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Ardent forms African joint venture
Durban: Ardent, the newly created salvage giant between Svitzer and Crowley, is launching a joint venture with South African diving…
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Next CEO of DNV GL warns short-term outlook remains grim
Oslo: There’ll be no upswing in newbuild ordering until 2017 at the earliest and even then it will not be…
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Fire-damaged aframax tanker reaches port in Las Palmas
Athens: Atlas Maritime’s aframax tanker Lady M was finally accepted into the port of La Luz and Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, yesterday after…
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Ship carrying humanitarian aid shelled off Yemen
Dubai: A ship chartered by the United Nations carrying 7,000 tons of humanitarian aid was shelled yesterday by Huthi rebels…
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Filipino captain of ‘death ship’ admits to gun running and punching crewmembers
Sydney: The captain of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) controlled Sage Sagittarius has come in for a severe grilling in…
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Eriksen to succeed Madsen as CEO of DNV GL
Oslo: Classification society DNV GL has appointed Remi Eriksen (pictured) as its new CEO. He will take over from Henrik…
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Foul play deemed likely on Japanese ‘death ship’, court told
Sydney: Foul play was most likely on a vessel dubbed “the death ship”, a court in Australia was told. The…
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Fire on Purple Beach put out
London: The noxious fire onboard the Macs Shipping controlled ship, Purple Beach, has been doused. However, efforts to offload the…
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Nor-Shipping: 50 years looking forward
Oslo: Vidar Pederstad is rather busy when Maritime CEO gets in touch, but nevertheless he spares some time to tell…
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Cosco bulker carrying sulfur runs aground off Texas
San Francisco: A bulk carrier loaded with a cargo of sulfur ran aground offshore Port Arthur, Texas, on Wednesday. Jian…
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Videotel: ‘Companies only wake up to the importance of training once they’ve had a serious accident’
London: A seasoned shipmanagement expert warns today that far too many owners are only investing in training when pushed too,…
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Charterers moving 20% of global shipped tonnage now exclude inefficient ships
London: Charterers representing 20% of global shipped tonnage now have policies in place to avoid using the most inefficient ships…
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Tugboat sinks near Busan port, two dead
Seoul: Two crew members died, when their tugboat sank in waters off the port of Busan, Korea. The accident occurred…
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Third ship in a week runs aground on Argentina’s Parana river
San Francisco: The Parana river in Argentina has become a mass shipwreck in recent days with news of another grounding…
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SK Shipping seafarer dies
Sydney: A seafarer is presumed dead having fallen overboard the Korean controlled K Pride (149,394 dwt; built 1992) on May…
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Panama Canal chief admits glory days over
San Francisco: Even when the revamped and enlarged Panama Canal is fully functioning and handling the new breed of supersized…
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Another tanker hit by Libyan warplanes
Cairo: Another tanker has come under fire from Libyan warplanes, with at least two people injured and the ship on…
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Oil leak off Nova Scotia during wreck removal
San Francisco: An operation to remove a bulk cargo vessel from a wreck site in Nova Scotia turned problematic when…
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Ill-fated Moresby 9 smashes into Thai bridge
Singapore: Some ships are born unlucky. Few more so in recent years than the Moresby 9 (1977-built; 2,408 dwt), a…
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Nord Hydra refloated but traffic still restricted on Argentina’s Parana River
San Francisco: A coal-laden bulker that ran aground and closed part of the Parana River in Argentina, was refloated on…
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