Container Shipping in the Arctic: Why (Not) Now?

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Container shipping in the Arctic: the pros and cons.

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USCG Approvals Trigger New Orders of BWT Systems

After gaining approvals from the US Coast Guard (USCG) for their ballast water treatment (BWT) systems, two ...

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Update: Alliance St. Louis Heads to Port Arthur

The vehicle carrier Alliance St. Louis, which suffered an engine room fire some 150 miles south of Southwest Pass, ...

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Fire Erupts Onboard Car Carrier in the Gulf of Mexico

A fire broke out onboard a vehicle carrier Alliance St. Louis around 150 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, ...

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Traffic Resumes at US Port of Virginia

Following the passage of Winter Storm Helena, the US Coast Guard (USCG), Captain of the Port (COTP), has fully ...

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Update: Vessel Traffic Resumes in Los Angeles Harbor

The Port of Los Angeles is now open to all vessel traffic as the US Coast Guard (USCG) ended the search for a ...

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Vessel Traffic Halted in Los Angeles Harbor

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has closed the entrance to Los Angeles Harbor to all vessel traffic as it is ...

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USCG Searching for Royal Caribbean's Cruise Ship Passenger

The US authorities are searching for a person that went overboard from the Independence of the Seas cruise ship in ...

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Ocean Hope Engineers Get Prison for Pollution Crimes

Two Philippine engineers were sentenced to serve jail time for obstructing a US Coast Guard inspection in July 2015 ...

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USCG: Bulker Refloated in Beaufort Inlet

The 2014-built cargo ship Pola Palekh has been refloated after it ran aground in Beaufort Inlet Channel, North ...

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US Fishing Company Convicted of Dumping Oil

US-based tuna fishing company Pacific Breeze Fisheries LLC has been convicted and sentenced for discharging oil ...

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BBC Colorado Loses Power off Alaska

The 12,742 dwt general cargo vessel BBC Colorado experienced severe engine issues in the Gulf of Alaska on October ...

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Tanker Pierces Bow after Hitting Sailboats off Maine

Panama-flagged tanker Chem Venus allided with three moored sailboats on June 29 at the mouth of the Piscataqua ...

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Roger Blough Heads to Sturgeon Bay for Repairs

Roger Blough, the bulk carrier that ran aground on May 27 in Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior, received a permission ...

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USCG Wraps Up Lightering Ops on Roger Blough

Lightering operations on Roger Blough, a bulk carrier that ran aground on May 27 on Gros Cap Reef in Whitefish Bay ...

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El Faro’s Captain Relied on BonVoyage Forecasts

In the latest testimonies of the second round of El Faro hearings the US Coast Guard’s Marine Board of ...

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El Faro’s Captain Planned to Avoid Storm, Hearings Reveal

The U.S. Coast Guard continued the investigation into last year’s sinking of the United States-flagged cargo ...

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Debris Found in Search Area for El Faro

The United States Coast Guard said on Sunday that various objects have been located in the vicinity of the El Faro ...

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US Coast Guard Seizes 8 Tons of Cocaine off Mexico

The U.S. Coast Guard seized a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel carrying more than 16,000 pounds of cocaine in ...

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VIDEO: Four Barges Collide in Texas

On Monday, July 20th, two eastbound Kirby Inland Marine barges and two westbound Enterprise Marine Services barges ...

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Charter Vessel Runs Aground off Massachusetts

A charter vessel carrying 106 passengers and 7 crew members ran aground near Woods Hole, Massachusetts, on Tuesday ...

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USCG Ups Security against Ships Calling at Gambian Ports

USCG Raises Security Measures against Ships Calling at Gambian Ports

The US Coast Guard is, as of July 6, imposing a set of conditions of entry on vessels arriving from the Gambia, as ...

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