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January 25, 2015

VIDEO: Fincantieri Starts Building Seven Seas Explorer
	Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has laid keel for the Seven Seas Explorer, the first super luxury cruise ship that the company is building for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, brand of the Prestige Cruise Holdings group.…Read more

Four South Korean Yard Workers Crushed to Death
	Four workers of Geochung Shipbuilding’s Busan-based yard have been crushed to death earlier today by a falling structure at the shipyard, South Ko…Read more

Cargo Ships Collide off Latvia
	The Danish-flagged tanker Maersk Etienne and Panama-registered dry bulk carrier Coral Opal collided in Irbe Strait off Latvia, January 18, while performing what the Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Ri…Read more

LPG Carrier Collides with Ferry in Sunda Strait
	Indonesian-flagged liquefied gas carrier Gas Melawi collided with ferry Menggala in Sunda Strait, Indonesia on Sunday, January 18th, local media report.…Read more

VIDEO: Hoegh Osaka Towed to Southampton
	Grounded car carrier Hoegh Osaka, loaded with millions of dollars worth of cars, has been towed to the Port of Southampton after being stranded for 19 days in the Solent.…Read more

World Maritime News Staff