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Friday, March 1, 2013
Political Pressure Forces India’s Mercator Lines to Halt Shipments of Iranian Oil
News

Political Pressure Forces India’s Mercator Lines to Halt Shipments of Iranian Oil

By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Mercator Lines has stopped offering a ship for transporting Iranian oil to India due to U.S. political

March 1, 2013
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Ship Photo of the Day: Cranes Arrive at DP World London Gateway Aboard the Zhen Hua 26
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Ship Photo of the Day: Cranes Arrive at DP World London Gateway Aboard the Zhen Hua 26

Large cranes arrive on board a transport ship at a global shipping port being constructed in Stanford-le-Hope near London March 1, 2013. Three of the five

March 1, 2013
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News

Gazprom Plans to Use Massive Floating LNG Facility Offshore Israel

By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The latest floating terminal technology could be the key to unlocking gas exports from Israel’s Tamar

March 1, 2013
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Capital Product Partners To Keep Tankers Chartered To OSG at a Discount
News

Capital Product Partners To Keep Tankers Chartered To OSG at a Discount

(Reuters) – Ship owner Capital Product Partners LP said it would continue to lease three of its product tankers to Overseas Shipholding Group Inc, which

March 1, 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
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News

Nearly 1,000 Pirates Granted Amnesty in Somalia

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has granted an amnesty to hundreds of young Somali pirates to reduce the

February 28, 2013
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Finance

Rig Downtime Costs Seadrill Millions in 2012

By Balazs Koranyi OSLO (Reuters) – Offshore oil driller Seadrill expects to resolve operational problems this year, it said on Thursday, and predicted

February 28, 2013
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News

Vitol Records Over $300 Billion in 2012 Revenues, “Solid” Says CEO Ian Taylor [UPDATE]

By Emma Farge and Dmitry Zhdannikov GENEVA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Vitol, the world’s biggest oil trader, reported revenues that topped $300 billion

February 28, 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Australian Billionaire: “Titanic II” Will NOT Be Unsinkable

Australian Billionaire: “Titanic II” Will NOT Be Unsinkable

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Australian mining entrepreneur Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled blueprints for Titanic II, a modern replica of the

February 27, 2013
Total Views: 282

Shell Throws in the Towel on Alaska Drilling for 2013 [UPDATE]
Offshore

Shell Throws in the Towel on Alaska Drilling for 2013 [UPDATE]

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc will not drill for oil in Alaska’s Arctic seas this year, the company

February 27, 2013
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Shipyard Photos of The Day – President Obama Talks Sequestration at Newport News Shipbuilding
Navy

Shipyard Photos of The Day – President Obama Talks Sequestration at Newport News Shipbuilding

U.S. President Barack Obama looks at the bow sections of the USS John Warner before speaking at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia on February

February 27, 2013
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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News

Kidnapped Sailors Released Unharmed and Without Ransom [UPDATE]

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Six foreign sailors were freed unharmed overnight by pirates who seized them off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-producing

February 26, 2013
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Australia’s Top Iron Ore Port Braces For Direct Cyclone Hit
News

Australia’s Top Iron Ore Port Braces For Direct Cyclone Hit

Update: Tuesday updates show Rusty not deepening as fast as earlier forecasts, now expected to have max winds of 80 knots as it makes landfall just ENE of Port

February 26, 2013
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News

Iran Said To Deploy Ageing Foreign Tankers to Avoid Sanctions

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Iran is using old tankers, saved from the scrapyard by foreign middlemen, to ship out oil to China in ways that avoid

February 26, 2013
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Cyclone ‘Rusty’ Expected to Cause Major Disruptions at Australian Iron Ore Ports
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Cyclone ‘Rusty’ Expected to Cause Major Disruptions at Australian Iron Ore Ports

By James Regan SYDNEY, Feb 25 (Reuters) – World trade in iron ore faces major disruptions as a cyclone bears down on Western Australia, shutting port

February 25, 2013
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Nigeria Grants Bail To Russian Sailors Accused of Arms Smuggling
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Nigeria Grants Bail To Russian Sailors Accused of Arms Smuggling

LAGOS, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Fifteen Russian sailors charged with illegally bringing weapons into Nigeria last year were granted bail on Monday and released

February 25, 2013
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Dock Worker Strike Exposes Fragile Brazilian Ports
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Dock Worker Strike Exposes Fragile Brazilian Ports

By Gustavo Bonato and Roberto Samora SANTOS, Brazil, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Dock workers returned to work at ports across Brazil on Friday after they

February 22, 2013
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Maersk Tops Profit Hopes On Container Shipping Recovery

By Ritsuko Ando and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Feb 22 (Reuters) – A.P. Moeller-Maersk beat annual profit forecasts and predicted its container shipping

February 22, 2013
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
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News

Chevron, Transocean Say Brazil Has Dropped Criminal Charges From Frade Oil Spill

By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 20 (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge dropped criminal charges against Chevron Corp, Transocean Ltd and 17 of their

February 21, 2013
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Nigerian Offshore Attacks Surge As Pirates Advance, Violence Increases
News

Nigerian Offshore Attacks Surge As Pirates Advance, Violence Increases

By Joe Brock and Jonathan Saul ABUJA/LONDON (Reuters) – A spike in piracy off Nigeria’s oil-rich coast has shown gangs are willing to venture

February 21, 2013
Total Views: 100

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Finance

Nigeria LNG Looks to Raise $1.6 Billion to Buy Half-Dozen Gas Carriers

LAGOS, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) has appointed France’s BNP Paribas and GT Bank to help raise around $1.6

February 20, 2013
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