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Top Admiral Says Royal Canadian Navy Is In Trouble

By David Ljunggren (Reuters) Canada’s understaffed and resource-stretched navy is in “a critical state” and might not be able to carry out

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Navy

India’s Naval Ambitions: 160 Warships And Second Carrier By 2030

By Sudhi Ranjan Sen (Bloomberg) India is set to add another aircraft carrier to its fleet worth almost 400 billion rupees ($4.8 billion) as it seeks to

9 hours ago
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Energy

Delfin Signs 15-year LNG Supply Agreement With Gunvor

Nov 27 (Reuters) – Delfin Midstream Inc said on Monday it had entered into a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with global

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Shipping

Fleet-Heavy Ocean Carriers Also Stuck With too Many Containers

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar)- Not only do ocean carriers have too many ships, they also have too many containers to fill vessels that are being deployed. In

12 hours ago
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Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of Icon of the Seas, the World’s Largest Cruise Ship
Cruise Ships

Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of Icon of the Seas, the World’s Largest Cruise Ship

Royal Caribbean International has taken delivery of the world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, from Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland.

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Accidents

US Coast Guard Issues Safety Alert for Wood Pellet Fires

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a safety alert to mariners, warning them about the dangers associated with fires caused by wood pellets. This alert comes after

16 hours ago
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Shipping

US Warns of Evolving Threats to Shipping Through Red Sea

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — A spate of attacks on merchant shipping near Yemen and Somalia, likely triggered by the war in Gaza, have prompted the US

16 hours ago
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Monday, November 27, 2023
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Defense

ZIM Re-Routes Ships to Avoid Yemeni Coast

Israeli shipping line ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) says it will re-route vessels to avoid the Arabian and Red Seas amid threats to

November 27, 2023
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Aerial view of tanker ship at sea
Shipping

Greek Shipowners Avoiding Russian Oil

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Oil tanker owners in Greece, the world’s most powerful shipowning nation, scaled back how much Russian crude they’re

November 27, 2023
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FILE PHOTO: A visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio investigates a suspected pirate skiff in the Gulf of Aden, July 22, 2011. U.S. Navy photo
Shipping

Somali Pirates Likely Behind Tanker Attack in Gulf of Aden

WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) – An attempted hijacking of a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday appears to have been carried out by armed

November 27, 2023
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Monday, November 27, 2023
Offshore converter platform. Photo courtesy MEYER WERFT
Cruise Ships

Meyer Werft Enters Offshore Converter Platform Market

German cruise ship-builder MEYER WERFT has announced it entry into the offshore converter platform market with a collaboration with Dragados Offshore. The

November 27, 2023
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A view shows a damaged building on a beach affected by a powerful storm in Yevpatoriya, Crimea, November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak
Shipping

Black Sea Storm Halts Oil and Grain Ports in Russia, Ukraine

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — A Black Sea storm halted loadings of crude and grains from key ports in Russia and Ukraine and left more than a million

November 27, 2023
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An aerial view of a Swire Project ship carrying wind turbine blades
Shipping

Swire Projects Launches Transpacific Project Cargo Service

Swire Projects, the projects and heavy lift shipping arm of Swire Shipping, has officially launched a dedicated semi liner service connecting East Asia with

November 27, 2023
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Shipping

Baltic Dry Index Scales 1 1/2-Year Peak

Nov 27 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index rose on Monday for the third consecutive session to its highest level in

November 27, 2023
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The ONE Integrity with 21,954 TEUs loaded in the Port of Singapore. Photo courtesy ONE
Shipping

ONE Sets New Cargo Record

Shipping line Ocean Network Express is claiming a new world record with the loading of 21,954 twenty-foot equivalent (TEUs) containers on board a single ship.

November 27, 2023
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Monday, November 27, 2023
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Shipping

Panama Canal Adds Extra Slots to Highest Bidders

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The Panama Canal Authority said it will add extra slots allowing ships to pay big premiums to transit the waterway, which

November 27, 2023
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The USS Mason pictured in the Gulf of Aden with the Japanese Navy Fubuki-class destroyer Akebono, November 25, 2023. Japanese Navy Photo
Defense

U.S. Navy Destroyer, Tanker Targeted by Ballistic Missiles off Yemeni Coast

The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that two ballistic missiles were launched towards the USS Mason and a commercial tanker from Yemen early Monday

November 27, 2023
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Lessons Not Learned: The Maritime Industry’s Ongoing Failure to Put Safety First
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Lessons Not Learned: The Maritime Industry’s Ongoing Failure to Put Safety First

Across centuries, despite massive advancements in technology, weather forecasting, and safety regulations, maritime disasters continue to injure crews, claim

November 27, 2023
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Sunday, November 26, 2023
Cargo ship sinks off the island of Lesbos. REUTERS/Elias Marcou
Incidents

Cargo Ship Sinks Off Greek Island: 1 Dead, 12 Missing

ATHENS, Nov 26 (Reuters) – One person has died and 12 people were missing on Sunday after a cargo ship carrying salt with 14 crew on board sank

November 26, 2023
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Chemical tanker, Oil tanker. Photo: By Matej Kastelic / Shutterstock
Navy

UPDATE: Tanker In Middle East Safe From Attackers After US Navy Responds

By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Aziz El Yaakoubi WASHINGTON/RIYADH, Nov 26 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy warship responded to a distress

November 26, 2023
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