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Konecranes Won Repeat RTG Order from Port HoustonDuring the second quarter 2017, Konecranes received an order for 9 RTGs from Port Houston, Texas, USA. This is a repeat order, the first Konecranes RTGs to Port Houston were delivered in 2003. The nine cranes will be delivered to Port Houston Bayport Container Terminal in early fall 2018.
Samsung Heavy Back in Black in Q2Cost reductions paved the way for South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to swung to the black in the second quarter of 2017, though sales income decreased in the period reported Yonhap. SHI reported that it has turned to black in Q2 with…
Indian Ports Buoy by Healthy Growth in CargoIndian port sector players will continue to experience healthy growth in cargo in the near term, PTI reported quoting rating agency Icra. Traction in Inland Waterway projects will open up several business opportunities for the port sector players.
d'Amico Tankers Updates Ship Sales and PurchasesIn January 2017, d’Amico Tankers sold MT High Endurance and MT High Endeavour, two 46,992 dwt medium-range product tanker vessels, built in 2004 by STX, South Korea, to Sea World Tankers a client of Sea World Management SAM, for a consideration of US$ 13.5 million each.
Capital Product Partners Sings Pact for $460 Mln RefinancingCapital Product Partners entered into a firm offer letter for a senior secured term loan facility of up to $460.0 million with HSH Nordbank AG and ING Bank as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners and BNP Paribas and National Bank of Greece S.A. as arrangers.
US Navy to Commission Rafael Peralta TodayThe US Navy will commission its newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony Saturday, July 29, at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. The future USS Rafael Peralta honors Marine Corps Sgt.
APM Terminals Tangier Celebrates 10 years in MoroccoAPM Terminals Tangier welcomed the Munich Maersk, one of the world’s largest container vessels, as it made its maiden call to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the largest and most modern terminal facility in North Africa. APM Terminals Tangier…
Mozambique Gets Fresh Training on Port SecurityA five-day workshop on maritime security and The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code concluded today in Maputo, Mozambique (24 -28 July). The course provided port facility security officers with the necessary knowledge…
GPLink, Wheelhouse Partner on Maintenance & Trackinggplink has announced a partnership with Wheelhouse Technologies, creating a comprehensive perspective on vessel upkeep through seamless integration to the Wheelhouse marine maintenance system. Pleasure craft, commercial vessel, and fleet owners…
Iridium Announces Third Iridium NEXT Launch DateIridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has announced that the upcoming Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted for September 30, 2017 at 6:30 a.m. PDT. This launch will deliver another 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to orbit on SpaceX’s Falcon…
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Spokesman: Palestinian leader in hospital for routine testsRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman said Saturday the 82-year-old leader has been hospitalized for a routine checkup and will be discharged in a matter of hours....
North Korean ICBM launches dim South's hopes for talksSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's rapidly accelerating nuclear weapons program is beginning to pose a grave challenge for liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-in, whose dovish proposals for engagement have been met by silence and two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in less than a month....
North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts 'entire' US in rangePYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons....
Iran says US Navy fires warning shots near its vesselsTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fired a warning shot in an "unprofessional" confrontation with Iranian vessels, the official IRNA news agency reported....
The Latest: Seoul, Washington to talk over missile limitsPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- The Latest on North Korea's launch of its second intercontinental ballistic missile (all times local):...
Pakistan ruling party meets to consider PM successorISLAMABAD (AP) -- The ruling party of deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will choose his successor Saturday, a day after Pakistan's Supreme Court removed the premier from office after finding that he and his family concealed their assets, officials said....
A look at who might be Pakistan's next prime ministerISLAMABAD (AP) -- With Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif disqualified by the country's top court and out of his job, questions are swirling over who will succeed him as head of government....
Troops deploy in Rio de Janeiro amid increasing violenceRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Thousands of soldiers began patrolling Rio de Janeiro on Friday amid a spike in violence in Brazil's second-largest city....
Alleged Russian hacker's arrest caps long cybercrime careerMOSCOW (AP) -- From the early days of online stock scams to the increasingly sophisticated world of botnets, pseudonymous hacker Peter Severa spent nearly two decades at the forefront of Russian cybercrime....
Sessions and Trump talk need to fight transnational gangSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions is eager to use his aggressive work against the MS-13 street gang to help mend his tattered relationship with President Donald Trump. "I hope so," he said Friday, trying to turn the corner from a week of sour performance reviews from his boss....
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Tesla delivers first lower-cost Model 3 carsFREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- Tesla Inc. has finally made its long-promised affordable electric car. But it could take years to get it to all the people who want to buy it....
Higher prices, fewer options lurk after health bill collapseThe health care law of the land has survived for now, but it needs help - and it needs it soon....
Only a cat seems to have more lives than 'Obamacare'WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's surprise vote was only the latest narrow escape for "Obamacare," the social program with nine lives that has survived dozens of congressional attempts to kill it, and two Supreme Court challenges....
Ohio Star Fair reopening kiddie, other "low-impact" ridesCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Rides at the Ohio State Fair's Kiddieland and some elsewhere in the amusement park reopened Friday with the OK of inspectors two days after the governor shut them all down following a thrill ride malfunction that killed a teen who had recently enlisted in the Marines....
Judge allows Chicago-area sweetened beverage tax to beginCHICAGO (AP) -- A lawsuit challenging a penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages sold in the Chicago area was dismissed Friday by a judge who also dissolved a temporary restraining order that had stopped it from being implemented....
APNewsBreak: Yellowstone park cracks down on sex harassmentBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- As many as 10 workers in Yellowstone National Park's maintenance division will be disciplined after an investigation found female employees were subjected to sexual harassment and other problems....
APNewsBreak: Honolulu high-rise had outdated fire alarmsHONOLULU (AP) -- A Honolulu apartment high-rise where a blaze recently killed three people failed to update its fire alarms to meet safety standards despite an engineering firm recommending the changes after another fire four years ago, city records show....
Union: 4th incident in 3 months at El Dorado, Kansas prisonEL DORADO, Kan. (AP) -- There has been another inmate disturbance at a troubled Kansas prison, a senior union official said, in at least the fourth incident at the facility over the last three months....
APNewsBreak: Couple was celebrating anniversary on cruiseANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A Utah couple was celebrating their wedding anniversary aboard an Alaska cruise when the husband was found covered in blood next to his wife's lifeless body, a frenzy of violence that a neighbor called completely out of character....
19 attorneys general seek military transgender protectionsHONOLULU (AP) -- The top legal officers in 18 states and the District of Columbia have asked Congress to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination against transgender service members....
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