| Cut in light dues to benefit UK shipping | 2 days 0 hours ago | | Added: Mar 07, 2014 08:56 |
| | Shipping Minister Stephen Hammond has announced a reduction in the rate of light dues, the contributions paid by the shipping industry for the upkeep of navigation aids such as lighthouses, buoys and beacons around the UK and Irish coastline. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Electronic charts support safety in the Pacific | 2 days 0 hours ago | | Added: Mar 07, 2014 08:41 |
| | Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson and Pacific Island Affairs Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga have welcomed the completion of electronic navigational charts for the south-west Pacific. The development of these charts by Land Information New …Electronic charts support safety in the Pacific Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Growing infrastructure for LNG bunkering | 2 days 1 hour ago | | Added: Mar 07, 2014 08:13 |
| | 2 years have gone by since I said I was dead tired of hearing the chicken and egg parallel to LNG bunkering. Even today you’ll hear this phrase in any given LNG bunkering conference. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Russia Sinks Ship to Block Ukrainian Navy Ships | 2 days 1 hour ago | | Added: Mar 07, 2014 08:11 |
| | The Russian Navy Ochakov Kara-class cruiser was sunk last night to block the Ukrainian Navy ships deployed in Novoozerne, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said in a press release today. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Harren & Partner implements DNV GL ShipManager for entire fleet | 2 days 1 hour ago | | Added: Mar 07, 2014 08:01 |
| | German-based shipowner Harren & Partner will implement the DNV GL business intelligence software systems ShipManager Analyzer and ShipManager QHSE for its entire fleet of 52 vessels. Both innovative systems will enable Harren & Partner to extract data from operational systems and optimize management of its ships. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Caymans-bound cruise ship plucks Cuban migrants from wooden boat | 2 days 1 hour ago | | Added: Mar 07, 2014 07:54 |
| | Twenty-four Cubans were rescued from a rickety wooden boat by a passing cruise liner which took them to the Cayman Islands, ship owner Carnival Corp said, as growing numbers of migrants try to sail to Central America and eventually reach the United States. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| North Korean-flagged tanker tries docking at seized Libyan oil port | 3 days 0 hours ago | | Added: Mar 06, 2014 08:29 |
| | A North Korean-flagged oil tanker tried to dock at Libya's Es-Sider oil port seized by armed protesters who have threatened to sell oil independently unless they get political autonomy from Tripoli, Libyan officials said on Wednesday. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Israel seizes arms shipment | 3 days 0 hours ago | | Added: Mar 06, 2014 08:23 |
| | The Israeli navy seized a ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday that was carrying dozens of advanced Iranian-supplied rockets made in Syria and intended for Palestinian guerrillas in the Gaza Strip, the military said. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Costa Concordia work earns TITAN Salvage an award | 3 days 1 hour ago | | Added: Mar 06, 2014 08:19 |
| | TITAN Salvage, Crowley Maritime’s Houston-based marine salvage, emergency response and wreck removal company, has been recognized for its efforts in the wreck removal of the Costa Concordia. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| US appeals court says BP bound by Gulf spill accord | 3 days 1 hour ago | | Added: Mar 06, 2014 08:16 |
| | A divided U.S. appeals court has rejected BP Plc's bid to block businesses from recovering money over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, even if they could not trace their economic losses to the disaster. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Golden Ocean Sees 10 Percent Growth in Iron Ore Trade In 2014 | 3 days 1 hour ago | | Added: Mar 06, 2014 08:11 |
| | Dry bulk carrier Golden Ocean Group Ltd expects double-digit growth in global iron ore trade in 2014, helping its markets pick up momentum and improving rates, the company’s CEO Herman Billung said at a conference in Oslo on Wednesday. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| “Avoiding temptation at Sea” | 4 days 0 hours ago | | Added: Mar 05, 2014 08:58 |
| | The recent deaths of two security operatives on board the Maersk Alabama highlighted an acute concern amongst the Shipping community: the threat of substance abuse. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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