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Thursday, April 25, 2013
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Engineering News

Technip’s Q1 Profit Rises Amid Big Offshore O&G Project Orders

(Bloomberg) — Technip SA, Europe’s second-largest oilfield-services provider, increased first-quarter profit and hit a new record for orders as

April 25, 2013
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News

PGS Exercises Option for More Seismic Ships from Mitsubishi Heavy

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) exercised their option today for two more “Ramform Titan-class” 3D seismic exploration vessels from Mitsubishi

April 25, 2013
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Salvage of Breakaway Barges Continues Near Marseilles Dam, But Receding Water Levels to Cause Extended Delay to Navigation
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Salvage of Breakaway Barges Continues Near Marseilles Dam, But Receding Water Levels to Cause Extended Delay to Navigation

Officials have warned that an imminent drop in water levels is going to cause extended delays for commercial ship traffic along Illinois River.

April 24, 2013
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WATCH: Fishing Trawler Rams Docked Canadian Warship
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WATCH: Fishing Trawler Rams Docked Canadian Warship

How does this even

April 24, 2013
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Iranian crude oil supertanker "Delvar" is seen anchored off Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong
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Anchored Fleet of Iranian Tankers Could Hold 25 Million Barrels of Embargoed Crude

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) – Iran is storing millions of barrels of oil on tankers in its territorial waters as Tehran struggles with

April 24, 2013
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Greenpeace Activists Board Australia-Bound Coal Carrier
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Greenpeace Activists Board Australia-Bound Coal Carrier

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Six Greenpeace activists boarded a coal ship bound for South Korea near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday, protesting

April 24, 2013
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Sungdong Shipyard Delivers LR1 Product Tanker to Navios

Piraeus-based tanker owner, Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) announced the delivery today of the Nave Atropos, a 74,695 dwt LR1 product

April 24, 2013
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torm
Finance

Restructuring Complete, Company Stable…Torm CFO Resigns

In early 2012, Torm was carrying $1.9 billion of debt while lacking means to repay this debt.  A Chapter 11 filing and the painful process of restructuring

April 24, 2013
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liaoning aircraft carrier
Navy

China Plans New Generation of Carriers as Sea Disputes Grow

China unveiled plans to build more aircraft carriers after commissioning its first last

April 24, 2013
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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News

Billions at Stake in the LNG Export Race, U.S. Must Get Moving Says Dominion

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. needs to act quickly to take advantage of overseas demand for its glut of natural gas or lose market share to international

April 23, 2013
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Littoral Combat Ship Network Can Be Hacked, Navy Probe Finds
Navy

Littoral Combat Ship Network Can Be Hacked, Navy Probe Finds

The computer network on the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship is vulnerable to hacking, a new report has

April 23, 2013
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stealth gas sir ivor lpg carrier
Finance

StealthGas To Fund LPG Fleet Expansion Through Share Offering

StealthGas Inc. (NASDAQ:GASS) announced today their plans to offer 8,000,000 shares of its common stock in order to partially fund the acquisition of five

April 23, 2013
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An Uncertain Fuel Future

By Nick Brown Last week I took part in the SEAaT Fuelling the Future Conference in London, chairing the afternoon session on future fuels. It was an

April 23, 2013
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Australia’s Sino Iron Project Faces New Delay
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Australia’s Sino Iron Project Faces New Delay

China's CITIC Pacific is delaying completion of its $8 billion Sino Iron project in Australia until late May because of engineering

April 23, 2013
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Total Gabon Executes 5-Year Contract for Smit Lamnalco Tugs

The Damen Shipyards Galati-built tugs, SL Gabon and SL Libreville, were welcomed to the SMIT Lamnalco fleet at a ceremony at Port-Gentil, Gabon last week.  

April 23, 2013
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Fugro Extends Subsea Vessel Charters with Havila Shipping

Havila Shipping ASA announced today they have agreed with Fugro TSM in Perth, Australia to extend the firm contract period for the 2005/2007-built subsea

April 23, 2013
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Gas Natural Signs Time Charter for LNG Libra

Höegh LNG announced today their 126,000 cubic meter LNG carrier, LNG Libra has been chartered by Spanish natural gas utilities company Gas Natural. The

April 23, 2013
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MWCC Chooses Technip’s Alabama Shorebase to Store Deepwater Blowout Response Equipment

Houston, TX, April 23, 2013 – Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced today that Mobile, Ala. has been selected as the shorebase location to

April 23, 2013
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ExxonMobil Charters Pair of VLCCs at Lowest Rates of 2013

April 22 (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s biggest energy company by market value, booked two tankers to haul oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast

April 23, 2013
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nordlb
Finance

NordLB: The Darkest Hour of Shipping Has Passed

FRANKFURT, April 23 (Reuters) – NordLB’s, one of the world’s top ten ship financiers, expects the shipping industry to have passed its

April 23, 2013
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