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Thursday, July 19, 2012
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Engineering News

Wärtsilä Falls Short of Estimates as Engine Deliveries Stall

(Bloomberg) — Wärtsilä Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of ship motors and power plants, fell the most in a year as customers postponed

July 19, 2012
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Nearly Broke, Italy Looks to Restart Economy By Ending Offshore Drilling Ban

(Bloomberg) — Mario Monti’s government is trying to attract as much as $18 billion in investment to Italy by relaxing a ban on offshore oil and

July 19, 2012
Total Views: 261

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News

India’s ONGC Will Continue to Explore Offshore Vietnam, Much to China’s Discontent

NEW DELHI–India’s state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (500312.BY) will continue to explore for oil and gas offshore Vietnam in the South China

July 19, 2012
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Finance

Crushed By Debt, Torm Responds to Latest Claims By Danish Media

COPENHAGEN–Financially-troubled Danish shipper Torm A/S (TORM.KO) said Thursday it is still in talks to seal a long-term debt refinancing deal that

July 19, 2012
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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Deep Water Treasure Hunters Recover 48 Tons of Silver from WWII Cargo Ship

(Bloomberg) — Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc., a deep-ocean exploration company, said it recovered about 48 tons of silver from a World War II shipwreck

July 18, 2012
Total Views: 382

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Incidents

T/S Empire State Gives a Little Love to an Azorean Jetty [INCIDENT PHOTO]

In mid-May, the SUNY Maritime training ship, Empire State, paid a visit to the Azores and left a bit of their bottom paint on the jetty.  This image was

July 18, 2012
Total Views: 68

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Hijacked Crew of Fishing Vessel Rescued After 18 Months of Pirate Control

(Bloomberg) — China secured the release of a 26- man crew aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat that was captured by Somali pirates more than 18 months ago,

July 18, 2012
Total Views: 42

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US and China Sit on Huge Stockpile of Crude as VLCC Charters Hit 17-Month Low

(Bloomberg) — The number of oil-tankers booked to haul 2 million-barrel cargoes of crude from ports in the Persian Gulf is poised to slump to a 17-month

July 18, 2012
Total Views: 39

Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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Engineering News

Propeller Technology to Make Your Ship More Efficient

Appendages to the propulsion system at the stern of a vessel can offer ship owners and operators an easy and relatively painless solution to improving fuel

July 17, 2012
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Incidents

Nigerian Oil Spill Could Result in Astronomical $5 Billion Fine for Shell

LONDON (Dow Jones) —Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) could face a record $5 billion fine from authorities in Nigeria for an oil spill off the coast of

July 17, 2012
Total Views: 86

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News

Sad Scene in Rotterdam After Containership Spears Whale with Bow Bulb

By Hursh Joshi, MaerskLineSocial Maersk Line does everything it can to avoid creating a negative impact on the marine environment. Despite these efforts on

July 17, 2012
Total Views: 349

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Greater Reliability Saves Money, Maersk Line Provides Top-Ranked Service [REPORT]

(Bloomberg) — The world’s container shipping lines boosted reliability in June in terms of the number of boxes delivered on time, according to a

July 17, 2012
Total Views: 53

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Destined for Immediate Demolition, Seanergy Sells Capesize Bulker

In a move to reduce debt, and to the overall benefit of the struggling dry bulk industry, Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHIP) announced today that

July 17, 2012
Total Views: 51

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News

Seajacks Orders Self-Propelled Jackup Destined for North Sea Work

Seajacks announced today they have placed an order with UAE-based Lamprell for the construction of a new self-propelled jack-up vessel, specifically designed

July 17, 2012
Total Views: 458

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News

Damen Delivers Stan Patrol Vessel to Albanian Coast Guard

Recently the second of a series of four Damen Stan Patrol Vessels 4207, going by the name of ‘Oriku’, has been finalized in the Pashaliman

July 17, 2012
Total Views: 241

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Engineering News

Rolls-Royce Signs £10 million Contract for New Wave-Piercing OSV

Rolls-Royce announced today that they have signed a £10 million contract with Simon Møkster Shipping for a wave piercing offshore vessel with a striking

July 17, 2012
Total Views: 125

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Offshore Wind Power Expansion Faces Major Hurdles

(Bloomberg) — Sales of offshore wind turbines collapsed in the first half, a sign the power industry and its financiers are struggling to meet the

July 17, 2012
Total Views: 86

Monday, July 16, 2012
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News

Saudi Aramco Awards Pair of Offshore Construction Projects to McDermott

HOUSTON – (BUSINESS WIRE) – McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) announced today that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded two projects

July 16, 2012
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Aker Solutions Wins Ichthys Umbilical Contract

Aker Solutions announced today that they have signed a NOK 440 million SURF contract with McDermott, the main EPCI contractor for the Australian Ichthys

July 16, 2012
Total Views: 72

Tullow Oil Encouters Abnormal Pressure While Drilling Offshore Guyana, Confirms Hydrocarbons
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Tullow Oil Encouters Abnormal Pressure While Drilling Offshore Guyana, Confirms Hydrocarbons

LONDON–U.K.-listed oil explorer Tullow Oil PLC (TLW.LN) said Monday it has decided to abandon a high-pressure oil well it was drilling off the coast of

July 16, 2012
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