Monday, April 8, 2013
Teekay Shipping
News

Teekay Joins the Rush for Eco-Product Tankers, Places $188 Million New Build Order

Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) announced today a $188 million order for four new 113,000 DWT Long Range 2 (LR2) product tankers from South Korea’s STX

April 8, 2013
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far strider farstad
Offshore

PSV Far Strider Awarded 4+4 Year Contract with Petrobras

PSV Far Strider (1999, VS 483, DWT 4,709) has been awarded a four year contract with a four year option in Brazil by Petrobras. Far Strider is currently

April 8, 2013
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hapag lloyd hamburg sud
News

Hamburg City Pushes For Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg Süd Shipping Merger

KIEL, Germany, April 8 (Reuters) – The city of Hamburg wants shippers Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd to resume merger talks so that they stand a better

April 8, 2013
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chevron frade fpso
News

Frade FPSO Finally Given Green Light for Restart by Brazilian Authorities

By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8 (Reuters) – Brazil’s oil regulator, the ANP, said on Monday that it authorized Chevron Corp to restart output

April 8, 2013
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global marine trends 2030 lloyd's register
News

Lloyd’s Register Sees Seaborne Trade More Than Doubling by 2030

(Bloomberg) — Global seaborne trade will more than double by 2030 as China’s expanding economy drives demand for commodities from crude oil to iron

April 8, 2013
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Mcdermott LV105
Offshore

McDermott Wins $900M Contract In Arabian Gulf

McDermott International announced Monday that a subsidiary has been awarded two projects for a customer in the Arabian Gulf. The value of these contracts is

April 8, 2013
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Nigerian Rebels Promise A “Plague Of Attacks” Offshore
Offshore

Nigerian Rebels Promise A “Plague Of Attacks” Offshore

Bloomberg – Troops in Nigeria are hunting for militants who said they killed at least 15 policemen in the Niger River delta, a military official said.

April 8, 2013
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USS Guardian aground on Tubbahata Reef
Grounding Incidents

US Navy Fined For Damage To Protected Reef

US Navy marine biologist Lee Shannon led a team of scientists who conducted a new assessment last week on the extent of damage caused by the recent grounding

April 8, 2013
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Ambassadeur
Collision

Dutch Freighter Sinks French Trawler In The English Channel

“We are very shocked. After what we experienced last night, we will have many nightmares,” said Ludovic Rabasse, captain of the French

April 8, 2013
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liquid robotics Wave Glider
Blog

A Floating Computer For The High Seas

Will robots soon take over the shipping lanes? San Francisco – Liquid Robotics has released its latest unmanned, autonomous marine robot. Dubbed the Wave

April 8, 2013
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wartsila armada offshore psv
Engineering News

Wärtsilä Awarded PSV Design Contract from Bumi Armada

Malaysia’s largest offshore supply vessel (OSV) operator, Bumi Armada, has just awarded Wärtsilä the contract to design the series of four new

April 8, 2013
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global 1200 subsea pipelaying pipelayer technip
News

Technip Awarded Major, Full-Scope Contract Offshore Congo

    Two of Technip’s deepwater construction vessels, the G1200 (Technip BV), a rigid pipe S-lay and heavy-lift construction vessel, and the

April 8, 2013
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Egyptian Authorities Release Private Security Ship
Piracy

Egyptian Authorities Release Private Security Ship

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities released a ship loaded with heavy weapons and its crew three days after they were seized for entering Egyptian

April 8, 2013
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
James Robert Hanssen Rescue
Incidents

AMVER Assists Rescue Of Ocean Rowers

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue crews combined efforts Saturday with the 800-foot Panamanian flagged automobile carrier, Heijin, and the

April 7, 2013
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Bertha Heavy Lift
Blog

Transporting The World’s Largest Digger [UPDATE]

Over the weekend the Seattle waterfront was lined with spectators welcoming a heavy lift ship offloading a hulking giant: Bertha, the five-story-tall, 6,700

April 7, 2013
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Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout
Navy

A Glance at the Near Future of Naval UAVs

(Reuters) – The Navy plans to carry out the first catapult takeoff of its new X-47B unmanned plane from an aircraft carrier next month and other

April 7, 2013
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Overseas Reymar
Collision

Overseas Reymar Update – Board Recommends Disciplinary Action Against Tanker Pilot

The California Board of Pilot Commissioners voted unanimously last week to revoke the license of Overseas Reymar pilot Guy Kleess who was navigating the oil

April 7, 2013
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Deepwater Horizon In Transit
Offshore

BP Spill Judge Rejects Request to Halt Some Payments

Bloomberg – On Friday the judge presiding over the BP Plc (BP/) spill trial aimed at determining liability for the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S.

April 7, 2013
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Oceans may explain slowdown in climate change
Uncategorized

Oceans may explain slowdown in climate change

OSLO (Reuters) – Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists

April 7, 2013
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an Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Navy

US Navy Ship Commissioned In Memory Of 9/11 Victims

Yesterday the US Navy commissioned its newest landing transport dock ship, USS Arlington (LPD 24). Arlington honors the 184 victims who died when American

April 7, 2013
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