Monday, April 30, 2018
Marathon oil texas city refinery. Photo: Marathon Petroleum
Offshore

Marathon to Become Top U.S. Refiner with $23 Billion Acquisition of Andeavor

By John Benny – April 30 (Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp agreed to buy rival Andeavor for more than $23 billion in a deal creating one of

April 30, 2018
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‘First of Many’: Ship Carrying LNG from U.S. East Coast to Japan Transits the Panama Canal
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‘First of Many’: Ship Carrying LNG from U.S. East Coast to Japan Transits the Panama Canal

The first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Dominion Energy’s Cove Point LNG export terminal on the U.S. East Coast has completed its transit of the

April 30, 2018
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Tug Towing Iceberg
Interesting

The Guy Who Raised the Costa Concordia Wants to Wrangle Icebergs to Help Cape Town’s Water Crisis

By Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG, April 30 (Reuters) – Marine salvage experts are floating a plan to tug icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa’s

April 30, 2018
Total Views: 236

Biggest Wave Ever Surfed
Shipping News

WATCH: Surfer Rides 80-Foot Wave, Setting New World Record

Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa has set a new world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. The record-setting ride took place last November when Koxa was towed

April 30, 2018
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ONE Container ship
News

ONE Unveils Strategy for Billion-Dollar Cost Savings and Million-Dollar Profits

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Japanese shipping groups K Line, MOL and NYK, now operating as the Ocean Network Express (ONE) joint-venture, have

April 30, 2018
Total Views: 134

shipping containers
News

Biggest Indian Cargo Company Wants to Build an Uber for Shipping

By P R Sanjai (Bloomberg) — Allcargo Logistics Ltd. is emulating Uber Technologies Inc. to boost its business of sharing marine containers. A unit of the

April 30, 2018
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Thwaites Glacier.Credit: NSF photo
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Scientists Study Antarctic Glacier, Hoping to Crack Sea Level Risks

OSLO, April 30 (Reuters) – Britain and the United States launched a $25 million project on Monday to study the risks of a collapse of a giant glacier in

April 30, 2018
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offshore wind turbines
News

Taiwan Emerging as Battleground to Expand Offshore Wind in Asia

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, April 30 (Reuters) – Taiwan is becoming the next battleground for the world’s top offshore wind developers as

April 30, 2018
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All New Electric Pilot Boat Design by Robert Allan Ltd.
Press Releases

All New Electric Pilot Boat Design by Robert Allan Ltd.

Press Release – Robert Allan Ltd. – Pilotage services vary throughout the world, some requiring considerable time at sea and others involving short

April 30, 2018
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Sunday, April 29, 2018
Drilling Mud Spills from Transocean Barents Off Newfoundland and Labrador
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Drilling Mud Spills from Transocean Barents Off Newfoundland and Labrador

Drilling has been halted on the semi-subermisible drilling rig Transocean Barents after drilling fluid was spilled during operations off Newfoundland and

April 29, 2018
Total Views: 214

Saturday, April 28, 2018
Australia And Canada To Monitor North Korean Ships
Defense

Australia And Canada To Monitor North Korean Ships

By Alison Bevege SYDNEY, April 28 (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Saturday the country will send a military patrol

April 28, 2018
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Friday, April 27, 2018
deepwater horizon blowout
News

Trump Administration Moving to Relax Some Offshore Drilling Rules Put in Place After Deepwater Horizon

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is moving to relax some offshore drilling requirements imposed in response to the

April 27, 2018
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MAIB: Pilots’ ‘Very Limited Local Knowledge’ Led to Bulker’s Groundings in UAE
Accidents

MAIB: Pilots’ ‘Very Limited Local Knowledge’ Led to Bulker’s Groundings in UAE

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released its report into the groundings of the UK registered bulk carrier Umm Al Qaywayn, United Arab Emirates.

April 27, 2018
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Maersk Supply Service AHTS Embarks on Deep Sea Mining Study in Pacific
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Maersk Supply Service AHTS Embarks on Deep Sea Mining Study in Pacific

A Maersk Supply Service AHTS has departed San Diego on its first deep sea mineral study in the ultra-deep waters of the Pacific Ocean. The departure marks

April 27, 2018
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NGO Shipbreaking Platform: 152 Ships Broken Up on South Asia’s Beaches in First Quarter of 2018
Shipping News

NGO Shipbreaking Platform: 152 Ships Broken Up on South Asia’s Beaches in First Quarter of 2018

Of the 206 ships dismantled worldwide up in in the first quarter of 2018, a total 152 ships ended up on beaches in South Asia, according to a quarterly

April 27, 2018
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PHOTOS: Texas City Hosts First Supertanker
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PHOTOS: Texas City Hosts First Supertanker

By Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — A 2 million barrel-carrying supertanker arrived for the first time at a jetty in Texas City as surging U.S. oil

April 27, 2018
Total Views: 103

Ships at anchor off Singapore.
News

Singapore Extends Compulsory Use of Flow Meters to Distillate Barges

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, April 27 (Reuters) – Singapore will extend the mandatory use of mass-flow-meters to bunker barges delivering

April 27, 2018
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Thursday, April 26, 2018
Drug Smugglers Light High-Speed Craft Ablaze in Eastern Pacific; 1,080 Pounds of Cocaine Seized
Interesting

Drug Smugglers Light High-Speed Craft Ablaze in Eastern Pacific; 1,080 Pounds of Cocaine Seized

Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and Navy intercepted more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine from a high-speed drug trafficking boat

April 26, 2018
Total Views: 274

baltic exchange
News

Baltic Exchange to Launch New Container Shipping Index

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) – London’s Baltic Exchange is developing a container shipping index with Hong Kong-headquartered group Freightos in

April 26, 2018
Total Views: 102

shell's vito development
News

Shell Makes Final Investment Decision for the Vito Deepwater Development in Gulf of Mexico

Oil major Shell has announced a final investment decision for the 100,000 barrel per day Vito development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico off the coast of

April 26, 2018
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