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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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Engineering News

MODEC’s FPSO Footprint in Brazil Gets Larger with New Order from Petrobras

MODEC, a Tokyo-based offshore engineering contractor announced today that Petrobras signed a Letter of Intent with them for the supply, charter, and operations

November 13, 2012
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Monday, November 12, 2012
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News

The Chinese Ore Rush Is On and Dry Bulk Shippers Like STX Pan Ocean Are Super Stoked to Hear It

(Bloomberg) — China, which imports more iron ore than the rest of the world combined, will buy a record amount this quarter, easing concern about the

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 71

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News

Beth Wilson-Jordan Joins the Flagship Management Team

PRESS RELEASE — Flagship Management, LLC announced the appointment of Beth Wilson-Jordan last month as Senior Associate to its Stamford maritime

November 12, 2012
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News

Maersk CEO: China’s Evolution into a Consumer Economy Will be “Very, Very Positive for Us”

(Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container shipping line, is betting that China will evolve into a consumer

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 57

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Engineering News

CMA CGM’s Marco Polo is Now the World’s Largest Containership

The Emma Maersk and her E-class of sister containerships have had their day in the sun, but there’s now an even bigger kid on the block named Marco Polo

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 1321

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Wilson Sons’ Fleet Expansion Continues with New Order for 12 Damen Tugboats

Damen Shipyards Group and Wilson Sons announced today they have signed a contract for ten Damen ASD Tugs 2411 and two ASD Tugs of the new 3212-type, destined

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 144

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Engineering News

ClassNK Develops Ship Maintenance Software with IHIMU, DU and IBM

ClassNK, IHI Marine United (IHIMU), Diesel United (DU) and IBM Japan have announced they will jointly develop a ship maintenance management system to help

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 213

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Engineering News

GustoMSC Sold to Private Equity Firm for $185 Million

Offshore engineering firm GustoMSC, which is part of the SBM Offshore Group, has been sold to the private equity firm Parcom Capital for a consideration of

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 77

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News

The Practical Approach to Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plans

Although vessels will be required to carry a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan from January 1st 2013, the regulation is not designed to be complex or

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 415

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News

Husky Awards 5-year Contract to Seadrill Newbuild, the West Mira

Seadrill received a Letter of Award today from Calgary-based Husky Oil for a new five-year contract for the newbuild harsh environment semi-submersible rig

November 12, 2012
Total Views: 132

Sunday, November 11, 2012
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Engineering News

Teekay, Remora, and Their $55 Million Super-sized “Pallet Truck”

Unlike cars, ships can’t just pull the e-brake and stop in the middle of the ocean when they rendezvous with another vessel such as an FPSO.  For close

November 11, 2012
Total Views: 174

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News

Billions Added to Price Tag for ExxonMobil’s Papau New Guinea LNG Project [UPDATED]

SYDNEY–Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) said Monday the cost of building a massive natural gas-export project in Papua New Guinea has blown out to US$19 billion

November 11, 2012
Total Views: 72

Saturday, November 10, 2012
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News

Former BP Engineer Pleads Not Guilty, Grand Jury to Hear First Criminal Deepwater Horizon Case

(Bloomberg) — A former BP Plc engineer charged with destroying evidence sought for a U.S. probe of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill lost his bid to

November 10, 2012
Total Views: 56

Friday, November 9, 2012
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News

Efficient Operations is the Name of the Game for Maersk Line

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (AMKBY, MAERSK-A.KO, MAERSK-B.KO) on Friday warned global demand for seaborne containers will grow more slowly than the group forecast

November 9, 2012
Total Views: 98

Thursday, November 8, 2012
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Defense

Missed Targets and Presidential Election Results Spell Bad News for Huntington Ingalls

(Bloomberg) — Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. fell after the U.S. Navy’s sole builder of aircraft carriers reported third-quarter profit that

November 8, 2012
Total Views: 38

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Engineering News

SBM Offshore to Get Yme Platform Fixed by Year End, Dispute Continues with Talisman

Dutch oil services company SBM Offshore NV (SBMO.AE) Friday confirmed earlier reports that said it will fix the faulty legs of its Yme oil and gas platform,

November 8, 2012
Total Views: 86

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News

Ship Brokers Cut Back Fuel Shipments to the US East Coast

(Bloomberg) — Gasoline shipments to the U.S. from Europe are poised to fall after inventories of the auto fuel swelled because of distribution

November 8, 2012
Total Views: 28

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VLCC Owners Eek Out a Tiny Smile as the Bleeding Stops, For Now

(Bloomberg) — Crude tankers shipping almost 20 percent of the world’s oil curbed seven weeks of losses as declining fuel costs helped owners

November 8, 2012
Total Views: 60

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Incidents

Floatel Superior Evacuates in a Snowy Gale with 10 Meter Waves

OSLO–Statoil ASA (STO, STL.OS) evacuated 336 people by helicopter from a housing platform in the Norwegian Sea in rough weather with gale force winds,

November 8, 2012
Total Views: 98

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News

OPEC to Increase November Oil Shipments by 640,000 Barrels Per Day

Oil shipments from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are to increase by 640,000 barrels a day in the four weeks to Nov. 24, compared with

November 8, 2012
Total Views: 69