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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, July 15, 2013
West Auriga seadrill drillship
News

Seadrill Pounces on Weak Shipbuilding Industry, Orders 4 More Drillships

Seadrill has announced today that it has signed contracts to build four new ultra-deepwater drillships from South Korean yards, DSME and Samsung Heavy

July 15, 2013
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
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Port Operators Under Pressure to Reduce Ship Emissions

Although most emissions attributed to the maritime sector are released across vast expanses of ocean when a ship is navigating the scarcely populated area

July 14, 2013
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
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Charters for Supertankers Surge to 6-Year High

July 12 (Bloomberg) — Bookings of the largest oil tankers jumped to the highest for the time of year since at least 2007 as demand for crude cargoes

July 13, 2013
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Friday, July 12, 2013
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Robert Allan Unveils Latest Self-Righting SAR Lifeboat Design

Vancouver-based naval architecture firm, Robert Allan Ltd., unveiled their latest design for a the Canadian Coast Guard, a next generation High Endurance

July 12, 2013
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Emma Maersk Ready to Return
Interesting

Emma Maersk Ready to Return

The mighty Emma Maersk is ready to return to service nearly 6 months after a damaged stern thruster caused her to take on water and lose power in the Suez

July 12, 2013
Total Views: 131

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How One West African Gas Deal Makes BG Group Billions

By Edward McAllister and Oleg Vukmanovic NEW YORK/LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) – In signing up to buy all of Equatorial Guinea’s liquefied natural gas

July 12, 2013
Total Views: 108

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Multimedia

U.S. LNG Exports to India Present Significant Geopolitical Benefits

Louisiana Representative Charles Boustany has a lot of reasons to support the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States.  His district

July 12, 2013
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Prestige Oil Spill Trial Wraps Up in Spain
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Prestige Oil Spill Trial Wraps Up in Spain

Hearings in the trial over the 2002 Prestige oil spill, one of Europe's worst oil spills, wrapped up in Spain this week after eight months of

July 12, 2013
Total Views: 50

U.S. Navy’s First Mobile Landing Platform to Depart San Diego
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U.S. Navy’s First Mobile Landing Platform to Depart San Diego

The U.S. Navy's first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), USNS Montford Point (MLP 1), will depart San Diego today for Naval Station Everett, Washington, the Navy

July 12, 2013
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classnk
Incidents

ClassNK: Clues to the Demise of the MOL Comfort Sank Along With Her

In an emailed statement today, Japanese classification society ClassNK notes that their Casualty Investigation Team, established in response to the 17 June

July 12, 2013
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EMAS AMC Awarded Over Half Billion in Offshore Project Contracts

Singapore-based offshore contractor EMAS AMC, a subsidiary of Ezra Holdings, has been awarded major new contracts around the world resulting in an increased

July 12, 2013
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Dutch LNG Hub Eyes Expansion On Rising Transport Fuel Interest

LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) – The owners of the Dutch liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Rotterdam are studying the possibility of opening a third

July 12, 2013
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Baltic Dry Index Gains on Higher Capesize and Panamax Rates

July 12 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Friday on

July 12, 2013
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Cyprus Considers Eight Train LNG Export Terminal

(Bloomberg) — Cyprus, the Mediterranean island that reported its first offshore natural-gas find in 2011, is studying an expansion of planned export

July 12, 2013
Total Views: 73

Sonangol Sambizanga lng carrier
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Brazil Buys First Cargo of Angolan LNG, Signals Weaker Ton-Mile Demand

(Bloomberg) — Brazil’s purchase of the first cargo of liquefied natural gas exported from Angola may signal weaker- than-expected demand for

July 12, 2013
Total Views: 39

maersk convincer rig
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Maersk Convincer Extended Offshore Malaysia on HTHP Drilling Project

Maersk Drilling has announced that its jack-up rig the Maersk Convincer has had its contract extended by Petronas for an additional one year period at an

July 12, 2013
Total Views: 40

Thursday, July 11, 2013
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Star Bulk to Build More Capes, Loses Long Term Charter with STX Pan Ocean

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) entered into a newbuilding agreement today with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to build a pair of 180,000 DWT

July 11, 2013
Total Views: 34

The Dog Days of Summer are Sapping the Momentum of Clean Tanker Rates
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The Dog Days of Summer are Sapping the Momentum of Clean Tanker Rates

The current heat wave on both US coasts makes the idea of going anywhere, with the exception of the beach, an unappealing task. Nevertheless, roads and

July 11, 2013
Total Views: 32

hercules offshore
Finance

Hercules Makes Final Takeover Bid for Discovery Offshore

In a stock exchange filing this afternoon, Hercules Offshore announced their offer to acquire all the remaining shares of jack-up drilling firm Discovery

July 11, 2013
Total Views: 146

U.S. Navy Drone Makes Historic Carrier Landing [VIDEO]
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U.S. Navy Drone Makes Historic Carrier Landing [VIDEO]

For the first time in history an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, otherwise known as a drone, has completed an arrested landing on a U.S. Navy aircraft

July 11, 2013
Total Views: 141