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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, March 12, 2012
News

Prosafe Wins $58M Offshore Accommodation Support Contract for Shell Philippines

Prosafe has received a Notice of Award for a minimum nine-month contract by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (‘SPEX’) using the Safe Astoria for

March 12, 2012
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Engineering News

Hyundai Mipo and STX Receive New Shipbuilding Orders

Hyundai Mipo has reportedly won a $198 million newbuild order from an undisclosed European client for 4 platform supply vessels.  The report from the Thai

March 11, 2012
Total Views: 63

Engineering News

Sete Brasil Shareholders Approve $3.9 Billion Investment Capital Increase

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Shareholders of Brazilian drilling-rig holding company Sete Brasil approved a capital increase as the company prepares to line up

March 11, 2012
Total Views: 60

Saturday, March 10, 2012
Incidents

Italian Tanker Runs Aground Off Sicily in Stormy Weather [AIS TRACK]

March 10, 2012
Total Views: 94

Defense

Final Stage of Sea Trials Underway for the Latest Type 45 Destroyer, DEFENDER

GLASGOW –  DEFENDER, the fifth Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has today set sail from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard to embark on her

March 10, 2012
Total Views: 39

Friday, March 9, 2012
Finance

Supply and Demand Mismatch Forecasted in Shipping, Danaos is Downgraded

  We are downgrading Danaos to Neutral from Outperform, and Seaspan to Underperform from Neutral. – Credit Suisse Despite both Danaos’

March 9, 2012
Total Views: 75

Finance

Sanko Steamship Seeks Financial Rehab

Tokyo-based shipping firm Sanko Steamship Co. is making final arrangements to seek the rescheduling of loan repayments through a private-sector intermediary to

March 9, 2012
Total Views: 91

News

Shell: Arctic Drilling “Is Relatively Easy”, Plans to Spud-In this Summer Continue

HOUSTON (Dow Jones) — Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) remains confident it will be able to start exploring for oil in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Alaska

March 9, 2012
Total Views: 62

Finance

TORM Announces Sale of Medium Range Product Tanker

TORM has entered into an agreement to sell the MR product tanker TORM Lana. The parties have agreed not to disclose the sales price. TORM Lana will be

March 9, 2012
Total Views: 138

Thursday, March 8, 2012
Engineering News

100 Million Tons of Ships, Hyundai Heavy Surpasses All Others

The Korea Times and Yonhap news reports today that South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has cumulatively built over 100 million tons of ships

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 155

Engineering News

How do you Anchor a 488-meter, 600,000 Ton Ship in a Typhoon?

This is one of the many issues facing the engineers at Shell who are creating the world’s largest man-made floating object, the Prelude FLNG.  This

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 180

Engineering News

ExxonMobil: Let’s Throw Some Money into New Energy Supplies…$185 Billion Should Be Enough

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) plans to spend roughly $185 billion over the next five years to develop new energy supplies in anticipation of growing demand. In a

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 28

Finance

Shipping Corp of India Seeks $500 Million in Loans for More Ships

MUMBAI (Dow Jones)–The Shipping Corp. of India Ltd. (523598.BY) plans to raise up to $500 million in dollar loans from banks overseas in the financial

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 32

Engineering News

MAN Diesel and Turbo Awarded $30 Million Order from Norwegian Cruise Lines

FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)–MAN Diesel & Turbo, a subsidiary of German truck maker and engineering firm MAN (MAN.XE), said Thursday it has received a

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 23

News

Shell Sends Another Shipment of Forties Crude to South Korea

LONDON (Dow Jones)–More North Sea Forties crude is set to move to Asia this month, pushing up prices as part of an arbitrage that until December was

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 28

Defense

US Senator Questions the Future of the Littoral Combat Ship Program

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) questioned Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus about the future of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program during a

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 88

Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Maersk deliverer semi-submersible drilling rig
News

Maersk Drilling Heads Offshore Namibia

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish industrial conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO) said Wednesday its oil exploration services unit Maersk

March 7, 2012
Total Views: 59

News

April Showers Bring… More Crude Oil from the Ekofisk Field

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The April loading program for North Sea Ekofisk crude oil is scheduled at 337,788 barrels a day, up from 296,832 barrels a day

March 7, 2012
Total Views: 13

News

Russian Northern Sea Route Critical to Development of Yamal Megaproject [REPORT]

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)–Russian independent natural gas producer OAO Novatek (NVTK.RS) shipped nine cargos or more than 600,000 metric tons of stable gas

March 7, 2012
Total Views: 69

News

US Department of Defense Gets a New Toy to Explore the Ocean

Hydroid, Inc. a Kongsberg Maritime subsidiary, announced today that they had delivered a new deep-diving Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to the Woods Hole

March 7, 2012
Total Views: 263