Thursday, April 23, 2015
Video: USS Theodore Roosevelt Suez Canal Time Lapse
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Video: USS Theodore Roosevelt Suez Canal Time Lapse

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits through the Suez Canal in this time-lapse video filmed April 6, 2015. USS Theodore

April 23, 2015
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EU to Triple Funding for Mediterranean Search and Rescue
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EU to Triple Funding for Mediterranean Search and Rescue

European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to triple funding for search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean where record numbers are drowning as they

April 23, 2015
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MARAD Has $900,000 Available for LNG Conversion Project
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MARAD Has $900,000 Available for LNG Conversion Project

The U.S. Maritime Administration says it has $900,000 in federal funding available to support the conversion of existing U.S. flag vessels to liquified natural

April 23, 2015
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goliat fpso dockwise vanguard
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WATCH: Goliat FPSO Float-Off from Dockwise Vanguard

Following ENI Norge’s Goliat FPSO platform arrival in Hammerfest, Norway last week from South Korea, a handful of tugs help the unit float-off the submerged

April 23, 2015
Total Views: 118

MOL Orders ‘Next-Generation’ Car Carriers
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MOL Orders ‘Next-Generation’ Car Carriers

Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) says it has signed a newbuilding contract for what the company describes as next generation car carriers. The contract

April 23, 2015
Total Views: 111

The Upside to a Down Market: Innovation and Standardization in Norway
Offshore

The Upside to a Down Market: Innovation and Standardization in Norway

As a daily consumer of energy, I’ve been selfishly happy about the lower fuel prices of late. Low gas prices are good – at least that’s what

April 23, 2015
Total Views: 80

NATO to Open Anti-Piracy Office in Djibouti
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NATO to Open Anti-Piracy Office in Djibouti

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to establish a liaison office in Djibouti to boost anti- piracy efforts off the Horn of Africa, the 28-nation

April 23, 2015
Total Views: 57

Icon Offshore Executives Under Investigation
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Icon Offshore Executives Under Investigation

Dr Jamal Yusof, Chief Executive of Malaysian OSV operator Icon Offshore Bhd, along with his COO Rahman Yusof, have been remanded to facilitate and assist

April 23, 2015
Total Views: 133

Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Strong Demand to Rebalance Oil Market by Early 2016
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Strong Demand to Rebalance Oil Market by Early 2016

Global oil demand is set to rise by 1 million or even 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2015, according to a range of

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 26

greatdrill chaaya super 116 E jack up
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Malaysian Firm Sells Jack-Up Rig for $223 Million

Malaysian vessel owner Coastal Contracts Bhd has announced the sale of a jack-up drilling rig today via its subsidiary Thaumas Marine Pte Ltd, for

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 230

EU Expected to Restore Rescue Operations After Migrant Boat Disaster
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EU Expected to Restore Rescue Operations After Migrant Boat Disaster

European Union leaders who decided last year to halt the rescue of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean will reverse their decision on Thursday at a

April 22, 2015
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Polsteam Bulk Carrier Refloated in St. Lawrence River
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Polsteam Bulk Carrier Refloated in St. Lawrence River

The MV Juno was refloated in the St. Lawrence River at about 7 a.m. Wednesday and is now safely anchored at Mason Point. The Bahamian-flagged Juno, carrying a

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 308

How Many Cranes Does It Take to Unload a Giant Boxship at Port Klang?
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How Many Cranes Does It Take to Unload a Giant Boxship at Port Klang?

During CMA CGM Kerguelen’s maiden call at Port Klang Port Terminal in Malaysia, the terminal set up a unique arrangement of cranes to match the length of

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 180

Canadian Bulk Carrier Hard Aground in St. Marys River
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Canadian Bulk Carrier Hard Aground in St. Marys River

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a 603-foot bulk carrier which ran aground in the St. Marys River near De Tour Village, Michigan, early Wednesday. The

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 89

Shipping Industry Calls for Immediate Increase of SAR Ops in Mediterranean
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Shipping Industry Calls for Immediate Increase of SAR Ops in Mediterranean

The European and global shipping industries are calling on EU Member States to immediately launch a proper EU search and rescue operation with sufficient

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 87

Innovative Containership Widening Project Completed [PHOTOS]
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Innovative Containership Widening Project Completed [PHOTOS]

We’ve heard of ship lengthening, but German shipping company REEDEREI NSB is undertaking an innovative new project to widen three of its Panamax

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 445

Scorpio bulkers
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Scorpio Bulkers to Sell Seven Newbuildings

Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) has confirmed that it has entered into agreements to sell a total of seven newbuildings as the severely deteriorated dry bulk

April 22, 2015
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Stunning Aerial Photos Reveal Lake Michigan’s Historic Shipwrecks
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Stunning Aerial Photos Reveal Lake Michigan’s Historic Shipwrecks

With winter ice cover gone, U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City took to the air last Friday to photograph some of the historic shipwrecks that dot the

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 208

South Korea Sets Plans to Raise Sewol Ferry
Accidents

South Korea Sets Plans to Raise Sewol Ferry

South Korea said on Wednesday it will raise the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them children, yielding to pressure

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 64

newcastle coal group
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Storm Shuts Down World’s Biggest Coal Port

Australia's Newcastle port, the world's biggest coal export port, has stopped all ship movements due to a cyclonic storm lashing the country's east coast, a

April 22, 2015
Total Views: 137