| Piracy at sea falls to lowest level in seven years, reports IMB | 1 month 21 days ago | | Added: Oct 18, 2013 08:37 |
| | The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy on the world’s seas is at its lowest third-quarter level since 2006, but warns of the threat of continuing violent attacks off the East and West coasts of Africa. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| First 100% LNG Powered Barge on Maiden Voyage Into Germany | 1 month 21 days ago | | Added: Oct 18, 2013 07:53 |
| | The Greenstream, the world's first 100% LNG powered barge has been delivering liquid fuels along the Rhine river in The Netherlands for several months. This summer it expanded its range into Germany. In Spetember, it was joined by its sister ship, the Greenrhine. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Special boat services keep Germans busy | 1 month 21 days ago | | Added: Oct 18, 2013 07:45 |
| | Germany’s biggest sea rescue ship Hermann Helms and the prominent fisheries protection ship Seefalke are among specialist tonnage overhauled of late and keeping small shipyards busy at both ends of the German Baltic. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Massive boost for Rotterdam LNG hub | 1 month 21 days ago | | Added: Oct 18, 2013 07:40 |
| | The Port of Rotterdam Authority is delighted that two European subsidy applications relating to LNG have been granted. This means that the European Union supports the development of a Rotterdam LNG hub. It involves a subsidy of €40 million for LNG infrastructure for the Rhine-Main-Danube area and a €34 million subsidy for the LNG breakbulk terminals in Gothenburg and Rotterdam. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Pirates Are Back in Business | 1 month 22 days ago | | Added: Oct 17, 2013 09:57 |
| | The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) details October's pirate attacks thus far. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Vision to Reality, Communication to Wealth: China Offshore EngineeringSymposium 2013 Held | 1 month 22 days ago | | Added: Oct 17, 2013 09:49 |
| | On the afternoon of October 10, China Offshore Engineering Symposium 2013 (COES2013) was held in Beijing. The symposium was themed with Going Deepwater and Arctic to Sustain Offshore Growth –Turning Vision into Reality and discussed business opportunities for offshore oil & gas industry from international environment and domestic opportunities. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| How the Shipping Industry is the Secret Force Driving the World Economy | 1 month 22 days ago | | Added: Oct 17, 2013 09:01 |
| | From laptops to clothes and almost everything in-between, how do the goods needed to power the world get from one place to another? Even in our modern, speed-driven and globalized economy, 90 percent of everything still travels as it did almost 500 years ago: by ship. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Stena Polaris paving the way for new contacts | 1 month 22 days ago | | Added: Oct 17, 2013 08:08 |
| | The Stena Polaris is approaching its destination – the port of Yosu in South Korea. Her voyage began on 17 September in Russian Ust Luga in the Gulf of Finland and she is expected to arrive in Yosu in about a week. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Vessel that hit boat yet to be traced | 1 month 22 days ago | | Added: Oct 17, 2013 07:40 |
| | Even though five days have passed since a fishing boat was hit by a shipping vessel off the Kochi coast, the coastal police have not yet been able to trace the vessel. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Chinese naval ships sail through Strait of Magellan for first time | 1 month 22 days ago | | Added: Oct 17, 2013 07:23 |
| | A taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLAN) which is composed of the guided missile destroyer "Lanzhou", the guided missile frigate "Liuzhou" and comprehensive supply ship "Poyang Lake" successfully sailed through the Strait of Magellan at 15:00 on October 14, 2013, local time Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Pirates release tanker without her cargo | 1 month 23 days ago | | Added: Oct 16, 2013 08:30 |
| | A Thai-flagged oil tanker that was missing for two days after being hijacked by pirates near Singapore has been released with its cargo missing, the International Maritime Bureau said on Wednesday. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| European ports ready for the Maersk giants | 1 month 23 days ago | | Added: Oct 16, 2013 08:12 |
| | European container ports are now gaining first-hand experience of Maersk’s Triple-E container ships with delivery and entry into service of Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller, first of twenty such vessels on order. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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