Friday, September 20, 2013
Many European LNG Terminals Face Idling, Seek New Activities

Many European LNG Terminals Face Idling, Seek New Activities

Many European import terminals for shipped gas may have to be idled because of falling deliveries unless they try their hands at alternative businesses such as

September 20, 2013
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Finance

Worst Shipping Crisis Ever Near End as Nordea Sees Loan Growth

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Nordea Bank AB, Scandinavia’s biggest lender, said the shipping industry will next year begin to recover from its worst

September 20, 2013
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News

Oracle Team USA Dominates in Race 12 of the America’s Cup

Emirates Team New Zealand has 6 more “match points” left following yesterday’s race where they were handily beaten by Oracle Team USA. The

September 20, 2013
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Judge Accepts Haliburton Guilty Plea for Destroying Macondo Well Test Evidence
News

Judge Accepts Haliburton Guilty Plea for Destroying Macondo Well Test Evidence

A federal judge accepted a Halliburton Co. unit’s guilty plea to destroying tests conducted on cement work connected to the BP Plc-owned well that

September 19, 2013
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News

Neste Oil to Sell Fleet of Ships, Will Outsource Nearly Everything

Finnish oil refining and marketing firm Neste Oil has announced it will be selling off its entire fleet of ships and will outsource all ship management

September 19, 2013
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WATCH: New Time Lapse Offers Another View of Costa Concordia Parbuckling
News

WATCH: New Time Lapse Offers Another View of Costa Concordia Parbuckling

Discovery Channel has just released this new time lapse video of the Costa Concordia parbuckling, offering viewers another view of the 19 hour operation in

September 19, 2013
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News

Armed Russian Security Team Fast-Ropes on to Greenpeace Ship

UPDATE: 10:50 EST – An armed Russian security team has just fast-roped on to the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise and “are breaking into our comms

September 19, 2013
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Book Review: ‘Ninety Percent of Everything’ Fails to Measure Up
Blog

Book Review: ‘Ninety Percent of Everything’ Fails to Measure Up

In Ninety Percent of Everything, Rose George goes inside the shipping industry, traveling on the container ship, Kendal, from Felixstowe, England to

September 19, 2013
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News

Capsized Rig Blocks Gas Production Offshore Angola

By Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Angola’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant is to ship its fourth ever cargo early next week

September 19, 2013
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News

Scorpio Tankers Picks up 4 More Product Tanker Newbuilds

Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) has announced that four MR product tankers under construction in South Korea will be added to their fleet in exchange for

September 19, 2013
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Defense

High Profile U.S. Navy Commander Charged In Bribery Case

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A high profile U.S. Navy commander has been charged with accepting paid travel, the services of

September 19, 2013
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News

CSCL Sells Pair of 1985-Built Containerships for Scrap

CSCL announced today the sale of two containerships to CIC Digang for their eventual scrapping. The two vessels are the Xiang Hu and the Xiang Kai, both

September 19, 2013
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

Orders Climb at China’s Shipyards, But Rebound Favors a Few

China's troubled shipbuilding sector has returned to the top of the global league this year, ahead of South Korea and Japan, but the headline numbers hide a

September 18, 2013
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News

U.S. Shipbuilding Is Highest in Almost 20 Years on Shale Energy

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — U.S. shipyards are the busiest in almost two decades as surging domestic energy production increases cargoes for the merchant

September 18, 2013
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Costa Crociere Offers Heartfelt ‘Thank You’ to Costa Concordia Salvage Workers
Marine Salvage

Costa Crociere Offers Heartfelt ‘Thank You’ to Costa Concordia Salvage Workers

Giglio residents aside, there is probably nobody more happy than Costa Crociere that the once luxurious Costa Concordia cruise ship is finally off the rocks of

September 18, 2013
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Crowley’s Ocean Class Workhorses Team Up to Deliver Olympus Mega-Platform [PHOTOS]
News

Crowley’s Ocean Class Workhorses Team Up to Deliver Olympus Mega-Platform [PHOTOS]

The Costa Concordia ain't the only large object that Crowley is moving these

September 18, 2013
Total Views: 141

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Multimedia

Pirate Boats Can’t Hide From ‘Murica’s Laser-Guided Bombs

The U.S. Air Force proved this month that laser guided bombs can, in fact, hit moving targets at sea when dropped from supersonic bombers like the B-1B Lancer.

September 18, 2013
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News

Keppel Wins $150 Million in FPSO Conversion Contracts

Keppel Shipyard announced today the signing of two Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) conversion contracts worth a combined value of S$190

September 18, 2013
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News

Box Carriers Forced to Cancel Sailings

By Gavin van Marle, Back in June, The Loadstar published a story which quoted a European forwarder who believed that the 1 July general rate increase

September 18, 2013
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News

Harvey Deep-Sea Heads to Work in the Gulf of Mexico

The recently delivered Harvey Deep-sea, a 302-foot subsea construction vessel designed by STX Marine, successfully completed commissioning this month and is

September 18, 2013
Total Views: 139