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Shipping News and information / Re: Cargo ship runs aground on reef

« on: September 11, 2014, 09:55:11 AM »

Dear Timsen,

I need you to understand I have been a regular visitor of this webpage where I find everything at one place rather than visiting multiple websites to read my daily dose of news and I just share what I feel is of importance here with you all.

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Vincent

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Shipping News and information / Cargo ship runs aground on reef

« on: September 11, 2014, 06:17:18 AM »

A 526-foot long, 16,000-ton cargo ship ran aground on the reef off Micro Beach as it was entering the Saipan channel on its way to the Port of Saipan.

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Shipping News and information / Tests with ships to begin on new Panama Canal locks

« on: September 09, 2014, 10:29:27 AM »

Tests with ships will begin in mid-2015 on a new set of locks that are a key component of an expansion of the Panama Canal

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Shipping News and information / Panama, Suez, Nicaragua canals to miss trade boat

« on: September 09, 2014, 06:02:18 AM »

Vast projects to expand the Suez and Panama canals are being talked up as the biggest upheaval for decades in global maritime traffic, but experts say they could be outflanked by a trade shift toward Asia.

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Shipping News and information / Iraq to sue Greek shipping firm MMS over Kurdish crude oil shipments

« on: September 06, 2014, 06:40:56 AM »

Iraq's oil ministry plans to file legal proceedings in the coming days against a Greek shipping firm for its role in the export of crude oil by the semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government

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Shipping News and information / Cargo ship runs aground off Norway

« on: September 04, 2014, 05:28:53 AM »

A ro-ro cargo ship, has run aground along the shore of Kinsarvik.

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Shipping News and information / Kurdish 'ghost' oil tanker re-emerges off Texas coast

« on: September 02, 2014, 07:55:55 AM »

A tanker carrying disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude oil reappeared on satellite tracking on Monday near Texas, days after having gone silent, and it's still full of $100million in crude.

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Shipping News and information / Pirates steal oil from Thai tanker hijacked off Malaysia

« on: September 01, 2014, 07:49:03 AM »

In recent series of hijacking in Southeast asia, oil from a Thai tanker which was hijacked off Malaysia was stolen by armed pirates.

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Shipping News and information / Seizure Order Thrown Out for Texas Oil Tanker

« on: August 27, 2014, 09:15:38 AM »

Kurds can bring $100 million of crude ashore in Texas after a U.S. judge threw out a court order that would have required federal agents to seize and hold the cargo for the Iraqi Oil Ministry until a court there decided which government owns it.

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Shipping News and information / Giant ship brings gigantic drydock to Portland

« on: August 26, 2014, 06:48:57 AM »

Dutch vessel, the MV Blue Marlin brought a $40 million drydock down the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and into Portland.

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Shipping News and information / Dutch freighter collides with a fishing vessel

« on: August 25, 2014, 09:26:56 AM »

Cargo vessel Arklow Beach collided with a fishing vessel in Bay of Biscay.

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Shipping News and information / Bulker runs aground

« on: August 23, 2014, 09:49:11 AM »

Panamanian flagged bulker carrying iron ore ran aground off Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China.

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Shipping News and information / CSCL and OOCL to launch joint service with CMA CGM

« on: August 22, 2014, 08:51:58 AM »

CSCL and OOCL have teamed up with CMA CGM and Pacific International Lines (PIL) on routes between Northeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

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Shipping News and information / Maersk Line, MSC to launch vessel-sharing service in early 2015

« on: August 21, 2014, 06:49:28 AM »

Maersk Line and Swiss firm Mediterranean Shipping Co reached an agreement on ship-sharing in July, a month after China's Ministry of Commerce blocked a larger plan by the two firms and France's CMA CGM due to competition concerns.

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Shipping News and information / Maersk to buy back shares for first time in history

« on: August 20, 2014, 06:47:05 AM »

Maersk announced the first share buy-back in its 110-year history on Tuesday as an overhaul of the sprawling shipping and oil empire leaves it with more cash than it can usefully invest.

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