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National Geographic Cruise Ship Gets a Lift Home

The 100-passenger expedition cruise ship National Geographic Orion is getting a ride aboard a heavy-lift ship from Tierra del Fuego to Europe, where she will be repaired.  The Orion suffered engine...

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Water Taxi Hits Dredger on Waddenzee

On Monday morning, the Dutch water taxi Vigilant collided with the dredger Nova Venture on the sheltered waters of the Waddenzee. The taxi had 11 passengers aboard, all employees of the Klein Vaarwate...

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Putting Bluefin Tuna Back on the Menu - by Farming Them

[By Nancy Bazilchuk and Anne Sliper Midling] Oshima Experiment Station, Japan — Professor Tokihiko Okada dug his shovel into a bucket of dead mackerel and heaved the fish into a 30-metre net pen su...

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South Korean Court to Liquidate Hanjin Shipping

The South Korean court in charge of Hanjin Shipping's receivership said Thursday that it plans to declare the carrier bankrupt, paving the way for its liquidation. There will be a two-week review peri...

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The Many Rescues of the Coast Guard Cutter Argo

[By William H. Thiesen, Ph.D.] When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, motor vessel Sightseer XII, a New York tour boat, came to the rescue. The vessel helped ferry t...

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Pentagon Denies Bombardment of al Qaeda Positions

On Thursday, the Pentagon denied allegations that U.S. Navy warships have recently bombarded al Qaeda positions in Yemen. An unnamed Yemeni official told Reuters that "ships fired several missiles tow...

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Esso Reports Oily Sheen at Australian Offshore Platform

On Thursday, Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) said that oil firm Esso had notified it of an oily sheen next to the West Tuna platform, 25...

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India Halves its LNG Import Duties

Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley announced Wednesday that the nation would be halving its import tax for LNG to 2.5 percent in order to promote a "gas-based economy." The move will reduce impor...

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The Surrealism of Russia's New Arctic Pipelines

On January 18, Russia’s state owned gas company, Gazprom, opened a new pipeline stretching from the frozen Bovanenkovskoye gas field of the Yamal Peninsula in Russian Arctic to Ukhta, a city in the co...

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HMS Prince of Wales Gets an Unusual Mascot

Brtain’s largest warship, the carrier HMS Prince of Wales, has a new and unusual mascot: Lightning the owl.  The tawny owl is making its home amid the clanking and clanging of workers toiling t...