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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Friday, July 1, 2011
Dutch boarding team takes down a pirate ship [VIDEO]
Defense

Dutch boarding team takes down a pirate ship [VIDEO]

The Dutch Navy just released a video featuring a real deal, high seas gunfight during an anti-piracy operation on April 2, 2011. 16 pirates were arrested and 2

July 1, 2011
Total Views: 121

ThyssenKrupp MEKO CSL
Engineering News

ThyssenKrupp Drops Parts Of Shipyards Sale To Abu Dhabi Mar

FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)–German industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG (TKA.XE) Friday said it had cancelled a large part of the sale of its shipbuilding

July 1, 2011
Total Views: 114

Thursday, June 30, 2011
US Navy Joint High Speed Vessel JHSV
Defense

US Navy Orders More Warships From Austal

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)–The U.S. Navy has ordered two more Joint High Speed Vessels from Australian shipbuilder Austal Ltd. (ASB.AU) as part of a

June 30, 2011
Total Views: 117

indian ocean piracy
Incidents

Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update: Week of 22 June 2011

Summary of Worldwide Crime and Piracy, week of 22 June 2011 (Source: ONI) GULF OF GUINEA: A chemical tanker was hijacked 26 June at 0245 UTC off of Cotonou,

June 30, 2011
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News

Qatar Rides LNG Demand Wave

DOHA — Qatar, the Persian Gulf emirate that is the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, is poised for a sharp rise in the value and

June 30, 2011
Total Views: 50

Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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News

Brazil Port Capacity Set To Reach 1 Bln Tons/Year Cargo End 2012 – Secretariat

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Cargo handling capacity at Brazil’s ports is set to rise to 1 billion metric tons a year in late 2012 or early 2013,

June 29, 2011
Total Views: 58

INTERVIEW: Ezra Moving FPSO To Vietnam As Company Eyes Deep Water
News

INTERVIEW: Ezra Moving FPSO To Vietnam As Company Eyes Deep Water

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Singapore-listed Ezra Holdings Ltd. (5DN.SG) is due to ship a large offshore floating oil production unit to Vietnam this week,

June 29, 2011
Total Views: 163

Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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News

ASIA TANKER: VLCCs Slow On IEA, Fundamentals; Clean Tankers Supported

Image by Lou Vest SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–The Asia crude tanker market is slowing, with increased vessel availability from mid-July, but healthy gasoline

June 28, 2011
Total Views: 31

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News

Maersk Line: No Plans To Exercise 3rd Triple-E Tranche Option

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, has no intention of exercising an option that would

June 28, 2011
Total Views: 88

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Engineering News

Brazil OSX Gets Go-Ahead To Start Building Acu Shipyard

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian oil-field services company OSX Brasil SA (OSXB3.BR) said Monday that it had received approval to start construction

June 28, 2011
Total Views: 53

Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Transocean releases internal investigation report into DWH disaster
Incidents

Transocean releases internal investigation report into DWH disaster

The following is a press release issued by Transocean regarding an internal investigation into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.  The full report

June 22, 2011
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News

Alstom leaps into the ocean energy market

Alstom has taken a 40% equity share in Scottish renewable energy company AWS Ocean Energy, representing Alstom’s entry to the wave energy market. Alstom

June 22, 2011
Total Views: 79

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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News

World’s most efficient container vessels contracted in China

SHANGHAI: The new generation of 10,000 TEU container vessels contracted in China by Seaspan represents major improvements in energy efficiency, cargo capacity,

June 21, 2011
Total Views: 133

Sunday, June 19, 2011
Singapore-led Task Force Intercepts Pirate Skiff in Gulf of Aden
Defense

Singapore-led Task Force Intercepts Pirate Skiff in Gulf of Aden

Combined Maritime Forces Gulf of Aden (June 15) – A U.S. missile cruiser, USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), operating under the Singapore-led Combined Task Force

June 19, 2011
Total Views: 66

Saturday, June 18, 2011
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News

Maersk Oil announces $1B North Sea Field Development Investment

Maersk Oil, a fully-owned subsidiary of the A. P. Moller – Maersk Group, has approved its investment of $1 billion in the Field Development Plan for the

June 18, 2011
Total Views: 347

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Finance

Don’t Dock DryShips

DryShips (DRYS: Nasdaq) By Sterne, Agee & Leach ($3.83, June 17, 2011) We are upgrading DryShips from Neutral to Buy ahead of an ocean rig listing in the

June 18, 2011
Total Views: 20

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News

Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon Insurers Seek Court Opinion On Paying BP

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Transocean Ltd. (RIG) said Friday that insurers of its sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig have asked a federal judge to decide if

June 18, 2011
Total Views: 136

Friday, June 17, 2011
Merchant Marine Reserve Program becomes Strategic Sealift Officer Program
Navy

Merchant Marine Reserve Program becomes Strategic Sealift Officer Program

By: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Strategic Mobility and Combat Logistics Division WASHINGTON (NNS) — After extensive coordination with

June 17, 2011
Total Views: 422

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MARKET TALK: NOL Steady; Ship Orders Positive Over Long Term

[Dow Jones] NOL (N03.SG) is flat at S$1.53, off its S$1.56 intraday high but remaining above water in a broadly lower market after announcing new shipbuilding

June 17, 2011
Total Views: 51

Greenpeace Again Scales Oil Rig
Incidents

Greenpeace Again Scales Oil Rig

LONDON—The head of Greenpeace has scaled an oil rig offshore of Greenland operated by Cairn Energy PLC, defying a court order aimed at stopping activists

June 17, 2011
Total Views: 36