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Iran to Construct Oil Refineries in Indonesia

On April 15, 2014 By Rob Almeida
Hassan Khosrojerdi, The head of Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters Union unveiled on Sunday Iran’s intentions to construct six oil refineries in Indonesia. The refineries include a heavy oil [...]
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Fafnir Offshore Orders Hybrid Battery-Powered Arctic PSV

On April 15, 2014 By Rob Almeida
Havyard, the Norwegian ship technology company, signed a contract today to build a hybrid battery powered platform supply vessel (PSV) for the privately-owned Icelandic oil services company, Fafnir Offshore. This [...]
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Cargo Ship Burns Off Togo

On April 15, 2014 By Rob Almeida
The 1992-built ConRo vessel M/V Repubblica di Roma, owned by the Grimaldi Group caught fire last week and its current status is unknown this morning. These  images were sent to [...]
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Record Iron-Ore Production from Rio Tinto’s Australian Mines

On April 14, 2014 By Bloomberg
April 15 (Bloomberg) — Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-largest mining company, said first-quarter iron-ore production rose to a record after expanding mines in Australia. Output rose 8 percent to [...]
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gCaptain Radio Episode 40: Wind Powered Ships, How green will the Industry get?

On April 14, 2014 By Mike McDonald
This week marks the 40th episode of gCaptain Radio sponsored by Six Maritime. gCaptain Radio is a weekly talk show discussion with gCaptain founder John Konrad and radio host Jeff Eckles. gCaptain Radio is recorded each [...]
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Sailboat Does Spectacular Downwind Faceplant in Big Breeze

On April 14, 2014 By Rob Almeida
Sailing downwind in big breeze is probably one of the most fun things you can do in sailing, especially on a boat capable of planing. Doing so however, you risk [...]
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RNLI Crews Battle 10-Meter Seas to Reach Disabled Cargo Ship

On April 14, 2014 By Rob Almeida
Rescuers from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) spent many hours this past weekend battling through big seas to reach and support the disabled 88-meter cargo ship, Wilson Gdynia.   [...]
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Powerful Tug Drags Giant Cylinder for 11,500 Miles

On April 14, 2014 By Rob Almeida
After an 11,500 nautical mile tow from Singapore to Curaçao, via the Cape of Good Hope, the Fairmount Sherpa’s job is done. This 75-meter, 16,320 BHP ocean-going tug hauled Seadrill’s newly [...]
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Costa Concordia Captain Tries To Blame Wreck On Electrical Blackout

On April 14, 2014 By Reuters
ROME, April 14 (Reuters) – The captain of the Costa Concordia tried to persuade the crisis coordinator of the cruise line to pretend an electrical blackout had caused the shipwreck, [...]
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Metal-Hungry China Buys Peruvian Copper Mine For $6 Billion

On April 14, 2014 By Reuters
By Karen Rebelo and Silvia Antonioli April 14 (Reuters) – A Chinese consortium bought the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru from Glencore Xstrata for $6 billion, the high end [...]
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Total Makes $16 Billion Investment Decision Offshore Angola

On April 14, 2014 By Rob Almeida
Total and its joint venture partners have made the $16 billion final investment decision today to develop the ultra-deepwater Kaombo project offshore Angola. With a production capacity of 230,000 barrels [...]
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More Jack-Ups for Drydocks World

On April 14, 2014 By Rob Almeida
Drydocks World received a newbuild order from Malta Oil & Gas today for a pair of Gusto MSC CJ54-X135-A jack-up drilling rigs. These rigs are rated to work in water depths [...]
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