Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Genco Tiberius shipping capesize
Finance

U.S. Judge Clears Way for Genco Shipping to Exit Bankruptcy

A U.S. bankruptcy judge said on Wednesday he will approve Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd's plan to exit its Chapter 11 bankruptcy after he overruled objections

July 2, 2014
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News

ABS and DSME to Develop LNG-Fueled Drillship

ABS announced today a joint development project (JDP) with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to develop the

July 2, 2014
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News

Euronav Accepts Delivery of 8 Maersk VLCCs

Since Euronav’s announcement on 5 January 2014 of their acquisition of 15 Maersk Tankers’ VLCCs, the company notes that 8 ships have so far been

July 2, 2014
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dina star oscv
Engineering News

Revolutionary New Power System Could be a Game-Changer for the Offshore Sector

The DP2-equipped light construction / ROV vessel Dina Star was delivered last year by Kleven Shipyard to Fonnes-based shipowner, Myklebusthaug Offshore

July 2, 2014
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News

The Idle Goliath Off Aruba is Quietly Making Millions for Bondholders

Drifting five miles off the Aruba coast, the 591-foot-long oil-servicing ship OSA Goliath has no projects to work on or contracts to fulfill. Yet in its idle

July 2, 2014
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News

Sovcomflot Tanker Busted for Using Scanned Paper Charts Through Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s Administrative Appeals Tribunal last week affirmed the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s October 2013 detention of the 2007-built

July 2, 2014
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Ships Begin Transferring Syrian Chemical Agents in Southern Italy
News

Ships Begin Transferring Syrian Chemical Agents in Southern Italy

A Danish ship carrying some of Syria's most dangerous chemical agents began transferring them on Wednesday onto an American cargo vessel equipped with special

July 2, 2014
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News

Subsea 7 Extends Charter for Havila Subsea

Subsea 7 announced today they have exercised a contractual option to extend its existing charter of the 98-meter offshore construction vessel, Havila Subsea

July 2, 2014
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michael behrendt
Finance

Incoming Hapag-Lloyd Chairman Confident for IPO at End-2015

German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd's designated Chairman Michael Behrendt said he was confident that market conditions would support plans for an initial

July 2, 2014
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
lng bunkering europe
News

GDF SUEZ Plans LNG Bunkering Ship in Zeebrugge as Rotterdam Opens Port

The Port of Rotterdam has announced that as of 1 July, vessels can bunker LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) in the port of Rotterdam. Up to now only inland shipping

July 1, 2014
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News

gCaptain Visits Rolls-Royce’s Ålesund Training Facility

On the west coast of Norway, just past the corner where the rocky coast begins to curve to the east and on upwards to the cold and remote subarctic

July 1, 2014
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Mississippi River Reopens After Tug Sinks
Incidents

Mississippi River Reopens After Tug Sinks

The U.S. Coast Guard has reopened the Mississippi River tonight near St. Louis, Missouri after a 70-foot towing vessel named Jim Marko sank earlier on Tuesday

July 1, 2014
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News

Keppel Wins Kraken FPSO Conversion Deal

Keppel Shipyard announced today it will be converting a newly-built, 600,000 bbl ice-class FPSO for Bumi Armada as part of the FSPO Armada Kraken project which

July 1, 2014
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Ship Photo of the Day – Jacked Up In a North Sea Wind Farm
News

Ship Photo of the Day – Jacked Up In a North Sea Wind Farm

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier's "Brave Tern" and "Bold Tern" jacked up at Global Tech 1 Offshore Windfarm in the North Sea off the coast of Germany.

July 1, 2014
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News

Zim CEO Wants to Step Down

The chief executive of Zim, Israel's biggest shipping company, has indicated he wants to step down once its $3 billion restructuring plan has been implemented,

July 1, 2014
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U.S. Shale to Drive LPG Ship Market, Latsco Shipping Says

By Paul Tugwell July 1 (Bloomberg) — Increased U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas amid higher shale oil production will boost demand for ships that

July 1, 2014
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Swedish Coast Guard Cleaning Up 37-Year-Old Oil Spill
News

Swedish Coast Guard Cleaning Up 37-Year-Old Oil Spill

The Swedish Coast this week is busy cleaning up an spill in the Baltic Sea that is believed to be coming from a decades-old

July 1, 2014
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Costly Shutdown Threatening West Coast Ports Spurs Talks
Ports

Costly Shutdown Threatening West Coast Ports Spurs Talks

Twelve years after a labor dispute closed West Coast ports and cost the U.S. economy $1 billion a day, negotiators on both sides want to avoid a repeat that

July 1, 2014
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Shell’s Prelude FLNG Will Have Some Pretty Nice Digs -Video
Offshore

Shell’s Prelude FLNG Will Have Some Pretty Nice Digs -Video

Latest video from Royal Dutch Shell on the construction of the Prelude

July 1, 2014
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News

Hyundai Mipo Wins Major Tanker Order from Alterna Capital

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) announced today the winning of a six-ship petrochemical tanker newbuild order worth KRW 187,500,000,000 (USD $185 million). The

July 1, 2014
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