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Friday, January 5, 2018
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DeepOcean Awarded ‘Significant’ Contract for Statoil’s Snorre Expansion Project in North Sea

Norwegian subsea firm DeepOcean AS has been awarded what it says as a ‘significant’ contract for performing the marine operation work on the Snorre

January 5, 2018
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Japanese Carriers Looking Forward to ‘ONE’ Network Launch

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – K Line, MOL and NYK are banking their future group profitability on the success of the Ocean Network Express (ONE)

January 5, 2018
Total Views: 28

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VARD to Build All-Electric Ferry for Norway’s Boreal

Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has won a contract for the construction of an all-electric car and passenger ferry for Boreal in Norway. The RoPax ferry is

January 5, 2018
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Private Firm to Take Up Search for Missing MH370 Aircraft

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Malaysia will allow a U.S.-based exploration firm to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, an airline

January 5, 2018
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North Korea Sneaking Oil With Secret Ship Transfers at Sea

By Serene Cheong and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s desire to squeeze Kim Jong Un’s regime risks being undermined by the furtive maneuvers

January 5, 2018
Total Views: 157

Thursday, January 4, 2018
Trump Seeks to Open ‘Nearly All’ U.S. Coastal Waters to New Drilling to Dismay of Environmental Activists
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Trump Seeks to Open ‘Nearly All’ U.S. Coastal Waters to New Drilling to Dismay of Environmental Activists

 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is proposing to open almost all U.S. coastal waters to oil drilling, including those

January 4, 2018
Total Views: 49

‘Bomb Cyclone’ Hits U.S. East Coast Energy, Power Supply
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‘Bomb Cyclone’ Hits U.S. East Coast Energy, Power Supply

By Scott DiSavino and Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK/LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – A severe winter storm froze pipes and disrupted services at refineries on

January 4, 2018
Total Views: 56

Trump Administration Aims to Open Nearly All of America’s Offshore Waters to Drilling
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Trump Administration Aims to Open Nearly All of America’s Offshore Waters to Drilling

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday proposed opening nearly all U.S. offshore waters to oil and gas

January 4, 2018
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Taiwan Releases On Bail Suspect Behind Illicit North Korean Oil Transfer
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Taiwan Releases On Bail Suspect Behind Illicit North Korean Oil Transfer

TAIPEI, Jan 4 (Reuters) – A court in Taiwan has released on bail a man prosecutors allege to have made false declarations in the case of a Hong

January 4, 2018
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Foss Ships Hundreds of Utility Trucks to Puerto Rico to Help Restore Power
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Foss Ships Hundreds of Utility Trucks to Puerto Rico to Help Restore Power

At the Port of Virginia in Norfolk and the Port of Lake Charles in Louisiana, Seattle-based Foss Maritime is loading hundreds of utility trucks onto barges

January 4, 2018
Total Views: 68

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Commentary: 2018 is The Year for Protecting The Planet

By John Light Jan 3 (Reuters) – This will be a big year for the Paris climate agreement. The broad outlines of the deal were figured out in 2015,

January 4, 2018
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Norway Beats Back Lawsuit Seeking to Curb Arctic Oil Drilling

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Norway beat back an unprecedented lawsuit by environmental groups that sought to curb oil drilling in the country’s

January 4, 2018
Total Views: 55

Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Cruise Ship Breaks Free from Moorings in Bahamas – Incident Video
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Cruise Ship Breaks Free from Moorings in Bahamas – Incident Video

A large cruise ship broke free from its moorings due to strong winds in Freeport, Bahamas on Wednesday. A video of the cruise ship during the incident was

January 3, 2018
Total Views: 145

U.S. East Coast Braces for Rapidly Intensifying Winter Storm
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U.S. East Coast Braces for Rapidly Intensifying Winter Storm

The Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads Captain of the Port set ice condition two and plans to close the Capes to all inbound and outbound vessel traffic at 6

January 3, 2018
Total Views: 37

WATCH: Runaway Tanker Plays Bumper Boats as it Floats Downstream
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WATCH: Runaway Tanker Plays Bumper Boats as it Floats Downstream

Few details are available about this video made its way onto social media this week and has since racked up nearly 900K views on Facebook. The video appears to

January 3, 2018
Total Views: 56

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Trump Seeking Biggest Offshore Drilling Increase in Decades

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is poised to open the door to selling new offshore drilling rights from the Atlantic Ocean

January 3, 2018
Total Views: 62

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Winter Storm Challenges U.S. East Coast Energy Complex

By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. energy industry is facing a massive test of its infrastructure as an intense winter storm roars

January 3, 2018
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Global Fleet Capacity to Swell as More Containerships are Delivered in 2018

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – There will be a 5.6% growth in container fleet capacity this year, according to scheduled newbuild deliveries of 1.49m

January 3, 2018
Total Views: 210

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Petrobras to Pay $2.95 Billion to Settle U.S. Class Action Over Corruption

By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, said Wednesday that it has agreed to

January 3, 2018
Total Views: 40

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U.S. Firm Ocean Infinity Says it’s Hopeful of Getting MH370 Search Contract Soon

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (Reuters) – U.S.-based seabed exploration firm Ocean Infinity on Wednesday said it was moving a vessel closer to a possible search

January 3, 2018
Total Views: 156