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Readers’ Picks of the Week (Aug 31-Sept 5)

September 6, 2015

Readers’-Picks

Readers Pick of the Week

Meratus Line Vessel Sinks, Two Crew Missing

An Indonesian-flagged containership loaded with containers sank on Wednesday morning, September 2, in the Java Sea, while en route some 100 nautical miles northe… Read More

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MOL Testing New Windshield on Its Boxship

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has started demonstration tests of a new windshield for containerships, which has the potential to reduce wind… Read More

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Tanker and Bulk Carrier Collide off Bosphorus

A product tanker laden with fuel oil collided with a dry bulk carrier carrying wheat around 11:30 pm local time last night in the Black Sea, some eight nautical … Read More

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Eimskip Scraps Boxship Order in China

The Icelandic Steamship Company (Eimskip) has decided to cancel a container ship ordered at Chinese shipbuilder Rongsheng Shenfei…. Read More

Readers Pick of the Week

Drones Becoming Ever More Popular in Shipbuilding

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, as they are better known, are gaining in popularity in various industries, including shipbuilding…. Read More

World Maritime News Staff