Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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Australia’s Share of New LNG Contracts May Drop to 10%, Wood Mackenzie Says

(Bloomberg) — Australia’s global share of new contracts for liquefied natural gas may drop to about 10 percent a year by 2025 as U.S. exports rise,

May 28, 2013
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News

Pirates Attack Tanker Off Nigeria, Crew Kidnapped

ABUJA, May 28 (Reuters) – Armed pirates attacked an oil products tanker off the coast of Nigeria in West Africa and abducted an unknown number of crew,

May 28, 2013
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News

Golden Ocean to Curb Long-Term Charters in Anticipation of Dry Bulk Rally

(Bloomberg) — Golden Ocean Group Ltd., the owner of ships hauling coal and iron ore led by billionaire John Fredriksen, plans to curb long-term charters

May 28, 2013
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News

Swire Pacific’s Fleet Gets Unlimited Internet Access

Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), a Singapore-based leading service provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, is upgrading to Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband

May 28, 2013
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Monday, May 27, 2013
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News

SPOTD: Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas Catches on Fire

Damage on the Royal Caribbean ship Grandeur of the Seas is pictured as the ship is docked in Freeport, Bahamas on Sunday, 27 May 2013. A fire broke out

May 27, 2013
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News

Saudi Aramco Hits Record Production Levels

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabian Oil Co. production rose to a record 9.51 million barrels a day of oil last year, the company said in its annual review.

May 27, 2013
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News

Ship Finance International Places Order for Four Containerships

Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE:SFL) announced late last week their plans to build four 8,700 TEU container vessels at a major shipyard in Korea.

May 27, 2013
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Engineering News

ABB Wins Engineering Contract for McDermott’s New Deepwater Pipelay Vessel

Swiss power and automation group ABB has announced a $12 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for a newly designed deepwater pipe

May 27, 2013
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Finance

Seadrill Climbs as Investors Bet on Higher Dividend

(Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the offshore drilling company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, climbed in Oslo as investors bet payments to

May 27, 2013
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News

Golden Ocean Makes Ice-Classed Panamax Acquisitions

Golden Ocean Group Ltd has announced an agreement to buy two ice class Panamax vessel resales built at Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company.

May 27, 2013
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Australia Could Lose Billions in LNG Projects Unless Costs Fall

May 27 (Bloomberg) — Australia may lose A$100 billion ($96.5 billion) of potential liquefied natural gas projects to East Africa and North America unless

May 27, 2013
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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News

Lacklustre Demand Weighs On Spot Prices for West African Crude

GENEVA, May 24 (Reuters) – Angolan and Nigerian differentials were under pressure on Friday as some Asian refiners snubbed west African grades in favour

May 24, 2013
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News

Tsakos Expresses Optimism in Crude and Product Tanker Markets, Income up 970%

“We do believe that both product and crude markets have turned the corner,” noted Nikolas P. Tsakos, President & Chief Executive Officer of

May 24, 2013
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Incidents

Full Costa Concordia Investigation Report Released

Nearly a year and a half after the Costa Concordia hit rocks in Giglio, killing 32 people and partially sinking along the coast of the small Mediterranean

May 24, 2013
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News

Sevan Marine Pursues Floating Accommodation Market

Sevan Marine ASA signed an agreement today to sell the semi-completed Sevan hulls number 4 and 5 to Singapore-based Logitel Offshore, a newly formed company

May 24, 2013
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Finance

Golden Ocean Group Sits in an Enviable Position Within Dry Bulk Sector

(Bloomberg) — Golden Ocean Group Ltd., the dry bulk shipping group controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, rose in Oslo as a strong balance sheet and

May 24, 2013
Total Views: 86

Thursday, May 23, 2013
Bulk Trade-Off: Blood for Money in Indonesia
Blog

Bulk Trade-Off: Blood for Money in Indonesia

On February 17th of this year, the Harita Bauxite sank off Cape Balinao in the South China Sea. Of the twenty-four men aboard, only nine survived. The sea can

May 23, 2013
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NOAA: Conditions Ripe for Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
News

NOAA: Conditions Ripe for Active Atlantic Hurricane Season

Warm Atlantic waters and favorable wind patterns may produce 13 to 20 named storms this year for the fourth above-average hurricane season in a

May 23, 2013
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MSC Flaminia Enters Romanian Port for Repairs
News

MSC Flaminia Enters Romanian Port for Repairs

After more than six weeks of waiting at an anchorage off the coast of Constanza, Romania, the burned out MSC Flaminia has entered port for lightering

May 23, 2013
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Australia Releases Final Report on M/V Tycoon Grounding
Grounding Incidents

Australia Releases Final Report on M/V Tycoon Grounding

A broken shackle on the port’s cantilever mooring line lead to the January 2012 grounding and eventual catastrophic hull failure of the M/V Tycoon at

May 23, 2013
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