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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, June 25, 2018
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Top Norwegian Oil Analyst Quitting DNB to Pursue 2020 Low Sulphur Fuel Rule Riches

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Oil analyst Torbjorn Kjus said he’s quitting Norway’s biggest bank to pursue opportunities that will arise thanks to an

June 25, 2018
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CMA CGM Founder Jacques Saade Dies at 81

By Gus Trompiz and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS, June 25 (Reuters) – Jacques Saade, who founded France’s CMA CGM 40 years ago as a one-vessel firm and

June 25, 2018
Total Views: 110

Sunday, June 24, 2018
China’s Dongfeng Race Team Clinches Volvo Ocean Race Victory
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China’s Dongfeng Race Team Clinches Volvo Ocean Race Victory

By Alexander Smith LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) – China’s Dongfeng Race Team won the Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday, the first victory for a team

June 24, 2018
Total Views: 74

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‘Considerable’ Heavy Fuel Oil Spill in Rotterdam After Odfjell Tanker Contacts Jetty; Reported 220 Tons of HFO Released

Odfjell said in a statement that while navigating to its assigned berth for loading, its vessel Bow Jubail made contact with a jetty and accidentally ruptured

June 24, 2018
Total Views: 126

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China Sails Past Japan to Become World’s Largest Buyer of Natural Gas

By Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — China’s drive for cleaner skies has pushed it past Japan to become the world’s largest buyer of natural gas, a

June 24, 2018
Total Views: 76

Saturday, June 23, 2018
Maersk Containership Picks Up 113 Migrants Off Italy
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Maersk Containership Picks Up 113 Migrants Off Italy

COPENHAGEN, June 23 (Reuters) – The container ship Alexander Maersk picked up 113 migrants from a boat off southern Italy early on Friday, Maersk Line,

June 23, 2018
Total Views: 50

Friday, June 22, 2018
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Grant Supports Zero-Emission Cargo Handling at Port of Long Beach

The Port of Long Beach is moving ahead with a $16.8 million project to build infrastructure that will support electric-powered, zero-emissions cargo-handling

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 201

Big Oil Looks to U.S. Minorities to Build Offshore Drilling Support
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Big Oil Looks to U.S. Minorities to Build Offshore Drilling Support

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – The largest U.S. oil and gas lobby group is seeking to convince Hispanic and black communities

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 36

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NGO Shipbreaking Platform Slams Shipping Industry ‘Scaremongering’ to Undermine European Ship Recycling Regulation

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform is accusing the shipping industry of using ‘scaremonger’ tactics and ‘fake news’ in order to get South

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 135

Subsea Search for 79 Missing Containers Lost from YM Efficiency Set to Start Off Australia
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Subsea Search for 79 Missing Containers Lost from YM Efficiency Set to Start Off Australia

The subsea search for 79 missing containers that fell from the containership YM Efficiency earlier this month is set to kick off in the next few days, the

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 120

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Trump Threatens 20 Percent Tariff on U.S. Car Imports from European Unions

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to escalate a trade war with Europe by imposing a 20

June 22, 2018
Total Views: 51

Thursday, June 21, 2018
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Supertanker FPMC C Melody Arrives at Texas City Terminal to Load Crude

A supertanker that has been scheduled to load crude oil at Enterprise Products Partners LP’s Texas City marine terminal for export arrived was

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 199

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Defends Navigator Holdings Sale
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Defends Navigator Holdings Sale

By Terrence Dopp (Bloomberg) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said his personal sale of stock in a shipping company days before news organizations

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 62

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Some 2,500 Offshore Oil Workers in Norway Threaten to Strike

OSLO, June 21 (Reuters) – Some 2,250 workers on Norwegian offshore oil drilling rigs and in drilling and catering services on oil producing platforms

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 39

Italy to Impound Dutch-Flagged Humanitarian Ship
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Italy to Impound Dutch-Flagged Humanitarian Ship

By Steve Scherer and Angelo Amante ROME, June 21 (Reuters) – Italy appeared to relent on Thursday after at first refusing to accept 226 migrants on

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 37

Video: Boston Harbor Cruise Experiences Mechanical Failure, Hits Moored Sailboats
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Video: Boston Harbor Cruise Experiences Mechanical Failure, Hits Moored Sailboats

A Boston Harbor cruise ship with more than 325 passengers on board struck six sailboats after experiencing mechanical failure, the Coast Guard reported on

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 67

MAIB: Drunk Master Left Bridge Before Grounding
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MAIB: Drunk Master Left Bridge Before Grounding

The master of a Netherlands-registered cargo ship was drinking prior to when his vessel ran aground in Northern Ireland last October, the UK Marine Accident

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 324

Incident Video: VLOC ‘China Steel Innovator’ Slams Into Berthed Ship in Taiwan
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Incident Video: VLOC ‘China Steel Innovator’ Slams Into Berthed Ship in Taiwan

Check out this incident video which has gone viral this week showing the giant bulk carrier China Steel Innovator hitting the stern of a containership berthed

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 547

Indonesia Questions Captain After Ferry Sinks in Lake; At Least 192 People Missing
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Indonesia Questions Captain After Ferry Sinks in Lake; At Least 192 People Missing

By Fergus Jensen TIGARAS, Indonesia, June 21 (Reuters) – Indonesian police on Thursday questioned the captain of a ferry that sank without trace in a

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 114

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
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First Battery-Powered Offshore Supply Vessel in the Gulf of Mexico

Louisiana-based SEACOR Marine has completed the installation of the first hybrid battery power system on an an offshore support vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.

June 20, 2018
Total Views: 344