Thursday, July 31, 2014
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News

For Wandering Tankers with $300 Million of Kurdish Crude, End-Game Still in Doubt

After a legal show-down in Texas this week, the outlook for a handful of tankers holding some $300 million worth of Kurdish oil is not looking

July 31, 2014
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Shipping News

Congressman Garamendi Introduces Bill to Develop U.S. LNG Shipping Sector

Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure’s Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee,

July 31, 2014
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Princess Cruises Orders Third Royal Princess-Class Cruise Ship From Fincantieri
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Princess Cruises Orders Third Royal Princess-Class Cruise Ship From Fincantieri

Princess Cruises says it has placed an order a new 143,000-ton cruise ship from Italian shipbuilding group

July 31, 2014
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Finance

BG Surprises With Brazil Profit Boost as CEO Post Unfilled

BG Group Plc, the U.K. oil and gas explorer seeking a chief executive officer, posted a 23 percent jump in earnings after income from liquefied natural gas

July 31, 2014
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Stranded Whale Watching Tour Snagged Offshore LNG Terminal Buoy
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Stranded Whale Watching Tour Snagged Offshore LNG Terminal Buoy

Some new information has revealed what caused a 3-hour whale watching tour to become stranded overnight off Boston, Massachusetts earlier this week. As

July 31, 2014
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Watch: Car Carrier Takes Insane Rolls During North Atlantic Storm
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Watch: Car Carrier Takes Insane Rolls During North Atlantic Storm

I don't think any of these rolls actually hit 50 degrees as the uploaded claims, but the first few are pretty

July 31, 2014
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Finance

Hornbeck Confident New Rigs Will Get Absorbed in Gulf of Mexico

Hornbeck Offshore (NYSE: HOS), a Gulf of Mexico-focused operator of offshore support vessels reported a strong second quarter today with a 25 percent jump in

July 31, 2014
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Imtech Renews Focus on Service, Revives Radio Holland Brand

Imtech Marine USA re-introduces Radio Holland, focusing on Service and Nav/Com support to maritime customers One year ago Captain Eric Clarke resigned his post

July 31, 2014
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MV Bulk Ingenuity Detained in Queensland

A Hong Kong flagged vessel was detained in Queensland following a Port State Control (PSC) inspection conducted by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

July 31, 2014
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News

Dry Bulk Shipping Set to Rebound as China Closes Iron Ore Mines

Iron ore posted a second straight monthly increase this year on speculation that demand for imports in China may be improving, helping to absorb a global

July 31, 2014
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News

Kurdish Oil Cargo Unloaded at Sea, Destination a Mystery

Part of a Kurdish oil cargo has been offloaded from a Greek-managed tanker into another tanker in the South China Sea, but mystery surrounds the identity of

July 31, 2014
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Angelicoussis Places $400 Million Tanker Order with DSME

Maran Tankers Management (MTM), a shipping company privately owned by John Angelicoussis, placed an order today for four new Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs)

July 31, 2014
Total Views: 100

Wednesday, July 30, 2014
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News

gCaptain Exclusive: Interview With Farstad CEO Karl-Johan Bakken

Karl-Johan Bakken, Chief Executive of Ålesund-based Farstad Shipping (OSE: FAR), got his start in the maritime industry in the mid 1980s as a naval architect

July 30, 2014
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News

Rosneft Moves to Thwart EU Sanctions With Norwegian Rigs

A Norwegian drill rig owner is supplying Russian oil giant OAO Rosneft and Exxon Mobil Corp. with the kind of high technology that will be barred under U.S.

July 30, 2014
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News

World’s Most Powerful Heavy-Lift Jackup Installs Rotor Stars Offshore Germany [IMAGES]

The wind farm installation vessel Innovation, owned by the HOCHTIEF subsidiary HGO InfraSea Solutions is currently installing rotor stars offshore Germany at

July 30, 2014
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Over 40 Naval Ships Join for Rare Photo Op
Interesting

Over 40 Naval Ships Join for Rare Photo Op

A rare occurrence recently in the Pacific Ocean as more than 40 international naval ships joined together for a single photo shoot.

July 30, 2014
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Ship Loads First U.S. Condensate Export Cargo In 40 Years -Sources

Ship Loads First U.S. Condensate Export Cargo In 40 Years -Sources

An oil tanker has started loading a cargo of condensate, or ultra-light oil, the first such export from the United States since the easing of a 40-year-old ban

July 30, 2014
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News

Phillips 66 to Spend Billions on Midstream Expansion

Phillips 66, the refining company that saw its shares drop last month on news of expanded U.S. oil exports, said second-quarter profit declined 9.9 percent as

July 30, 2014
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Offshore

Archer to Continue Drilling at Ekofisk and Peregrino

Platform drilling firm Archer Limited announced today that it will continue drilling operations at the Greater Ekofisk area for at least another five years as

July 30, 2014
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News

Will Ireland’s Pot of Black Gold Sitting Offshore Ever Be Retrieved?

Ireland finally found treasure at the end of the rainbow, or so it seemed in

July 30, 2014
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