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Honoured for Rescue
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) recognised the master and crew of the Japan-managed car carrier Comet Ace, 36,615gt, for rescuing a man in the Vitiaz Strait on Apr 8.
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Navy Leads Response To Fire On Container Ship
The Sri Lanka Navy led the response after a fire broke out on the container ship MSC Daniela, 151,559gt, of the Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), some 120 miles off Colombo harbour on Apr 4.
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Last Hanjin Ship Sold For Breaking Up
The last ship of the former South Korean shipping line Hanjin Shipping was sold for breaking up on Mar 1.
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Ship Banned Over Hull Fouling
The Panamanian flag bulk carrier DL Marigold, 33,752 dwt, was ordered by the New Zealand authorities from both New Zealand and Fijian waters after dense fouling of barnacles and tube worms had been found on the ship’s hull.
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Lines Fined In China Freight Tariffs Disputes
China's Ministry of Transport has fined 14 international container shipping lines because they either failed to report freight tariffs to the Ministry or were inconsistent with the reported ones.
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First for Export of Live Cattle
The first sea-bound shipment of live slaughter cattle has been exported to China by Elders’ North Australian Cattle Co (NACC).
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Chief Minister Halts Gadani Breaking Until Safety Improves
The breaking up of tankers and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers at Pakistan’s Gadani shipbreaking yards was banned in February after two incidents which caused dozens of fatalities.
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First US LNG Cargo Arrives at Japanese Terminal
The first cargo of LNG produced in the United States arrived at the Joetsu LNG Terminal of the Chubu Electric Power Co in Japan on Jan 6.
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Latest Products
Maritime Log
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Pirate and Robbery Attacks on the Rise +
Pirates and armed robbers attacked 43 ships and captured 58 seafarers in the first quarter of this year, slightly more… Read More
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FPSO Bound For The North Sea +
The semi-submersible heavy lift ship Xin Guang Hua, 84,239gt, of Cosco Shipping, China, arrived at Rotterdam on Apr 13 carrying… Read More
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Tyne-Built Icebreaker Marks 100 Years +
One of the world’s most famous icebreakers celebrates 100 years since she was built on the Tyne.
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22 Die as Ore Carrier Sinks in South Atlantic +
Two crew members were rescued and 22 died after the South Korean ore carrier Stellar Daisy, 226,141dwt, sank in the… Read More
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Forces Respond to Bulk Carrier Pirate Attack +
The Tuvalu-registered bulk carrier OS 35, 35,362dwt, that was boarded by armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden was freed… Read More
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North America
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New Staten Island Double-Enders +
New York City’s Department of Transportation has awarded the contract to construct three new 4,500-passenger ferries to Eastern Shipbuilding of… Read More
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First LNG Conro for Crowley +
VT Halter Marine launched the first of Crowley’s Commitment-class con-ros with delivery of the lead vessel, El Coqui, expected later… Read More
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Who Needs Tugs +
With a bollard pull of 851 people, SS Keewatin was towed to her new berth in in Port McNicoll, Canada… Read More
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Goodbye to “Big E” (For Now) +
The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and only ship of her class, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was decommissioned on 3 February… Read More
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Business is Good on the Panama Canal +
Seven months after the beginning of operations, 2017 is off to a strong start as January 2017 saw the Panama… Read More
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Asia-Pacific
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Navy Leads Response To Fire On Container Ship +
The Sri Lanka Navy led the response after a fire broke out on the container ship MSC Daniela, 151,559gt, of… Read More
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Honoured for Rescue +
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) recognised the master and crew of the Japan-managed car carrier Comet Ace, 36,615gt, for… Read More
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Last Hanjin Ship Sold For Breaking Up +
The last ship of the former South Korean shipping line Hanjin Shipping was sold for breaking up on Mar 1.
