Thursday, January 3, 2013
Kulluk Grounding Revives the Debate: Is Shell Ready For Arctic Exploration?
Incidents

Kulluk Grounding Revives the Debate: Is Shell Ready For Arctic Exploration?

By Jim Efstathiou Jr. This week’s grounding of a rig off the coast of Alaska adds to a series of mishaps in Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s seven-year

January 3, 2013
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News

Seanergy Maritime Sells Bulk Energy Transport

Athens, Greece – Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:SHIP) announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of its 100% ownership

January 3, 2013
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Offshore

Songa Eclipse is Officially in Seadrill’s Hands

Offshore Drilling contractor Songa Offshore SE finalized today the formal handover of the Songa Eclipse semi-submersible drilling rig to Seadrill in line with

January 3, 2013
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DFDS Confirms Negotiations with P+S Werften on Ro-ro Pair
News

DFDS Confirms Negotiations with P+S Werften on Ro-ro Pair

DFDS, the Danish shipping and logistics company, confirmed Thursday that it is in fact negotiating with the struggling German shipyard P+S Werften concerning

January 3, 2013
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Baltic Dry Index Turns Black, and Capesize Owners Are Still Eating Ramen Noodles
News

Baltic Dry Index Turns Black, and Capesize Owners Are Still Eating Ramen Noodles

The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity shipping costs, rose for the first time since November, lifted by gains for the largest vessels as miners sought

January 3, 2013
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News

Shell’s Arctic Drilling Containment Dome Repaired

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN) has repaired a piece of safety equipment intended for its Arctic drilling program and will soon ask U.S. regulators to

January 3, 2013
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News

RIG Stock Rebounds as Transocean Reaches Settlement in Deepwater Horizon Disaster [UPDATE]

*UPDATE* ZUG, SWITZERLAND-Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to

January 3, 2013
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News

Japanese Firms May be Prohibited from Shipping South Korea-Bound Coal, Suspicion Runs Deep

South Korea’s government is moving to bar foreign shipping lines from contracts in the state-run energy sector as it supports domestic companies

January 3, 2013
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Finance

Star Bulk Reaches Agreement with Banks, To Defer Up To $24 Million of Repayment Obligations

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK) reached an agreement with its lenders to defer up to $24 million of repayment obligations over the next two years. The

January 3, 2013
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Engineering News

Meyer Werft Delivers the Dual Fuel-Powered LNG Carrier Coral Energy

German shipyard Meyer Werft announced today the delivery of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker CORAL ENERGY to Rotterdam-based shipowner Anthony Veder.

January 3, 2013
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News

After Missing 2012 Targets, Korean Shipbuilders Forecast a Big Year Ahead

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world’s two biggest shipbuilders, forecast a jump in orders this year, helped by

January 3, 2013
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Salvors Board Grounded Kulluk
Offshore

Salvors Board Grounded Kulluk

A team of six salvage experts boarded Shell’s grounded Kulluk drilling rig earlier today to conduct a structural assessment to be used to finalize

January 2, 2013
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News

Earnings for Supertankers Fall as Holiday Season Curbs Vessel Demand

Returns for the biggest oil tankers hauling Middle East crude to Asia, the industry’s benchmark route, fell for a fourth session as the year-end holiday

January 2, 2013
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Mississippi River Shut Down Would Cost Billions, Revised Data Shows
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Mississippi River Shut Down Would Cost Billions, Revised Data Shows

ARLINGTON, VA – The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) have released revised data on the economic impact of an

January 2, 2013
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Uncategorized

New SOLAS, MARPOL Amendments Enter Into Force – What You Need to Know

As of January 1, 2013, the International Maritime Organization has entered into force new regulations aimed at improving the energy efficiency of international

January 2, 2013
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STX Europe Unloads Norwegian Yard
Shipbuilding

STX Europe Unloads Norwegian Yard

STX Europe said Wednesday that it has completed a deal to sell off its STX Norway Florø AS and STX Norway Design Florø AS units to Westcon Group AS

January 2, 2013
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kulluk overflight video
Incidents

Damage Assessment Begins on the Stranded Kulluk [UPDATE]

Link: Previous Kulluk Update The U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Dutch Shell Plc were fighting 70 mile-per-hour winds and 40-foot swells as they tried to assess

January 2, 2013
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News

2013 May Spawn a New Breed of “Zombie” Shipping Companies

Earnings for ships that haul liquefied gases, cars and oil products are most likely to recover this year amid a continued glut of merchant vessels that may

January 2, 2013
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News

Fuel Tanks Available in Singapore as Oil Traders BP and Gunvor Group Move Offshore

SINGAPORE–After scrambling for years to secure space in Singapore’s onshore oil storage tanks, some of the biggest fuel oil traders in Asia are

January 2, 2013
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maersk
Uncategorized

Investors Optimistic on Rising Freight Rates, Maersk Shares Rally

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, rose the most in six weeks in Copenhagen trading on bets a deal on the U.S. budget

January 2, 2013
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