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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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Future Fibres’ Giant Carbon Mast Will Carry Largest Sail Ever Made

Luxury yacht builder Perini Navi completed the mast stepping operation today of Perseus3 a 60 meter sloop with one of the tallest masts in the world. Built of

July 29, 2014
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U.S. Judge Signs Order to Seize Kurdish Oil From Tanker Off Texas

Acting on a request from the central government in Iraq, a U.S. judge has signed an order telling the U.S. Marshals Service to seize a cargo of oil from Iraqi

July 29, 2014
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U.N. Blacklists Operator of North Korean Ship Seized in Panama

A U.N. Security Council committee on Monday blacklisted the operator of a North Korean ship, which was seized near the Panama Canal last year for smuggling

July 29, 2014
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Monday, July 28, 2014
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Indonesia Orders World’s First CNG Carrier from Chinese Yard

Pelayaran Bahtera Adhiguna, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s state-owned power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN) has placed an order with Qingdao

July 28, 2014
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Finance

Trøim Exits from Fredriksen’s Seatankers Group

Tor Olav Trøim, the financial wizard that helped enable the many successes of Norwegian shipping tycoon John Fredriksen announced today his intentions to step

July 28, 2014
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Tanker Waits With Kurdish Crude Near Texas After Clearance
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Tanker Waits With Kurdish Crude Near Texas After Clearance

An oil tanker floating off the coast of Texas is waiting to unload its cargo of oil from the Kurdish region of Iraq after receiving clearance

July 28, 2014
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Teen Survivors Testify At Sewol Ferry Trial
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Teen Survivors Testify At Sewol Ferry Trial

Six teenagers who survived South Korea's worst maritime disaster in 44 years told on Monday how classmates helped them float free as water flooded their cabins

July 28, 2014
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ExxonMobil’s $19 Billion Papua LNG Facility Running at Full Capacity

ExxonMobil Corp., operator of a $19 billion liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea, said the development is producing at full capacity after

July 28, 2014
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Saipem 7000 Lands Statoil’s Valemon Topsides

40 days after leaving Samsung Heavy Industries, the 9,750-ton topsides structure for the Valemon platform offshore Norway was suspended in the air below the

July 28, 2014
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Piracy

Sailor Shot in the Neck by Pirates Off Malaysia

Dryad Maritime has reported that 7 armed Indonesians boarded the anchored product tanker MT Ji Xiang around 2 nautical miles south of Teluk Ramunia, Johor,

July 28, 2014
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PGN FSRU Lampung Commences 20-Year Contract Offshore Indonesia

The world’s 20th FSRU has commenced operation over the weekend. The Hoegh LNG-owned PGN FSRU Lampung completed receiving its first cargo of LNG through

July 28, 2014
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Liquefied Natural Gas Looks to Europe With Canadian Export Plans

Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd., whose shares have posted an 11-fold gain in Sydney trading this year, expects a proposed export project in Canada will cost about

July 28, 2014
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SPOTD: Technip’s Latest Subsea Construction Ship, North Sea Atlantic

Bergen-based NorYards BMV (previously Bergen Group) held a naming ceremony for the 142 meter offshore construction vessel North Sea Atlantic.  In

July 28, 2014
Total Views: 260

Bulk Ship Loading Grain, Image by the Port Of Seattle
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China Needs to Import More Food to Ease Water and Energy Shortages

China should boost imports of food so it can dedicate more of its scarce water supplies to energy production, especially in arid but coal-rich regions like

July 28, 2014
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Sunday, July 27, 2014
Costa Concordia Arrives Safely in Genoa, Completing Historic Salvage Operation
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Costa Concordia Arrives Safely in Genoa, Completing Historic Salvage Operation

The wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner limped into its last port on Sunday, when it was towed to the northern Italian city of Genoa to be broken up for

July 27, 2014
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Singapore LNG Set to Get Cargo for Third Tank
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Singapore LNG Set to Get Cargo for Third Tank

Singapore LNG Corp., which operates the Asian city-state’s first receiving terminal, is set to get a liquefied natural gas cargo for its third tank delivered

July 27, 2014
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Saturday, July 26, 2014
Tanker Hijacked Off Ghana -IMB
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Tanker Hijacked Off Ghana -IMB

A Kiribati-flagged tanker has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Ghana, the International Maritime Bureau has reported.

July 26, 2014
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Tanker Carrying Kurdish Oil Arrives Off Florida Coast
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Tanker Carrying Kurdish Oil Arrives Off Florida Coast

A ship carrying crude from Iraq’s Kurdistan region is off the coast of Florida, with the future of the oil aboard murky because of uncertainty over who has

July 26, 2014
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Smooth Sailing for Costa Concordia, Convoy Within Sight of Genoa
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Smooth Sailing for Costa Concordia, Convoy Within Sight of Genoa

A little more than three days since departing Giglio for the first time two and a half years, the Costa Concordia is approximately 20 nautical miles from

July 26, 2014
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Friday, July 25, 2014
Delta Airlines’ Refining Arm Charters Jones Act Tanker
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Delta Airlines’ Refining Arm Charters Jones Act Tanker

Delta Air Lines Inc's refining unit has chartered a U.S.-flagged oil tanker for the first time, allowing it to tap directly into cheap Texas shale oil as the

July 25, 2014
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