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Friday, April 13, 2012
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Impropriety Investigation Continues at BP Shipping

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- BP PLC (BP.LN) is investigating allegations of impropriety in its shipping division but still doesn’t know whether there is any

April 13, 2012
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RiverWijs Emma
Engineering News

Destined for Dampier, RiverWijs Takes Delivery of Pair of Robert Allan-Designed Tugs

RiverWijs has recently taken delivery of two sister vessels, the Robert Allan Ltd. designed – RiverWijs Emma and RiverWijs Rowan. The christening was

April 13, 2012
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At Least There Won’t Be Financing to Build More Containerships this Year

COPENHAGEN -(Dow Jones)- Danish oil and shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S‘s (MAERSK-B.KO) container shipping arm Maersk Line won global market

April 13, 2012
Total Views: 77

Thursday, April 12, 2012
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Finance

Offshore and LNG Fundamentals Look Strong, Teekay Spinoffs Raise Dividends

A pair of Teekay spinoffs, Teekay Offshore (NYSE:TOO) and Teekay LNG (NYSE:TGP) both declared increased cash distributions today of $0.5125 per unit  and

April 12, 2012
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Helix Express Lays Nearly Two Miles of Pipe, in 9,000 Feet of Water

Helix ESG’s reeled pipelay vessel, the Express, recently undertook its deepest work ever during a project in the Gulf of Mexico. Working in the Lloyd

April 12, 2012
Total Views: 495

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AMC Connector Completes Riser Replacement at Statoil’s SNORRE B

SINGAPORE – EMAS AMC has successfully completed the first of several riser replacements for Statoil on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The scope of the

April 12, 2012
Total Views: 89

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Tsunami Warning Lifted for Indian Ocean

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has lifted it’s warning for the Indian Ocean following a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck this morning off the

April 11, 2012
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Engineering News

Carnival Invests in Efficiency, and ABB Azipod Technology

ABB has won a long-term service contract from Carnival Corporation to maintain and upgrade ABB’s Azipod equipment over the next 15 years for 20 ships in

April 11, 2012
Total Views: 524

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Chevron Charters VLCC, North Sea Forties Cargo Bound for S. Korea

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Up to 2 million barrels of North Sea Forties crude are set to head to Asia later this month, supporting the price of the grade, which

April 11, 2012
Total Views: 62

Monday, April 9, 2012
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Engineering News

SPOTD: HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Mega Blocks Unite at BAE Systems

This Ship Photo of the Day from BAE Systems’s Govan Shipyard in Glasgow shows one of two massive hull sections of the HMS Queen Elizabeth being driven

April 9, 2012
Total Views: 280

Sunday, April 8, 2012
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Engineering News

Will the US Become the World’s Largest Exporter of LNG?

By John R. Siegel (Barrons) By 2017 the U.S. could be the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in the world, surpassing leading LNG exporters Qatar and

April 8, 2012
Total Views: 110

Criminal charges and $22 Billion in Lawsuits Raise Questions About Brazil – WSJ
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Criminal charges and $22 Billion in Lawsuits Raise Questions About Brazil – WSJ

By John Lyons, Wall Street Journal SAO PAULO, Brazil (Dow Jones)–U.S. President Barack Obama is set to meet with Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff

April 8, 2012
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
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Iran Halts Greek Oil Shipments After Bills Left Unpaid – UPDATE [REPORT]

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Iran stopped shipping oil to Greece and may halt supplies to Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN, RDSA, RDSB) over unpaid bills, Iran media

April 7, 2012
Total Views: 130

Friday, April 6, 2012
“Weapons Free” Pirates Decimated by Shipboard Security Team [VIDEO]
Multimedia

“Weapons Free” Pirates Decimated by Shipboard Security Team [VIDEO]

We have no idea what the circumstances were at the time of this attack, or which ship this video was taken from, but it clearly shows a vessel security

April 6, 2012
Total Views: 305

ensco DS-8
Engineering News

ENSCO Orders Drillship with Retractable Thrusters!?

At first it looked like just another drillship order. Samsung Heavy wins a $645 million order to build a DP3 drillship for ENSCO, however buried in the middle

April 6, 2012
Total Views: 203

Gulf Drilling Orders New Pacific Class 400 Jackup from Sembcorp
Engineering News

Gulf Drilling Orders New Pacific Class 400 Jackup from Sembcorp

SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (S51.SG) Thursday said it secured a US$218.5 million contract to construct a jack-up rig for Gulf Drilling

April 6, 2012
Total Views: 92

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Chinese Merchant Ship Hijacked in Gulf of Oman

BEIJING (AFP)–A Chinese shipping vessel was hijacked by pirates Friday in the Gulf of Oman, south of Iran, state media said, citing China’s embassy

April 6, 2012
Total Views: 43

Thursday, April 5, 2012
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More Saudi Supertankers Headed for the US

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Saudi Arabia’s state shipping company, Vela, is set to ship more oil to the U.S. this month, after a flurry of activity in March

April 5, 2012
Total Views: 72

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Stena Carron Drillship Wins Contract West of Shetland

Valiant Petroleum announced today that it had entered into a contract to secure a firm rig slot on the Stena Carron drillship to drill the Handcross prospect

April 5, 2012
Total Views: 248

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North Sea Forties Trade Delayed by Elgin, a Dozen Cargos Now Affected

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Severe disruptions are hitting supply of North Sea Forties crude in April, following a serious gas leak on Total SA‘s (TOT) Elgin

April 5, 2012
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