Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Press Releases

President of American Maritime Safety Inc. Passes – Louis Meltz (1961-2013)

Via American Maritime Safety, Inc. It is with deep regret that we report to you the passing of American Maritime Safety, Inc. President Louis Meltz today,

April 2, 2013
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Israel’s Navy Gears Up For New Job Of Protecting Offshore Gas Fields
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Israel’s Navy Gears Up For New Job Of Protecting Offshore Gas Fields

By Ari Rabinovitch ASHDOD, Israel (Reuters) – Israel’s huge new offshore gas resource offers its enemies an obvious target and gives its navy, long

April 2, 2013
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NATO Warship Coordinates Rescue of Crew from Burning Bulk Carrier
Ship Fires

NATO Warship Coordinates Rescue of Crew from Burning Bulk Carrier

A U.S. warship conducting counter-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean with the NATO Task Force assisted in the rescue of 21 Turkish crewmembers of a

April 2, 2013
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StealthGas Redeploys Fleet of LPG Ships to U.S. as Huge New Market Develops

(Bloomberg) — Record U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas are spurring StealthGas Inc. to redeploy tankers as far as 13,500 miles to take advantage of

April 2, 2013
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News

Chinese Supertanker Loads in Iran, Insurance Coverage Likely Nullified

By Chen Aizhu BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) – A Chinese tanker loaded crude in Iran in March, according to shipping data and an industry official, the first

April 2, 2013
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STX Offshore Seeks Corporate Restructuring Amid Serious Debt Issues
Finance

STX Offshore Seeks Corporate Restructuring Amid Serious Debt Issues

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, April 2 (Reuters) – South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co Ltd is seeking a corporate restructuring agreement from

April 2, 2013
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Monday, April 1, 2013
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News

ExxonMobil to Install Giant Floating LNG Facility Off Australia

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. oil company, plans to develop a floating liquefied natural gas project to develop the Scarborough field

April 1, 2013
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News

BP Maps Out the Future of Global Energy

BP presented their 2030 Energy Outlook at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently in Washington, DC.  “The Outlook describes

April 1, 2013
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Golden Ocean Orders Supramax Pair from Japan Marine United

Golden Ocean Group announced today that it has concluded two newbuilding contracts for 60,000 dwt Supramax bulk carriers with Japan Marine United

April 1, 2013
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Press Releases

The Danish Maritime Authority Launches AIS Into Space

The maritime potential for growth in the Arctic regions as a consequence of, inter alia, the melting of the ice and increased commercial navigation in Arctic

April 1, 2013
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Product Tanker Hits Bridge in New Hampshire [UPDATE]
Incidents

Product Tanker Hits Bridge in New Hampshire [UPDATE]

A 16,909 DWT oil product tanker has struck the Sarah Mildfred Long bridge on the Piscataqua River, the river that forms the border between southern Maine and

April 1, 2013
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Introducing “gCaptain.com Magazine: Yesterday’s News, Tomorrow” [UPDATE]
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Introducing “gCaptain.com Magazine: Yesterday’s News, Tomorrow” [UPDATE]

In 2013, instant access to the billions of active users on the World Wide Web is just not good enough. That’s why, over the last couple of months, the

April 1, 2013
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Israel’s Navy Is Under-Equipped to Protect Offshore Energy Facilites

By Ari Rabinovitch ASHDOD, Israel, April 1 (Reuters) – Israel’s huge new offshore gas resource offers its enemies an obvious target and gives its

April 1, 2013
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