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Saturday, April 11, 2015
British Columbia: Vancouver Oil Spill Response ‘Inadequate’
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British Columbia: Vancouver Oil Spill Response ‘Inadequate’

British Columbian officials on Friday criticized the Canadian government's response to an oil spill in the waters around Vancouver, calling into question plans

April 11, 2015
Total Views: 65

Friday, April 10, 2015
Santos Suspends Ultracargo Fuel Operations After Week-Long Fire
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Santos Suspends Ultracargo Fuel Operations After Week-Long Fire

The mayor of Santos suspended on Friday operations at a fuel storage warehouse in Brazil after a week-long fire at the facility operated by Ultracargo slowed

April 10, 2015
Total Views: 83

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VLCC Rates Face Uncertain Direction as Owners and Charterers Battle Over Cargo

Rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on key Asian routes face an uncertain week as owners seek to push for higher rates, while charterers could cap

April 10, 2015
Total Views: 39

Thursday, April 9, 2015
New Sea Rescue Mission Aims to Help Curb Migrant Death Toll in Mediterranean
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New Sea Rescue Mission Aims to Help Curb Migrant Death Toll in Mediterranean

A new sea rescue operation is to be launched in May to try to reduce the number of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers killed making the treacherous crossing

April 9, 2015
Total Views: 89

Shipping Lines Pull Back from Yemen as Conflict Escalates
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Shipping Lines Pull Back from Yemen as Conflict Escalates

International shipping lines are being forced to scale back or suspend port calls to Yemen as the conflict gets worse, putting pressure on supplies of food as

April 9, 2015
Total Views: 22

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Rosneft Keeps Options Open for Rig Contract in the Kara Sea

Russian energy producer Rosneft is in constant contact with global firms in its search for a company to provide a rig to restart exploration work in the Arctic

April 9, 2015
Total Views: 75

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Russian Trawler Was Sunk by Greed and Corruption, Investigators Say
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Russian Trawler Was Sunk by Greed and Corruption, Investigators Say

Greed and corruption were to blame for the sinking of a Russian trawler last week in which at least 56 crew died, a spokesman for investigators said on

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 22

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Bahri Signs Long Term Crude Oil Shipping Deal with South Korea

National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has agreed with South Korea's S-Oil Corp to ship crude oil cargoes from the third quarter of this

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 78

Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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Shell Seeks to Remove Greenpeace Activists From Drilling Rig

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it has filed a complaint in federal court in Alaska seeking an order to remove Greenpeace activists who climbed aboard an oil rig in

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 54

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Russian Nuclear Submarine “Orel” Catches Fire

A nuclear submarine caught fire in a shipyard in Russia's northern province of Arkhangelsk on Tuesday but there were no weapons on board, Russian news agencies

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 100

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Fire Still Restricts Trucks from Brazil’s Largest Port

A fire at a fuel-storage facility at the Port of Santos, the largest port in Brazil, burned for a sixth day on Tuesday, restricting access to trucks delivering

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 113

Sunday, April 5, 2015
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Fuel Storage Tank Fire Near Brazil’s Santos Port Enters 4th Day

A fire at a fuel storage facility near Brazil's largest port Santos entered its fourth day on Sunday as 110 firefighters worked to stop the flames from

April 5, 2015
Total Views: 92

Saturday, April 4, 2015
Fire Spreads at Port Santos, Brazil
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Fire Spreads at Port Santos, Brazil

A fire at a fuel storage facility run by Ultracargo near Santos, Brazil's largest port, spread further on Saturday as it entered its third day despite

April 4, 2015
Total Views: 58

Friday, April 3, 2015
West Coast Ports Labor Deal Wins Dockworkers Union Approval
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West Coast Ports Labor Deal Wins Dockworkers Union Approval

A union caucus representing dockworkers at West Coast ports voted to recommend to its members a labor contract deal reached over months of negotiations that

April 3, 2015
Total Views: 21

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Egypt to Begin LNG Imports as FSRU Höegh Gallant Arrives

Egypt moved closer to easing its chronic power shortages on Thursday as the arrival of a floating import terminal marked the start of imports of super-cooled

April 3, 2015
Total Views: 85

Thursday, April 2, 2015
TransCanada Scraps Quebec Oil Export Terminal Over Whale Danger
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TransCanada Scraps Quebec Oil Export Terminal Over Whale Danger

TransCanada is scrapping plans for a Quebec oil-export terminal, a move that is a victory for environmentalists and which delays the company's Energy East

April 2, 2015
Total Views: 27

Fuel Storage Tanks on Fire Near Port of Santos, Brazil
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Fuel Storage Tanks on Fire Near Port of Santos, Brazil

Eighty firefighters were battling a fire at a fuel tank storage facility run by Ultracargo near Brazil's port of Santos, Latin America's largest, the local

April 2, 2015
Total Views: 100

At Least 56 Now Dead After Russian Trawler Sinks in Icy Western Pacific
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At Least 56 Now Dead After Russian Trawler Sinks in Icy Western Pacific

At least 54 crew on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Western Pacific

April 2, 2015
Total Views: 60

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Congestion Slowly Easing at U.S. West Coast Ports
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Congestion Slowly Easing at U.S. West Coast Ports

Cargo congestion at the two busiest U.S. container ports has eased considerably in the six weeks, but port officials said it would take several more weeks for

April 1, 2015
Total Views: 66

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VLCC Backlog Builds at Iraq’s Basra Port After Bad Weather

A backlog of over 30 oil tankers has built up outside the Iraqi port of Basra and shippers face lengthy delays of up to three weeks to load oil because of bad

April 1, 2015
Total Views: 107