Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Global 1200 Technip damen
News

Technip’s Global 1200 to Be Upgraded at Damen Ship Repair

Technip’s deepwater pipelay and heavy lift vessel Global 1200 entered the drydock at Damen Ship Repair Rotterdam (DSR) last month for a major upgrade,

February 4, 2015
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Statoil Picks Acting CEO Eldar Saetre as Permanent Boss After Lund
News

Statoil Picks Acting CEO Eldar Saetre as Permanent Boss After Lund

Statoil ASA, Norway’s biggest energy company, unexpectedly appointed acting Chief Executive Officer Eldar Saetre to permanently succeed Helge

February 4, 2015
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
HD Photo Special – Aker Philadelphia Shipyard

HD Photo Special – Aker Philadelphia Shipyard

Over the past year, Philadelphia photographer Charles Cerrone has gained access to wield his camera within the confines of one of the United States’

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 22

Iran is Dodging Around Sanctions to Sell Thousands of Tons of Fuel Oil
News

Iran is Dodging Around Sanctions to Sell Thousands of Tons of Fuel Oil

Iran is sidestepping Western sanctions and managing to sell hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fuel oil every month through companies based in the U.S.-allied

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 79

HD Photo Special – Aker Philadelphia Shipyard
Photo

HD Photo Special – Aker Philadelphia Shipyard

Over the past year, Philadelphia photographer Charles Cerrone has gained access to wield his camera within the confines of one of the United States’

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 41

Steel Cut on Fourth Oasis-Class Cruise Ship
Shipbuilding

Steel Cut on Fourth Oasis-Class Cruise Ship

Royal Caribbean has announced that the first steel has been cut for the fourth Oasis-class ship, marking the official start of construction for the next

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 94

Norovirus Sickens Over 200 Aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
News

Norovirus Sickens Over 200 Aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship

A Royal Caribbean cruise from Baltimore to Jamaica was cut short after more than 200 people became ill with the

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 92

Asia Piracy and Armed Robbery Incidents Up 22% in 2014 [REPORT]
Piracy

Asia Piracy and Armed Robbery Incidents Up 22% in 2014 [REPORT]

ReCAAP reports a 22% increase in the total number of piracy and armed robbery incidents in Asian waters in

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 49

vos vigilant
Interesting

Watch: VOS Vigilant Encounters Big Breaking Seas

Vroon Offshore’s 2011-built Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel VOS Vigilant took a bit of a pounding while operating off the Shetland Islands last

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 112

london Image credit: London Gateway via Twitter
News

DP World Reports 8.9% Growth in Container Volume

Dubai-based marine terminal operator DP World Limited says it handled 60 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in 2014, with gross

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 53

CNOOC Oriental offshore production
Offshore

China’s Cnooc to Increase Output, Even as Oil Plunge Spurs Spending Cut

Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas producer, plans to increase production by as much as 15 percent this year even as the plunge in the price of

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 10

USNS Sgt Metaj Kocak Refloated from Okinawan Shoals
Accidents

USNS Sgt Metaj Kocak Refloated from Okinawan Shoals

After careful deballasting, USNS Sgt Metaj Kocak was successfully refloated today at approximately 1730 local time, according to an emailed statement from the

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 126

sovcomflot lng carrier
News

Russia Continues to Make Efforts to Support Domestic Maritime Industry

Unlike the United States, Russia is making an focused effort to ensure their natural resources are being shipped aboard Russian-flagged and Russian-crewed

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 59

BP CEO Sees No Hope of $100 Oil for ‘Long Time’ Amid Glut
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BP CEO Sees No Hope of $100 Oil for ‘Long Time’ Amid Glut

BP Plc boss Bob Dudley is very bearish on the price of oil. He says this feels the same as 1986, when oil slumped from $30 a barrel to $10 and didn’t recover

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 45

jindal pioneer
News

SPOTD: Jindal Pioneer on Jacking Trials

UAE rig builder Lamprell says they have completed construction on the LeTourneau Super 116E (Enhanced) Class-design jack-up rig Jindal Pioneer.  The shipyard

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 205

vopak oil storage tanks
News

Vopak to Start Up Malaysian Oil Storage Facility

World's largest independent storage company Vopak will start operations at the first commercial crude oil tank farm in southeast Asia in March, a top company

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 228

Monday, February 2, 2015
Exmar FLRSU Pacific Rubiales
News

Colombian Floating LNG Startup Uncertain Says Pacific Rubiales

Pacific Rubiales, forced by low oil prices to delay the start-up of its Colombia liquefied natural gas plant, said it was impossible to predict when exports

February 2, 2015
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brent delta platform
News

Shell Plans to Start Decommissiong North Sea Brent Delta Platform

Oil company Shell intends to start a 10-year process to dismantle and remove one of Britain's oldest and biggest oil platforms, Brent Delta, the company said

February 2, 2015
Total Views: 85

anacortes refinery
News

Oil Workers Strike Seen Prolonging U.S. Refinery Repairs During Breakdowns

The biggest U.S. oil workers strike since 1980 will probably prolong time needed to make repairs after mechanical breakdowns, even as most refineries continue

February 2, 2015
Total Views: 22

Japanese Operator to Pay $1.8 Million Over ‘Magic Pipe’
News

Japanese Operator to Pay $1.8 Million Over ‘Magic Pipe’

The operator of a car carrier calling at Port of Baltimore has plead guilty and was sentenced to pay $1.8 million over charges stemming from the use of a

February 2, 2015
Total Views: 44