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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Shipping News

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: 58

Tuesday, September 30, 2014
News

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: 49

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: 66

Tuesday, August 26, 2014
News

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: 21

Tuesday, June 17, 2014
News

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: 49

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

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: 33

Monday, May 19, 2014
News

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: 55

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Shipping News

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: 42

Thursday, April 24, 2014
News

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: 40

Monday, April 21, 2014
Incidents

South Korean President Says Conduct of Sewol Crew Amounts to Murder

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Monday the actions of the captain and crew of a ferry that sank last week with hundreds feared dead were

April 21, 2014
Total Views: 57

Sunday, April 20, 2014
Shipping 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
Total Views: 32

Saturday, April 19, 2014
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: 186

Thursday, April 17, 2014
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: 49

Wednesday, April 16, 2014
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: 72

Monday, March 17, 2014
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
Total Views: 2437

Monday, February 3, 2014
Shipping 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: 134

Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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: 53

Monday, December 30, 2013
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: 269

Monday, November 25, 2013
Uncategorized

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: 48

Friday, November 15, 2013
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: 110