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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Russian Captain Fined in U.S. for BAC Four Times the Legal Limit
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Russian Captain Fined in U.S. for BAC Four Times the Legal Limit

The Russian ship captain of a Maltese-flagged freighter has been sentenced in Oregon to pay a $1,000 fine for operating his ship with a BAC that was over four

April 10, 2013
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NTSB Faults Owners and Charterers in Fatal Trinity II Liftboat Accident in GoM
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NTSB Faults Owners and Charterers in Fatal Trinity II Liftboat Accident in GoM

A NTSB investigation into a fatal 2011 liftboat accident in the Gulf of Mexico has found that the owners/operators and charterers failed to assess and prepare

April 10, 2013
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Abandoned Crew Jumps Ship in Search of Help Off Chennai
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Abandoned Crew Jumps Ship in Search of Help Off Chennai

The stranded crew of an arrested bulk carrier off the coast of Chennai, India were forced to abandon ship Tuesday fearing that the vessel would sink, but only

April 10, 2013
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Woman Busted While Trying to Steal Scripps Research Ship
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Woman Busted While Trying to Steal Scripps Research Ship

A woman was taken into custody by the San Diego Police Dept. Tuesday after trying to steal a research ship belonging to the Scripps Institution of

April 10, 2013
Total Views: 98

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Hong Kong’s Port Workers are Tired of Pooping in Newspapers, Strike Continues

By James Pomfret and Grace Li HONG KONG, April 10 (Reuters) – Striking dock workers at a port operator backed by Hong Kong’s richest man Li

April 10, 2013
Total Views: 55

Mozambique’s Gas Reserves Could Reach 250 Trillion Cubic Feet
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Mozambique’s Gas Reserves Could Reach 250 Trillion Cubic Feet

April 10 (Bloomberg) — Tanzania sees natural-gas reserves more than doubling by early 2015 from the 40 trillion cubic feet discovered by companies

April 10, 2013
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
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Miserable VLCC Market Continues as Tankers Queue up in Persian Gulf

(Bloomberg) — A glut of oil tankers competing to haul 2 million-barrel cargoes of crude from ports in the Persian Gulf is set to stay at the highest

April 9, 2013
Total Views: 49

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Hong Kong Port Workers to Hold Talks as Strike Enters 13th Day

(Bloomberg) — Striking dockworkers at Hongkong International Terminals Ltd., the port operator backed by billionaire Li Ka-shing, will hold talks with

April 9, 2013
Total Views: 47

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Norgas Cathinka Released, 2 Crewmembers Still Remain in Indonesian Custody

At 0540 local time on Wednesday 26 September 2012, the Indonesian ferry, KMP Bahuga Jaya, sank after colliding with the I.M. Skaugen-owned LPG/Chemical

April 9, 2013
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Monday, April 8, 2013
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ABS Releases Comprehensive Guide for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has released the ABS Guide for Building and Classing Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Installations to provide the most

April 8, 2013
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Vantage Drilling Sues BP

(Bloomberg) — Vantage Drilling Co. sued a BP Plc unit over what it claims was a $265.5 million increase in financing costs stemming from the 2010 Gulf of

April 8, 2013
Total Views: 98

Teekay Shipping
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Teekay Joins the Rush for Eco-Product Tankers, Places $188 Million New Build Order

Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) announced today a $188 million order for four new 113,000 DWT Long Range 2 (LR2) product tankers from South Korea’s STX

April 8, 2013
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Hamburg City Pushes For Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg Süd Shipping Merger

KIEL, Germany, April 8 (Reuters) – The city of Hamburg wants shippers Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd to resume merger talks so that they stand a better

April 8, 2013
Total Views: 105

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Frade FPSO Finally Given Green Light for Restart by Brazilian Authorities

By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8 (Reuters) – Brazil’s oil regulator, the ANP, said on Monday that it authorized Chevron Corp to restart output

April 8, 2013
Total Views: 157

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Lloyd’s Register Sees Seaborne Trade More Than Doubling by 2030

(Bloomberg) — Global seaborne trade will more than double by 2030 as China’s expanding economy drives demand for commodities from crude oil to iron

April 8, 2013
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Engineering News

Wärtsilä Awarded PSV Design Contract from Bumi Armada

Malaysia’s largest offshore supply vessel (OSV) operator, Bumi Armada, has just awarded Wärtsilä the contract to design the series of four new

April 8, 2013
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Technip Awarded Major, Full-Scope Contract Offshore Congo

    Two of Technip’s deepwater construction vessels, the G1200 (Technip BV), a rigid pipe S-lay and heavy-lift construction vessel, and the

April 8, 2013
Total Views: 143

Friday, April 5, 2013
Move Over Eclipse, There’s A New World’s Largest Superyacht in Town
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Move Over Eclipse, There’s A New World’s Largest Superyacht in Town

Germany’s Lürssen Yachts on Friday launched what is now the largest superyacht in the the world. Named Azzam, the superyacht measures an astonishing

April 5, 2013
Total Views: 293

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Engineering News

DC Power Grid Installed on Norwegian PSV…Thomas Edison Would be Pleased

American inventor Thomas Edison would be quite pleased at the recent news from Zurich-based ABB. An early champion of direct-current (DC) electricity, Edison

April 5, 2013
Total Views: 59

How Fast Will LNG Conquer the Marine Fuel Market?
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How Fast Will LNG Conquer the Marine Fuel Market?

By Lars Petter Blikom, Segment Director for Natural Gas at DNV Over the past week, here at DNV, we have done another market analysis to assess how fast LNG

April 5, 2013
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