Tuesday, August 5, 2014
News

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Enters Mexican Market

Shanghai-headquartered Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has announced their entry into the Mexican offshore market today with the signing of a three-ship OSV

August 5, 2014
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News

Carsten Ladekjær Takes Over as CEO of KPI Bridge Oil

PRESS RELEASE  – London, 5th August 2014 – KPI Bridge Oil, a leading global broker and trader in marine bunkers, marine lubricants and risk management

August 5, 2014
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Finance

KKR to Sell Turkish U.N Ro-Ro Ferry Business

KKR & Co. has agreed to sell its Turkish ferry business to a partnership of local private-equity firms Esas Holding AS and Actera Partners

August 5, 2014
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News

Imtech Marine Renews VSAT Contract with Algoma Central Corporation

This post is brought to you by Imtech Marine:  Leading Canadian shipping company Algoma Central Corporation has renewed and upgraded its VSAT Connectivity

August 5, 2014
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News

Petrobras Extends Skandi Yare PSV for Four More Years

DOF’s subsidiary Norskan Offshore Ltda. has been awarded a 4 year contract with Petrobras for the platform supply vessel Skandi Yare. The new contract

August 5, 2014
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News

Egypt Plans to Dig New Suez Canal

Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project aimed at expanding trade along

August 5, 2014
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Monday, August 4, 2014
Shipping News

Panama and Building Consortium Reach Deal to Complete Expanded Panama Canal

The Panama Canal Authority and the consortium hired to build the third set of locks for the Panama Canal have finalized a deal for the completion of the

August 4, 2014
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News

EMAS AMC Wins $110 Million in Subsea Contracts

EMAS AMC, the subsea services arm of offshore contractor Ezra Holdings Inc. has won upwards of $110 million in new contracts according to a statement today by

August 4, 2014
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News

China to Build More LNG tankers in High-Tech Push

Chinese shipyards are aiming to take some $10 billion in orders for new LNG tankers over the rest of the decade, part of a plan to restructure the country's

August 4, 2014
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News

Elliot Bay Design Group to Design New Staten Island Ferries

Seattle-based naval architecture and engineering firm Elliot Bay Design Group (EBDG) says it has been awarded a contract from the New York Department of

August 4, 2014
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News

Kurds Ask U.S. Court to Scrap Seizure Order, Allow Crude Delivery

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq asked a U.S. court on Monday to throw out an order to seize some 1 million barrels of disputed crude oil and

August 4, 2014
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News

Rosneft Signs 30-Month Rig Contract with Northern Offshore

Houston-headquartered Northern Offshore, Ltd. (Oslo: NOF.OL) announced at the end of July it had secured a 2 ½ year contract with Rosneft, in conjunction with

August 4, 2014
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USCG

U.S. Coast Guard Turns 224!

Happy 224th Birthday, U.S. Coast Guard!

August 4, 2014
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Piracy

Pirates Release Tanker Hijacked Off Ghana

A Kiribati-flagged tanker hijacked off the coast of Ghana last month has been released by pirates, according to the International Maritime

August 4, 2014
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News

Shipping Industry Cautioned Over Ebola Outbreak

The international shipping community is being warned of the potential dangers from the unprecedented Ebola virus outbreak in west

August 4, 2014
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News

Meyer Werft and Finnish Government Finalize Acquisition of STX Finland Turku Shipyard

Following weeks of negotiations, the Finnish Government and German shipbuilder Meyer Werft have signed an agreement the purchase of the STX Finland's Turku

August 4, 2014
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News

Sugar Fire at Santos Port Threatens Brazilian Exports

Firefighters contained a blaze at Cosan SA's sugar facilities at the Port of Santos in Brazil on Monday, reducing storage capacity in the world's largest

August 4, 2014
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News

Wärtsilä to Design New Bothnian Corridor Ro-Pax Ferry

Wärtsilä’s ship design group has been selected to design a new ferry as part of the ‘Midway Alignment of the Bothnian Corridor’ project.

August 4, 2014
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News

Tui Cruises Orders Two More from STX Europe

TUI Cruises announced today the order for two new ships from STX Europe’s shipyard in Turku, Finland. The ships will be sister vessels of two other ships

August 4, 2014
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News

Matz Maersk Makes First European Calls

Matz Maersk, the ninth 18,270 TEU containership built for the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group made its maiden voyage port call to Bremerhaven on 27 July and

August 4, 2014
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