Thursday, September 3, 2015
China's first aircraft carrier seen in photo Credit: REUTERS/STRINGER
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China Building Two Aircraft Carriers, Taiwan Defense Ministry Says

  By J.R. Wu TAIPEI, Sept 3 (Reuters) – China is building two aircraft carriers that will be the same size as its sole carrier, a 60,000-tonne

September 3, 2015
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Chinese Navy Ships Make First Appearance in Bering Sea
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Chinese Navy Ships Make First Appearance in Bering Sea

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Five Chinese Navy ships are sailing in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, the Pentagon

September 2, 2015
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Vantage Drilling Bonds Plunge as Petrobras Cancels Deal Amid Bribe Probe
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Vantage Drilling Bonds Plunge as Petrobras Cancels Deal Amid Bribe Probe

  By Sridhar Natarajan (Bloomberg) — Bonds of Vantage Drilling Co. dropped as Petroleo Brasileiro SA terminated a $1.7 billion drill deal amid a

September 2, 2015
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WATCH: Float-Over Topside Installation Using Dynamic Positioning
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WATCH: Float-Over Topside Installation Using Dynamic Positioning

This video shows the float-over installation of a 15,748 ton topside on an offshore facility off Malaysia using dynamic positioning and the Dockwise-managed

September 2, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – SS COLUMBIA Tow
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Ship Photos of the Day – SS COLUMBIA Tow

The Great Lakes Towing Company was contracted by The SS Columbia Project to tow the 113-year-old “Boblo Boat” SS COLUMBIA from Toledo, Ohio to Buffalo, New

September 2, 2015
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European Commission Signs Off On Shell’s Bid for BG Group
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European Commission Signs Off On Shell’s Bid for BG Group

  Sept 2 (Reuters) – BG Group Plc said the European Union’s antitrust regulators had approved Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s $70 billion

September 2, 2015
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Petrobras Cancels Vantage Drillship Contract Citing Breaches
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Petrobras Cancels Vantage Drillship Contract Citing Breaches

  Houston-based Vantage Drilling says it has been notified by Petrobras terminating it’s contract for the Titanium Explorer drillship. The 8-year

September 2, 2015
Total Views: 132

Tankers Take 4,000-Mile Detour as Oil Prices Plunge
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Tankers Take 4,000-Mile Detour as Oil Prices Plunge

By Manisha Jha (Bloomberg) — Slumping oil prices are spurring 4,000-mile (6,400-kilometer) diversions of tankers filled with diesel and jet fuel as the

September 2, 2015
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Irving Shipbuilding Cuts First Steel on Canada’s Arctic Patrol Ships
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Irving Shipbuilding Cuts First Steel on Canada’s Arctic Patrol Ships

  Irving Shipbuilding has cut steel on the first of Canada’s Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships at the company’s Halifax Shipyard in Nova Scotia.

September 2, 2015
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Greek Coast Guard Nabs Arms Smuggling Ship Bound for Libya

ATHENS, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Greek authorities have seized a freighter carrying an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey to Libya, coast

September 2, 2015
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
NASA Satellites Capture Three Hurricanes Marching Across Pacific
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NASA Satellites Capture Three Hurricanes Marching Across Pacific

NASA satellites this week captured images of three simultaneous hurricanes over the Pacific Over near Hawaii, the first time in recorded history that three

September 1, 2015
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Ship Photos of the Day – Giant Gantry Cranes Arrive in Los Angeles
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Ship Photos of the Day – Giant Gantry Cranes Arrive in Los Angeles

The heavy-lift vessel Zen Hua 19 arrived in Los Angeles carrying two new gantry cranes for the West Basin Container Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.

September 1, 2015
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the largest found in a decade in the region. Illustration: Maersk Oil.
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Sembcorp Bags Even Bigger Culzean Field Contract

  Another huge contract handed out today by Maersk Oil one day after the company and its partners won UK approval for the multi-billion development of the

September 1, 2015
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Huntington Ingalls Wants Dibs on Obama’s Icebreakers
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Huntington Ingalls Wants Dibs on Obama’s Icebreakers

  WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc, which builds aircraft carriers and U.S. Navy warships, on Tuesday said it was

September 1, 2015
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More Bosphorus Trouble: Vessels Collide Near Northern Entrance – INCIDENT PHOTOS
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More Bosphorus Trouble: Vessels Collide Near Northern Entrance – INCIDENT PHOTOS

Another incident to report today involving ships in or near Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait. Turkish maritime authorities have confirmed that the tanker Paros

September 1, 2015
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Subsea 7 Lands $150 Million Culzean Field Contract from Maersk Oil
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Subsea 7 Lands $150 Million Culzean Field Contract from Maersk Oil

  Offshore contractor Subsea 7 says it has been awarded a $150 million subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract by Maersk Oil for the

September 1, 2015
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Egypt Keeping Eni’s Giant Offshore Find for Itself
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Egypt Keeping Eni’s Giant Offshore Find for Itself

  By Maher Chmaytelli (Bloomberg) — Egypt plans to keep all the natural gas produced at a giant field Eni SpA found off its Mediterranean coast to

September 1, 2015
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World’s Top Oil Trader Sees $40-$60 a Barrel in 2016
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World’s Top Oil Trader Sees $40-$60 a Barrel in 2016

  By Javier Blas and Will Kennedy (Bloomberg) — Oil prices will remain at $40 to $60 a barrel into 2016 as rising crude supplies overwhelm demand,

September 1, 2015
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President Obama Wants More Heavy Icebreakers
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President Obama Wants More Heavy Icebreakers

  By Roberta Rampton ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 1 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a faster timetable for buying a new heavy

September 1, 2015
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