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Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Unreported Tanker Collision in Brazil Reveals Offshore Regulatory Gaps
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Unreported Tanker Collision in Brazil Reveals Offshore Regulatory Gaps

By Alexandra Alper and Marianna Parraga RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Brazil has more than doubled the number of risky ship-to-ship oil transfers

November 28, 2018
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
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Maritime Publication Fairplay Closes After 135 Years

Maritime shipping publication Fairplay has sent its final issue to the press after its announcement in September that it would cease publication after 135

November 27, 2018
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Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Brings Care to Venezuela Migrants in Colombia

By Julia Symmes Cobb RIOHACHA, Colombia, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Even though five-year-old Kamila is used to getting blood drawn, she cried out when the

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 43

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Chokepoint Blockade Exposes Supply Risk for Black Sea Grain

By Alfred Cang and Anatoly Medetsky (Bloomberg) — While grain markets may yet shrug off Russia’s blockade of a shipping chokepoint in the Black Sea

November 27, 2018
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Containership Scrapping Gathers Pace Ahead of IMO 2020

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – In the last 30 days, 23 container vessels have been sold for scrap – nearly half the number sent to breakers’

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 96

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LNG Contango? Floating Storage Shows LNG Market Becoming More Like Oil

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Some liquefied natural gas sellers aren’t in a rush to deliver their multimillion-dollar cargoes. With

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 87

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Dismantling the Oil Industry: Rough North Sea Waters Test New Ideas

By Shadia Nasralla LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Scottish marine salvage group Ardent is adapting the tanks it used to refloat the Costa Concordia, the

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 62

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Russia’s Yamal LNG Set for 160 Ship-to-Ship Transfers in Norway by Mid-2019

By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos OSLO, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Yamal, one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Arctic

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 141

Monday, November 26, 2018
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Authorizes Construction of Second Large Lock at Great Lakes’ Soo Locks
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Authorizes Construction of Second Large Lock at Great Lakes’ Soo Locks

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proceeding with plans to build a new Soo Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan more than three decades after a new lock

November 26, 2018
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American Cruise Ship Master Fined EUR100,000 in France Over Bunker Sulphur Limit Breach

In a first of its kind ruling in France, the Master of P&O-operated cruise ship “Azura” has been fined EUR100,000 for knowingly burning

November 26, 2018
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ILO Adopts New Minimum Monthly Wage for Seafarers

A Subcommittee of the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC) of the International Labour Union has agreed on a Resolution raising the minimum monthly wage for

November 26, 2018
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Yamal LNG ship-to-ship transfer
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Icebreaking LNG Carrier Completes First Ship-to-Ship Transfer of Yamal LNG

The LNG carrier Pskov has completed the first ship-to-ship transfer of liquified natural gas produced at the Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic, Russian

November 26, 2018
Total Views: 101

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Hapag-Lloyd Hops on Scrubber Bandwagon While They Still Can

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hapag-Lloyd has belatedly joined the rush to install scrubber technology on its container vessels, ahead of the IMO 2020

November 26, 2018
Total Views: 31

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Russia Ignores Western Calls to Free Captured Ukrainian Ships

By Andrew Osborn and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KIEV, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Russia on Monday ignored Western calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships

November 26, 2018
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U.S. Government Report Says Climate Change Will Batter Economy

Earth’s climate is changing faster now than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities, according to the

November 26, 2018
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Sunday, November 25, 2018
BP Sees First Clair Ridge Oil Helping to Double North Sea Output
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BP Sees First Clair Ridge Oil Helping to Double North Sea Output

By Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) — BP Plc has seen first oil from its giant Clair Ridge development in the North Sea, helping arrest decades of

November 25, 2018
Total Views: 83

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Russia Blocks Ukrainian Navy from Entering Sea of Azov

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Russia stopped three Ukrainian navy vessels from entering the Sea of Azov via the Kerch Strait on Sunday by

November 25, 2018
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Shale Boom Raises Specter of New Glut: Gulf Coast Oil Terminals

By Catherine Ngai (Bloomberg) — The race to export U.S. shale oil overseas is about to get fierce, with at least nine proposed terminals

November 25, 2018
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Saturday, November 24, 2018
Watch: Ferry Rams Pier in Front of San Francisco’s Ferry Building
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Watch: Ferry Rams Pier in Front of San Francisco’s Ferry Building

A ferry crashed into a pier in front of San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building on Friday afternoon, causing minor injuries to two passengers.  The

November 24, 2018
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Friday, November 23, 2018
Chevron Big Foot. Photo: Chevron
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Chevron Announces Start of Production at Big Foot Project in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Oil major Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has announced the start of crude oil and natural gas production from the Chevron-operated Big Foot deepwater project in the U.S.

November 23, 2018
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