With the Costa Concordia disaster headlining global news the questions most asked by mariners is: How will that disaster change the cruise ship industry? For insight into this question we [...]
Chevron Nigeria reports they have suspended their search for the 2 missing rig workers from the jack up rig that blew out and caught fire on 16 January. It has [...]
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Photo: Liao Shu-ling, Taipei Times SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–The freight market for vessels carrying clean petroleum products may weaken in the coming days, reversing gains since mid-July, as Taiwan’s Formosa [...]
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Image by Kjetil Alsvik –Average production of 60,000 barrels equivalent a day to be lost as result of shutdown –Accident to be investigated by Norwegian authorities, BP –Any possible connection with [...]
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