Friday, May 25, 2012
Oskarshamnsvarvet
Engineering News

How Fast Can you Say “Damen Acquires Oskarshamnsvarvet” 10 Times?

Damen Shipyards Group announced today that they have taken over the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet in Oskarshamn. The

May 25, 2012
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Hyundai Heavy Wins $700 Million Order for Supersized Harsh Environment Semi
News

Hyundai Heavy Wins $700 Million Order for Supersized Harsh Environment Semi

Fred Olsen Energy ASA announced today that one of their wholly owned subsidiaries has entered into a turnkey, $700 million contract with Hyundai Heavy

May 25, 2012
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Ship Photo of The Day – Bulbous Bow Lift
Blog

Ship Photo of The Day – Bulbous Bow Lift

Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division this week reached a major milestone in the construction of the U.S. Navy’s new

May 25, 2012
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
EU Reaches Agreement to Slash Air Pollution From Ships
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EU Reaches Agreement to Slash Air Pollution From Ships

Council and the European Parliament reach a provisional agreement on the sulphur content of marine fuels The EU Wednesday announced an informal agreement

May 24, 2012
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Weekly Piracy Report: Maersk Texas Fends Off Attack
Piracy

Weekly Piracy Report: Maersk Texas Fends Off Attack

Weekly Incidents By Region: May 17-23 RED SEA General cargo vessel MAERSK TEXAS fired upon while underway on 23 May at position 25:29 N – 057:16 E,

May 24, 2012
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MSC Box Ship Cleared Following Explosion Near Puerto Rico
USCG

MSC Box Ship Cleared Following Explosion Near Puerto Rico

The MSC containership idled since suffering an onboard explosion eleven days ago off the coast of Puerto Rico has been cleared to move on, the U.S. Coast Guard

May 24, 2012
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Ship Photo of The Day – Parade of Sail in New York Harbor
Blog

Ship Photo of The Day – Parade of Sail in New York Harbor

Here is an aerial shot of New York harbor during the “Parade of Sail”, an event that officially marks the start of Fleet Week in New York. This

May 24, 2012
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uss miami arrives
Defense

13 Hours Later, Firefighters Extinguish Blaze on Board US Navy Fast Attack Submarine

USS Miami, an American Los Angeles-class “improved” fast attack submarine was undergoing a routine maintenance shipyard availability at Portsmouth

May 24, 2012
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ship finance international
Finance

Improved Spot Charter Market Boosts Crude Tanker Operator, Ship Finance International

(Dow Jones) Ship Finance International Ltd.’s (SFL) first-quarter profit rose 21% on a stronger performance in the tanker market. The company, which

May 24, 2012
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SS Badger underway
News

Last American Coal Powered Ferry Asks Permission to Dump Ashes While Steaming

  Via K&L Gates Lake Michigan Carferry, Inc., the operator of the SS Badger today filed the first ever individual permit application to authorize

May 24, 2012
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stealthgas defiance
News

STX Shipbuilding Sits on the Edge of a Nearly Half-Billion Dollar Deal

STX Offshore and Shipbuilding announced this week a signed $120 million Letter of Intent (LOI) with an unnamed Greek owner to build two 6,500-CBM LPG vessels

May 24, 2012
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eastern opal AMP asia maritime pacific
News

Hong Kong-Based Drybulk Companies Unite | OSL Holdings Ltd Merges with Asia Maritime Pacific

Asia Maritime Pacific Ltd and OSL Holdings Ltd announced that as of 17 May 2012 the two companies have merged their Hong Kong-based operations. The new merged

May 24, 2012
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FleetBroadband Multi-voice INMARSAT
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FleetBroadband Multi-voice – INMARSAT Merges VOIP And Data

Inmarsat has announced a new capability that will allow up to nine simultaneous telephone calls to be made through a single FleetBroadband terminal.

May 24, 2012
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transocean marianas
News

Transocean’s Marianas Contracted to Drill Offshore Namibia

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian oil startup HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA (HRTP3.BR) said Wednesday that it had hired a semisubmersible drill rig

May 24, 2012
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
M/V Tycoon Wreck Removal Commences on Christmas Island
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M/V Tycoon Wreck Removal Commences on Christmas Island

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said today that it has contracted Titan Salvage to remove the wreckage of the M/V Tycoon from the cliffs of

May 23, 2012
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Pirates Handed Life Sentences in UAE
Piracy

Pirates Handed Life Sentences in UAE

The UAE federal court has sentenced a group of pirates responsible for the 2011 hijacking of the M/V Arrilah-1 to life in prison. According to Associated

May 23, 2012
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U.S.-Flagged Maersk Texas Thwarts Attack in Gulf of Oman [UPDATE]
Piracy

U.S.-Flagged Maersk Texas Thwarts Attack in Gulf of Oman [UPDATE]

Lots of rumors were flying around maritime circles this morning of a rather involved pirate attack on the U.S.-flagged Maersk Texas today in the Gulf of

May 23, 2012
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damen stan pontoon launch (SPo) 12032
News

Damen Shipyards Launches Giant Pontoon in China

Damen Shipyards has launched the first of its newly designed Stan Pontoon (SPo) 12032 which is the longest pontoon they’ve ever built, and part of a

May 23, 2012
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law of the sea treaty us navy
Defense

WSJ: Senate to Rehash Law of the Sea Treaty Today

By Keith Johnson and Julian E. Barnes WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The Senate will hold on Wednesday its first hearing since 2007 on ratification of the

May 23, 2012
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OSG
News

OSG Supertanker Booked to Ship Forties Crude to South Korea

LONDON (Dow Jones)–More North Sea crude is set to head to Asia in June, shipbrokers told Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday, continuing a trend that has

May 23, 2012
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