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Monday, December 15, 2014
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News

Crude Seen Falling to $50 in 2015

Crude oil prices are poised to fall below half where they were six months ago, before producers begin dealing with a global

December 15, 2014
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Friday, December 12, 2014
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Maritime News

Lockheed Martin, Austal Unscathed by LCS Changes

Lockheed Martin Corp. and Austal Ltd., makers of the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship, have emerged unscathed in the new strategy by departing Defense Secretary

December 12, 2014
Total Views: 15

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Maritime News

Record Oil Tankers Seen Sailing to China Amid Stockpiling Signs

The number of supertankers sailing to China jumped to a record in ship-tracking data amid signs that the oil-price crash is spurring the Asian nation to

December 12, 2014
Total Views: 106

Wednesday, December 10, 2014
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UK Storm Drives Wind Turbines to Record Output Levels

Wind power generation is forecast at near yesterday’s record later today, peaking at 6,747 megawatts at 9 p.m. London time, according to Bloomberg’s wind

December 10, 2014
Total Views: 35

Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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Algeria to Boost LNG Shipments to Asia as Sales to Europe Drop

Algeria, Africa’s largest natural gas producer, has expanded capacity to ship the fuel on tankers and plans to sell more of it in Asia and make up for a

December 9, 2014
Total Views: 19

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News

Norway Reviews GDP Growth Estimates as Oil Plunge Continues

Norway signaled it may cut its economic forecast for next year as a slump in oil prices threatens growth in western Europe’s biggest crude

December 9, 2014
Total Views: 6

Monday, December 8, 2014
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Finance

Fredriksen Boosts Seadrill Stake After Shares Slump

Billionaire John Fredriksen bought shares in Seadrill Ltd. for $33.5 million, boosting his stake in the offshore driller to 23.9 percent as the stock fell

December 8, 2014
Total Views: 5

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Maritime News

Pirates Kill Vietnamese Crew Member as Regional Hijackings Rise

The killing of a crew member of a Vietnamese tanker by pirates yesterday marks a deadly escalation in Southeast Asian hijackings and the third attack on a ship

December 8, 2014
Total Views: 34

Saturday, December 6, 2014
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News

Maersk Targeted in Petrobras Probe as Graft Scandal Goes Global

Brazilian authorities are investigating foreign companies including AP Moeller-Maersk A/S over allegations they bribed Petroleo Brasileiro SA executives in

December 6, 2014
Total Views: 120

Navy Engineer Caught Trying to Steal Supercarrier Secrets
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Navy Engineer Caught Trying to Steal Supercarrier Secrets

A civilian engineer at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard was arrested in a sting operation on a charge of trying to steal diagrams of the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear

December 6, 2014
Total Views: 78

Friday, December 5, 2014
Canada-U.S. LNG Cost Rivalry Draws Focus
Maritime News

Canada-U.S. LNG Cost Rivalry Draws Focus

Petroliam Nasional Bhd.’s deferred decision on a C$36 billion ($32 billion) liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia is bringing to the fore

December 5, 2014
Total Views: 2

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Finance

Technip Will Probably Raise Takeover Offer for CGG, UBS Says

Technip SA, Europe’s largest oil-and- gas services company, will probably raise its 1.47 billon-euro ($1.8 billion) offer for rival, CGG SA, according to UBS

December 5, 2014
Total Views: 10

Thursday, December 4, 2014
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Australia to Toughen Asylum-Seeker Visa Laws

Australia’s Senate voted early today to support legislation backed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott that denies asylum seekers arriving by boat the right to

December 4, 2014
Total Views: 7

Shipping Can Thank OPEC for $29 Billion Savings: Chart of the Day
Maritime News

Shipping Can Thank OPEC for $29 Billion Savings: Chart of the Day

By Naomi Christie Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — When OPEC sent oil prices tumbling last week by deciding not to tackle a global glut of crude, shipping companies

December 4, 2014
Total Views: 2

Wednesday, December 3, 2014
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News

Brent Crude Trades Near $70 as Traders Assess OPEC Decision

Brent crude traded near $70 a barrel, erasing earlier gains as traders evaluated the impact of OPEC’s decision to maintain output at last week’s meeting.

December 3, 2014
Total Views: 3

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Petrobras’s $100 Million Man Tops Graft Haul in Corruption Probe

Brazil’s biggest money laundering and corruption scandal just got bigger with a high-level executive’s pledge to return $100 million and testify against

December 3, 2014
Total Views: 101

Monday, December 1, 2014
Port Hedland Tug Engineers Approve Agreement, Ending Strike Threat
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Port Hedland Tug Engineers Approve Agreement, Ending Strike Threat

Tugboat engineers at Australia’s Port Hedland approved a labor agreement, ending the threat of strikes at the world’s largest bulk export

December 1, 2014
Total Views: 4

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News

Exxon, Rosneft Scrap Arctic OSV Charters as Russia Sanctions Bite

ExxonMobil Corp. and OAO Rosneft terminated contracts for five service vessels operated by Norway’s Siem Offshore Inc. and Rem Offshore ASA as sanctions

December 1, 2014
Total Views: 56

Sunday, November 30, 2014
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Maritime News

China Winning in OPEC Price War as Oil Hoarding Accelerates

China is emerging as the winner from OPEC’s battle with rival oil producers as the world’s biggest energy consumer stockpiles

November 30, 2014
Total Views: 4

Friday, November 28, 2014
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News

Oil Steadies After OPEC Triggers Biggest Slump in Three Years

Brent crude steadied after OPEC triggered the biggest one-day plunge in three years yesterday by failing to cut its output in response to a glut. Oil in New

November 28, 2014
Total Views: 4
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