| Ex-Sea Star Line president guilty of price fixing | 4 months 17 days ago | | Added: Jan 31, 2013 08:59 |
| | The former president of Sea Star Line LLC has been convicted of conspiring to fix the prices of shipping freight between the continental United States and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Justice Department said. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Criminal negligence trial hears catastrophic collision caught on tape | 4 months 17 days ago | | Added: Jan 31, 2013 08:56 |
| | The first moment anyone from the outside world knew something was amiss on the Queen of the North passenger ferry, crippled and taking on water off the northern coast of British Columbia, came at about 22 minutes past midnight on a windy March night seven years ago. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Press release: The 6th Deepwater Asia Congress, Indonesia | 4 months 18 days ago | | Added: Jan 30, 2013 12:18 |
| | At present, offshore oil accounts for about 33 percent of the world total output, and the number will reach 35 in ten years, in which, deepwater oil has shown rapid growth, from 3 percent in 2002 to 6 percent in 2007, and will increase to 10 percent in 2012. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Iran accuses BP of dumping oil waste into Caspian Sea | 4 months 18 days ago | | Added: Jan 30, 2013 09:52 |
| | Iran believes BP-operated Azeri oil platforms have polluted the Caspian Sea and may sue the UK oil group if it continues, Iran's deputy environment minister has been reported as saying by Iranian media. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Large pirates trial begins in India, pirates offer agreement | 4 months 19 days ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2013 09:58 |
| | As the trial of 120 Somali pirates begins in Mumbai, the Indian government has received a communication from sea brigands in the north-east African nation offering the release of 46 Indian sailors held hostage in return for the captured pirates' freedom. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Tanker Glut Worsening as OPEC Cuts Most Since Recession | 4 months 19 days ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2013 09:12 |
| | OPEC’s deepest output cut since the global recession in 2008 is creating the biggest surplus of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in at least three years and lowering earnings for Frontline Ltd. and other ship owners. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Iranian naval forces prevent pirate attack | 4 months 19 days ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2013 09:03 |
| | Maritime sources reported that Iranian naval forces have rescued an Iranian oil tanker from an attack by a group of pirates approximately 20 nautical miles off the Sultanate's Masirah Island. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| US Air Force's F16 jet missing in Adriatic Sea | 4 months 19 days ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2013 08:49 |
| | A US F-16 fighter jet is feared to have crashed during a training exercise over the Adriatic Sea, and the US Air Force said the status of its Italy-based pilot was unknown. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Port Officials: Port Said clashes will have no imapct on Red Sea traffic | 4 months 20 days ago | | Added: Jan 28, 2013 10:31 |
| | Maritime traffic going in and out of Egypt’s ports would not be affected by clashes in Port Said, Suez and other regions throughout the country, head of the General Authority for Red Sea Ports, General Mohamed Abdelkader Gaballah, told Daily News Egypt. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| New Russian assault ships won't work in cold | 4 months 20 days ago | | Added: Jan 28, 2013 10:15 |
| | Two amphibious assault ships bought for the Russian Navy from France in a 1.2 billion euro deal will not be able to operate in temperatures below seven degrees centigrade, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin admitted on Saturday, in critical comments about the contract. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Old cruise ship adrift off Newfoundland | 4 months 20 days ago | | Added: Jan 28, 2013 10:06 |
| | The Lyubov Orlova, a retired cruise ship on its way to being scrapped, is adrift in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Canada, officials said. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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