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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Seaspan Goes Big with Supersize Order of 14,000 TEU Containerships
Engineering News

Seaspan Goes Big with Supersize Order of 14,000 TEU Containerships

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced today the signing of a newbuild contract with Vancouver-based Seaspan Corp. for five 14,000 TEU containerships,

January 16, 2013
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News

Braemar Shipping Services Faces Tough Times

LONDON–Braemar Shipping Services PLC (BSM.LN), an international provider of shipping, marine and energy services, said Wednesday its Shipbroking division

January 16, 2013
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News

Pirates Carry Out Fewer Attacks in 2012 – IMB

By Neena Rai Pirates carried out 297 attacks in 2012, the fewest in five years, with ships reporting a big drop off Somalia, the International Maritime Bureau

January 16, 2013
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Finance

Icahn’s Transocean Buy Pushes Offshore Driller Toward Partnership

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Carl Icahn’s new stake in Transocean Ltd. may raise pressure on the world’s largest offshore driller to split off some

January 15, 2013
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Missing Crew Member of Baltic Ace Found, Salvage Operations Suspended
Interesting

Missing Crew Member of Baltic Ace Found, Salvage Operations Suspended

Dutch police have identified a body found on 19 December, 20 nautical miles west of IJmuiden, as that of the 31 year-old Polish first mate of the Baltic Ace,

January 15, 2013
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Capesize Rates Advance for 3rd Day in a Row, But Don’t Get too Excited [REPORT]

Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Rates for Capesize ships carrying iron ore, which advanced for a third day, may curb gains as accelerating fleet growth this

January 15, 2013
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Interesting

Weather Bomb Explodes in the Western Pacific [UPDATE]

16 January Update:  A major hurricane force storm continues over the western North Pacific with winds up to 65 knots and significant wave heights up to 20

January 15, 2013
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News

Gazprom Pushes Back Against Allowing Private Industry to Develop Russian Arctic Shelf

MOSCOW–The chief executive of Russia’s OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said the state-owned natural gas monopoly doesn’t want the government to allow

January 15, 2013
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Engineering News

Singapore Jack-Up Rig is Back on 3 Legs After Tipping Over

Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard announced today they have successfully righted the jack-up drilling rig which tipped over on December 3rd of last year.

January 15, 2013
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News

Maersk Line: Asia-Europe Container Shipping Unprofitable at Current Rates

Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, said the industry needs to raise prices by as much as

January 15, 2013
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Defense

Military Sealift Command Extends Charter for Austal Catamaran

101-meter catamaran will continue to support the operations of the United States Marine Corps’ Third Marine Expeditionary Force The United States

January 15, 2013
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Abu Dhabi’s TAQA Shuts Down North Sea Production Platform After Oil Leak Discovered

DUBAI, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) confirmed the shutdown of one of its platforms in the UK North Sea, after discovering oil

January 15, 2013
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Ocean Rig’s Eirik Raude To Leave West Africa, Bound for Irish Waters

Deepwater drilling contractor Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ: ORIG) has announced that its semi-submersible rig, the Eirik Raude, was chosen by an undisclosed oil

January 15, 2013
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UK Government Rejects Call to Halt Arctic Drilling Plans

LONDON–The U.K. government has rejected lawmakers’ calls for a halt to Arctic oil and gas drilling, despite renewed safety concerns following the

January 15, 2013
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News

VLCC Rates Fall as Ships Compete for Fewer Available Cargos

The surplus of the largest oil tankers available for loading in the Middle East rebounded from a six-week low, according to a Bloomberg News survey. There are

January 15, 2013
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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South Korea-Bound Shipments of LNG Drop 9.5% as Prices Rise

Imports of liquefied natural gas into South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of the fuel, dropped 9.5 percent in December as prices rose.

January 14, 2013
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Wells Fargo: LNG Carrier Spot Market May Soften in 2013 as Global Fleet Grows

Rates to ship liquefied natural gas will decline this year as new vessels join the fleet more quickly than global output of the fuel expands, according to

January 14, 2013
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Engineering News

Vigor Industrial Places $40 Million Order for Huge Floating Drydock, Largest in United States

Vigor Industrial announced today they have reached an agreement with Daoda Marine Heavy Industry Company (DDHI) to purchase a new floating drydock for a total

January 14, 2013
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Finance

Dryships Takes $21 Million Thumping to Get out of Suezmax Newbuild Contracts

ATHENS – DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) announced today the sale, via novation, of two of its 158,000 DWT suezmax dry bulk carriers, the Esperona and

January 14, 2013
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Marine Weather

Dangerous Storm Brewing in Northern Pacific Could Be Stronger than Sandy

A dangerous winter storm is developing rapidly over the western North Pacific east of Japan, one that has the potential to be even more powerful than Hurricane

January 14, 2013
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