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Bloomberg blasts TBS

Popular podcast commentator cries foul over bulker owner’s choice of Chapter 11 venue due to Dublin domicile.
17:04 GMT, 08 Feb 2012

Business the Maersk way

Eighteen months off his centenary Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller speaks of the philosophy behind success as a shipowner and entrepreneur.

15:49 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Capesize armada fights fall in rates

Ofer and Angelicoussis head the list of owners standing firm and refusing to fix bulkers at basement levels.

10:56 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Chang leaving it all to charity

Five children out of pocket as philanthropic Evergreen billionaire says his cash will do good works after he's gone.

14:05 GMT, 07 Feb 2012
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McQuilling rides Brazilian wave

Diversified US brokerage taps Petrobras talent to lead latest Rio de Janeiro invasion.

15:52 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Cruiseship crewman jailed for supply

Royal Caribbean seafarer gets 14 years for intent to supply cocaine in Grand Cayman.

11:28 GMT, 01 Feb 2012
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Cosco arm sues arts & crafts retailer

Chinese shipping giant’s US container unit cries foul over unpaid box bills as craft king faces Texas showdown.

21:20 GMT, 01 Feb 2012
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What shipbroking is all about is revealed

Costa Concordia just a “rare anomaly,” law abiding miners, plotters brought to justice and long waits at the barbers.

12:49 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Lodestar losers pay the price of failure

Team behind attempt to take British Marine’s P&I business by stealth suffer another comprehensive defeat.

17:14 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Simon Morse storms travel arena

Griffin Global recruits Inchcape’s former CEO as it prepares to take a bigger bite out of seafarer service market.

19:30 GMT, 31 Jan 2012
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Bimco plans idling clause

Shipowners body looks into who should pay for marine growth caused by ships awaiting charterers’ orders.

03:35 GMT, 31 Jan 2012
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STX France confirms Hardelay exit

Laurent Castaing returns to French shipbuilder after eight-year hiatus as veteran official heads for the door.

17:22 GMT, 30 Jan 2012
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Navy SEALS spring pirate hostages

Seafarers on alert amid fears of retaliation as gun battle between Somali pirates and elite US military unit ends in bloodshed.

16:54 GMT, 25 Jan 2012
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Mohammad Souri quits helm of NITC

Iranian tanker chief retires after more than a quarter of a century building top VLCC owner.

10:01 GMT, 31 Jan 2012
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Horizon Lines admits record fiddling

US boxship owner to be fined $1m for falsifying oil book entries in the Hawaii trade.

10:44 GMT, 30 Jan 2012
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Lodestar plan not fantasy football

Plan to set up a new P&I scheme by ripping the heart out of British Marine based on unlawful deception.

16:32 GMT, 30 Jan 2012
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Recovering Andersen out until April

Executive board to run Danish group as Maersk chief continues to recuperate from heart surgery.

11:34 GMT, 30 Jan 2012
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Efploia fined over oil dumping

Greek operator guilty of pollution from bulker in Baltimore, while Danish owner must also pay $925,000.

10:34 GMT, 26 Jan 2012
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'Rocket ship’ slams Kentucky bridge

Foss Maritime and US Coast Guard call in T&T Bisso following Tennessee River wreck.

21:41 GMT, 27 Jan 2012

Experts enlighten next generation

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EU in new Polish shipyard probe

Competition authority accuses two buyers of Poland's Gydnia of receiving illegal state aid to complete their deals.

14:00 GMT, 26 Jan 2012
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Master charged over Aussie spill

Chief engineer of livestock ship GL Lan Xiu also faces criminal action over leak into Brisbane River.

10:56 GMT, 25 Jan 2012
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ClassNK closes on 200mgt

Japanese classification society approaching psychological barrier after adding another 23mgt in 2011.

05:24 GMT, 25 Jan 2012
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Crew! Get your free cash in Baltimore

The curious tale of how a whistleblowing seafarer turned one note into hundreds of thousands.

07:51 GMT, 27 Jan 2012
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Ferry crew charged with murder

Trial of captain and others set for February following sinking of Spice Islander that killed more than 200 people off Zanzibar.

07:19 GMT, 24 Jan 2012
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Stena ro-ro held in Sweden

Stena Feronia detained at Karlskrona after failing a safety inspection.

09:58 GMT, 25 Jan 2012
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Misfortune for China’s Great Luck

Huawei Shipping vessel detained for 14 days in Hong Kong with a big list of deficiencies.

07:35 GMT, 25 Jan 2012
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North opens office in Japan

North of England P&I Club looks set to boost Japanese business with new office set-up in Tokyo.

02:52 GMT, 25 Jan 2012
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Yard charged over worker's death

UK's Cammell Laird accused of health and safety breach after 62-year-old welder crushed by beam.

07:14 GMT, 25 Jan 2012
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US calls for whistleblower reward

Federal prosecutors ask judge to reward Efploia crewman who reported pollution from Greek bulker.

07:27 GMT, 25 Jan 2012
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End is near for Kalakala

Historic US art-deco ferry could be scrapped after developing list in storm at Tacoma.

09:27 GMT, 24 Jan 2012
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Westwind II crew still stuck

Eleven seafarers stranded on German cargoship under arrest after October grounding in UK.

14:55 GMT, 24 Jan 2012
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Norden ready to axe Danes

Shipowner replacing 24 junior and senior Danish tanker officers with Indians and Filipinos to save money.

15:30 GMT, 24 Jan 2012
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GTT wins UK appeal case

London judge upholds arbitration but finds evidence of fraud on part of French LNG carrier containment system designer.

14:08 GMT, 23 Jan 2012
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A message to an absent master

A bad week for the cruise shipping industry, a tanker king is upbeat on LNG while Nobu Su takes a different position.

12:35 GMT, 20 Jan 2012
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Brokers do battle for Baltic gong

Fight for the title of top BDI tipster is developing into a shoot-out between some of the best known broking houses.

10:54 GMT, 24 Jan 2012
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Containership fuel of the future?

Two shipbuilding giants reveal LNG-powered vessel designs on the same day.

16:26 GMT, 19 Jan 2012
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US fines Antillean Marine $1m

Florida owner guilty of pollution and false record-keeping after US Coast Guard spotted oil leaks last year.

07:59 GMT, 23 Jan 2012
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