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Sunday, March 15, 2015
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Oil Slumps to Six-Year Low as U.S. Production Seen Filling Tanks

“We are seeing downside momentum now develop in the

March 15, 2015
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Tanzania Dreams Big With Major Port Project
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Tanzania Dreams Big With Major Port Project

In its heyday, Bagamayo was a gateway to the heart of Africa for colonisers, with trade goods surging in from the Indian Ocean, and timber, ivory and countless

March 15, 2015
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Venezuela Ordered to Pay $46 Million to Tidewater Over Seized Vessels
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Venezuela Ordered to Pay $46 Million to Tidewater Over Seized Vessels

A World Bank tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay oil service company Tidewater around $46 million in compensation for seized vessels, in a decision the South

March 15, 2015
Total Views: 80

Captain Dies, Three Rescued After Tugboat Sinks Off Fire Island – Update
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Captain Dies, Three Rescued After Tugboat Sinks Off Fire Island – Update

One person has died and three others were rescued Saturday after their tug sank one mile from Fire Island National Park, New York, the Coast Guard has

March 15, 2015
Total Views: 215

Saturday, March 14, 2015
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Multimedia

Signet and Crowley Tugs Get Big Foot Underway from Corpus Christi [IMAGES]

In a joint effort last night by Crowley and Signet Maritime, 8 tugs hooked up to Chevron’s Big Foot semi-submersible production platform in Corpus

March 14, 2015
Total Views: 182

More Than 50 Killed After Myanmar Ferry Sinks
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More Than 50 Killed After Myanmar Ferry Sinks

By Aung Hla Tun YANGON, March 14 (Reuters) – About 50 people were believed to have drowned off Myanmar when a ferry sank in bad weather, government

March 14, 2015
Total Views: 90

Friday, March 13, 2015
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Shipping News

Maersk Line Names New CFO

The world's largest container shipping company has named Pierre Danet, current Vice President and regional CFO of Hewlett Packard Printing and Personal

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 53

Scandlines Ferry Damaged in Shipyard Dock Accident
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Scandlines Ferry Damaged in Shipyard Dock Accident

A Scandlines ferry in dock at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland for planned upgrades is getting an unexpected extended stay. The ferry Prinsesse

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 152

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Accidents

Salvaged Crewboat ‘Diamond Edge’ Heads for Repairs

A crewboat damaged in a collision with a liftboat off the Louisiana coast earlier this month has been salvaged and is heading to a shipyard for repairs. On

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 343

NYK Manager Sentenced to Prison Over Price Fixing Conspiracy
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NYK Manager Sentenced to Prison Over Price Fixing Conspiracy

An employee of Japan-based NYK has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in a price fixing conspiracy for Ro-Ro

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 220

Big Boy Toys: AHTS Anchor Handling Ops Tilt-Shift Timelapse
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Big Boy Toys: AHTS Anchor Handling Ops Tilt-Shift Timelapse

Here is some tilt-shift video showing a anchor handling operations aboard an AHTS. Tilt-shift photography uses a special high angle lens that creates the

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 181

Glencore Ordered to Pay Millions Over Decades-Old Oil Fraud
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Glencore Ordered to Pay Millions Over Decades-Old Oil Fraud

Glencore Plc was ordered to pay just over $40 million to OMV Petrom SA by a U.K. court for fraudulently shipping oil of a lower-than-purported quality to

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 313

Turkey Fires On Cargo Ship Carrying Hundreds of Syrian Refugees
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Turkey Fires On Cargo Ship Carrying Hundreds of Syrian Refugees

Turkish coastguards found more than 300 refugees, mostly Syrians, when they seized a cargo ship they had opened fired on for failing to obey an order to stop

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 53

Incident Photos: Tanker and Containership in Head-On Collision Off Jebel Ali
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Incident Photos: Tanker and Containership in Head-On Collision Off Jebel Ali

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released some new photos showing the damage to the containership MV Ever Smart and oil tanker Alexandra 1

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 313

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance
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Oil CEOs Said to Ask Obama Administration to Lift Crude Export Ban

About a dozen U.S. drilling executives, including ConocoPhillips Chief Executive Officer Ryan Lance, were in Washington this week trying to persuade White

March 13, 2015
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Local Support to Drill Offshore South Carolina Gains Traction

"Offshore energy exploration and production could be an economic game changer for South Carolina," says Congressman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) in a press statement

March 13, 2015
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Shipbreakers Prepare for Record Year

Owners may demolish 40 million deadweight tons of dry bulk carriers, more than double last year’s total, according to Arctic Securities ASA in Oslo.

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 70

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Anadarko to Terminate Contract for Belford Dolphin Drillship

Dolphin Drilling Ltd says today they have received a termination for convenience notice from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the contract of their Belford

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 135

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CGG Open to Technip Partnership After Spurning Takeover Approach

CGG SA Chief Executive Officer Jean-Georges Malcor said he would welcome a commercial partnership deal for seismic oil surveys with Technip SA, after spurning

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 168

Thursday, March 12, 2015
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Engineering News

Momentum Continues For Tugbuilder Sanmar Following Record Year

Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar built 17 tugboats last year, including one pictured above, the Yenicay 1.  It was the most tugs ever built by Sanmar in a calendar

March 12, 2015
Total Views: 139