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May 29, 2008
The Maritime Administration (MarAd) released its Marine Operator Survey Concerning Mariner Availability. The survey found, among other things, that 71% of respondents
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May 29, 2008
The U.S. Coast Guard said it will temporarily stop its review and suspend its pursuit of a $96.1m refund for faulty ships built by Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) and Northrop Grumman Corp.
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May 29, 2008
Reider Shipping, owners of the hijacked freighter MV Amiya Scan and charterers Scan-Trans, report they have been in contact with their vessel.
Contact has been
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May 29, 2008
The US Coast Guard released the Great Lakes ballast water management report. The report, compiled by the Great Lakes Ballast Water Working Group (BWWG), summarizes
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May 29, 2008
Wärtsilä is centralizing the spare parts logistics and by building a new spare parts distribution centre in the . A large and modern central warehouse is planned
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May 29, 2008
Chemoil has officially opened its sales and marketing office in . Based in , the office will be headed by Costas Karanikolaou. The company’s presence in will
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May 29, 2008
Safe Bulkers, Inc. announced that its public offering of 10,000,000 shares of common stock was priced at $19.00 per share. As of today, the company’s common stock
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May 29, 2008
In the first two months of execution, the second dry excavation contract for the Pacific Access Channel (PAC 2) removed 263,246 cubic meters of material. The Mexican-Panamanian
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May 29, 2008
STX Shipbuilding won a $247.3m order from Europe to build two very large ore carriers, according to a Reuters report, with delivery scheduled for 2012.
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May 29, 2008
This double hulled, environmentally friendly tanker, which will be fitted with additional equipment to increase maneuverability, can receive oil from Floating
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May 29, 2008
The rate for Suexmax vessels has jumped by 53% from $52,866 to $81,073 and that of Aframax vessels by 40% from $31,060 to $43,528 during the period.
To capitalise on high freight rates,
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May 29, 2008
1781 - Frigate Alliance captures HMS Atalanta and Trepassy off Nova Scotia.
1991 - Amphibious Task Force in Bangladesh for cyclone relief redeployed.
For more information about naval history,
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May 29, 2008
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued interim regulations to establish a procedure governing administrative determinations of availability of coastwise-qualified
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