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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Samsung Wins $3 Billion Order For Massive FPSO
News

Samsung Wins $3 Billion Order For Massive FPSO

With a storage capacity of 2.3 million barrels, the FPSO is believed to be the largest ever built.

June 13, 2013
Total Views: 42

Maersk To Pay $100 Million Less For New Triple-E’s

Maersk To Pay $100 Million Less For New Triple-E’s

A.P. Moller-Maersk will pay about $100 million less than predicted for 20 mega-size container vessels ordered from Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine

June 13, 2013
Total Views: 99

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Higher Rates For Bigger Vessels Perk Up Baltic Index

Higher Rates For Bigger Vessels Perk Up Baltic Index

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose for the fifth straight day on Wednesday, as

June 12, 2013
Total Views: 34

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Incidents

Stuck in a Shipwreck: Jascon 4 Cook Discusses Unlikely Survival

After two days trapped in freezing cold water and breathing from an air bubble in an upturned tugboat 30 meters below the surface, Harrison Okene was sure he

June 12, 2013
Total Views: 6350

Tuesday, June 11, 2013
U.S. Sees Greater Gulf Of Mexico Oil and Gas Losses In 2013 Storm Season
News

U.S. Sees Greater Gulf Of Mexico Oil and Gas Losses In 2013 Storm Season

The U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday it expects greater losses in Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas production from tropical storms than

June 11, 2013
Total Views: 54

South Korea Shippers Join Overseas Rivals In Shunning Iran Business
News

South Korea Shippers Join Overseas Rivals In Shunning Iran Business

South Korean container shippers are joining a wave of their international peers in giving up on Iranian business ahead of new U.S. sanctions in July, adding to

June 11, 2013
Total Views: 36

Excel Maritime to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Excel Maritime to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Drybulk shipper Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd intends to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy making it the latest victim of a downturn in the shipping

June 11, 2013
Total Views: 47

Monday, June 10, 2013
Kenya Sentences M/V Magellan Star Pirates
Piracy

Kenya Sentences M/V Magellan Star Pirates

A Kenyan court sentenced nine Somali citizens each to five years in prison on Monday after finding them guilty of violently hijacking a vessel, MV Magellan

June 10, 2013
Total Views: 247

FPSO Knock Allan Fred Olsen Production
News

Malaysian Firm To Buy Fred. Olsen Production in $170 Million Deal

OSLO, June 10 (Reuters) – Malaysian offshore oil services firm Yinson Holdings Bhd is bidding $170 million for Norwegian shipping firm Fred. Olsen

June 10, 2013
Total Views: 192

Piracy Trial
Piracy

Piracy – Ship Security Team On Trial For Murder

(Reuters) The thud of bullets smacking into his wooden fishing boat jolted captain John Freddy out of his afternoon nap. He saw one of his crew slumped dead

June 10, 2013
Total Views: 117

Friday, June 7, 2013
US Announces First Offshore Wind Farm Lease Auction
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US Announces First Offshore Wind Farm Lease Auction

(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Interior announced this week that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the first ever competitive

June 7, 2013
Total Views: 55

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Uncategorized

China Expands Shipment Of Genetically Modified Corn

(Reuters) – Argentina has sent its first major cargo of genetically modified (GMO) corn to China, where demand for grain-based animal feeds is growing as

June 7, 2013
Total Views: 81

STX Pan Ocean Files For Protection
Finance

STX Pan Ocean Files For Protection

(Reuters) STX Pan Ocean – owner of 97 bulk vessels, 249 chartered-in ships and open contracts for 28 newbuilds – filed for court receivership on

June 7, 2013
Total Views: 26

Russian Navy Ship
Navy

Russia Boosts Mediterranean Naval Presence

(Reuters) Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin said was to defend Russian security

June 7, 2013
Total Views: 31

Thursday, June 6, 2013
Mississippi River Reopens as Floods Recede
News

Mississippi River Reopens as Floods Recede

The Mississippi River was reopened on Thursday along a five-mile stretch near St. Louis as waters receded after one of the worst floods on record halted barge

June 6, 2013
Total Views: 33

UK Watchdog Bans Eurotunnel Ferries From Dover
News

UK Watchdog Bans Eurotunnel Ferries From Dover

Britain's competition watchdog has barred France's Groupe Eurotunnel from docking its ferries at Dover for at least two years over purchase of three

June 6, 2013
Total Views: 49

Nigerian Pirates Release Hostages
Piracy

Nigerian Pirates Release Hostages

Pirates have released five Pakistani crew they kidnapped from an oil tanker off the Nigerian coast two weeks

June 6, 2013
Total Views: 43

Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Fredriksen Sees Tanker Market Weak For At Lease 2 More Years

Fredriksen Sees Tanker Market Weak For At Lease 2 More Years

Shipping magnate John Fredriksen sees no quick turnaround on the market for crude oil tankers, but is more optimistic about the outlook for other arms of his

June 5, 2013
Total Views: 69

Arctic Shipping Code Seen In Place By 2016 – IMO
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Arctic Shipping Code Seen In Place By 2016 – IMO

A code regulating shipping in the high Arctic, where maritime traffic is expected to increase as the ice cap recedes, is due to be implemented in

June 5, 2013
Total Views: 32

Sting Taking Britain’s Shipbuilding Demise to Broadway
Blog

Sting Taking Britain’s Shipbuilding Demise to Broadway

Yes. Sting, the

June 5, 2013
Total Views: 40