Friday, April 17, 2015
Shell Rig Arrives in Washington Sans Greenpeace Activists
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Shell Rig Arrives in Washington Sans Greenpeace Activists

The 674-foot semi-submersible heavy lift ship Blue Marlin arrived Friday to its anchorage in Port Angeles Bay, Washington with Shell's arctic-bound oil rig

April 17, 2015
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Drewry: History Repeating Itself with Container Shipping’s Continued Addiction to Ships
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Drewry: History Repeating Itself with Container Shipping’s Continued Addiction to Ships

Despite positive growth momentum, the container shipping industry continues to suffer new, big ship deliveries with no let-up to the ordering frenzy, according

April 17, 2015
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Norlines Kvitbjørn cargo ship
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Nor Lines Newbuild Completes Longest Ever LNG-Powered Voyage

A new ship for Norwegian shipping firm Nor Lines has become the world’s first vessel to sail from Asia and Europe solely on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The

April 17, 2015
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Large Dock Fire Hits Squamish Terminals, British Columbia
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Large Dock Fire Hits Squamish Terminals, British Columbia

A large dock fire in Squamish, British Columbia on Thursday caused thick black smoke to blanket the town and forced authorities to issue a Shelter-In-Place

April 17, 2015
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Goliat FPSO dockwise vanguard heavy lift
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Goliat FPSO Arrives in Hammerfest

ENI Norge’s Goliat FPSO platform arrived in Hammerfest, Norway today following a 63-day, 15,608 nautical mile voyage from South Korea which took her

April 17, 2015
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Satellite image of dredgers depositing sand on the northern rim of the Mischief Reef
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China May Gain Control of South China Sea, U.S. Navy Says

China’s island building program in the South China Sea may result in it gaining control of some of the world’s most important waterways, the U.S.’s most

April 17, 2015
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west alpha kara sea rosneft
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North Atlantic Drilling’s Deal with Rosneft Postponed Again

North Atlantic Drilling, a subsidiary of offshore rig company Seadrill, has delayed closing a cooperation deal with Russia's Rosneft by two years and agreed to

April 17, 2015
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papua lng carrier santos
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Santos Nears Start of its $18.5 Billion Australian LNG Export Development

Santos Ltd. expects its $18.5 billion liquefied natural gas project in Australia to start production in about five months, pushing the country closer to

April 17, 2015
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Thursday, April 16, 2015
Three Dockworkers Killed While Unloading Coal at Port of Antwerp
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Three Dockworkers Killed While Unloading Coal at Port of Antwerp

Three dockworkers were killed last Saturday at the Port of Antwerp after unloading coal from an open hatch cargo ship. The three workers were reported to have

April 16, 2015
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Angry and Divided, South Korea Mourns On Anniversary of Sewol Ferry Disaster
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Angry and Divided, South Korea Mourns On Anniversary of Sewol Ferry Disaster

A day of mourning for the 304 victims of the Sewol ferry sinking was overtaken by acrimony on Thursday, as organizers called off a ceremony planned to mark its

April 16, 2015
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Italy’s Migrant Crisis Intensifies with Murder Arrests, Drownings
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Italy’s Migrant Crisis Intensifies with Murder Arrests, Drownings

Italian police arrested 15 African men suspected of throwing about a dozen Christians from a migrant boat in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as the crisis off

April 16, 2015
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Transocean drilling deepwater asgard
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Statoil Renegotiates for the Discoverer Americas as Transocean’s Deepwater Asgard Arrives in the GoM

In Transocean’s latest fleet update summary released this afternoon, their 6th generation drill ship Discoverer Americas will be officially heading back

April 16, 2015
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Scientists Geek Out Over Sperm Whale Encounter
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Scientists Geek Out Over Sperm Whale Encounter

A team of scientists aboard the E/V Nautilus got super excited when a large sperm whale decided to check out the ROV Hercules at a depth 598 meters off

April 16, 2015
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North Carolina Offers Strong Support of Oil and Gas Exploration Off Atlantic Coast
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North Carolina Offers Strong Support of Oil and Gas Exploration Off Atlantic Coast

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Wednesday expressed strong support for the environmentally safe and responsible offshore energy exploration off the

April 16, 2015
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South Korean President Promises to Raise Sunken Sewol Ferry
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South Korean President Promises to Raise Sunken Sewol Ferry

On the one year anniversary of the Sewol ferry tragedy, South Korean President Park Guen-hye has vowed to raise the sunken ferry as soon as possible. Speaking

April 16, 2015
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Treasure Hunters Pull Silver Coins from WWII Shipwreck at Record Depth
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Treasure Hunters Pull Silver Coins from WWII Shipwreck at Record Depth

  Deepwater salvage and recovery firm Deep Ocean Search says it has pulled “several tens of tons” of silver coins from a WWII shipwreck at a

April 16, 2015
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Maersk Oil Announces Job Cuts
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Maersk Oil Announces Job Cuts

Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk will cut 200 jobs in its Maersk Oil unit due to a drop in the oil price and to reduce operating costs by 20 percent over the next

April 16, 2015
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Teekay Sees Continued Strength in the Tanker Market

Christian Waldegrave, Teekay’s Manager of Research believes the tanker market, at least in the short term, looks to stay strong due to low oil prices and

April 16, 2015
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gs caltex refinery
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Asian Crude Buyers Realize Mexican Oil May Not Have Been Such a Bargain

A few months after snapping up the most heavily discounted Mexican oil in 20 years, Asian refiners are discovering some of these bargains may have been

April 16, 2015
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liuhua 11-1 tlp project
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Technip Wins CNOOC Tension Leg Platform FEED Project

Liuhua, China’s largest offshore oil field with an estimated 1 billion barrels of oil in place, will be developed via a pair of tensioned leg platforms

April 16, 2015
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