

June 15, 2015
Total Views: 5

Wednesday, April 22, 2015
South Korea Sets Plans to Raise Sewol Ferry
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South Korea Sets Plans to Raise Sewol Ferry

South Korea said on Wednesday it will raise the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them children, yielding to pressure

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 12

Wednesday, April 15, 2015
South Korea Response to Ferry Disaster Has Been a Tragedy – View
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South Korea Response to Ferry Disaster Has Been a Tragedy – View

(Bloomberg View) — On April 16, 2014, more than 300 people died when a passenger ferry carrying mostly high-school students sank off the coast of South

April 15, 2015
Total Views: 29

Monday, April 13, 2015
A Year After Sewol Ferry Disaster, Safety Concerns Persist in South Korea
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A Year After Sewol Ferry Disaster, Safety Concerns Persist in South Korea

By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Nearly a year after her 16-year-old daughter was among 304 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized,

April 13, 2015
Total Views: 18

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
South Korea Launches New Agency to Replace Disbanded Coast Guard
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South Korea Launches New Agency to Replace Disbanded Coast Guard

South Korea launches a massive new government agency this week to handle emergency rescue and safety management seven months after the Sewol ferry

November 18, 2014
Total Views: 108

Monday, November 10, 2014
Court Mulling Death Penalty for Sewol Ferry Captain Stirs Bitter Memory
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Court Mulling Death Penalty for Sewol Ferry Captain Stirs Bitter Memory

After his mother was killed in a 1970 ferry sinking in South Korea, Nah Jong Ryeol spent four decades documenting the disaster in hopes of preventing another

November 10, 2014
Total Views: 17

Friday, October 10, 2014
Chinese Fisherman Killed In Clash With South Korean Coast Guard
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Chinese Fisherman Killed In Clash With South Korean Coast Guard

The captain of a Chinese fishing boat died after a scuffle with a South Korean coast guard officer who fired a pistol

October 10, 2014
Total Views: 9

Tuesday, October 7, 2014
SHI Wins $440 Million Order for Three Arctic Shuttle Tankers
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SHI Wins $440 Million Order for Three Arctic Shuttle Tankers

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries says it has won an order from an unidentified European shipowner to construct three arctic shuttle

October 7, 2014
Total Views: 30

North and South Korea Navies Trade Warning Fire Near Maritime Border
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North and South Korea Navies Trade Warning Fire Near Maritime Border

By Sam Kim Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — Naval boats of North Korea and South Korea exchanged warning fire near their disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea, days

October 7, 2014
Total Views: 10

Tuesday, September 30, 2014
South Korean Passenger Vessel Runs Aground [PHOTOS]
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South Korean Passenger Vessel Runs Aground [PHOTOS]

Fishing boats came to the rescue of a South Korean sightseeing tour boat that grounded Tuesday with some 110 people

September 30, 2014
Total Views: 7

Alaskan Crude Exported to South Korea Aboard U.S.-Flagged Tanker

Alaskan Crude Exported to South Korea Aboard U.S.-Flagged Tanker

The first U.S. export of Alaskan crude to South Korea in more than a decade set sail at the weekend, according to a company source and shipping data, marking

September 30, 2014
Total Views: 44

Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Belgium’s CMB Cancels Order with South Korean Shipbuilder
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Belgium’s CMB Cancels Order with South Korean Shipbuilder

Belgian dry bulk shipping group CMB said on Tuesday it had cancelled an order for four vessels with South Korean shipbuilder Samjin set to be delivered in

August 26, 2014
Total Views: 6

Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Sewol Trial: Ferry Crew Blames Coast Guard
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Sewol Trial: Ferry Crew Blames Coast Guard

The surviving crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people and sparking a nationwide outpouring of grief argued on Tuesday that

June 17, 2014
Total Views: 8

Tuesday, May 27, 2014
South Korea Offers $500,000 Reward for Elusive Sewol Owner
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South Korea Offers $500,000 Reward for Elusive Sewol Owner

South Korea has hiked to nearly half a million dollars its reward for information leading to the capture of Yoo Byung-un, the head of the family that owns the

May 27, 2014
Total Views: 11

Monday, May 19, 2014
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Park Says She Will Disband Coast Guard in Ferry-Sinking Apology

By Sam Kim May 19 (Bloomberg) — South Korean President Park Geun Hye apologized to the nation over the sinking of a passenger ferry that left 300 people

May 19, 2014
Total Views: 22

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
South Korea President Apologizes Over Ferry Disaster
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South Korea President Apologizes Over Ferry Disaster

South Korean President Park Geun Hye apologized over a ferry sinking that left more than three hundred people dead or missing, the nation’s worst maritime

April 29, 2014
Total Views: 16

Thursday, April 24, 2014
Divers Continue Sewol Search as Probe Expands
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Divers Continue Sewol Search as Probe Expands

By Cynthia Kim, Seonjin Cha and Sam Kim April 24 (Bloomberg) — Divers retrieved more bodies from a South Korean ferry that sank last week, as

April 24, 2014
Total Views: 8
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