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Friday, March 1, 2013
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Gazprom Plans to Use Massive Floating LNG Facility Offshore Israel

By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The latest floating terminal technology could be the key to unlocking gas exports from Israel’s Tamar

March 1, 2013
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Capital Product Partners To Keep Tankers Chartered To OSG at a Discount
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Capital Product Partners To Keep Tankers Chartered To OSG at a Discount

(Reuters) – Ship owner Capital Product Partners LP said it would continue to lease three of its product tankers to Overseas Shipholding Group Inc, which

March 1, 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Finance

Capital Product Partners L.P. Reaches Conditional Agreement With Overseas Shipholding Group Regarding Long Term Charters of Three Product Tankers

ATHENS, GREECE–(Marketwire – Feb 28, 2013) – Capital Product Partners L.P. (the “Partnership” or “CPLP”)

February 28, 2013
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Finance

German Banks With Upside-Down Ship Loans Forgo Seizing Vessels

(Bloomberg) — Deutsche Bank AG and two other German lenders providing about 14 percent of credit to ship owners are forgoing seizing vessels even after

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 65

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News

Product Tanker Owners Set to Profit on Greater Exports of U.S. Naphtha

(Bloomberg) — Rising U.S. naphtha exports could displace seaborne trade from the Middle East to boost demand for refined-oil tankers by 0.4 percent for

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 38

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News

Nearly 1,000 Pirates Granted Amnesty in Somalia

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has granted an amnesty to hundreds of young Somali pirates to reduce the

February 28, 2013
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Finance

Rig Downtime Costs Seadrill Millions in 2012

By Balazs Koranyi OSLO (Reuters) – Offshore oil driller Seadrill expects to resolve operational problems this year, it said on Thursday, and predicted

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 90

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Engineering News

Cargill to Order Capesize Ships as Yard Prices Hit 20-Year Low

(Bloomberg) — Cargill Inc., the agricultural trader that accounts for 2 percent of world freight, is ordering new ships in a reversal of a policy against

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 238

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News

Vitol Records Over $300 Billion in 2012 Revenues, “Solid” Says CEO Ian Taylor [UPDATE]

By Emma Farge and Dmitry Zhdannikov GENEVA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Vitol, the world’s biggest oil trader, reported revenues that topped $300 billion

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 43

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News

Shipping Iron Ore on Valemax Carriers Proves Extremely Costly for Brazilian Miner

(Bloomberg) — Brazilian miner Vale SA more than doubled spending on maritime freight in the fourth quarter as it shipped more of the steel-making

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 565

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News

Pacific Basin Shipping Sells Off RoRo Fleet, Posts First Annual Loss Since IPO

  (Bloomberg) — Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd., Hong Kong’s biggest dry-bulk carrier, posted its first annual loss since listing in 2004 after a

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 121

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Engineering News

DNV Reaches Milestone: Awarded Classification Contract for Gulf of Mexico Newbuild Floater

A major milestone was reached today for Norwegian classification society, Det Norske Veritas (DNV).  For the first time ever, DNV has been awarded

February 27, 2013
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Australian Cyclone Delays 74 Capesize Bulkers, Brazilian Ore Ships Stand to Benefit
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Australian Cyclone Delays 74 Capesize Bulkers, Brazilian Ore Ships Stand to Benefit

(Bloomberg) — Charter rates for Capesize ships, which fell for a 14th session today, may rebound as increased export cargoes from Brazil compensate for

February 27, 2013
Total Views: 73

Recap: 2013 State of the Coast Guard Address, Full Transcript Available
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Recap: 2013 State of the Coast Guard Address, Full Transcript Available

WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp delivered the 2013 State of the Coast Guard Address at the National Defense University at Fort

February 27, 2013
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News

Australian Storm Seen Delaying 43% of Global Iron-Ore Exports

(Bloomberg) — A storm that closed Australian ports handling 43 percent of world iron-exports delayed as many as 74 vessels amid rain that might interrupt

February 27, 2013
Total Views: 60

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Marine Salvage

Deconstruction of USS Guardian Commences [IMAGES]

MANILA – As weather condition seems to be fine near Tubbataha Reef, salvaging operation for the ill-fated USS Guardian that ran aground last month along

February 27, 2013
Total Views: 66

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Engineering News

Bergen CEO Considers Further Shipyard Sales After Lucrative Rosenberg Deal

(Bloomberg) — Bergen Group ASA, a Norwegian shipbuilder and offshore services company, would consider offers for one or both of its two remaining

February 27, 2013
Total Views: 116

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News

Keppel Offshore & Marine Wins $460 Million in Shipyard Construction Projects

In the past 24 hours, Singapore-based shipbuilder Keppel Offshore & Marine has added $460 million to their backlog with 5 new projects. The orders consist

February 27, 2013
Total Views: 363

LNG Shipping Rates Will Likely Drop as Fleet Growth Surpasses Demand Through 2016
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LNG Shipping Rates Will Likely Drop as Fleet Growth Surpasses Demand Through 2016

(Bloomberg) — Rates to ship liquefied natural gas will decline over the next three years as trade fails to keep pace with the construction of new

February 27, 2013
Total Views: 32

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Interesting

Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd Are Pirates, U.S. Court Says

A United States Court of Appeals has confirmed what many mariners have been saying for years: that Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society are

February 27, 2013
Total Views: 477