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Thursday, October 16, 2014
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Odfjell and William Jacob Management Team Up

Odfjell Drilling and William Jacob Management (WJM), a Houston-based Engineering and Project Management services firm, have announced today an agreement

October 16, 2014
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Prices, Time, Expectations: The Oil Market’s Fuzzy Price Floor

How far do oil prices need to fall to curb the investment in shale production and stem the destruction of

October 16, 2014
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Hyundai Mipo Wins LPG Carrier Newbuild Order

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard announced today it has won an order for two LPG carriers from an undisclosed ship owner. The value of the newbuild contract is KRW 108.5

October 16, 2014
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Maersk Orders Half Dozen Anchor Handlers from Kleven

With options for four more, Maersk Supply Service has signed a new-building contract with Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime for six, 95 meter Anchor

October 16, 2014
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Powerful Storm Sets Ships Adrift at Sydney’s Port Botany
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Powerful Storm Sets Ships Adrift at Sydney’s Port Botany

It was a wild and dangerous night Tuesday in Sydney, Australia as a powerful storm caused two large containerships to break free, among other

October 15, 2014
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Laden Tanker Stuck in Amazon River Mud
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Laden Tanker Stuck in Amazon River Mud

A laden product tanker remains aground in the middle of the Amazon River for a seventh day following futile attempts to free the

October 15, 2014
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Mozambique Natural Gas Bonanza Hinges on State Finishing LNG Laws

More than half a dozen yellow tower cranes planted in the hillside above Mozambique’s capital are visible from a single vantage point at Anadarko Petroleum

October 15, 2014
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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Campus Makes National Register of Historic Places List
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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Campus Makes National Register of Historic Places List

The designation deems the USMMA campus in Kings Point, NY and the Barstow Mansion as a place worthy of

October 15, 2014
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China’s Domestic Cruise Market Shows Big Potential, CSSC Signs MoU With Carnival
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China’s Domestic Cruise Market Shows Big Potential, CSSC Signs MoU With Carnival

SHANGHAI, Oct 15 (Reuters) – China, the world’s largest shipbuilder, is looking to build its first luxury cruise vessel, with help from cruise

October 15, 2014
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Denmark Lobbies for Top Post at the IMO

Denmark and its maritime industry are lobbying to get the top position at the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations body that wields great

October 15, 2014
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Statoil CEO Helge Lund Resigns

After 10 years at the helm of Statoil, the $77 billion Norwegian multinational oil and gas company, Helge Lund has resigned today with immediate effect. He

October 15, 2014
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
VLCC Departs Algeria With Venezuela’s First Ever Imported Crude
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VLCC Departs Algeria With Venezuela’s First Ever Imported Crude

The first tanker of imported crude ever bought by Venezuela has sailed from Algeria in a move to reduce costs by the South American state-run oil company

October 14, 2014
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Coast Guard Responding to Two Sunken Vessels in Mobile Ship Channel
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Coast Guard Responding to Two Sunken Vessels in Mobile Ship Channel

The Coast Guard is responding Tuesday to two sunken vessels -a towing vessel and a smaller dredger- which sank in the Mobile Ship Channel, north of Gaillard

October 14, 2014
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Panama Canal Registers Increased Tonnage in 2014

The Panama Canal registered an increase in tonnage to 326.8 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS) during fiscal year 2014 ending on September 30, according to

October 14, 2014
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Ebola Fight: Royal Navy Medical Ship Deployed to West Africa
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Ebola Fight: Royal Navy Medical Ship Deployed to West Africa

The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its efforts in the fight against Ebola with the deployment of troops, equipment and a medical ship to West Africa as

October 14, 2014
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U.S. Navy Warship to Remain in Philippines Amid Murder Probe
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U.S. Navy Warship to Remain in Philippines Amid Murder Probe

The United States will keep custody of a Marine named as a suspect in the murder of a transgender Filipino he met in a bar, the head of the Philippine military

October 14, 2014
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Lundin Finds Oil and Gas in the Barents, Transocean Arctic Spuds-In

Utilizing the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig, Lundin Norway AS announced today a significant oil and gas discovery in the southern part of the

October 14, 2014
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Turkey Ratifies Ballast Water Management Convention

The world is a step closer today to tackling one of the most serious threats to the ocean environment, the spread of invasive organisms via the ballast water

October 14, 2014
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Discoverer Americas Drillship Makes Big Gas Discovery Offshore Tanzania
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Discoverer Americas Drillship Makes Big Gas Discovery Offshore Tanzania

Transocean’s 6th generation drillship Discoverer Americas drilled into a huge gas reservoir offshore Tanzania recently according to a statement today by

October 14, 2014
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Monday, October 13, 2014
Giant ‘Pieter Schelte’ Caught on Camera [VIDEO]
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Giant ‘Pieter Schelte’ Caught on Camera [VIDEO]

Some new video posted to Youtube gives us a rare look at the massive Pieter Schelte, a unique catamaran-like vessel that will soon be used to remove

October 13, 2014
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