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Thursday, February 21, 2013
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News

BP Witness Testimony May Save Halliburton Billions

By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jef Feeley and Laurel Brubaker Calkins (Bloomberg) — Halliburton Co. may escape paying billions of dollars in damages for its

February 21, 2013
Total Views: 143

U.S. Navy’s $37 Billion LCS Program Reflects Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex
Navy

U.S. Navy’s $37 Billion LCS Program Reflects Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex

David Lerman and Nick Taborek (Bloomberg) — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus confronted a tough choice in the competition to develop a small, speedy and

February 21, 2013
Total Views: 104

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Engineering News

Bergen Group Rises Nearly 50 Percent on Sale of Offshore Engineering Business

(Bloomberg) — Bergen Group ASA, a Norwegian shipbuilder and offshore services company, climbed the most in more than 3 ½ years in Oslo after agreeing to

February 21, 2013
Total Views: 82

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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News

NYK and Mitsui O.S.K Lines Stand to Prosper on Toyota’s Growth in Thailand

(Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp.’s success in selling Thai-made vehicles to the Middle East and Latin America is fueling a boom for car carriers.

February 20, 2013
Total Views: 183

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News

Charters for Capsize Bulkers are Few and Far Between, Rates Remain at 6-Week Low

(Bloomberg) — Earnings for Capesize ships, the largest carriers of iron ore and coal, remained at a six-week low as a dearth of cargoes curbed hiring of

February 20, 2013
Total Views: 112

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News

Singapore Considers Huge New LNG Storage Tank to Support Q-Max Cargoes

(Bloomberg) — Singapore LNG Corp.’s fourth gas storage tank may have 260,000 cubic meters of capacity, enough to fit four A380 jumbo jets, the

February 20, 2013
Total Views: 162

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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News

Goldman Sachs Bearish on the Spot LNG Market in 2016 – 2017

(Bloomberg) — Global liquefied natural gas prices on the spot market will enter a bearish cycle from 2016 to 2017 as new supply comes online before Asian

February 19, 2013
Total Views: 50

Transocean’s $1 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Approved
Offshore

Transocean’s $1 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Approved

By Margaret Cronin Fisk (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. won court approval of its $1 billion settlement with the U.S. of pollution claims stemming from the

February 19, 2013
Total Views: 20

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News

Chinese Coal Imports Seen by Golden Ocean More Than Double by 2015

Coal imports into China, the world’s largest consumer of the commodity, are poised to more than double in the next few years as local production falls,

February 19, 2013
Total Views: 28

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News

Fredriksen’s Golden Ocean Group Rises on Prospects of Dry Bulk Market Recovery

Golden Ocean Group Ltd. climbed to the highest level in almost two years in Oslo trading after the shipping company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen

February 19, 2013
Total Views: 63

Fuel Line Leak Eyed in Carnival Triumph Fire Investigation

Fuel Line Leak Eyed in Carnival Triumph Fire Investigation

By Kasia Klimasinska (Bloomberg) — The fire on Carnival Corp.’s cruise ship Triumph was caused by a leak in a fuel oil return line, the U.S.

February 19, 2013
Total Views: 67

Monday, February 18, 2013
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Finance

CMA CGM Wins Support from Banks, Bonds Outpace Peers

CMA CGM SA’s bonds rallied seven times faster than peers in the past week after the third-biggest container line won support from banks to loosen debt

February 18, 2013
Total Views: 77

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News

Demand for Chinese Iron Ore Imports Seen Curbed on Price Gap

Chinese demand for iron ore cargoes may advance more slowly than expected following holidays in the Asian country, because import prices are at level that

February 18, 2013
Total Views: 21

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News

VLCC Rates Improve Slightly After Chinese Holiday, Owners Still Losing Over $6k Per Day

Charter costs for the biggest oil tankers plying the industry’s busiest trade route rose for a second session as charterers in China returned to work

February 18, 2013
Total Views: 34

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News

Songa Offshore Shares Skyrocket as Trym Rig Leaves Yard

Songa Offshore SE advanced the most in three months in Oslo after the Cyprus-based offshore drilling company said work on its delayed Trym rig is completed and

February 18, 2013
Total Views: 44

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News

Suez Canal Tanker Traffic Slides in January Amid Strikes, Riots

Ships transiting the Suez Canal, which handles about 8 percent of world trade, slid by 16 percent last month amid riots that led the Egyptian military to

February 18, 2013
Total Views: 49

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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News

Brazilian Port Workers Plan Strike, Union Talks With Government “Have Been Bad”

Workers at Brazil’s Santos port will participate in a six-hour work stoppage on Feb. 22 to protest government plans for shipping terminals in the

February 17, 2013
Total Views: 53

Friday, February 15, 2013
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Dockwise Vanguard Loads Largest Offshore Platform on Maiden Voyage

By Isaac Arnsdorf Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — The world’s largest heavy transport vessel loaded the biggest semi-submersible offshore platform hull for

February 15, 2013
Total Views: 276

Carnival Triumph Delivers Latest Black Eye to Cruise Ship Giant

Carnival Triumph Delivers Latest Black Eye to Cruise Ship Giant

By Margaret Newkirk and Christopher Palmeri Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Robin Burgess was enjoying the last full day of her cruise on Feb. 10 when she smelled

February 15, 2013
Total Views: 70

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News

Petrobras May Receive Cargo of North American LNG as Ship Arrives in Brazilian Port

Petroleo Brasileiro SA may receive a spot cargo of liquefied natural gas from the U.S. today, according to ship-tracking data. The LNG Capricorn, with a

February 15, 2013
Total Views: 70