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Mania for Huge Ice Breakers Continues in Russia
A Russian company Rosatomflot ordered the biggest ice breaker to be built until 2017. It will be an atomic ice breaker LK-60 of 173 meters in length and 34...
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Discrimination in the U.K. Caused Sailors’ Outrage
The United Kingdom’s Seamen and Transport Workers Union protested against discrimination of the Eastern sailors.
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Sailors’ Headache – Increasing Migration
Migration is increasing and now includes the whole crews of merchant ships. Migrants apply new tactics.
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Tallink Improves Passenger Transportation Records
The Estonian Company Tallink achieved all time record in passenger transportation in the month of June.
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Liepaja to Remove All the Traces Left by the Soviet Soldiers
Liepaja will clean its military channel from the oil products and heavy metals. The canal was left polluted when the Soviet army left Liepaja.
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Estonians Plan to Privatize the Port of Tallinn
Estonian government plans to partially privatize its Tallinn Port Company. Apart from Tallinn’s port, the company manages the ports of Muuga, Padilski...
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Peculiar Brokerage Operations in the Estonian Port
The Estonian port of Paldiski has become a place for peculiar oil operations between Venezuela and Ecuador.
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Joint Port of Klaipeda to Fight Latvians
Klaipeda port still maintains a possibility to handle more cargo than the Latvian port of Ventspils.
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Small Boats Are Not Welcomed at the Seashore of Curonian Spit
Picturesque costs of the Curonian Spit will continue to be closed for tourists.
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Why Save the Sea Treasures?
Lithuania has some distinctive treasures which are only seen by divers.
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Risk Zones Contain the World’s Largest Ports
According to cargo handling, these ports are the leaders in their regions and make the list of the world’s biggest ports.
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The Ships’ Age Sparked Disagreements in Russia
The Russian Sea Registry has decided to tighten the registry of old ships.
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Russia to Take Away the NATO Cargoes from the Baltic Countries
Russia started targeting the NATO cargoes going to Afghanistan through the Baltic ports.
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New Names for the Parts of the River Dane
Sooner or later, the embankments of the River Dane are to receive names. The names are proposed by various historians, sailors and other inhabitants of Klaipeda
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After the decade will start “Prestige” court
In 2002, by the Spanish coast ship “Prestige” was broken. 70 tons of oil was spilled. Klaipeda citizens know what a fuel oil tanker accident is, because a...
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World Ports Millionaires Are Concentrated in Asia
Publication “Dynamar” announced the world's leaders in container transportation. Most of the container is being shipped by Danish company “Maersk Line”.
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Finnish Heaven on the Estonian Ferries
Global economic crisis does not affect the tourist flow from Helsinki to Tallinn.
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Large cruise ships are unwanted in Venice
Venice residents protested against the Italian company MSC cruise ship “MSC Divina” appearance in this port. It was organized a special campaign called...
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Americans will search for terrorists even in containers
Because of the worry of terrorism the U.S. Congress promises to introduce 100 percent inspection of floating container in this country.
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For the ship builders start business dusk
German experts examined how to develop the shipbuilding business. The peak in shipbuilding, assessing tonnage, was 2011.