Readers’ Picks of the Week (Aug 18 – 24, 2014)

August 24, 2014

Strike at Ningbo Port Turns Violent

A massive strike by as many as 10,000 truck drivers at Ningbo’s Beilun Container Port erupted into violence on August 20, as protestors clashed with riot police and smashed the windshields…Read more

Engine-Room Fire Disables Tanker, Kills One Crewman

U.S. Coast Guard air and cutter forces continue to assist the 22-person crew of a 485-foot, Tokyo Marine’s chemical tanker Pine Galaxy after a fire in the main engine-room disabled the vessel, leaving…Read more

Amadeo 1 Capsizes off Southern Chile

Ro-ro ferry Amadeo 1 ran aground in Kirke Canal, some 100 nautical miles north west of Punta Arenas, southern Chile, on Monday, Aug 18, after hitting a rock. The vessel suffered a breach …Read more

UPDATE: Sunken Cargo Was Bound for EnBW Baltic 2 Wind Farm

The offshore wind farm turbine parts that sank last Wednesday, together with the barge they were loaded on while under…Read more

Maersk, MSC to Start 2M Alliance in January

Maersk Line, part of Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, and Swiss firm Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) are planning to launch their new vessel sharing service as early as January 2015, with their
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