By MarEx 2015-05-16 20:01:56 Hundreds of activists in kayaks and small boats fanned out on a Seattle bay on Saturday to protest plans by Royal Dutch Shell to resume oil exploration in the Arctic and ...
Seattle Flotilla Protests Shell’s Arctic Plans
U.S., China Clash over South China Sea
By Reuters 2015-05-16 04:38:36 The United States and China clashed over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Saturday, as China's foreign minister asserted its sovereignty to reclaim ...
Nigeria Wants to Compete with Philippines’ Seafarers
By MarEx 2015-05-16 02:17:04 The Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) will generate more than six billion dollars in revenue when functional, says Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi, spokesman from Nigeria’s ...
Great Barrier Reef Protection Extended
By MarEx 2015-05-16 00:50:37 Australia will more than double an area near the Great Barrier Reef subject to special curbs on shipping in a bid to protect the environmentally sensitive region, the ...
China, India Sign $22 Billion in Deals
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-16 00:36:41 China and India signed deals worth more than $22 billion in areas including renewable energy, ports, financing, marine science, mineral exploration and industrial ...
Cunard: The Man and His Company
By MarEx 2015-05-15 20:04:02 The oddest thing about the founding of Cunard in 1839 is that the company was ever formed by a man like Samuel Cunard at all. The gamble, the challenge, the uncertainty, ...
Dry Bulk Shipping Recovery Expected in 2017
By MarEx 2015-05-15 19:22:13 The dry bulk shipping market is not expected to return to profitability until 2017, despite a modest recovery in earnings anticipated over the next two years, according ...
Petrobras Bribes Estimated at $2.1 Billion
By Reuters 2015-05-15 18:46:19 Brazilian investigators believe 6.19 billion reais ($2.1 billion) in bribes were moved in the Petrobras corruption scheme, prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol said on ...
Air-Lubrication Ferry has Lithium Titanate Batteries
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-15 18:36:34 A team in the E.U. is building a zero emission air supported commuter ferry capable of a speed of 30 knots. The ferry will be powered by a lithium titanate ...
Australian Mariners Protest BP in Melbourne
By Kathryn Stone 2015-05-15 15:47:04 Maritime workers staged protests on Friday in front of BP’s Melbourne Headquarters following the company’s decision to lay off the crew of one of Australia’s last ...
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