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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
shipbreaking scrapping chittagong
News

Tanker Rates Rallying as Owners Demolish Most in Decade

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — The cost of hauling crude on the largest tankers is poised to rise to a four-year high as the biggest demolition program in a decade

October 8, 2013
Total Views: 52

Monday, October 7, 2013
Genting Hong Kong Orders New Cruise Ship to Meet Asian Demand
Cruise Ships

Genting Hong Kong Orders New Cruise Ship to Meet Asian Demand

Genting Hong Kong Ltd., the largest shareholder in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., ordered a 1,682-passenger-cabin cruise ship from Meyer Werft for 707.2

October 7, 2013
Total Views: 62

BP’s Macondo Well Dumped 4.2 Million Barrels Into Gulf, U.S. Says
Offshore

BP’s Macondo Well Dumped 4.2 Million Barrels Into Gulf, U.S. Says

BP Plc’s doomed Macondo well dumped 4.2 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, a lawyer for the U.S. told a judge who is assessing the

October 7, 2013
Total Views: 97

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News

Billionaires Emulating Jules Verne Take Submarines to Sea Depths

Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — The strange contraption slowly being assembled in a modest industrial shed in Breda, a small city in the Netherlands, bears little

October 7, 2013
Total Views: 396

Friday, October 4, 2013
Tropical Storm Karen to Bring Rainfall, Floods to Gulf Coast
News

Tropical Storm Karen to Bring Rainfall, Floods to Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Karen may strengthen slightly before weakening as it makes landfall near the Florida-Alabama line Saturday.

October 4, 2013
Total Views: 27

Thursday, October 3, 2013
Norwegian Investors Form New Shipping Bank to Fill Financing Gap
News

Norwegian Investors Form New Shipping Bank to Fill Financing Gap

A group of Norwegian investors and Henning Oldendorff, chairman of the largest charterer of dry- bulk vessels, are forming a shipping bank that will start next

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 33

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Piracy

Greenpeace’s ‘Arctic 30’ Charged with Piracy as Gazprom Says ‘Tragedy’ Averted

Russia charged 30 people with piracy after Greenpeace activists tried to board an Arctic oil platform as OAO Gazprom said the protest threatened to have

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 103

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News

Vale Shareholders Get $500 Million Windfall From Iron Ore Rally

Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — Vale SA, the world’s largest iron-ore producer, boosted this year’s planned dividend by 13 percent to $4.5 billion as

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 42

Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Six Lessons From Blowing $30 Billion in Brazil
Offshore

Six Lessons From Blowing $30 Billion in Brazil

If OGX goes under, its largest U.S. creditors stand to lose millions in Latin America’s largest corporate default. Batista’s salesmanship and

October 2, 2013
Total Views: 90

coal
News

Coal to Replace Natural Gas as Dominant Fuel in SE Asia

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) — Coal will replace natural gas as the dominant fuel for producing electricity in Southeast Asia as the region almost doubles its

October 2, 2013
Total Views: 153

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Suezmax Charter Costs at 16-Year Low
News

Suezmax Charter Costs at 16-Year Low

Charter costs for tankers hauling 1 million barrels of oil fell to the lowest in at least 16 years as the glut of vessels seeking cargoes leaves owners

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 221

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News

Dynagas Delivers LNG Cargo to Japan via Northern Sea Route

Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) — Japan is set to receive its second spot cargo of liquefied natural gas from Norway via the Northern Sea Route as the world’s

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 65

Monday, September 30, 2013
Russia to Charge Greenpeace Activists Over Arctic Protest
News

Russia to Charge Greenpeace Activists Over Arctic Protest

“Charges will be filed shortly,” the Investigative Committee in Moscow said on its website today, although they seem to be backing away from the

September 30, 2013
Total Views: 51

BP Fights to Shrink Gulf Oil Spill Estimate
Offshore

BP Fights to Shrink Gulf Oil Spill Estimate

BP Plc, seeking to reduce potential water-pollution fines of as much as $18 billion, is trying to convince a judge that less oil spilled in the 2010 Gulf of

September 30, 2013
Total Views: 89

Scores Missing After Typhoon Sinks Chinese Fishing Boats
Incidents

Scores Missing After Typhoon Sinks Chinese Fishing Boats

Seventy-four Chinese fishermen were missing after a typhoon in the South China Sea sank three ships, the official Xinhua News Agency reported

September 30, 2013
Total Views: 25

maersk headquarters copenhagen
Finance

Maersk Declines on Global Growth Concerns

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest shipping line, fell the most in a week in Copenhagen trading on

September 30, 2013
Total Views: 45

manifesto lpg carrier petredec
News

Expanded Canal Could Mark the Beginning of the End for the Booming LPG Sector

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — The widened Panama Canal will cut costs to ship U.S. cooking and heating gases to Asia by shortening voyages, effectively lowering

September 30, 2013
Total Views: 93

Thursday, September 26, 2013
Kenya Mall Attack a Reminder that Somali Pirate Risk Still Alive
News

Kenya Mall Attack a Reminder that Somali Pirate Risk Still Alive

The deadly assault this week in Nairobi by a militant group from Somalia serves as a reminder of the threats emanating from the war-torn East African country

September 26, 2013
Total Views: 86

maersk
News

Maersk Line Says Container Market May Grow 3% Amid Overcapacity

Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) — Maersk Line, the container unit of A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, said annual growth in the industry may be as low as 3 percent, forcing

September 26, 2013
Total Views: 32

Safe scandinavia prosafe accommodation rig
Finance

Prosafe Climbs as Fondsfinans Expects Share Rebound

Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) — Prosafe SE, a supplier of floating accommodation units for the offshore oil and gas industry, rose the most on the Oslo stock

September 26, 2013
Total Views: 31