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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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Shipbuilding

DSME Challenging Singapore Yards for Slice of Jackup Pie

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is bidding to build jackup

March 13, 2013
Total Views: 73

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Finance

China Cosco is Scraping for Cash, Considers Selling Billions in Assets to Parent Company

(Bloomberg) — China Cosco Holdings Co., the nation’s biggest shipping company, may raise as much as 27 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) selling assets

March 13, 2013
Total Views: 25

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Offshore

Japan Confirms World’s First Gas Produced from Methane Hydrate Deposits

By Rakteem Katakey and Tsuyoshi Inajima (Bloomberg) — Japan and India, Asia’s biggest energy consumers after China, are closer to unlocking natural

March 12, 2013
Total Views: 152

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Persian Gulf Tanker Glut Shrinks as U.S. Seeks More Crude

By Rob Sheridan March 12 (Bloomberg) — The glut of supertankers competing for 2 million-barrel cargoes of Persian Gulf oil declined amid speculation

March 12, 2013
Total Views: 63

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News

Dry Bulk Shippers Forced to Turn Away Cargoes Amidst Worst Market Since ’85

(Bloomberg) — The worst start to a year for freight rates is leading one of the creators of shipping derivatives to bet on a recovery as owners of

March 12, 2013
Total Views: 34

Kvaerner Wins $1.5 Billion EPC Contract for ExxonMobil’s Hebron Project
News

Kvaerner Wins $1.5 Billion EPC Contract for ExxonMobil’s Hebron Project

(Bloomberg) — Kvaerner ASA, a Norwegian builder of oil platforms, climbed the most in more than four months in Oslo trading after winning a $1.5 billion

March 12, 2013
Total Views: 155

Monday, March 11, 2013
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Interesting

Maersk Line Ships Will No Longer Transit Panama Canal

(Bloomberg) — Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container shipping company, will stop plying through the Panama Canal to move goods from Asia to the

March 11, 2013
Total Views: 765

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News

LNG Carrier Plans Rendezvous Off Angola, Positive Signal LNG Exports Could Begin Soon

(Bloomberg) — A liquefied natural gas carrier signaled that it’s sailing to Angola, prompting speculation shipments of the fuel from a project in

March 11, 2013
Total Views: 95

Saturday, March 9, 2013
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News

Vessel Sinks After Colliding with High Speed Ferry Off Singapore, 1 Crew Unaccounted For

(Bloomberg) — An Indonesian-registered vessel sank in Singapore waters after colliding with a ferry this morning, triggering a search and rescue

March 9, 2013
Total Views: 73

Friday, March 8, 2013
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News

Kidnapped Engineer Still Missing Off Nigeria After Hijacker’s Boat Sinks, Another Rescued

(Bloomberg) — One of two Pakistani engineers seized from a vessel by gunmen on Feb. 22 in southeastern Nigeria was rescued from the sea, with his

March 8, 2013
Total Views: 196

For the Supertanker Market, This Week is Slightly Less Horrible Than Last Week
News

For the Supertanker Market, This Week is Slightly Less Horrible Than Last Week

(Bloomberg) — Rates to charter the largest oil tankers on their busiest trade route were little changed as the glut of vessels absorbed increased demand.

March 8, 2013
Total Views: 40

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News

Panamax Demand Rises on Increased Grain Exports from South America

(Bloomberg) — The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity-shipping costs, rose to the highest level this year on demand to transport grain cargoes.

March 8, 2013
Total Views: 58

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News

Container Shippers May See Boost in 2013 as European Customers Fill More Asia-Bound Boxes

(Bloomberg) — Europe-to-Asia freight rates will defy a decline in the other direction this year as exports heading east grow faster than imports, helping

March 8, 2013
Total Views: 58

Thursday, March 7, 2013
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Finance

Icahn Hopes to Shake Things up at Transocean, Proposes 3 New Board Members

(Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn proposed three new Transocean Ltd. board candidates and said he’d push for a higher dividend after

March 7, 2013
Total Views: 33

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News

VLCC Market Will Take At Least 3 More Years to Recover Says Maersk Tankers CEO

(Bloomberg) — The biggest glut since 1996 in the supply of the largest oil tankers means owners will have to wait three more years for rates to recover,

March 7, 2013
Total Views: 52

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Finance

Pareto Securities Lowers Golar LNG to “Hold” on Reduced Near-Term Outlook

(Bloomberg) — Golar LNG Ltd., an owner of tankers hauling liquefied natural gas, was lowered to “hold” from “buy” at Pareto

March 7, 2013
Total Views: 39

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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News

Petrobras Puts the Freeze on All New Deepwater Rig Leases

(Bloomberg) — Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the world’s largest deep-water oil producer, will stop leasing new rigs as it struggles to contain costs and

March 6, 2013
Total Views: 92

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Finance

Mitsubishi Plans $750 Million Private-Equity Shipping Fund

(Bloomberg) — A Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary plans to seek $750 million for a fund managed by former General Electric Co. shipping-team members that will

March 6, 2013
Total Views: 99

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News

Global Shipments of Iron Ore Expected to Increase 39%, Yet Dry Bulk Market Still Looks Unprofitable

(Bloomberg) — A 39 percent jump in iron-ore cargoes over the next three years will fail to offset a surplus of the biggest ships hauling the steelmaking

March 6, 2013
Total Views: 57

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News

Once a Major Exporter, Indonesia Will Soon Import LNG to Keep Up with Demand

(Bloomberg) — Indonesia, the world’s third-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, will start importing the fuel by 2018 to meet increasing

March 6, 2013
Total Views: 57