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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, April 23, 2012
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News

Dockwise Heavy Lift to Upgrade the Black Marlin with Nearly 50% Greater Capacity

Dockwise announced today their decision to convert their Type 2* heavy lift vessel, the Black Marlin, to a Type 1 vessel similar to its sister ship, the Blue

April 23, 2012
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News

Ultra Harsh Environment Rig Demand Increases Offshore Norway, Centrica Energi Hires the Maersk Giant

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish industrial conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO) said Monday its oil and gas drilling services arm Maersk

April 23, 2012
Total Views: 79

Torm Tankers
Finance

TORM Shareholders Left With Pennies, Banks Gain 92.5% After Capital Injection

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Financially strapped Danish shipping company Torm A/S (TORM.KO) said Monday a planned liquidity injection would result in its

April 23, 2012
Total Views: 50

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Incidents

Nexen’s Buzzard Platform: Damage Unknown to Largest Producer of Forties Crude After Weekend Fire

LONDON (Dow Jones)–U.K. offshore safety inspectors are investigating reports of a fire on Nexen Inc.’s (NXY) Buzzard North Sea platform over the

April 23, 2012
Total Views: 382

Sunday, April 22, 2012
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News

Wallenius Wilhelmsen on Track for 30% Reduction in Ship Emissions by 2015 [REPORT]

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), the global shipping and logistics company, announced today that it is on track to reduce its relative greenhouse gas

April 22, 2012
Total Views: 33

Friday, April 20, 2012
Trace Adkins Pays Tribute to the 11 Lost on the Deepwater Horizon [VIDEO]
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Trace Adkins Pays Tribute to the 11 Lost on the Deepwater Horizon [VIDEO]

Former offshore Rig Hand now accomplished country music singer, Trace Adkins pays tribute to the men who were lost on the Deepwater Horizon. Rest in Peace

April 20, 2012
Total Views: 538

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News

Nexus Consulting Notes Troubling Issues Within Viral Anti-Pirate Assault Video

In early April, a video surfaced which depicted a ship’s security team on an all-out assault against an apparent pirate attack.  For most the video was

April 20, 2012
Total Views: 185

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News

Brent, WTI convergence? What will happen?

13-19 April 2012 Another roller-coaster ride this week in the oil markets as volatility remains the only constant.  A positive meeting over this past weekend

April 20, 2012
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Jumbo Shipping Upgrades Lifting Capacity with New K-Class

Heavy lift and oversized cargo carrier, Jumbo Shipping, confirmed today the order for a second new K-class vessel, with an option on a third, to

April 20, 2012
Total Views: 226

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News

Diamond Offshore Earnings Fall 26%

(Dow Jones) Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.’s (DO) first-quarter earnings slid 26% as the contract driller was hit with higher costs. The company declared

April 20, 2012
Total Views: 125

Thursday, April 19, 2012
Mastera icebreaking neste
Engineering News

Literally Speaking, Arctic Shiphandling is Completely Backwards

The idea was actually born in the in the ice-strewn reaches of the Great Lakes during the late 19th century when the car ferry ‘St. Ignace’ was

April 19, 2012
Total Views: 118

jeff gilligan
Incidents

Cruise Ship Ignores Vessel in Distress, 2 Perish off Panama

On the 10th of March, the cruise ship Star Princess, owned by Princess Cruises, sailed by a fishing vessel which had been stranded at sea for two weeks.

April 19, 2012
Total Views: 135

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Engineering News

Keppel Doubles 1Q Profit, Big Contracts from Brazil Loom on the Horizon

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. (BN4.SG) said Thursday first-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier, mainly because of accounting

April 19, 2012
Total Views: 33

OOCL Orient Overseas Container Line
News

Getting to the Black: Orient Overseas Ramps Up Freight Rates on Asia-Europe Trade

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. (0316.HK) plans to further raise rates for container shipments on the North Europe to Asia

April 19, 2012
Total Views: 40

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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Multimedia

SBM Offshore Rebrands, Demand for FPSOs Looks Strong [VIDEO]

SBM Offshore’s main product is the design, supply, installation and operation of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels.   After a

April 18, 2012
Total Views: 153

SEDCO 714
News

Well Control Experts Land on Elgin, SEDCO 714 Spuds In

At 1153 GMT, Total announced via Twitter that a team of 11 engineers had descended upon the stricken Elgin platform to commence “well kill”

April 18, 2012
Total Views: 180

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News

Tidewater CEO Dean Taylor Announces Retirement

Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) announced today that Dean Taylor, its President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2002, will retire as an executive officer of

April 18, 2012
Total Views: 216

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News

New C-Level Executives Appointed at Heidmar

The Board of Directors of Heidmar Holdings LLC, the holding company for Heidmar Inc, announced today that they had selected its new Executive team to lead the

April 18, 2012
Total Views: 63

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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News

To Build US LNG Export Infrastructure, Cheniere Hires an Army of Banks to Finance $4 Billion in Debt

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) said Monday it has hired eight banks to help it arrange $4 billion in debt financing, the latest step in

April 17, 2012
Total Views: 24

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News

Statoil Announces “An Entirely New Type of Rig” and a Huge Contract for Aker Solutions

Statoil announced today that they have awarded Aker Solutions a $1.9 billion contract involving a new type of rig, categorized “Cat-B”, destined to

April 17, 2012
Total Views: 162