| Desperate hunt for ferry survivors in Masbate | 2 days 9 hours ago | | Added: Jun 17, 2013 08:34 |
| | Philippine navy divers battled strong ocean currents Sunday in a desperate hunt for seven missing passengers of a ferry that sank with dozens onboard. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Seattle: Passenger ship reports engine fire | 2 days 9 hours ago | | Added: Jun 17, 2013 08:20 |
| | A Seattle Fire Department spokesman says more than 150 passengers have been safely evacuated from a tour ship that reported an engine fire and docked Friday night at a Seattle marina. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| 80,000 Filipino seafarers face job loss | 5 days 9 hours ago | | Added: Jun 14, 2013 08:38 |
| | Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. is seeking “vigorous and sustainable reforms” in the maritime industry for the Philippines to pass the European Union safety audit in October and be able to save the jobs of Filipino seafarers boarding European Union-flagged commercial vessels. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Warm ocean water melting Antarctic ice from bottom | 5 days 10 hours ago | | Added: Jun 14, 2013 07:33 |
| | Warming ocean waters are melting the Antarctic ice shelves from the bottom up, researchers said Thursday in the first comprehensive study of the thick platforms of floating ice. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Is There a Garbage Patch in the Great Lakes? | 5 days 10 hours ago | | Added: Jun 14, 2013 07:26 |
| | The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"—a purported island of trash twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean—receives a lot of media attention. Recent reports suggest that a similar garbage patch may be developing in the Great Lakes as well. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Cook survives 2 days under sea in shipwreck air bubble | 6 days 8 hours ago | | Added: Jun 13, 2013 09:54 |
| | After two days trapped in freezing cold water and breathing from an air bubble in an upturned tugboat under the ocean, Harrison Okene was sure he was going to die. Then a torch light pierced the darkness. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Statoil: New exciting opportunities in the Barents Sea | 6 days 9 hours ago | | Added: Jun 13, 2013 08:30 |
| | In the 22nd licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) Statoil has been awarded interests in seven production licences in the Barents Sea. Three of the licences will be Statoil operated. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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