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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Thursday, August 25, 2016
Oil tanker "AS Oceania" sails past a LPG tanker near the Raffles Lighthouse in southern Singapore
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Fully Laden VLGCs Gather Off Singapore

By Seng Li Peng Tankers full of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are gathering off Singapore waiting for buyers as a flood of supply from the U.S. and Saudi

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 63

USS Squall (PC 7)
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U.S. Navy Ship Fires Warning Shots in Latest Encounter with Iranian Patrol Boats

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots toward an Iranian fast-attack craft that approached two U.S. ships, a

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 73

mt vier harmoni at sea
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Indonesian Navy Tracks Down ‘Mutiny’ Tanker Taken by Crew

The Indonesian Navy has tracked down and intercepted a Malaysian tanker that was seized by its own crew earlier this month following a dispute with the

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 93

containership-with-tug-assist
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Federal Maritime Commission Throws Another Hurdle At The Containership Ocean Alliance

By Mike Wacket (TheLoadstar) It might not be easy for one of the new mega east-west vessel-sharing alliances to appease the regulators. The

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 57

china COSCO America containership
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China COSCO Posts $1 Billion Loss After Mega-Merger

by Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — China Cosco Holdings Co., Asia’s largest container shipping company after a government-led merger last year, posted a

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 124

Iranian fast attack boats video
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Video Shows Iranian Patrol Boats Harass U.S. Navy Destroyer

A U.S. Navy video obtained by USNI News shows the moment four Iranian Revolutionary Guard patrol boats approached the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitz earlier

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 33

Hanjin Submits Last-Ditch Bid to Avoid Bankruptcy
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Hanjin Submits Last-Ditch Bid to Avoid Bankruptcy

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hanjin Shipping today submitted a “financial improvement plan” to its creditor banks in a final attempt to avoid

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 43

US Crude Export Caribbean Map
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The Most Complex U.S. Crude Export Plan Imaginable

by Andy Hoffman (Bloomberg) Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. has engineered perhaps the most logistically complex trade yet to export U.S. oil since a four-decade

August 25, 2016
Total Views: 80

Wednesday, August 24, 2016
stern of the El Faro as seen from underwater ROV
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NTSB: El Faro Master Gave Order to Abandon Ship, VDR Data Reveals

Twenty-six hours of data and audio pulled from the El Faro’s voyage data recorder is providing investigators with important

August 24, 2016
Total Views: 232

Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale Raises Just $18 Million
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Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale Raises Just $18 Million

A U.S. government oil and gas lease sale covering the Western Gulf of Mexico garnered just $18 million in high bids on Wednesday, a reflection of the prolonged

August 24, 2016
Total Views: 82

World's Largest Pearl
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Filipino Fisherman May Have Kept the World’s Largest Pearl Under His Bed for Years Without Realizing It

More than 10 years ago a fisherman from the Philippines scooped up a giant pearl from the seafloor and kept it under his bed for good luck. Now experts

August 24, 2016
Total Views: 66

Caribbean Fantasy with tug-boat assist
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Caribbean Fantasy Response Downsized

U.S. authorities have downsized their response to the Caribbean Fantasy passenger ferry as the operation shifts from emergency response to long term

August 24, 2016
Total Views: 108

SCORPENE® submarine INS Kalvari
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French Naval Shipbuilder DCNS Calls Data Leak “Economic Warfare”

By Matt Siegel and John Irish SYDNEY/PARIS, Aug 24 (Reuters) – French naval contractor DCNS said on Wednesday it may have been the victim of

August 24, 2016
Total Views: 78

Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Crude Oil Tanker MT Aegean Unity Transiting New Panama Canal Locks
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Tanker Retrofits Delay Use Of New Panama Canal

  By Liz Hampton (Reuters)  The promise that some oil traders and brokers saw for an expanded Panama Canal to become a new route for large

August 23, 2016
Total Views: 140

Crude Oil Tanker MT Aegean Unity Transiting New Panama Canal Locks
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Pricey Retrofit Delaying Big Oil Tankers’ Use of New Panama Canal

By Liz Hampton HOUSTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The promise that some oil traders and brokers saw for an expanded Panama Canal to become a new route for large

August 23, 2016
Total Views: 82

Hansa Constitution Container-Ship Grounding Incident Hong Kong
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That Time a Huge Containership Ran Straight Into a Hong Kong Football Field

There are those times when shipping accidents occur way out at sea, far out of view to majority of the public. Then there at those other times when accidents

August 23, 2016
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Transocean Beached Offshore Oil Rig during sunset
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Transocean Winner ‘Stable’ Under Tow After Spending Two Weeks Aground in Scotland

The drilling rig that ran aground in bad weather on the Isle of Lewis a little over two weeks ago has been successfully refloated and stablized and is now

August 23, 2016
Total Views: 102

Cruise Ship MS Island Escape, now Ocean Gala
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A Bold Plan To Host Refugees At Sea Ends In Failure

A luxury cruise ship chartered to house asylum seekers has been put up for sale by its owner due to problems with regulators and the reduction of the refugee

August 23, 2016
Total Views: 85

Allseas Pioneering Spirit Approaches Platform For First Oil Rig Decommissioning Job
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Decades in the Making, Record-Breaking ‘Pioneering Spirit’ Completes First Lift [PHOTOS]

Allseas’ giant installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit successfully executed her maiden heavy lift project on Monday with the

August 23, 2016
Total Views: 611

Unsecured Deck Cargo During Storm Video
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Oh Sh!t Moment: Cargo Ship in Storm Loses Cargo in an Instant

The only two words that come to mind while watching this video are “oh sh!t”.  This apparently happened in the Red Sea after the cargo

August 23, 2016
Total Views: 119