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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Friday, July 4, 2014
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News

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
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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: 119

Retired U.S. Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scandal
Navy

Retired U.S. Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scandal

A retired U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges on Thursday in connection with a wide-ranging corruption investigation of a

July 4, 2014
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
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Multimedia

Island Offshore’s New X-Bow Gets Finished Up at Ulstein Verft [IMAGES]

Update 8 July 2014: The Island Performer has been delivered today to her new owner, Island Offshore. Earlier: Island Offshore’s latest well intervention

July 3, 2014
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Vigor Fab to Build Powerful New Fireboat for San Francisco
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Vigor Fab to Build Powerful New Fireboat for San Francisco

The San Francisco Fire Department has finalized an order for a powerful newbuild fireboat that in 2015 will serve to protect the City by The Bay.

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 88

Acajutla Thermal Power Plant El Salvador
News

EDP to Sign LNG Import Deal as El Salvador Seeks to Cut Oil Use

By Isis Almeida July 3 (Bloomberg) — Energia del Pacifico SA, the winner of a tender to build a power plant in El Salvador, plans to sign this month

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 115

Boskalis and SAAM Joint Ventures Begin 100-Vessel Americas Harbor Towing Ops
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Boskalis and SAAM Joint Ventures Begin 100-Vessel Americas Harbor Towing Ops

Royal Boskalis Westminster and SAAM have announced the successful creation of a joint harbor towage operation consisting of 100 tugboats within North and South

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 29

Ships of Chinese Coast Guard are seen near Chinese oil rig Haiyang Shi You 981 in the South China Sea
News

China Seeks Great Maritime Power Status After Centuries of Retreat

Almost a century before Christopher Columbus discovered America, Zheng in 1405 embarked on a series of voyages with ships of unrivaled size and technical

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 88

American Crew Returns Home After 52 Days in Honduras Jail
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American Crew Returns Home After 52 Days in Honduras Jail

Crew members of a Florida-based salvage ship who had been jailed for 52 days in Honduras on gun smuggling charges were welcomed back to their home port on

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 39

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News

Vallianz Makes Inroads into Chinese Offshore Market with New Collaboration Agreement

Singapore-based offshore marine service provider Vallianz Holdings Ltd announced today a collaboration agreement with China Offshore Oil Engineering Co

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 70

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Capesize Rates to Slide After Recent Rally on Overtonnage Worries

Rates for capesize bulk carriers on key Asian routes are set to slide next week as too many ships chase too few cargoes from Australia and Brazil, brokers

July 3, 2014
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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Incidents

Almost Entire Ship Medevaced by Coast Guard After Cook Serves Up Barracuda

19 crew members from the South Korean-flagged bulk carrier JS Comet simultaneously came down with an apparent case of debilitating food poisoning off Port

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 176

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Finance

KKR’s Turkish Ferry Sale Said to Lure Offers From DFDS, Esas

KKR & Co.’s Turkish ferry unit, its sole investment in the country, has attracted binding bids from Danish shipping company DFDS Group A/S and an alliance of

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 52

News

WSS Urges Owners to Focus on Fuel Quality Issues

Changes to refinery practices, increased slow steaming and controls on sulphur content mean fuel testing and treatment is critical to efficient operations

July 2, 2014
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Genco Tiberius shipping capesize
Finance

U.S. Judge Clears Way for Genco Shipping to Exit Bankruptcy

A U.S. bankruptcy judge said on Wednesday he will approve Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd's plan to exit its Chapter 11 bankruptcy after he overruled objections

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 29

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ABS and DSME to Develop LNG-Fueled Drillship

ABS announced today a joint development project (JDP) with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to develop the

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 42

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Euronav Accepts Delivery of 8 Maersk VLCCs

Since Euronav’s announcement on 5 January 2014 of their acquisition of 15 Maersk Tankers’ VLCCs, the company notes that 8 ships have so far been

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 131

dina star oscv
Engineering News

Revolutionary New Power System Could be a Game-Changer for the Offshore Sector

The DP2-equipped light construction / ROV vessel Dina Star was delivered last year by Kleven Shipyard to Fonnes-based shipowner, Myklebusthaug Offshore

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 166

oceanographia osa goliath vessel
News

The Idle Goliath Off Aruba is Quietly Making Millions for Bondholders

Drifting five miles off the Aruba coast, the 591-foot-long oil-servicing ship OSA Goliath has no projects to work on or contracts to fulfill. Yet in its idle

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 801

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News

Sovcomflot Tanker Busted for Using Scanned Paper Charts Through Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s Administrative Appeals Tribunal last week affirmed the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s October 2013 detention of the 2007-built

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 57