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Friday, March 27, 2015
Shell Moves Rigs to Alaska Ahead of Possible Drilling Permit
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Shell Moves Rigs to Alaska Ahead of Possible Drilling Permit

Royal Dutch Shell is moving oil rigs to Alaska ahead of the possible resumption of controversial drilling activities as the oil major awaits the green light

March 27, 2015
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Ukraine Arrests Turkish Cargo Ship Over Crimea Port Call, Threatens Crew With Jail
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Ukraine Arrests Turkish Cargo Ship Over Crimea Port Call, Threatens Crew With Jail

Ukrainian authorities have arrested a Turkish-owned cargo ship and detained its captain over a visit it made to a port in Crimea after Russian annexed the

March 27, 2015
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Grounded Greek Ferry Still Stranded
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Grounded Greek Ferry Still Stranded

A greek ferry remains stranded at the the small Aegean Sea island of Kasos after running aground there Wednesday night. All 227 passengers and 55 crew were

March 27, 2015
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UK North Sea Workers Give Overwhelming Support for Strike Ballot
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UK North Sea Workers Give Overwhelming Support for Strike Ballot

Trade unions Unite and GMB said members working offshore in Britain's oil and gas industry had shown overwhelming support for industrial action over proposed

March 27, 2015
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Time-Lapse Video: SAL Heavy Lift Vessel Loads Eight Damen Tugs
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Time-Lapse Video: SAL Heavy Lift Vessel Loads Eight Damen Tugs

Check out this timelapse video showing the SAL DP1 heavy lift vessel MV Svenja loading up eight Damen tugs using its two 1,000 ton cranes. According to SAL,

March 27, 2015
Total Views: 202

Helix Q4000
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Shell Signs Long Term Contract for Helix ESG’s Q4000

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) announced today that it has entered into a new multi-year contract with Shell to provide well intervention

March 27, 2015
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Team Vestas Wind Makes Progress as Hull Form Comes Together

In January, the entire stern of Team Vestas Wind was in tatters or missing entirely after the boat ran up on a reef in the Indian Ocean. Today, Neil

March 27, 2015
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solitaire pipelay vessel
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MV Solitaire Gets to Work on World Record Polarled Subsea Pipeline

On Thursday 26 March, Allseas’ pipelay vessel Solitaire commenced operations on the first stage of the Polarled pipeline project. The 482-kilometer

March 27, 2015
Total Views: 171

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Brage Viking Awarded $100 Million Charter Contract

Viking Supply Ships’ heavy duty ice-class AHTS Brage Viking has won a major charter contract today which will keep it employed for at least the next 2

March 27, 2015
Total Views: 114

Hapag-Lloyd Has ‘Optimism’ After Merger Costs Cause Wider Loss
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Hapag-Lloyd Has ‘Optimism’ After Merger Costs Cause Wider Loss

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany’s biggest container- shipping line, said it’s looking to the future “with optimism” after costs from merging with a unit of

March 27, 2015
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China COSCO Dry Bulk Shipping Losses Fall Sharply

China Cosco said losses in its main dry bulk shipping business fell sharply in 2014 and its container shipping gross profit grew amid a still subdued global

March 27, 2015
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Thursday, March 26, 2015
european spirit tanker teekay
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Life Aboard a Teekay Crude Oil Tanker

Based in Vancouver, Canada, Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK) owns and operates one of the world’s largest fleets of oil tankers, gas carriers, offshore

March 26, 2015
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Carnival Corp. to Add Nine New Ships by 2022
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Carnival Corp. to Add Nine New Ships by 2022

Carnival Corporation, the world’s biggest cruise ship company, revealed Thursday two strategic partnerships for the addition of nine new cruise

March 26, 2015
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Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach Begin Collaboration Talks
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Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach Begin Collaboration Talks

Executives at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles met this week to begin talks about working together to improve the flow of cargo through the largest port

March 26, 2015
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Heavy Lift Photos: MV Happy Star Delivers Shiploaders to Canada
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Heavy Lift Photos: MV Happy Star Delivers Shiploaders to Canada

BigLift’s new MV Happy Star a recently completed the transport of over 3,000 metric tons of loading equipment to the multi-user docks of Sept Iles,

March 26, 2015
Total Views: 409

Hapag-Lloyd CFO Steps Down Following CSAV Merger
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Hapag-Lloyd CFO Steps Down Following CSAV Merger

Hapag-Lloyd's Chief Financial Officer Peter Ganz told the group's Supervisory Board today that he would be stepping down from his post and leaving the company

March 26, 2015
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Yemen Conflict Risks One of World’s Busiest Shipping Lanes
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Yemen Conflict Risks One of World’s Busiest Shipping Lanes

Conflict in Yemen risks spilling out into the busy sea lanes that pass it and potentially disrupt the narrow Bab el-Mandeb passage through which nearly 4

March 26, 2015
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Panama Canal Authority Sets Sights on New, Even Bigger Expansion Project
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Panama Canal Authority Sets Sights on New, Even Bigger Expansion Project

As it enters the final stretch of a massive expansion, the Panama Canal Authority is setting its sights on an even more ambitious project worth up to $17

March 26, 2015
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Greek Ferry Runs Aground in Kasos
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Greek Ferry Runs Aground in Kasos

A Greek ferry carrying 282 passengers and crew ran aground last night at the Aegean island of Kasos, the Hellenic Coast Guard has confirmed. According to the

March 26, 2015
Total Views: 92

golden ocean ship
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Knightsbridge and Golden Ocean Group Merger Approved, Creating Dry Bulk Giant

A merger between dry bulk shippers Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSE: GOGL) and Knightsbridge Shipping Ltd (Nasdaq: VLCCF) has been formally approved

March 26, 2015
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