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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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Austal, Cerberus Team Up in Possible Bid for Hanjin’s Philippine Shipyard

MANILA, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Australian shipbuilder Austal Ltd and U.S. private equity firm are considering a joint bid for a strategically located but

October 9, 2019
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COSCO Tankers Go Dark Amid U.S. Sanctions

By Shu Zhang and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) – About one-third of the oil tankers owned by COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian) have shut off

October 9, 2019
Total Views: 87

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
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Tanker Earnings Top $100,000-a-Day Mark

By Firat Kayakiran and John Deane (Bloomberg) –Oil-tanker earnings surged above the $100,000-a-day marker on the benchmark route as a looming ship-fuel

October 8, 2019
Total Views: 67

Possible Flare Spotted in Search for Bourbon Rhode Crew
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Possible Flare Spotted in Search for Bourbon Rhode Crew

Crew members on board the ALP Striker reported seeing possible distress flares in the search for missing crew members from the Bourbon Rhode in the central

October 8, 2019
Total Views: 60

Captain George Livingstone: Four Years Since El Faro
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Captain George Livingstone: Four Years Since El Faro

As I write on the 4th anniversary of the El Faro sinking (Oct. 1, 2015), I am reminded that those who lost their lives weren’t strangers, many shared the

October 8, 2019
Total Views: 263

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Oil Nears Two-Month Low on Deepening U.S.-China Trade Crisis

By Sheela Tobben and Jacquelyn Melinek (Bloomberg) –Oil declined near a two-month low on fading prospects for a resolution to the protracted U.S.-China

October 8, 2019
Total Views: 28

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Samsung Heavy Industries to Build the World Largest Containerships for Evergreen

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries will build six of the world’s biggest containerships for Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine

October 8, 2019
Total Views: 682

Watch: Tug Has Trouble with Cruise Ship in San Francisco
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Watch: Tug Has Trouble with Cruise Ship in San Francisco

Check out this incident video showing a tugboat being trapped between the cruise ship Star Princess and a pier in San Francisco. The incident took place on

October 8, 2019
Total Views: 438

SS Antares arrives at Philly Shipyard
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Philly Shipyard Wins Second U.S. Government Contract

Philly Shipyard says it has been awarded second dry docking contract from the U.S. Maritime Administration for work on the FSS Pollux as the shipbuilder

October 8, 2019
Total Views: 85

Research Icebreaker Parks on Arctic Ice Floe for Year-Long Drift Around the North Pole
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Research Icebreaker Parks on Arctic Ice Floe for Year-Long Drift Around the North Pole

German research icebreaker Polarstern is now parked Arctic Ocean ice floe where researchers will set up camp for a one-year-long drift around the North Pole in

October 8, 2019
Total Views: 49

Monday, October 7, 2019
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Keppel, Sembcorp Marine Reach Rig Settlement with Sete Brazil

SINGAPORE, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Singapore firms Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine said on Monday they had reached settlements with indebted Brazilian firm

October 7, 2019
Total Views: 67

Maran Andromeda supertanker
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Occidental Books U.S.-Asia Tanker for Record $13.5 Million

HOUSTON/NEW YORK, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Occidental Petroleum Corp provisionally chartered a supertanker to ship U.S. crude to South Korea for a new record of

October 7, 2019
Total Views: 58

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Bourbon Rhode Survivors Arrive in France as Limited Search Continues

The three survivors from the Bourbon Rhode sinking arrived in France on Sunday as a limited search for seven missing seafarers continues in the Atlantic Ocean,

October 7, 2019
Total Views: 174

AFIF Hapag-Lloyd
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Joining CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd Rules Out Northern Sea Route Passages

Hapag-Lloyd has ruled out sending its ships through the Northern Sea Route for the foreseeable future despite faster transit times, joining rival CMA CGM in

October 7, 2019
Total Views: 89

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North Korean Fishing Boat’s Crew Rescued After Colliding with Japanese Ship

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Japan rescued about 60 North Korean crew members from a fishing boat that sank after it collided with a

October 7, 2019
Total Views: 38

Sunday, October 6, 2019
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Equinor Brings North Sea Giant Johan Sverdrup On Stream

Norwegian energy company Equinor has brought the giant Johan Sverdrup field on stream more than two months ahead schedule. Sanctioned in 2015, Johan Sverdrup

October 6, 2019
Total Views: 43

Saturday, October 5, 2019
bourbon rhode
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Hope Fades for Finding Bourbon Rhode Survivors

French offshore services company Bourbon is mourning the seven seafarers still missing after the Bourbon Rhode AHTS sank in the Atlantic Ocean more than a week

October 5, 2019
Total Views: 75

Friday, October 4, 2019
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Nauticor Claims First Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering in Germany

Hamburg-based Nauticor has conducted the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in Germany using its bunker supply vessel Kairos. The operation took place

October 4, 2019
Total Views: 41

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How to Get Super Rich Selling Superyachts

By Benjamin Stupples (Bloomberg) –Gazing across the sun-dappled harbor in Monaco, even the fathomlessly rich might get the feeling that some people have

October 4, 2019
Total Views: 1235

yamal lng
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More Yamal LNG Cargoes Headed East via Northern Sea Route

Russian natural gas produce Novatek said it shipped fifteen cargoes from its Yamal LNG plant to Asia via the Northern Sea Route in the third quarter of 2019,

October 4, 2019
Total Views: 125