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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, July 7, 2014
Tanker Crewman Goes Missing
Shipping News

Tanker Crewman Goes Missing

U.S. Coast Guard crews launched a search Sunday for a tanker crewman reported missing off Port Aransas near Corpus Christi,

July 7, 2014
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CMA CGM Containership Transformed Into Giant Work of Art – VIDEO
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CMA CGM Containership Transformed Into Giant Work of Art – VIDEO

A CMA CGM containership has been transformed into a giant floating work of art thanks to the world-renowned artist known as JR. The art installation was part

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 93

Super Typhoon Neoguri Bears Down on Japan
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Super Typhoon Neoguri Bears Down on Japan

High winds, crashing waves and a dangerous storm surge may strike Okinawa, including its capital Naha, as Super Typhoon Neoguri nears

July 7, 2014
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Ship Owners Team Up to Support Enforcement of Sulfur Regs

With highly stringent sulfur regulations facing shipowners, a universal issue facing those that operate in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) is the enforcement

July 7, 2014
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Engineering News

Is the Volatile Fuel Used in Racing Cars a New Power Source for Ships?

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) – Methanol, a fuel used to power light aircraft and racing cars, is being tried out as alternative for ships,

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 56

VARD Acquires STX Canada Marine
Engineering News

VARD Acquires STX Canada Marine

Fincantieri has continued their mission to gobble up companies that start with STX with their latest acquisition of naval architecture and marine engineering

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 143

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Major LNG Carrier Order Placed With Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding

China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group has won a newbuild order for four 174,000 cubic meter LNG carriers from  a consortium consisting of BW Gas,

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 74

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Petrobras Says End of SBM Contracts Could Cut Profit by $15 Billion

Profit at Petrobras, Brazil's state-led oil company, could be reduced by $15 billion between 2014 and 2018 if it had to suspend oil platform contracts with

July 7, 2014
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Apache Said to Seek Buyer for Wheatstone LNG Project Stake
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Apache Said to Seek Buyer for Wheatstone LNG Project Stake

Apache Corp., the energy company that has announced $9.8 billion of asset sales in the past year, is seeking a buyer for its interests in the Wheatstone

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 29

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Atlantic Towing Orders Ice-Class PSVs

Atlantic Towing (USA) has selected newly-designed, ice-strengthened PSV 5000 vessels from Damen Shipyards Group to meet its demanding 10-year offshore support

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 138

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Product Tanker Hijacked Off Malaysia

For the second time within a year the Honduras-flagged product tanker, MT Moresby 9 has been attacked by pirates, however this time, “they were not so

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 88

Sunday, July 6, 2014
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Incidents

Barge Sinks With $38 Million in Power Cables Aboard

While loaded with a USD $38 million cargo of power cables destined for the North Sea, the 1984-built cable barge AMT Explorer capsized and sank on 3 July while

July 6, 2014
Total Views: 255

Costa Concordia Capsizing Costs Over $2 billion for Owners
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Costa Concordia Capsizing Costs Over $2 billion for Owners

FRANKFURT, July 6 (Reuters) – The Costa Concordia disaster, when the cruise liner capsized off Italy more than two years ago, will likely end up costing

July 6, 2014
Total Views: 82

Saturday, July 5, 2014
Guardian Investigation Uncovers Graphic Evidence of Torture at Sea
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Guardian Investigation Uncovers Graphic Evidence of Torture at Sea

The Guardian conducted a 6-month investigation into the supply chain that harvests shrimp (prawns) from offshore Thailand and delivers them to major food

July 5, 2014
Total Views: 52

Friday, July 4, 2014
WATCH: Atlantic Ocean B&B Takes Direct Hit from Hurricane Arthur
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WATCH: Atlantic Ocean B&B Takes Direct Hit from Hurricane Arthur

Check out these videos shot from the Frying Pan Tower B&B, a former U.S. Coast Guard Light Station located 32 miles south of Bald Head, North Carolina, as

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 421

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Italian Police Release HD Video From Inside the Costa Concordia

The following ~8 minute video just released by Carabinieri divers(Italian military police) gives an HD look at the Costa Concordia wreck from inside the

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 167

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Songa Venus Still Stacked in Malaysia

Songa Offshore’s 1975-built Friede & Goldman L-900 design semisubmersible drilling rig has been stacked in Labuan, Malaysia since 6 May after

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 182

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Finance

Abraaj’s Stanford Marine Said to Delay London IPO to Seek Buyer

Stanford Marine Group postponed a planned initial public offering in London as majority owner Abraaj Group courts potential buyers for the Dubai-based

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 83

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Atlantic Offshore Says Goodbye to the MRV Ocean Searcher

After 37 years of hard labor, Atlantic Offshore’s Ocean Searcher, a multi-role offshore vessel (MRV) acquired by the company in 1976 will soon

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 64

Technip’s Deep Energy Gains Work West of Shetland
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Technip’s Deep Energy Gains Work West of Shetland

  Technip announced today they have been awarded a “large” contract by Total E&P UK to conduct subsea pipeline, PLEM, PLET and template

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 109