Wednesday, November 26, 2014
News

Oil Bust of 1986 Reminds U.S. Drillers of Price War Risk

The last time that U.S. oil drillers got caught up in a price war orchestrated by Saudi Arabia, it ended badly for the

November 26, 2014
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Finance

Seadrill Shares Tumble as Dividend is Cut

"Having a dividend cut is a concrete sign that things are as bad as people fear ... it's another confirmation to how hard it is out there to be an offshore

November 26, 2014
Total Views: 43

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Engineering News

Bollinger Delivers William Trump to US Coast Guard

Bollinger Shipyards delivered the 11th Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard today named WILLIAM TRUMP.

November 25, 2014
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News

Louisiana Shipyard Building Drone Landing Ship for SpaceX Rocket

Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed that his SpaceX space transport company is currently developing an "autonomous spaceport drone ship" that will act

November 25, 2014
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Defense

France Suspends Delivery of Russian Warships

France suspended indefinitely on Tuesday delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carrier warships to Russia, citing conflict in eastern Ukraine where

November 25, 2014
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Blog

Nightmarish Black Seadevil Caught on Video

Researchers with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have capture what is being called the best-ever footage of the elusive and nightmarish-looking

November 25, 2014
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Ports

Port of Long Beach Opens Vacant Pier to Combat Congestion

The Port of Long Beach is set to open a vacant pier to store empty containers amid unprecedented congestion at the nation's second busiest container port.

November 25, 2014
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News

APM Terminals Seeks More Ports in Turkey on Shipping Prospects

APM Terminals BV, the port operator owned by AP Moeller-Maersk A/S, wants to buy more ports in Turkey, a market where container volumes are growing twice as

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 50

News

Royal Caribbean Joint Venture to Create Chinese Cruise Line

Royal Caribbean and Chinese travel service provider Ctrip have announced a new joint venture designed to serve the booming Chinese cruise market with a new

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 106

Shipping News

Greek Coast Guard Responding to Disabled Freighter Carrying Hundreds of Migrants

Greece has sent a frigate to rescue a container ship believed to carrying hundreds of undocumented migrants and in distress off its southern island of Crete,

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 41

News

Clarksons Seeking $441 Million Acquisition of RS Platou

Top ship broker Clarkson is seeking to acquire Norwegian brokerage and investment bank RS Platou for 281.2 million pounds ($441 million) in a deal that would

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 35

News

Helix ESG’s Seawell to Get Major Upgrade at Damen’s Vlissingen Yard

Helix ESG’s light well intervention/dive support vessel MSV Seawell will be back up on blocks next month at Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen for a major

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 98

News

Indonesian Cargo Ship Banned from Entering Australia

Indonesian shipper Meratus Line has been flagged by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) due to repeated compliance issues related to one of its

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 75

News

Iron Ore Drops Below $70 for First Time Since ’09 as Glut Widens

Iron ore traded below $70 for the first time in five years as rising low-cost supplies by the world’s top miners widen a global glut amid slowing demand from

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 25

Finance

Frontline Posts Deeper Third-Quarter Loss

Frontline, once the world's biggest crude oil tanker company, reported a bigger than expected third-quarter loss on Tuesday and said it is still considering

November 25, 2014
Total Views: 45

Monday, November 24, 2014
News

Kiel Canal Lock Gate Severely Damaged by Ship Strike, Full Replacement Needed

A cargo ship struck a lock gate in a chamber of the Kiel Canal in Germany on Monday, causing damage so severe that the gate will need to be replaced

November 24, 2014
Total Views: 216

News

Giant Pieter Schelte Sets Sail for Rotterdam

After at least 4 years under construction and decades of planning, the giant Pieter Schelte catamaran has set sail from the shipyard in South Korea for

November 24, 2014
Total Views: 217

Incidents

Two Killed After Barge Sinks Off Germany

Two people were killed Monday morning when the barge they were on sank in heavy seas off the coast of

November 24, 2014
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Incidents

BP Oil Tanker Lets Out Huge Black Fart in Charleston, Puzzles Waterfront [VIDEO]

While in Charleston, South Carolina yesterday, BP Shipping’s British Emissary, a 34k deadweight oil products tanker, suffered a catastrophic a rather

November 24, 2014
Total Views: 68

News

SocGen Cuts U.K. Gas Price Forecast as Crude Enters Bear Market

Societe Generale SA cut its U.K. natural gas price forecasts by as much as 7.3 percent as crude slumped into a bear market, helping reduce the cost of supplies

November 24, 2014
Total Views: 21