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Ship Banned Over Hull Fouling +
The Panamanian flag bulk carrier DL Marigold, 33,752 dwt, was ordered by the New Zealand authorities from both New Zealand… Read More
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Lines Fined In China Freight Tariffs Disputes +
China's Ministry of Transport has fined 14 international container shipping lines because they either failed to report freight tariffs to… Read More
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Naval Focus
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HMS Westminster Returns to Service +
British News After two years out of service undergoing a major reconstruction and refit, the Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster… Read More
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New Voyages for USS Enterprise +
American News Huntington Ingalls Industries was awarded a $25.5 million contract to essentially start the advanced fabrication of the third… Read More
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Naval Update - April 2017 +
American News On Tuesday 31 January, the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Antietam ran aground off the coast of Yokosuka in… Read More
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New Astute Class Submarine +
Royal Navy News On 16 December, in a rather chilly Devonshire Dock Hall at BAE Systems shipyard at Barrow in… Read More
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Trump Starts Biggest Build-up in Decades +
American News Incoming President, Donald Trump has stated publicly that he wants to expand the current fleet of the US… Read More
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Ferry World
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New Fast Ferry Deliveries +
News of Fast ferry investment; Express 3 has sailed from Tasmania on her delivery voyage to Denmark via the Panama… Read More
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Ferry Implications of Brexit +
It must be a uniquely worrying time for operators of UK Ro-Ro Ferry ports with an uncertain future entirely out… Read More
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CalMac Finlaggan's Safety Drive +
It is just over two years since CalMac’s Finlaggan and her crew won a prestigious safety award ‘with merit’ from… Read More
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Maritime Wonder of the World +
Ever since I visited Norway I have heard the locals speak in awe and fear of the rounding of Stad,… Read More
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Cruiser News +
There seems to be positive news about the long laid up as a static attraction, restaurant and events venue, Maid… Read More
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Sail Review/Coastal Comment
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Pioneering Spirit For Teeside +
Teesside has lost most of its steel manufacturing and much of the shipping traffic it brought, but at the other… Read More
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Troubles for Ahlmarks' Skagern +
Ahlmark is Sweden’s oldest shipping company, founded by 1847, and still going strong, if not as strong as they used… Read More
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The Dawn +
The 81ft Dawn, a ‘heritage’ sailing barge with an open hold and tiller-steered, took out trips last summer for people… Read More
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Grand Bank Schooners +
In the 1930s when the last of the square-riggers were making voyages from Australia to Britain with grain, Portugal was… Read More
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Tilbury Port +
Forth Ports PLC own ‘The Port of Tilbury’ which they term in a recent press release to be ‘London’s major… Read More
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From the Lookout
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MV Balmoral Needs Your Help +
I have a great fondness for the marvellous pleasure cruiser MV Balmoral and a great respect for the team which… Read More
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New BMT Simulator for MAIB +
The phrase "The MAIB has been in touch regarding...." was not one I was keen on hearing when I was… Read More
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Damen Celebrates 90 Years +
Our congratulations go to Damen who are, this year, celebrating nine decades of operations in the shipbuilding industry.
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Isle of Wight Fast Ferries Rebirth +
It was a delight to travel down to Southampton in late April and then across to East Cowes (Isle of… Read More
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2017 Spring Quilliam Lecture +
"Wives and Sweethearts in Quilliam's Navy" is another eye-catching title for the Spring Quilliam Lecture on Thursday 27th April in… Read More
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Cruise News/Superyacht News
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The “Celebrity Edge” +
You have to admire the innovative mindset that is evident within the creative corridors of a modern cruise line.
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The Mailship vs The Corsair +
Before the Internet, Websites, Blogs and eNewsletters presented themselves to an unsuspecting world, the arrival of the monthly passenger shipping… Read More
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Cloud 9 Launched in Italy +
Nine different colours of cloudlike smoke were used as a backdrop when Cloud 9, the brand new 74 metre superyacht… Read More
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Superyacht Mothership Breeds Modular Apartments +
Designer Stefano Pastrovich, the head of Monaco-based Pastrovich Studios, has been telling Haute Living magazine of his conceptual superyacht whose… Read More
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New Builds: Seven Seas Explorer and Seabourn Encore +
In recent months, two brand new cruise vessels have been constructed and delivered which the respective owners have claimed have… Read More
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Ships, Ports and Places
U-864 Finally Laid to Rest
A small memorial service was held in February 2017 over the wreck site that had, over the course of nearly…
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Denbighshire, My First Voyage (Part 2)
On Friday, I was called at 0130 and went on the poop as we were entering the Huangpu river, a…
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Companies, Events and Other Features
A Quartet for the North Sea
The chain of events that led to the Bergen Line building the Venus started in the head office of Swedish…
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Happy Seagoing Days - MacAndrew Line
After gaining my Masters Certificate in July 1962, I started to look for another job on General cargo ships, but…
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