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Jan 11, 2000
Bollinger Shipyards began the new millennium off right with the christening and launching of Ocean Internvention II on New Year's Day. Measuring 254 x 54 x 19 ft.
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Jan 11, 2000
An underwater robot completed inspection of the rear of a wrecked tanker that caused an oil spill off France's west coast, and reported no major leaks from the oil still inside,
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Jan 11, 2000
Air Express International Corp. has acquired the Transworld group of companies, a project forwarder, according to AEI officials. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Jan 11, 2000
Britain's Foreign Office is investigating a report that an Argentine port authority had said it would bar ships registered in the Falkland Islands from docking.
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Jan 11, 2000
The merger between Slovenia's port operator Luka Koper and shipping firm Intereuropa is expected to take place on July 1, according to Luka Koper officials. The
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Jan 11, 2000
Fog halted shipping on the Houston Ship Channel late on Jan. 10, but traffic was expected to resume Jan. 11 as temperatures rose and visibility was restored, the Houston Pilots Association said.
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Jan 11, 2000
Approximately 925 passengers paying as much as $250,000 per cabin made the round-the-world cruise that departed on Jan. 6 on Holland America Line's flagship the Rotterdam,
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Jan 11, 2000
Icelandic aluminum producer Nordic Aluminum (Nordural) has awarded a two-year contract to transport group Eimskip. Nordural officials did not release the value of the deal,
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Jan 11, 2000
South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd. has reportedly ordered 43,000 containers worth about $120 million from Jindo Corporation and China International Marine Containers (Group) Co.
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Jan 11, 2000
Greek ferry operator Attica Enterprises will deploy four new car-passenger ferries in the Baltic Sea in 2001, according to company officials. The 29,800-grt Superfast
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Jan 11, 2000
Two Salvage firms - France's Les Abeilles International and Smit Internationale of the Netherlands - have reportedly told French authorities they could start recovering
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