Tuesday, February 10, 2015
goliat fpso dockwise vanguard
News

Goliat FPSO Prepares for 60-Day Voyage Aboard the Dockwise Vanguard [IMAGES]

The Goliat FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) will soon depart Hyundai Heavy Industries and head southbound along the coast of eastern Asia

February 10, 2015
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Capesize Dry Bulk Shippers Come Together to Form New Chartering JV
News

Capesize Dry Bulk Shippers Come Together to Form New Chartering JV

Five dry bulk shipping firms, including shipping tycoon John Fredriksen's Golden Ocean will form a new venture to coordinate chartering services, hoping to

February 10, 2015
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Costa Concordia Disaster: Schettino Verdict Expected This Week
News

Costa Concordia Disaster: Schettino Verdict Expected This Week

A verdict in the trial of former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino is scheduled to be handed down this week in Grosseto, Italy, marking the end of

February 9, 2015
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Containers and ships sit idle at the Port of Long Beach in this file photo
News

West Coast Port Operations Resume, More Labor Talks Scheduled

U.S. West Coast port operations resumed in full on Monday after shipping companies suspended loading and unloading of freighters for the weekend, citing

February 9, 2015
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At Least 29 Migrants Die from Exposure While in Coast Guard Custody
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At Least 29 Migrants Die from Exposure While in Coast Guard Custody

At least 29 migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast guard vessels after being picked up from an inflatable boat adrift near Libya, the mayor of the

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 33

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News

Baltic Dry Index Matches All-Time Low

Commodity shipping costs matched a record low set 28 years ago as China’s slowing demand for coal and weaker bookings before the Asian country’s New Year

February 9, 2015
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Japan Backs Ship Beaching Yards in India
Shipping News

Japan Backs Ship Beaching Yards in India

A delegation of industry and government stakeholders from Japan has expressed some support of certain ship recycling yards in Alang, India after seeing

February 9, 2015
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falling oil prices crude
News

Citi: Oil Could Plunge to $20, and This Might Be ‘the End of OPEC’

The recent surge in oil prices is just a "head-fake," and oil as cheap as $20 a barrel may soon be on the way, Citigroup said in a report on Monday as it

February 9, 2015
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U.S. Navy’s First Afloat Forward Staging Base Christened at NASSCO
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U.S. Navy’s First Afloat Forward Staging Base Christened at NASSCO

General Dynamics NASSCO on Saturday christened the U.S. Navy’s newest ship, the USNS Lewis B. Puller (MLP-3

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 96

Harvey Gulf Makes LNG Bunkering History
News

Harvey Gulf Makes LNG Bunkering History

Harvey Gulf International Marine on Friday made LNG bunkering history when the lead vessel in its new line of dual fuel offshore supply vessels became the

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 67

tomahawk missile maritime target
Interesting

Pigeons Sitting on Stacked Containers Blasted by Tomahawk Missile

This video sequence filmed on 27 January 2015 offshore California near San Nicolas Island shows a Tomahawk Block IV missile launched from USS Kidd (DDG 100)

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 212

port hamburg
News

Hamburg Port Expects ‘Drastic’ Russia Sea Trade Downturn in 2015

Hamburg authorities expect the decline in seaborne trade with Russia to accelerate this year as a lagging impact of the weak ruble cripples trade with the

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 146

Pieter Schelte Renamed
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Pieter Schelte Renamed

Allseas’ giant oil rig decommissioning vessel was initially named after Pieter Schelte Heerema who besides creating one of the world’s premier

February 9, 2015
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Diamond offshore semisubmersible upgrade shipyard
News

Diamond Offshore Revenue Falls, Scraps Special Dividend

Rig contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc reported a 7 percent drop in quarterly revenue as demand dropped due to weak oil prices, and said it would not pay

February 9, 2015
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Cammell Laird Shipyard Wins Strangford Ferry Newbuild Contract
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Cammell Laird Shipyard Wins Strangford Ferry Newbuild Contract

British shipyard Cammell Laird announced today the award of a multi-million pound new-build ferry contract from the Northern Ireland Executive. The Birkenhead

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 56

Global Cruise Industry Anticipates Another Record Year in 2015
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Global Cruise Industry Anticipates Another Record Year in 2015

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world’s largest cruise industry trade association, released its annual State of the Cruise Industry

February 9, 2015
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Sunday, February 8, 2015
casterone pipelay vessel saipem
News

Saipem’s Giant Pipelay Ship Castorone Starts Work Off Darwin

Saipem’s deepwater pipelay installation vessel Castorone commenced laying the remaining 718 kilometer section of 42-inch pipe last week, according to

February 8, 2015
Total Views: 313

Keppel FELS Denies Involvement in Petrobras Bribery Scandal
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Keppel FELS Denies Involvement in Petrobras Bribery Scandal

Last week, a huge corruption scandal at Petrobras resulted in an entire change-out of the top leadership at the Brazilian energy major.  A report by

February 8, 2015
Total Views: 74

iron ore china dry bulk
News

SPOTD: Unloading Iron Ore in Rizhao

Cranes unload iron ore from a ship at a port in Rizhao, Shandong province February 7, 2015.

February 8, 2015
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lim tide allision
Incidents

Tidewater Supply Vessel Heavily Damaged After Hitting Production Platform

On February 5th, the anchor handling tug supply vessel Lim Tide suffered some sort of issue which caused it to ram a production platform in the Persian Gulf.

February 8, 2015
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