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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Thursday, September 27, 2012
Teekay Expects Tanker Supply and Demand to Remain Even into 2013 [REPORT]
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Teekay Expects Tanker Supply and Demand to Remain Even into 2013 [REPORT]

Teekay’s Market Analyst Christian Waldegrave gives his September 2012 conventional tanker market update while attending the Jefferies Conference in New

September 27, 2012
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News

Damen Shipyards Supplies Shoalbuster Tugs to Acta Marine [IMAGES]

Damen Shipyards Group announced today they will be supplying Dutch maritime services provider Acta Marine with four Shoalbuster anchor handling tugs. Three

September 27, 2012
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Noble Energy Signs 3-Year Contract for the Atwood Advantage, Bound for the Eastern Med

Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) announced today that it has signed a 3-year contract, at a day rate of $584,000, for the Atwood Advantage, a DNV-classed,

September 27, 2012
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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Engineering News

DNV Awarded Class Contract for World’s First LNG FPSO

OSLO — DNV announced today that they have been awarded the contract to class the Petronas LNG FPSO (FLNG). The unit will be built by DSME in Korea and

September 26, 2012
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Wärtsilä’s Sigurd Jenssen Discusses Scrubber Technology and Environmental Compliance [INTERVIEW]
Engineering News

Wärtsilä’s Sigurd Jenssen Discusses Scrubber Technology and Environmental Compliance [INTERVIEW]

While at the SMM Hamburg conference a few weeks ago, I met up with Sigurd Jenssen, Director, EGC at Wärtsilä Environmental Solutions Tell me a bit about

September 26, 2012
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Iranian Tanker Company Says They Are Not a State Company, US Treasury Throws the BS Flag

LONDON–A manager with the National Iranian Tanker Co. rejects U.S. claims that the oil transport company is a state company and says it should not be

September 26, 2012
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Collision

NTSB Faults Pilot in 2011 Houston Ship Channel Collision

WASHINGTON – The collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011 was likely caused by the inappropriate

September 26, 2012
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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Sovfracht-Sovmortrans Hired as Agent for COSCO Break Bulk

On Monday, Russian freight forwarder Sovfracht-Sovmortrans announced the signing of an agency agreement under which they were formally appointed sales agent

September 25, 2012
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Venezuela to Ship Up to 400,000 Barrels of Crude Per Day to India
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Venezuela to Ship Up to 400,000 Barrels of Crude Per Day to India

CARACAS–Venezuelan state oil monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela, or PdVSA, signed a 15-year crude supply contract with India’s Reliance Industries

September 25, 2012
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Dolphin Drilling Awarded $252 Million Contract for the Bredford Dolphin

Dolphin Drilling AS, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA has subject final approvals entered into a Letter of Award for the provision of the semi

September 25, 2012
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Monday, September 24, 2012
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Japanese Hunger for LNG on Par With Bluefin Tuna, Fredriksen Dishes it Up

(Bloomberg) — The biggest shutdown of nuclear power in history will spur record demand for liquefied natural gas and the most profit ever for Golar LNG

September 24, 2012
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Engineering News

Assessing Emission Reduction Options for Container Feeder Vessels [STUDY]

One of the biggest issues facing ship owners these days is what do to about the IMO emissions regulations, particularly those referring to sulfur oxides (SOx),

September 24, 2012
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Tsakos Energy Navigation Gains Long Term Charter Extension for Ice-Class Suezmax

Greek shipowner Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) (NYSE: TNP) announced today a three-year time charter extension for the Arctic, a 2007 built, 163,216

September 24, 2012
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Grounding Incidents

UPDATE – Aframax Tanker Runs Aground off Estonia [IMAGES]

In what initially appears to have been caused by a navigational error, an Aframax tanker owned by Vancouver-based Teekay Tankers, has run aground off the coast

September 24, 2012
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Navig8 Announces Expansion of Supra 8 Dry Bulk Pool

Singaporean shipowner Navig8, announced on Friday that it’s Supra 8 pool of supramax-bulkers has expanded to 15 units from an initial four this summer.

September 24, 2012
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Finance

With Cash in Hand, Pacific Basin is Looking to Expand Fleet

Pacific Basin Shipping (2343.HK) has boatloads of cash. So, raising another $123.8 million from convertible bonds should also raise some questions. With a cash

September 24, 2012
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Engineering News

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and GTT Sign Cooperation Agreement on Arctic LNG

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and French marine engineering firm Gas Transport & Technigaz (GTT), announced that they have entered into a

September 24, 2012
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Engineering News

Seadrill is Keeping the Lights on at Samsung Heavy with Seventh, and Eighth, New Drillship Order

With future projections showing increased demand for deepwater rigs, Seadrill announced today that they have signed another US$600 million contract with

September 24, 2012
Total Views: 59

Sunday, September 23, 2012
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Collision

13 Missing After Ship Collision Off Japan

13 are still missing and a fishing vessel has sank following a collision at sea early Monday morning of Japan’s northeastern coast.  According to

September 23, 2012
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Hawaiian Fishermen Discover Dangerous Piece of Tsunami Debris

The Hawaiian fishermen were lucky they discovered this massive piece of Japanese tsunami debris when they did, because had it been night, the results could

September 23, 2012
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