The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has expressed concern over an incident where a Singapore-flagged tanker was fired at by a number of Iranian vessels. On 14 May, oil products tanker ...
Alpine Eternity incident raises concern
Singapore Wants Investigation into Shooting Incident
By MarEx 2015-05-18 00:00:06 The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on Monday that it has requested the Iranian maritime authorities to investigate an incident last week when ...
Nanjing Tanker’s receiver aims to raise $7.1m
Nanjing Tanker's receiver plans to raise at least CNY44.2 million (USD7.1 million) by disposal of the remaining 19.2 million shares in the company. The shares held by the receiver will be auctioned at ...
Japan escorts 15 merchant ships off Somalia in April
Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) vessels escorted 15 commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia in April to protect them from pirate attacks, the Japanese transport ministry said on 15 May. Of ...
Coal Seam Gas Outperforming Offshore LNG
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-17 19:38:31 The world’s first coal seam gas LNG train saw its first cargo delivered in January 2015. Over the next three years, the start-up of this first train from ...
Turtle Gets 3D Printed Jaw Reconstruction
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-17 17:14:31 A loggerhead turtle has been given a 3D-printed prosthetic jaw after it was struck by a propeller in Turkey. Loggerheads are endangered, and the accident ...
Russia Wants $1 Billion for Failed Mistral Deal
By Reuters 2015-05-17 16:51:29 Russia wants 1.163 billion euros ($1.32 billion) from France in compensation for cancelling a contract to deliver two Mistral helicopter carriers, a Russian source ...
Iranian Ship Carrying Aid, Activists to Yemen
By Reuters 2015-05-17 16:43:31 An Iranian cargo ship carrying aid and activists crossed into the Gulf of Aden on Sunday and will reach Yemen's Hodaida port on May 21, Iranian media reported, in a ...
US downplays Middle East shipping threat
Reports of a third incident within a month involving Iran and a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz does not yet constitute a "major threat" to commercial shipping, according to a US ...
Remembering U.S. Armed Forces Day
By MarEx 2015-05-16 20:20:05 U.S. President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in ...
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