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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Petrobras Said to Interrupt Drilling at Biggest Brazil Discovery
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Petrobras Said to Interrupt Drilling at Biggest Brazil Discovery

Petroleo Brasileiro SA halted drilling at its largest oil discovery in deep waters, two people with knowledge of the matter said, underscoring the technical

February 10, 2015
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Marine Salvage

Car Carrier Hoegh Osaka Heads for Falmouth After Cargo Discharge

Höegh Autoliners says all units have now been discharged from its Hoegh Osaka car carrier in Southampton and the vessel is now completely empty of cargo.

February 10, 2015
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Wärtsilä Joint Venture to Supply Gensets for Five COSCO Newbuilds
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Wärtsilä Joint Venture to Supply Gensets for Five COSCO Newbuilds

Finnish marine power solutions provider Wärtsilä says it has been selected to supply 20 generating sets for five newbuild 14,500 TEU containerships being

February 10, 2015
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New Sonar Image Shows Sunken ‘Cemfjord’ Resting On Seabed
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New Sonar Image Shows Sunken ‘Cemfjord’ Resting On Seabed

The UK Maritime Accident Investigation Branch has released a new sonar image of the sunken MV Cemfjord resting on its side on the seabed off Scotland as the

February 10, 2015
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Russia’s Yamal LNG Sees Global Natural Gas Deficit by 2018

Russia's Yamal LNG project expects the global liquefied natural gas market to move into a deficit by 2018, which will help the country boost its share of the

February 10, 2015
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World’s Biggest Oil Trader Says Slump Could Resume as U.S. Supply Grows Dramatically

Vitol said today crude could resume a slump that saw prices fall 61 percent between June and January, as unrelenting growth in U.S. output leads to a

February 10, 2015
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Goliat FPSO Prepares for 60-Day Voyage Aboard the Dockwise Vanguard [IMAGES]

The Goliat FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) will soon depart Hyundai Heavy Industries and head southbound along the coast of eastern Asia

February 10, 2015
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Capesize Dry Bulk Shippers Come Together to Form New Chartering JV
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Capesize Dry Bulk Shippers Come Together to Form New Chartering JV

Five dry bulk shipping firms, including shipping tycoon John Fredriksen's Golden Ocean will form a new venture to coordinate chartering services, hoping to

February 10, 2015
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Costa Concordia Disaster: Schettino Verdict Expected This Week
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Costa Concordia Disaster: Schettino Verdict Expected This Week

A verdict in the trial of former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino is scheduled to be handed down this week in Grosseto, Italy, marking the end of

February 9, 2015
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Containers and ships sit idle at the Port of Long Beach in this file photo
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West Coast Port Operations Resume, More Labor Talks Scheduled

U.S. West Coast port operations resumed in full on Monday after shipping companies suspended loading and unloading of freighters for the weekend, citing

February 9, 2015
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At Least 29 Migrants Die from Exposure While in Coast Guard Custody
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At Least 29 Migrants Die from Exposure While in Coast Guard Custody

At least 29 migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast guard vessels after being picked up from an inflatable boat adrift near Libya, the mayor of the

February 9, 2015
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Baltic Dry Index Matches All-Time Low

Commodity shipping costs matched a record low set 28 years ago as China’s slowing demand for coal and weaker bookings before the Asian country’s New Year

February 9, 2015
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Japan Backs Ship Beaching Yards in India
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Japan Backs Ship Beaching Yards in India

A delegation of industry and government stakeholders from Japan has expressed some support of certain ship recycling yards in Alang, India after seeing

February 9, 2015
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Citi: Oil Could Plunge to $20, and This Might Be ‘the End of OPEC’

The recent surge in oil prices is just a "head-fake," and oil as cheap as $20 a barrel may soon be on the way, Citigroup said in a report on Monday as it

February 9, 2015
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U.S. Navy’s First Afloat Forward Staging Base Christened at NASSCO
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U.S. Navy’s First Afloat Forward Staging Base Christened at NASSCO

General Dynamics NASSCO on Saturday christened the U.S. Navy’s newest ship, the USNS Lewis B. Puller (MLP-3

February 9, 2015
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Harvey Gulf Makes LNG Bunkering History
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Harvey Gulf Makes LNG Bunkering History

Harvey Gulf International Marine on Friday made LNG bunkering history when the lead vessel in its new line of dual fuel offshore supply vessels became the

February 9, 2015
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tomahawk missile maritime target
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Pigeons Sitting on Stacked Containers Blasted by Tomahawk Missile

This video sequence filmed on 27 January 2015 offshore California near San Nicolas Island shows a Tomahawk Block IV missile launched from USS Kidd (DDG 100)

February 9, 2015
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Hamburg Port Expects ‘Drastic’ Russia Sea Trade Downturn in 2015

Hamburg authorities expect the decline in seaborne trade with Russia to accelerate this year as a lagging impact of the weak ruble cripples trade with the

February 9, 2015
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Pieter Schelte Renamed
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Pieter Schelte Renamed

Allseas’ giant oil rig decommissioning vessel was initially named after Pieter Schelte Heerema who besides creating one of the world’s premier

February 9, 2015
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Diamond offshore semisubmersible upgrade shipyard
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Diamond Offshore Revenue Falls, Scraps Special Dividend

Rig contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc reported a 7 percent drop in quarterly revenue as demand dropped due to weak oil prices, and said it would not pay

February 9, 2015
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