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Posted on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 4:48 am:

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71.1m HAIDA G, originally HAIDA, was built at Krupp Germania Werft in Kiel in 1929 for millionaire yeast producer Max C. Fleischmann (1877-1952) following plans drafted by the New York naval architects Cox and Stevens and today, 80 years after her launch, she still graces the ocean with her unique style following an impeccable restoration.

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Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 4:07 am:

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A new company, SeaDebt Management, has been established in London to provide debt collection services on a global basis. Backed by a group of City investors, SeaDebt is managed by a team of specialists under the direction of Paul Johnston, who was formerly with the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC).

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Posted on Friday, November 6, 2009 - 6:21 am:

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Loss-making shipping line Zim will receive a multimillion dollar cash injection, following approval of the rescue plan by its parent company’s shareholders.

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Posted on Friday, November 6, 2009 - 5:25 pm:

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Planned lay-up of 17 ships refers to vessels not currently deployed Evergreen Line said Thursday it is scaling down its operating fleet and rationalizing its services in an effort to cope with market conditions.

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Posted on Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 6:44 am:

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To serve the insatiable Middle East appetite for more chicken, German container carrier Hamburg Sud has launched a new Middle East to Brazil service that will cut down transit times and offer a much wider range of options for Middle East importers and exporters than currently exists.

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Posted on Monday, November 9, 2009 - 3:49 pm:

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Greenland Self-Rule administration and the Danish government has agreed to produce better navigational maps, responding to the need for improved safety for the increased number of ships sailing Greenland's waters.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 5:31 am:

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After last week’s increase of 9.4%, yesterday the Baltic Dry Index entered its seventh straight week of rise in dry bulk rates, with the index rising by 87 points at 3,480. Capesizes were once again the main driver with an increase of the BCI by 181 points at 5,764.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 6:19 am:

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KURE BEACH, N.C. – North Carolina officials say they have identified a Civil War shipwreck that burned at sea more than 145 years ago.

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Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 1:52 am:

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Shetland has secured £25,000 towards promoting the Tall Ships event in the islands in 2011.

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Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 2:26 am:

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The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) will examine the importance of the waterway to the entire southeastern U.S. at its annual meeting November 19 - 20 in Savannah, GA. The meeting, at the Hyatt Regency hotel, will also celebrate the association's 10 years of advocacy for this historic and critical transportation artery.

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Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 1:30 am:

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Another spectacular week is ending today for the dry bulk market, with rates for bulk carriers, ships which carry commodities like iron ore and coal, rallying on a daily basis. This will be the seventh rising week in a row for the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), which yesterday closed at 3,954 points, up by 206 or more than 5%.

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Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 1:53 am:

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Kuala Lumpur: Hundreds of ships mysteriously left idle off the Malaysian coast during the economic downturn are posing environmental and safety hazards, port authorities and fishermen say.

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Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:29 am:

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin a 12-month contract to continue development of a next-generation Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) technology that detects vessel deviations from normal at sea and near ports.

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Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 4:29 am:

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E.R. Capital Holding Gmbh & Cie KG, the largest operator of German closed-end shipping funds, said plunging freight rates and industry losses will likely cause a second straight sector-wide drop in investments next year.

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Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 5:34 am:

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August 1939 saw a young, newly married couple, Tom & Angela Rolt, leave Banbury to cruise the inland waterways with their narrowboat “Cressy”. Tom’s book “Narrowboat”, chronicles their experiences and its publication in 1945 received so much popular acclaim that it led to the formation of The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) in 1946.

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Posted on Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 6:23 am:

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SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean cargo ship entered South Korean waters Saturday — a sign that trade has been unaffected by a recent deadly naval clash off their western coasts, an official said.

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Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 4:30 am:

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U.S. Shipping Corp, formerly known as U.S. Shipping Partners L.P., announced it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection pursuant to the Third Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on October 1, 2009.

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Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 3:08 pm:

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The UK’s union for maritime professionals, Nautilus International, has welcomed the decision by the British Home Office last week to remove ship and hovercraft officers from the ‘shortage occupation’ list. The decision will mean stricter controls over the use of foreign seafarers in UK waters and, according to the Union, help safeguard employment for British seafarers at a time of redundancies and restructuring.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 3:43 am:

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It could take five years to clear the fleet of idled containership capacity, according to a report Monday from maritime news service Alphaliner. The report said increased scrapping, delayed vessel deliveries and increased slow-steaming in the coming months will likely minimize the growth of the idle fleet to below projections Alphaliner made earlier in the year.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 5:27 am:

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Talisker, the famous single malt whisky distilled on the Isle of Skye today announces its sponsorship of an epic sailing adventure which will be the first to recreate the exact journey of Captain William Bligh's epic 4,000-mile open boat ‘Mutiny on the Bounty ’voyage.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 5:41 pm:

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In what evolves into the best type of “sweetener” for owners of dry bulk vessels as one of the toughest years for the industry nears its end, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), which tracks rates to ship dry commodities climbed yesterday to its all-year highs.

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Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 6:09 am:

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The banks appear to be facing a similar crunch among their shipping clients as they do their clients with sub prime mortgages. That is to say loans taken out in the boom markets of 2005-2007 have resulted in plummeting ship values, burdensome debt and disappearing equity.

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Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 6:10 am:

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The 26th Assembly of the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) will meet in London at the IMO Headquarters from 23 November to 4 December 2009. All 169 Member States and three Associate Members are entitled to attend the Assembly, which is IMO ’s governing body.

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Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 6:09 am:

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The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which hit a fresh 2009 high this week, should no longer be seen as an accurate gauge of the world economy, but rather a measure of reviving Chinese industrial activity. With about 90 percent of the world's traded goods by volume transported by sea, a resurgence in seaborne freight movement would be a major sign of a world economic recovery.

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Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 6:03 am:

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“Fatigue is a global problem which requires international solutions”, said the UK Shipping Minister Paul Clark at a recent seminar on the subject. It might seem a simple matter, to arrange the manning of ships and hours of work in such a way that excessive hours are not worked and the health of people are not prejudiced.

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Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 4:24 pm:

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Pharoah the cat has survived the 3, 000-mile voyage from Port Said in Egypt to the British port of Felixstowe after it was found crammed in a container on board the MV Maersk Batam.

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