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Maritime Crime and Piracy Incidents by Region, July 14 – 20, 2011 (Source: U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence) CENTRAL AMERICA–CARIBBEAN: HAITI: A

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Rowan Cos. Inc. (RDC) on Wednesday said it will sell its fleet of land rigs to Ensign Energy Services Inc. (ESI.T, ESVIF) for $510

TOKYO—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has donated six 20-foot reefer containers to the Soma-Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association as part of its support

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. Ltd. (BN4.SG) Thursday reported better-than-expected growth in second-quarter net profit after profit contributions

(Dow Jones) Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.’s (DO) second-quarter earnings jumped 19% as the company posted stronger revenue, though day rates fell and

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Hyundai Steel Co. (004020.SE), South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker by sales, said Thursday that it expects to win orders in

BEIJING—China plans an ultradeep dive by a manned submersible beneath the Pacific that would propel it past the U.S. in a race to explore potentially

NORFOLK, Va. —Three accused Somali pirates pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing four Americans on a hijacked yacht off the coast of

(Graphic by Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Taking another major step in sleuthing the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a research team led

FIRST PLACE IMAGE: (c) Luis Carlos Amaral Laranjeria (EUNAVFOR) To record the work of Operation ATALANTA and to increase the library of related photographs,

Image (c) Hyundai Heavy Industries SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (009540.SE), the world’s largest shipbuilder by orders, said

TAKING THE PULSE: Singapore rig builders are likely to report higher second-quarter net profits amid a steady rise in orders as drillers replace old fleets and

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–U.S. officials are pursuing a relatively narrow approach to regulating offshore drilling contractors and service providers, such

Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) – 62nd session: 11 to 15 July 2011 Via IMO IMO adopted amendments to the International Convention for the

image (c) Liam Beswick This is the South Atlantic (almost) at its most unforgiving as the “Fortress of the Sea” ploughed west for the Falklands

Submersible ROV manufacturer, VideoRay, has been awarded a $2.2 million dollar contract by the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) of the US

The OSD-designed fuel efficient seismic support vessel for Bourbon courtesy Offshore Ship Designers This weeks interesting ship is actually a series of six new

Image (c) BP p.l.c. SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Asia’s crude tanker market may begin to recover due to declining availability of vessels in early

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish oil and gas company Maersk Oil stands to lose production of up to 5.3 million barrels of oil equivalent due to extensive

SINGAPORE -Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. (BS6.SG) said Tuesday it expects “not less than” 30% growth in net profit in the