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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Prosecutors Extend Sewol Captain’s Detention As Death Toll Mounts
Maritime News

Prosecutors Extend Sewol Captain’s Detention As Death Toll Mounts

South Korean prosecutors investigating a ferry disaster said on Sunday they would seek to extend the detention of the ship's captain and two other crew by 10

April 20, 2014
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Divers Find Bodies in Sunken Sewol Ferry
Incidents

Divers Find Bodies in Sunken Sewol Ferry

Divers searching for survivors of a capsized South Korean ferry saw three bodies floating through a window of a passenger cabin on Saturday but were unable to

April 19, 2014
Total Views: 113

Thursday, April 17, 2014
Hundreds Still Missing In Deadly South Korea Ferry Accident
Incidents

Hundreds Still Missing In Deadly South Korea Ferry Accident

Rescuers fought rising winds and waves on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, mostly teenage schoolchildren, still missing after a South Korean

April 17, 2014
Total Views: 11

Wednesday, April 16, 2014
sewol sinking
Interesting

Four Dead, Scores Rescued, Many More Still Missing From South Korean Ferry

UPDATE: Six have no been confirmed killed and between 277 and 290 are still missing. By Narae Kim JINDO, South Korea, April 16 (Reuters) – More than 280

April 16, 2014
Total Views: 34

Monday, March 17, 2014
PHOTOS: Loading the World’s Largest Containership Propeller
Interesting

PHOTOS: Loading the World’s Largest Containership Propeller

The world's largest-diameter containership propeller was loaded onto a ship at the Port of Hamburg this weekend bound for a South Korean shipyard from it's

March 17, 2014
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Monday, February 3, 2014
South Korea Cleans Up After VLCC Strikes Oil Pipeline
Maritime News

South Korea Cleans Up After VLCC Strikes Oil Pipeline

eams of workers, aided by ships and aircraft, will complete on Monday the sea cleanup of 164,000 litres of oil that leaked off South Korea's southern coast,

February 3, 2014
Total Views: 58

Wednesday, January 22, 2014
keppel shipyard shipbuilding singapore
Offshore

Keppel Wades Into Deep Water to Battle Korean Rivals

Singapore's Keppel Corp Ltd , the world's top offshore drilling rig builder, boasts an $11 billion order book that will likely lift profits this year as those

January 22, 2014
Total Views: 13

Monday, December 30, 2013
Chemical Tanker Suffers Major Fire Following Collision With Car Carrier Off Busan
News

Chemical Tanker Suffers Major Fire Following Collision With Car Carrier Off Busan

A laden chemical tanker has suffered what looks like a catastrophic fire following a collision with a car carrier on sea trials near Busan, South

December 30, 2013
Total Views: 134

Monday, November 25, 2013
Storm Forces Three Groundings Near Ulsan, South Korea
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Storm Forces Three Groundings Near Ulsan, South Korea

A strong storm on Monday caused a bulk carrier and two products tankers to run aground within hours of each near the South Korean city of

November 25, 2013
Total Views: 17

Friday, November 15, 2013
Incheon LNG Receiving Terminal korea gas
News

South Korea’s LNG Imports Climb on Increased Power Demand

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of liquefied natural gas, boosted imports of the fuel by 19 percent in October

November 15, 2013
Total Views: 51

Thursday, November 14, 2013
STX Pan Ocean Vanguard
News

Korean Shipping Lines Face Cash Crunch

South Korea’s three biggest shipping companies face a cash crunch as 3 trillion won ($2.8 billion) of bonds are due for repayment in the next two years

November 14, 2013
Total Views: 22

Friday, July 19, 2013
DSME Okpo Korea Daewoo shipbuilding
Engineering News

Korean Won Gains for Second Week on Shipbuilding Orders

July 19 (Bloomberg) — The won gained for a second week after South Korea’s shipbuilders won overseas orders and as the Federal Reserve calmed

July 19, 2013
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
hyundai heavy industries
News

Hyundai Heavy to Lift Prices on Demand as China Shipyards Falter

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s biggest shipbuilder, plans to raise prices as demand for fuel-efficient vessels helps it skirt the global

July 7, 2013
Total Views: 16

Monday, June 24, 2013
South Korea to Cut Imports of Iranian Crude
News

South Korea to Cut Imports of Iranian Crude

By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL, June 24 (Reuters) – South Korea has pledged to the United States that it will cut imports of Iranian crude by 15 percent in the

June 24, 2013
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
LNG Capricorn mitsui o.s.k. lines

South Korea Resumes Iranian NGL Imports

By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) – South Korea resumed imports from Iran of natural gas liquids in March, customs data showed on Monday, after

April 14, 2013
Total Views: 8

Friday, April 12, 2013
STX Leads Losses in South Korea
News

STX Leads Losses in South Korea

Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., a South Korean yard that is undergoing debt rescheduling, led a decline among shipyards

April 12, 2013
Total Views: 4

Monday, January 14, 2013
EG LNG Equatorial guinea lng
News

South Korea-Bound Shipments of LNG Drop 9.5% as Prices Rise

Imports of liquefied natural gas into South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of the fuel, dropped 9.5 percent in December as prices rose.

January 14, 2013
Total Views: 2

Thursday, January 3, 2013
hanjin dampier capesize bulk carrier
News

Japanese Firms May be Prohibited from Shipping South Korea-Bound Coal, Suspicion Runs Deep

South Korea’s government is moving to bar foreign shipping lines from contracts in the state-run energy sector as it supports domestic companies

January 3, 2013
Total Views: 11

Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Two Killed in Explosion at South Korean Shipyard
Fire Incidents

Two Killed in Explosion at South Korean Shipyard

An explosion at a South Korean shipyard has killed two workers and injured nine others, Yonhap News Agency has confirmed with Police. The explosion occurred at

October 31, 2012
Total Views: 6

Thursday, October 18, 2012
Five Killed After Korean Coast Guard Vessel Capsizes During Rescue [RAW VIDEO]
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Five Killed After Korean Coast Guard Vessel Capsizes During Rescue [RAW VIDEO]

A South Korean coast guard vessel capsized after rescuing crew members of a damaged cargo ship off the southern island of Jeju, the Associated Press has

October 18, 2012
Total Views: 7
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