Tuesday, April 30, 2013
CAT to Power Six Drillships in Brazil

CAT to Power Six Drillships in Brazil

Caterpillar Global Petroleum announced Monday that it has been awarded the contract from Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu (EEP) to provide the diesel

April 30, 2013
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U.S. Court Dismisses Hawaii Jones Act Claims
News

U.S. Court Dismisses Hawaii Jones Act Claims

A federal court in Hawaii has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the effectiveness of the Jones Act in the island state.

April 30, 2013
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Shell to Name New Arctic Head – Source
Offshore

Shell to Name New Arctic Head – Source

Shell to name Ann Pickard as head of its Arctic operations, moving her from the helm of the company's Australian

April 30, 2013
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News

US Energy Independence is Naive and Overly Simplistic Says Saudi Oil Minister

At the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) this morning, His Excellency Ali I. Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for the

April 30, 2013
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Leopard Crew Released by Somali Pirates
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Leopard Crew Released by Somali Pirates

Somali pirates have released six crewmembers from the Danish-flagged MV Leopard after more than two years in captivity.

April 30, 2013
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Greeks Bet Ship Rout Ending with Surge in Orders

Greeks Bet Ship Rout Ending with Surge in Orders

Greek shipping companies are ordering the most new iron-ore carriers since 2008, betting the five-year rout in charter rates may be nearing an

April 30, 2013
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Uncategorized

Egypt to Hike Suez Canal Tolls

Tolls to rise 5 percent on oil tankers and petrochemical products and 2 percent for container ships and car

April 30, 2013
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News

Cheaper and Faster: Woodside Signs Initial Plans for Floating LNG at Browse

(Bloomberg) — Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s second-largest oil producer, signed an initial accord with Royal Dutch Shell Plc to enable the

April 30, 2013
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Baltic Trading Limited Continues to Tread Water – Q1 2013 Earnings Preview
Finance

Baltic Trading Limited Continues to Tread Water – Q1 2013 Earnings Preview

New York-based Baltic Trading Limited (NYSE:BALT) is a publicly traded dry cargo company which operates a fleet of 9 dry cargo vessels, consisting of 3

April 30, 2013
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News

KPI Bridge Oil Appoints Vice CEO and new MD for its North American Operations

London, 30th April 2013 – KPI Bridge Oil, a leading global broker and trader in marine bunkers, marine lubricants and risk management products, has

April 30, 2013
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News

Kongsberg to Deliver Full Navigation and DP Suite on PGS Ramform Titan-Class Vessels

Two new state-of-the-art Ramform Titan-class seismic vessels under construction at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries yard in Japan for Norway headquartered

April 30, 2013
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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News

Mozambique Could Drive the Need for 35 More LNG Carriers

Japanese companies sent a huge contingent to LNG 17 the other week, which makes sense considering they are, and will likely remain the world’s biggest

April 29, 2013
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47 foot MLB
Blog

Hard Core Training for Hard Work

When Coast Guard boat crews go out to train, they like to make things as real as possible.  That means that when rough weather rolls in, it’s time to

April 29, 2013
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Interesting

USMMA Superintendent Dodges gCaptain’s Questions, Alumni Engage Congress

For anyone who witnessed last week’s ridiculous public back-and-forth between the US Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and the

April 29, 2013
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Pirate Ship for Sale [UPDATE]
Blog

Pirate Ship for Sale [UPDATE]

This pirate ship could be yours for just

April 29, 2013
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Maersk Line Hires Microsoft Exec as New Chief Commercial Officer
News

Maersk Line Hires Microsoft Exec as New Chief Commercial Officer

Maersk Line announced today they have hired Stephen Richard Schueler to replace Lucas Vos as Chief Commercial Officer, effective 27 May. Stephen is American,

April 29, 2013
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Engineering News

ABB Turbocharging Offers New Simpler, Cost Effective High Pressure Tuner for MAN Two-strokes

Baden, Switzerland – ABB Turbocharging announced today that its innovation, high-pressure tuning (HPT), was added to MAN Diesel & Turbo’s

April 29, 2013
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china shipping container lines cscl
News

CSCL to Build Five 18,000 TEU Containerships

In a stock exchange announcement over the weekend, China Shipping Container Lines has expressed their intentions to build five, 18,000 TEU containerships. The

April 29, 2013
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bulk carrier
News

Ore-Ship Rates Climb to a One-Month High as Charters Increase

(Bloomberg) Costs to haul iron ore and coal on Capesize ships, the largest carriers of the commodities, rose for a third session to a one-month high after more

April 29, 2013
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Collision

2 Killed, 8 Missing After Ship Collision off Greece

(Bloomberg) Two Syrian sailors were killed and another eight are missing after a cargo ship carrying fertilizer collided with a container vessel early today

April 29, 2013
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