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On the morning of 9 March, marine authorities received a distress call from the MV ARAK AFRIKANA stating that they were taking on large amounts of water due to
In an unusual sign of discord between two top executives of major western oil producers, Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) Chief Executive Rex Tillerson strongly
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The Obama administration will appeal a ruling from a federal judge who has ordered it to act on pending permits for oil drilling
Via Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute You would have thought a disaster like this would have made the national news. But no one was hurt, and there is
Suspected Somali pirates tried to seize the Maersk Alabama again on Tuesday in the third attempt to hijack it in three years. Four people suspected of being
HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Oil giant BP PLC (BP.LN, BP) continues to use an oil-price range between $60 and $90 a barrel in its long-term planning despite rising
A federal judge has ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Alaska to expedite talks on a 2006 claim by the federal
HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–William Reilly, co-chair of the presidential panel tasked with investigating causes of the BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) oil spill, on Tuesday
Editors note: The new Portfire40 Series will portray those people in the maritime industry that possess “alternative power” having exhibited a
Keppel AmFELS LLC, a US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has won a contract from Mexico’s Perforadora
As part of Maersk Line’s drive to cut sulphur emissions from its fleet, the shipping line has expanded its fuel-switch program in New Zealand’s
On the first day of the 15th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications, Search and Rescue, a ceremony took place to celebrate the expansion of
LONDON (Dow Jones)–DONG Energy, E.ON AG (EOAN.XE) and Masdar said Tuesday that the first of 177 foundations has been installed at the U.K.’s
HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, expects to have a first round of tenders on some areas of the
The first upgraded Wärtsilä RT-flex68-D engine equipped with a Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG) turbocharger was successfully tested at Doosan Engine Co
The Coast Guard responded with multiple air and sea assets on Sunday to reports that an oil production platform caught fire approximately 50 miles off Grand
On March 1, the fishing trawler Nieuwpoort 28 (N28) capsized twenty miles off the French/Belgian coast. It was upside-down in the water and the French and
HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two men from a burning Gulf of Mexico oil platform on Sunday. The platform, owned by Houston-based Arena
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–U.S. investigators said Friday that problems with engineering documents on a BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) production platform in the Gulf of
MIDDLETOWN, RI – KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) today announced that Netherlands-based Vroon has chosen the KVH TracPhone® V7 and its mini-VSAT
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