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Saturday, April 18, 2015
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News

Countdown to Mass Protest Begins as Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig Arrives in Puget Sound

Greenpeace’s “Mosquito Fleet” in Port Angeles harbor in Puget Sound greeted the arctic-class semisubmersible drilling rig Polar Pioneer as it

April 18, 2015
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Friday, April 17, 2015
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News

Goliat FPSO Arrives in Hammerfest

ENI Norge’s Goliat FPSO platform arrived in Hammerfest, Norway today following a 63-day, 15,608 nautical mile voyage from South Korea which took her

April 17, 2015
Total Views: 87

Thursday, April 16, 2015
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News

Statoil Renegotiates for the Discoverer Americas as Transocean’s Deepwater Asgard Arrives in the GoM

In Transocean’s latest fleet update summary released this afternoon, their 6th generation drill ship Discoverer Americas will be officially heading back

April 16, 2015
Total Views: 183

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News

Teekay Sees Continued Strength in the Tanker Market

Christian Waldegrave, Teekay’s Manager of Research believes the tanker market, at least in the short term, looks to stay strong due to low oil prices and

April 16, 2015
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News

Technip Wins CNOOC Tension Leg Platform FEED Project

Liuhua, China’s largest offshore oil field with an estimated 1 billion barrels of oil in place, will be developed via a pair of tensioned leg platforms

April 16, 2015
Total Views: 99

Wednesday, April 15, 2015
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News

Norwegian Investigators Release Report on Accidental Lifeboat Launch

Norway’s Petroleum and Safety Authority (PSA) says faulty maintenance was to blame for an incident mid-January aboard the jackup rig Maersk Giant where

April 15, 2015
Total Views: 73

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Maritime News

Caterpillar Marine Acquires Key to Big Data – ESRG

Imagine operating a ship while continuously keeping track of 100 different things that were happening aboard your ship. It’s simple data collection, but the

April 15, 2015
Total Views: 91

Tuesday, April 14, 2015
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Maritime News

Russia’s Oblique Icebreaker “Baltika” Tested in Arctic Ice

Baltika, the first ship ever built with an asymmetric hull form, demonstrated what she was designed to do while conducting full scale ice trials recently. The

April 14, 2015
Total Views: 359

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News

Bumi Armada Signs Maltese Floating LNG Storage Contract

Malaysian offshore oil & gas services provider, Bumi Armada Bhd has signed agreements this week with ElectroGas Malta Ltd whereby they will convert an

April 14, 2015
Total Views: 46

Monday, April 13, 2015
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News

“Olympic Bibby” Subsea IRM Vessel Christened at Kleven Shipyard

On Thursday 9 April, Bibby Offshore celebrated the official naming ceremony of the subsea IRM (Inspection Repair and Maintenance) light construction vessel

April 13, 2015
Total Views: 83

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News

Watch: HOS Warland Launched at Eastern Shipbuilding

Last month, Hornbeck Offshore’s multi-purpose supply vessel HOS Warland was launched from Eastern Shipbuilding’s Allanton shipyard near Panama

April 13, 2015
Total Views: 42

Friday, April 10, 2015
A Macro Look at Shipping in a World of Geopolitical Turmoil
News

A Macro Look at Shipping in a World of Geopolitical Turmoil

Sturla Henriksen, CEO of the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association paints a not-so-rosy picture in his association’s 2015 Outlook Report released today.

April 10, 2015
Total Views: 24

Thursday, April 9, 2015
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Maritime News

Saudi Arabian Tanker Owner Doubles Quarterly Profit

Bahri, the maritime shipping arm of Saudi Aramco reports today net profits from their operations have increased by 104 percent from the corresponding quarter

April 9, 2015
Total Views: 7

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News

LATC Marine Orders Four OSVs from Damen, Destined for the Gulf of Guinea

L.A.T Cleveson (LATC), an Africa-focused investment firm has just signed an order with Damen Shipyards Group for four new offshore support vessels consisting

April 9, 2015
Total Views: 29

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
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Maritime News

Team Tankers Appoints Morten Arntzen as Chairman

Two years after resigning from his role as President and CEO of Overseas Shipholding Group, Morten Arntzen is back in the spotlight with his recent appointment

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 51

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Maritime News

Stanislav Yudin Prepares For Heavy Lift Project Offshore Venezuela

Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) announced today the signing of a new contract with Cardon IV, a 50/50 joint venture between ENI and Repsol, to support the

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 92

Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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News

Siem Offshore Wins 100 Million Euro Subsea Cable Installation Job

As the offshore oil and gas sector continues to struggle while oil and gas firms reduce their CAPEX, offshore contractors and shipowners such as Van Oord and

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 219

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Maritime News

Bulk Carrier Privocean Breaks From Moorings, Hits Tug and Crude Oil Tanker on Mississippi

Approximately 420 gallons of crude oil spilled into the lower Mississippi River near Convent, Louisiana yesterday after the 751-foot bulk carrier Privocean

April 7, 2015
Total Views: 97

Monday, April 6, 2015
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Incidents

Sea Shepherd Believes Notorious Fish Poaching Ship Likely Scuttled Off Sao Tome

The fishing vessel Thunder, a vessel owned by Canela Shipping Ltd, has sunk today offshore Sao Tome in the Gulf of Guinea at position 0? 20′ N, 05?

April 6, 2015
Total Views: 42

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News

Watch: Skandi Africa Departs VARD

In the following video, the 160.9 m Skandi Africa, owned by DOF and on contract to Technip, is seen departing the shipyard for the first time at VARD

April 6, 2015
Total Views: 81
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