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APL, Maersk and OOCL on Tuesday announced a new cooperation on three existing Far East to Indian Subcontinent services beginning in February
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Chevron North Sea Ltd reached a final investment decision today and received approval from the U.K. Government to proceed with the development of the Alder
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Technip UK Limited has exercised the first of two yearly options to extend existing frame agreement with Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) for the supply of vessels
BW Offshore has signed an agreement with HRT for a one year extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Polvo. The firm period has been extended to
A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 27-year-old man from an offshore supply vessel 5 miles off Louisiana, Thursday, after losing his foot in an
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gCaptain’s job board continues to receive an extraordinary amount of attention from the maritime and offshore industry around the world and we’ve
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Norwegian private equity firm, Hitecvision announced today that Houston-based Atlantica Tender Drilling Ltd, one of their many investments in the offshore
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With the so-called Polar Vortex funneling arctic air over a large portion of the U.S., historically low temps have made things very interesting on the inland
Vale S.A. notes today that it has suspended force majeure (FM) on a number of its iron ore sales contracts effective as of January 6th, 2014. FM was declared
A small town banker accused of stealing millions of dollars from investors before faking his own death was also on the hook for a hefty search and rescue bill
A number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
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