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Floods Close Mississippi River Locks, Halt Barge Shipments

Heavy spring rains across the U.S. Midwest swelled the Mississippi River above flood stage at some locations and forced the closure of three river locks on the major shipping waterway, the U.S. Army...

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Oil Executives Tune Out the Call of the Wild Arctic

* Failures, grounded Shell drillship reducing interest * More conventional resources rapidly becoming available * Shale oil becomes more competitive (Reuters) - The high Arctic, once the irres...

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Bollinger Receives the Shipyard Council of America "Award for Excellence in Safety"

Lockport, La. . . . Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. was awarded the 2012 "Award for Excellence in Safety" by the Shipbuilders Council of America for the eighth consecutive year. On April 11, 2013, The S...

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VIKING Spotlights In-Demand Products and New Servicing Efficiencies at Nor-Shipping 2013

Having revolutionized the safety equipment servicing world with far-reaching, customizable agreements that have reduced unpredictable, fluctuating costs, VIKING is now focusing its attention on furt...

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Governments Confront Rising Threat to Ships from Signal Jamming

Photo: Artist's conception of GPS Block II-F satellite in Earth orbit. * Global Positioning System (GPS) vulnerable to signal loss * South Korea says faced GPS jamming attacks from North Korea...

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Seakeeper Sets Standard for Stabilizing Naval Vessels

Crews aboard naval vessels benefit from having a stable operating platform to help carry out their specialized missions with optimal safety and efficiency. An increasing number of US Navy craft now...

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Hurricanes That Form Early In Gulf Can Be Deadly, Says Texas A&M-Galveston Prof

Hurricanes that form in the Gulf of Mexico tend to catch gulf residents off guard – often forming in the month of June –  and can develop into surprisingly strong storms, says a Texas A&M University...

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Money from China? Then "Made in China", Shipowners Told

Chinese banks have sharply increased loans to global shipowners as European lenders retreat from the market but some are driving a hard bargain: the finance often comes with the condition that vesse...

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Konecranes Delivers Two Ship-to-Shore Cranes to Mozambique

At the beginning of February 2013, two Konecranes ship-to-shore (STS) cranes ordered by Cornelder de Moçambique (CdM) were loaded onto ships, fully-erected, and departed the manufacturing site. Kone...

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Guest Editorial: Are Antifoulants Effective?

By Mike Garside Fuel costs are an ever-increasing problem. Pressure to reduce costs has brought us not only slow-steaming but now ultra-slow-steaming – all in an attempt to reduce voyage costs. ...