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Norway: Additional Engine Tests Delay MS Stavangerfjord’s First Sailing

Norway: Additional Engine Tests Delay MS Stavangerfjord’s First Sailing

Bergen Group Fosen has notified Fjord Line about need of more time for testing of engines and other equipment before MS “Stavangerfjord” can be delivered.

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China: Whitefish Bay Sets Sail on Maiden Voyage

China: Whitefish Bay Sets Sail on Maiden Voyage

The Whitefish Bay, CSL’s second of four Trillium Class self-unloading Lakers destined to operate in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway,

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COSCON, ANL Join Forces in Operation of Sino Australia Service

COSCON, ANL Join Forces in Operation of Sino Australia Service

Effective from 9th June 2013, COSCON and ANL will jointly operate Sino Australia Service (SAS) service with 6 vessels deployment, in which 5 vessels from COSCON and 1 vessel from ANL.

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Brazil: Aliança’s Sebastião Caboto Christened

Brazil: Aliança’s Sebastião Caboto Christened

Aliança’s new container ship “Sebastião Caboto” was christened on May 15th at the Terminal Maritimo de Passageiros

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Great Potential for Further Development at Port of Bar, Montenegro

Great Potential for Further Development at Port of Bar, Montenegro

A team of editors of World Maritime News portal has paid a visit today to one of the major ports of the Adriatic coast, the Port of Bar in Montenegro.

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BIMCO’s Analyses Show Significant Turn for Shipyard Industry

BIMCO’s Analyses Show Significant Turn for Shipyard Industry

The shipyard industry seemed to head straight for the output-abyss just 15 months ago. Today the transition from recent

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BOURBON Builds Up Its Services Portfolio in the Caribbean

BOURBON Builds Up Its Services Portfolio in the Caribbean

A flourishing fleet, a wide variety of assignments and the arrival of next generation personnel transport vessels: BOURBON continues to expand with success in the promising Antilles-Guyana area.

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The Netherlands: Damen Kicks Off Construction of 14 ASD Tugs for KOC

The Netherlands: Damen Kicks Off Construction of 14 ASD Tugs for KOC

A symbolic keel-laying ceremony on the 17th of April 2013 in Gorinchem, The Netherlands, officially launched the construction phase

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USA: Conditions in Dry Bulk Market Remain Challenging, Eagle Bulk Shipping

USA: Conditions in Dry Bulk Market Remain Challenging, Eagle Bulk Shipping

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. announced on May 15th its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

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Japan: MOL Inks Long-Term LNG Transport Agreement

Japan: MOL Inks Long-Term LNG Transport Agreement

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced the conclusion of a contract for a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport with Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Ltd.

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Transocean Adds 662 Mln to Its Orderbook

Transocean Adds 662 Mln to Its Orderbook

Transocean Ltd., a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, said in its monthly fleet update summary, providing information

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Abengoa secures electricity transmission contracts worth €1bn in Brazil

Abengoa secures electricity transmission contracts worth €1bn in Brazil

Spanish multinational corporation Abengoa has secured a contract worth about €1bn from the Brazilian National Electricity Agency (ANEEL) to construct new electricity transmission projects in the country.

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Iberdrola conducts geotechnical studies for Wikinger wind farm in Germany

Iberdrola conducts geotechnical studies for Wikinger wind farm in Germany

Iberdrola has completed geotechnical feasibility studies for its €1.5bn, 400MW Wikinger offshore wind farm, which will be constructed in the German Baltic Sea.

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European Investment Bank to provide loan for Polish power plant

European Investment Bank to provide loan for Polish power plant

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €140m loan to Elektrocieplownia Stalowa

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Warsash Maritime Academy to Get Eighth Scaled Ship Model

Warsash Maritime Academy to Get Eighth Scaled Ship Model

Warsash Maritime Academy will reaffirm its place as a world-leading training platform for seafaring pilots, masters and ships officers when it welcomes the eighth scaled ship model to its fleet in May 2013.

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Tugs ‘Svitzer Neso’ and ‘Svitzer Nixie’ Delivered to Newcastle, Australia

Tugs ‘Svitzer Neso’ and ‘Svitzer Nixie’ Delivered to Newcastle, Australia

The delivery voyages of the tugs “Svitzer Neso” and “Svitzer Nixie” (5.915 BHP and a GT of 630) from Singapore to Newcastle

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Guidance for MARPOL Annex VI IEE Certificate Implementation

Guidance for MARPOL Annex VI IEE Certificate Implementation

United States Coast Guard issued a policy letter providing interim guidance to ensure compliance with IMO Resolution

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Island Offshore Secures Contract Extension for PSV Island Endeavour

Island Offshore Secures Contract Extension for PSV Island Endeavour

Island Offshore announced that Peterson SBS Den Helder BV has declared the first yearly option on the MV Island Endeavour.

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German Oldendorff Declares Option for Two More Bulkers from Samjin Weihai

German Oldendorff Declares Option for Two More Bulkers from Samjin Weihai

Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers has declared the options for further two 36,000 deadweight handysize bulkers from the Korean owned Samjin Weihai Shipyard in Shandong Province, China.

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Seatankers Takes Delivery of Second PSV of Ulstein Design

Seatankers Takes Delivery of Second PSV of Ulstein Design

Ship number two of totally twelve platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 design, ‘Sea Flyer’, was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, to Seatankers Group on 14 May 2013.

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