Thursday, August 15, 2013
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News

Subsea 7 Shares Rise over 10 Percent on Record Backlog

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Subsea 7 SA, an offshore oil services provider, rose to the highest level in more than seven weeks in Oslo as improving margins are

August 15, 2013
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Energy-Rich Turkmenistan To Build $2 Bln Caspian Sea Port
Ports

Energy-Rich Turkmenistan To Build $2 Bln Caspian Sea Port

Energy-rich Turkmenistan on Thursday launched a $2 billion project to build a new port on the Caspian Sea designed to boost

August 15, 2013
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Chinese Moped Drivers Fearless in the Face of Typhoon Utor [VIDEO]
Multimedia

Chinese Moped Drivers Fearless in the Face of Typhoon Utor [VIDEO]

C’mon people really? REALLY??? You thought driving your moped around in a typhoon was a good idea? SEE ALSO: Typhoon Utor Claims Cargo Ship Near Hong

August 15, 2013
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News

Torm Sees Tanker Demand Benefiting From Indian Refining Growth

Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Demand for tankers to haul fuels including gasoline will benefit for several years as refinery expansions in India and the Persian

August 15, 2013
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Offshore

Deep Sea Supply Considers Order for 10 New PSVs

Deep Sea Supply, a Cyprus-based offshore supply vessel operator, announced in an exchange filing today plans to potentially order up to 10 new platform supply

August 15, 2013
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News

Iran Detains Tanker Carrying Iraqi Crude To India [UPDATE]

UPDATE: According to tracking data gathered by Windward Maritime Analytics Services Company, the Desh Shanti is underway again and steaming toward the Strait

August 15, 2013
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News

Seadrill Seeks Partner In North Atlantic Drilling

OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Seadrill, the world’s biggest gas and oil rig company by market capitalisation, is to sell part of its North Atlantic

August 15, 2013
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Blog

Barrel of a Gun, circa 1937

This image, courtesy of the U.S Navy Heritage and History Command, was taken in 1937 at the “Big Gun Shop” in the Washington Navy Yard,

August 15, 2013
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Petrobras-Contracted OSV Sinks Off Brazil
Interesting

Petrobras-Contracted OSV Sinks Off Brazil

Petrobas has confirmed that a 68-meter OSV providing support to one of its rigs caught fire and sank last week off the coast of

August 14, 2013
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News

VADM Brian Salerno to Assume Top Position at BSEE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today named former Vice Admiral Brian Salerno as the Director of the Bureau of Safety and

August 14, 2013
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News

Nakilat Rises as Foreign Investors Hurriedly Grab More Shares

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Qatar Gas Transport Co., an operator of vessels to transport liquefied natural gas, jumped the most in more than two months as

August 14, 2013
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Royal Navy Leads Massive Drug Seizure Near Puerto Rico
Navy

Royal Navy Leads Massive Drug Seizure Near Puerto Rico

The U.K. Royal Navy recorded its biggest seizure of illegal drugs in four years in an operation near Puerto

August 14, 2013
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Typhoon Utor Claims Cargo Ship Near Hong Kong
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Typhoon Utor Claims Cargo Ship Near Hong Kong

A 190-meter bulk carrier sank Wednesday approximately 45 nautical mile southwest of Hong Kong after battling 15-meter waves and strong winds generated by

August 14, 2013
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Blog

West African Piracy and its Growing Effect on U.S. Interests

By gCaptain Staff US interests in the Gulf of Guinea region including maritime shipping, safety of American citizens, and energy resources are becoming

August 14, 2013
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Ridgebury Tankers Acquires Suezmax, Enters Blue Fin Pool
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Ridgebury Tankers Acquires Suezmax, Enters Blue Fin Pool

Ridgebury Tankers acknowledged today their acquisition of a 158,000 dwt Suezmax, currently under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries. According to

August 14, 2013
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News

Scanjet Receives Order to Equip Stolt-Nielsen Ships

Scanjet is has secured substantial orders for its Tank Management and Tank Cleaning products. Scanjet has received orders from Hudong Shipyard in China to

August 14, 2013
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ClassNK Releases Preliminary Insight Into Crack-Up of MOL Comfort
Engineering News

ClassNK Releases Preliminary Insight Into Crack-Up of MOL Comfort

Japanese classification society ClassNK released the following statement today regarding the forensic investigation into what may have caused the initial

August 14, 2013
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News

China Approves First Floating LNG Import Terminal

BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) – China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) said it had won final government approval to build China’s first floating

August 14, 2013
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Offshore

Relief Well at South Timbalier 220 Could Become Production Well

The Rowan XL III is busy at work today drilling the relief well at South Timbalier 220 and we are hearing through our network that the relief well being

August 14, 2013
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News

Gunmen Release Fuel Tanker Hijacked Off Nigerian Coast

ABUJA, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Gunmen have released a fuel tanker which was hijacked off the coast of Nigeria, security sources and the vessel’s manager

August 14, 2013
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