Thursday, April 21, 2011
Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update – Week of 14 April 2011
Piracy

Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update – Week of 14 April 2011

Maritime Crime and Piracy  Summary, week of 14 April 2011 (source: Office of Naval Intelligence) Details of pirate activity from the past week – April

April 21, 2011
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Blank Rome outlines Coast Guard Authorization Act
Defense

Blank Rome outlines Coast Guard Authorization Act

Signed into law by President Obama in 2010, the Coast Guard Authorization Act is the first major piece of maritime legislation enacted by Congress since

April 21, 2011
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Transocean Files Cross-Claims Against BP, Others Related To Gulf Spill
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Transocean Files Cross-Claims Against BP, Others Related To Gulf Spill

Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) said it filed cross-claims against BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) and other entities involved in last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill,

April 21, 2011
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IMO and Korea partner for greener shipping
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IMO and Korea partner for greener shipping

​IMO and the Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) Thursday signed a Co-operation Agreement at the Organization’s London Headquarters,

April 21, 2011
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BP Files Suit Against Halliburton
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BP Files Suit Against Halliburton

BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) said it had filed a lawsuit against Halliburton Co. (HAL), claiming its “misconduct” contributed to last year’s Deepwater

April 21, 2011
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Bulk Carrier Hijacked in Indian Ocean, Containership Missing
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Bulk Carrier Hijacked in Indian Ocean, Containership Missing

MV ROSALIA D’AMATO (Source: Robert Smera/PBase) The European Union Naval Force Somalia, or EU NAVFOR, has reported that the bulk carrier M/V Rosalia

April 21, 2011
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Lloyd’s List – TWIC ‘US security rule is a curse on seafarers’
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Lloyd’s List – TWIC ‘US security rule is a curse on seafarers’

I am certain that there are no shortage of TWIC card ‘victims’ out there. Back in February, I posted a commentary by Dr. John A.C. Cartner

April 21, 2011
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
BP Sues Transocean For $40 Billion On Anniversary Of DWH Incident
Offshore

BP Sues Transocean For $40 Billion On Anniversary Of DWH Incident

On the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) explosion, BP PLC (BP, BP.LN), the owner of the blown well, filed suit against two of its contractors,

April 20, 2011
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President Obama issues statement on anniversary of DWH tragedy
News

President Obama issues statement on anniversary of DWH tragedy

The following is a statement byPresident Obama posted to WhiteHouse.gov with regards to the one year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: One

April 20, 2011
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BP Video – A Year Of Change
Blog

BP Video – A Year Of Change

The above video was produced solely by BP and was sent to us by a Transcoean OIM contracted to the company. This video comes along with a public memo

April 20, 2011
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Bob Dudley Op-Ed: 1 Year After Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Multimedia

Bob Dudley Op-Ed: 1 Year After Deepwater Horizon Disaster

By Bob Dudley, Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c. A year ago [Wednesday, April 20], the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 men and causing the

April 20, 2011
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Amver enrolled containership rescues 27 fisherman near Guam
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Amver enrolled containership rescues 27 fisherman near Guam

A Panamanian flagged containership enrolled in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System, or AMVER, successfully rescued 27

April 20, 2011
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remember-deepwater-horizon-1
Blog

Moment Of Silence In Memory Of The Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater Horizon Memorial Image By Nate Roche Please join gCaptain and rigs worldwide at 9:45 tonight for a moment of silence in memory of the Deepwater

April 20, 2011
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
SEAFOX 5 offshore wind turbine installation vessel lands first job
Engineering News

SEAFOX 5 offshore wind turbine installation vessel lands first job

Keppel FELS has announced Tuesday that its new multi-purpose self-elevating platform (MPSEP), SEAFOX 5, has secured its first job in offshore wind market in a

April 19, 2011
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Hyundai Heavy clinches drillship and containership orders
Engineering News

Hyundai Heavy clinches drillship and containership orders

Hyundai Heavy Industries announced Monday it has won an order to build an ultra-deepwater drillship for Fred Olsen Energy. The contract also includes an option

April 19, 2011
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Cape Wind Project receives approval to begin construction
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Cape Wind Project receives approval to begin construction

WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)

April 19, 2011
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Damon-Bankston-Awards
Oil Spill

USCG Honors Tidewater Boat For Rescue Of Deepwater Horizon Survivors Last Year

Nearly one year after an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and led to the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, the

April 19, 2011
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Positive trend in ship safety is now broken, says DNV President
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Positive trend in ship safety is now broken, says DNV President

Photo: DNV President Tor E. Svensen © DNV/Nina Rangøy, Nina Rangoy “Year on year improvements in ship safety is now turning into a negative trend.

April 19, 2011
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Wärtsilä to supply propulsion package for Type 0 Super Vessel
Engineering News

Wärtsilä to supply propulsion package for Type 0 Super Vessel

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply a total propulsion package for Dockwise’s new “Type 0” semi-submersible heavy lift

April 19, 2011
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Macondo Ties Not Hampering Halliburton Gulf Return
News

Macondo Ties Not Hampering Halliburton Gulf Return

Halliburton (HAL), which provided services to BP on its doomed Macondo well, hasn’t had any trouble getting back to work in the Gulf of Mexico’s

April 19, 2011
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