Friday, August 17, 2012
Press Releases

Wärtsilä To Power Four Hybrid Tugs For Svitzer Austraila

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to supply the power system for four new

August 17, 2012
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Hapag-Lloyd Names New 13,200 TEU Flagship

Hapag-Lloyd Names New 13,200 TEU Flagship

Hapag-Lloyd on Friday held a naming ceremony for what is now officially the “Hamburg Express”, the first of ten new 13,200 TEU vessels and

August 17, 2012
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Laker “Queen” Runs Hard Aground
Blog

Laker “Queen” Runs Hard Aground

The Great Lakes’ largest freighter ran hard aground this week while carrying 62,000 tons of coal on the outbound channel of the St. Marys River. The USCG

August 17, 2012
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Fincantieri Launches Largest Ship To Date

Fincantieri Launches Largest Ship To Date

Fincantieri’s Manfalcone shipyard on Thursday launched Princess Cruises new flagship, Royal Princess, which is the largest ship ever built by the Italian

August 17, 2012
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Incidents

MV Ocean Breeze Runs Aground and Gets POUNDED by Huge Surf on Chilean Beach [IMAGES and VIDEO]

Dramatic images of the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier MV Ocean Breeze which ran aground yesterday on Llo-Lleo’s beach, near the port of San Antonio,

August 17, 2012
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News

Need to Sell a Bulk Carrier? Thoresen Plans to Double Their Fleet and May be Interested

Thoresen Thai Agencies Pcl plans to almost double its dry-bulk shipping fleet in three years as a focus on Europe-U.S. cargos shields it from tumbling rates

August 17, 2012
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Record Low Arctic Ice Presents a Whole New Commercial Frontier and Grave Concerns
News

Record Low Arctic Ice Presents a Whole New Commercial Frontier and Grave Concerns

The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover is shrinking at a record pace this year after higher-than-average temperatures hastened the annual break-up of the sea ice.

August 17, 2012
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News

34 MR Tankers Booked to Ship European Gasoline Across the Atlantic, Hits 10 Month High

(Bloomberg) — The flow of European gasoline to the U.S. is poised to advance to the highest in almost 10 months, according to a survey of people directly

August 17, 2012
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
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Finance

Stake in Ocean Rig Supports Revenue Gain at Dryships, Losses Narrow

DryShips Inc.’s (DRYS) second-quarter loss narrowed as revenue improved and vessel-impairment expenses weighed on year-ago results. However, shares fell

August 16, 2012
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Contractors Beware: U.S. Affirms Offshore Citation Policy
Offshore

Contractors Beware: U.S. Affirms Offshore Citation Policy

The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement on Thursday gave teeth to its policy that its inspectors can issue citations to oilfield service

August 16, 2012
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Blog

And In Other News…Floating Mine Found off Florida Beach, What?

Not sure how we didn’t catch wind of this at the time, but this past February, an unidentified spherical object made of steel with little pointy spikes

August 16, 2012
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Abracadabra! Italian Shipowner, Chief Engineer Pull Jail Time and Fine From “Magic Pipe”
Interesting

Abracadabra! Italian Shipowner, Chief Engineer Pull Jail Time and Fine From “Magic Pipe”

A federal court in Mobile, AL on Wednesday handed down a stiff fine and jail time to an Italian-based shipping company and one of it’s Chief Engineers

August 16, 2012
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News

New Zealand Fishing Company Gets Nailed for Falsifying Oil Records

WASHINGTON –A federal jury in Washington, D.C., today returned guilty verdicts against Sanford Ltd., a New Zealand fishing company, on six counts of

August 16, 2012
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Soaring Bunker Prices Steer Hapag-Lloyd to Second Quarter Loss

(Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG, Europe’s fourth- largest container-shipping line, reported a second-quarter loss after soaring fuel costs offset

August 16, 2012
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Blog

Spaceship, or Whatever, Found in Russian Woods

I’m not sure what this thing is, or used to be, but whatever it is, I kind of want to salvage it and convert it into a house, or

August 16, 2012
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News

Norwegian Oil Production Strangled by Old Rigs and Ridiculously High Salaries

(Bloomberg) — Norway needs to simplify rules for offshore oil rigs and reduce labor costs to support efforts to increase oil and gas production in

August 16, 2012
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News

West African Crude Imports May Lift Day Rates for VLCCs

Increased Asian imports of West African oil may lift demand for very large crude carriers as daily rates stay below $15,000, according to the Baltic and

August 16, 2012
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Clears FAA Hurdle

U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Clears FAA Hurdle

The Federal Aviation Administration said the proposed Cape Wind power project off the Massachusetts coast poses no risk to air navigation, clearing a hurdle

August 15, 2012
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Global Deepwater Drilling Boom Continues!
Offshore

Global Deepwater Drilling Boom Continues!

HOUSTON–The global quest for deepwater oil and gas fields continues unabated, despite recent economic turmoil and concerns about where energy prices

August 15, 2012
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EU Forces Free Two Pirated Dhow’s in Three Days
Piracy

EU Forces Free Two Pirated Dhow’s in Three Days

EU Naval Force Somalia’s Operation Atalanta, or EUNAVFOR, said this week that it’s anti-piracy forces launched a coordinated effort that ended with

August 15, 2012
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