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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Lysblink Seaways Tow Expected Wednesday
Accidents

Lysblink Seaways Tow Expected Wednesday

The MV Lysblink Seaways is expected to be towed to a repair facility in Greenock, Scotland as early as Wednesday where it will undergo repairs to fix damage

March 3, 2015
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Environmental Groups Sue Port of Seattle Over Shell’s Arctic Oil Fleet
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Environmental Groups Sue Port of Seattle Over Shell’s Arctic Oil Fleet

A coalition of environmental groups sued the Port of Seattle on Monday to stop the lease of a terminal to Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Arctic oil drilling fleet,

March 3, 2015
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Glencore Sees ‘Blowout’ Year for Oil Trade as Volatility Surges

Glencore Plc, the world’s biggest listed commodities trader, said 2015 could be a boom year for oil amid the biggest price swings in six

March 3, 2015
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United States’ Deepwater Wind Block Island Now Fully Financed
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United States’ Deepwater Wind Block Island Now Fully Financed

Deepwater Wind Block Island, a 30-megawatt offshore wind farm development project located south of Rhode Island, is now fully-funded following the closure of

March 3, 2015
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Monday, March 2, 2015
Canada Delays Opening of Crucial Arctic Naval Port Until 2018
Defense

Canada Delays Opening of Crucial Arctic Naval Port Until 2018

Canada's military has again delayed the opening of a major new Arctic port, a sign the government is struggling to assert sovereignty over a remote

March 2, 2015
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Watch: MacGregor’s 3-Axis Motion Compensated Crane Aboard the Siem Moxie
Engineering News

Watch: MacGregor’s 3-Axis Motion Compensated Crane Aboard the Siem Moxie

If you work in the offshore sector, you know that compensating for the vertical heave motion of a vessel is not a new thing when it comes to crane

March 2, 2015
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Royal Caribbean to Sell ‘Splendour of the Seas’ to TUI Cruises
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Royal Caribbean to Sell ‘Splendour of the Seas’ to TUI Cruises

Royal Caribbean Cruises has agreed to sell its 1996-built cruise ship Splendour of the Seas to TUI

March 2, 2015
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Hornbeck Completes Sale of OSVs to U.S. Navy
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Hornbeck Completes Sale of OSVs to U.S. Navy

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) announced Monday that it has closed the sale of three offshore supply vessels to the U.S. Navy.

March 2, 2015
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A Macro Picture of the Marine Diesel Market

“The offshore market is still trying to understand which direction it is going in terms of the current state of the oil price and what that means to

March 2, 2015
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MOL Orders Record-Breaking 20,150 TEU Capacity Containerships
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MOL Orders Record-Breaking 20,150 TEU Capacity Containerships

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of four 20,150 TEU capacity Ultra Large Container

March 2, 2015
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Tullow Oil Drops on Concerns Exploration Offshore Ghana May Be Suspended

Ivory Coast, which disputes sea boundaries with neighboring Ghana, has asked an arbitration panel to order Ghana to halt drilling in an area where Tullow

March 2, 2015
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Maersk Drilling Lands Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Contract from ENI

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a long-term contract today from eni’s subsidiary in Ghana for the employment of their new drillship, Maersk Voyager.

March 2, 2015
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Viking Neptun Profiled [VIDEO]

The high spec offshore construction vessel Viking Neptun was delivered last month to Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik from Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. The

March 2, 2015
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Transocean Spitzbergen Heads Back to Work

The Aker H-6e design semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Spitzbergen is back to work this week for Statoil after a few months of suspended operations,

March 2, 2015
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“Pioneering Spirit” to Install Topsides Facilities at Johan Sverdrup
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“Pioneering Spirit” to Install Topsides Facilities at Johan Sverdrup

Statoil announced today they have signed a contract with Allseas to utilize the Pioneering Spirit (ex- Pieter Schelte) to install the drilling, processing

March 2, 2015
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
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Hedge Funds Continue to Bet Against the Price of Oil

“This tidal wave of crude oil is just too

March 1, 2015
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Astomos Energy Orders Fourth LPG Carrier from Mitsubishi

Tokyo-based Astomos Energy Corp has placed an order today with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.  This

March 1, 2015
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AIS Replay of MV Maersk Garonne Grounding in Fremantle, Western Australia [VIDEO]
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AIS Replay of MV Maersk Garonne Grounding in Fremantle, Western Australia [VIDEO]

Here’s an AIS reconstruction showing the grounding of the MV Maersk Garonne as it entered Fremantle Inner Harbour in Western Australia early Saturday

March 1, 2015
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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Maersk Containership Runs Aground Near Fremantle, Western Australia
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Maersk Containership Runs Aground Near Fremantle, Western Australia

A Maersk containership spent a few hours aground early Saturday morning near the entrance to Fremantle Harbour in Western Australia. According to the Fremantle

February 28, 2015
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Lithuania Signs Non-Binding Deal for U.S. LNG Exports
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Lithuania Signs Non-Binding Deal for U.S. LNG Exports

Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer Litgas has signed a non-binding agreement to purchase LNG from the United States' first export terminal, the

February 28, 2015
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