Monday, July 23, 2012
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Incidents

Arsonist to Blame in $400 Million US Navy Submarine Fire

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has made an arrest in connection with a shipyard fire that devastated the Los Angeles-class fast-attack

July 23, 2012
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News

How Dock Strikes Have Affected the Economy Historically and Today

– By Rojda Akdag, Managing Director, MTS Logistics Labor stoppage, which is also known as a strike, is the problem aroused by the tension between a

July 23, 2012
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News

Sinopacific Signs Newbuild Contract for Half-Dozen PSVs Destined for Nigeria

The SINOPACIFIC Shipbuilding Group announced last Friday the signing of a newbuilding contract for (4) SPP35 platform supply vessels (PSV) and a Letter of

July 23, 2012
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Finance

Scorpio Tankers Accepts Deliver of the STI Amber, Funding for Newbuild Program Extended

Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) announced today that it has signed an agreement with its lenders to extend the availability period of its $115

July 23, 2012
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News

Aker Solutions to Supply Drilling Package for New Seadrill Semi

Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply a complete drilling equipment topside package to a new semi-submersible drilling

July 23, 2012
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Press Releases

Cargotec Signs Marine Equipment Repair Agreement with HEISCO

To further strengthen its marine service provision in the Middle East, Cargotec has announced an exclusive marine equipment repair agreement with Heavy

July 23, 2012
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News

STX Dalian Delivers Panamax Bulker to SCI, More on the Way

The first of four Panamax bulk carriers ordered by the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) were delivered last Friday by STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co.

July 23, 2012
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Engineering News

Fjord Line Chooses Rolls Royce LNG Engines For New Cruise Ferries

Fjord Line’s two new international cruise ferries will be powered solely by environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of the more

July 23, 2012
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News

China Buys Canadian Oil Company, Throws Down $15 Billion in Cash for Nexen

BEIJING- (Dow Jones)-China’s CNOOC Ltd. (0883.HK) said Monday it has reached an agreement to acquire Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen Inc. (NXY) for

July 23, 2012
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
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News

102.5 Million Barrels of Oil Are Enroute to China, Right Now

(Bloomberg) — Crude-oil shipments aboard supertankers bound for China fell 2.5 percent this week, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

July 21, 2012
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Friday, July 20, 2012
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News

Dry Bulk Shippers Will Likely Have to Wait a Bit Longer for Good News

(Bloomberg) — Rates for ships that carry dry-bulk commodities will recover later than previously estimated as demand for cargoes slows, according to

July 20, 2012
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Engineering News

Star Bulk May Have a Cursed Ship

The Star Polaris, a 173k DWT Capsize bulk carrier owned by Star Bulk is well on its way to being a cursed ship and she’s not even two years

July 20, 2012
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Pentagon: Iran Has Plans to Attack Oil Platforms and Tankers [WSJ REPORT]

Pentagon: Iran Has Plans to Attack Oil Platforms and Tankers [WSJ REPORT]

By Julian E. Barnes, The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — U.S. government officials, citing new intelligence, said Iran has developed plans to disrupt

July 20, 2012
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Ship Photo of the Day – Container Ship in San Francisco Bay
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Ship Photo of the Day – Container Ship in San Francisco Bay

photo by, Timothy Konrad Container Ship passing by San Francisco,

July 20, 2012
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Stranded Seafarers Sent Home

Stranded Seafarers Sent Home

The last of the Moroccan seafarers left stranded off the coast of Spain for more than six months after the ferry company they were working for ran into

July 20, 2012
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South Korean Shipbuilders Tapping Bond Market to Raise Cash
Engineering News

South Korean Shipbuilders Tapping Bond Market to Raise Cash

(Bloomberg) — Sales of won-denominated bonds more than tripled this week as South Korean shipbuilders took advantage of record-low yields to raise funds

July 20, 2012
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Salvors Board Burning MSC Flaminia

Salvors Board Burning MSC Flaminia

Update (Tues. 7/24/12): Blaze Contained on MSC Flaminia Update (Mon., 7/23/12): The third tug, Carlo Magno, reached the burning MSC Flaminia over the weekend.

July 20, 2012
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News

BG Group and Partners Sign $4.5 Billion in Brazilian Contracts

LONDON (Dow Jones) U.K.-listed BG Group PLC (BG.LN) said Friday that it and its partners have approved the signature of contracts worth $4.5 billion for the

July 20, 2012
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News

Profits Fall at Diamond Offshore, Rig Utilization Significantly Lower [REPORT]

(Dow Jones) Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.’s (DO) second-quarter profit fell 24% as the contract driller reported lower utilization rates in all of its

July 20, 2012
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Press Releases

Golar LNG: Completion Of Sale Of Nusantara Regas Satu FSRU

Golar LNG Limited announced yesterday that it has completed its sale of interests in the companies that own and operate the floating storage and regasification

July 20, 2012
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