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HOUSTON – The Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office are responding to a tallow spill in the Houston Ship Channel early Tuesday evening. Coast

On Wednesday 5 January 2011, car-passenger ferry NB 1367 the Spirit of Britain, was delivered by STX Europe’s Rauma shipyard to P&O ferries. Her

Despite the availability of satellite navigation systems, and ships that are awash with electronics, maritime buoyage still matters, particularly in pilotage

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), a global provider of marine transportation services for drybulk cargoes and off-shore contract drilling oil services, announced

From U.S. Fleet Forces Command Public Affairs NORFOLK (NNS) — Adm. John C. Harvey Jr., Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), has

In 2010, cargo throughput in the port of Rotterdam rose to 430 million tonnes. This is 11.1 % more than in 2009 and 2.1% more than in the previous

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today notified 13 companies whose deepwater drilling activities

ZUG, Switzerland, Jan. 3, 2011: Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) today reported that Marathon Oil Company (“Marathon”) has provided notice that it is

HOUSTON, Jan 03, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) —  Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) today announced that a subsidiary, Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited,

Hamilton, Bermuda, January 3, 2011 – Seadrill has entered into an agreement to acquire the two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, Seadragon

3 January 2011 – MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd. has awarded Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary Aker Marine Contractors

Just in from the Associated Press… MOSCOW – A Russian icebreaker labored Monday through howling winds and heavy snow as it tried to reach icebound

The Coast Guard reminds mariners that red and orange flares are recognized as marine and aviation emergency signals, and are to be used only during emergency

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has announced it’s new Deep Water Construction Vessel, currently being built in Korea, will be called Aegir, after the

Military Sealift Command-chartered heavy lift crane ship MV Ocean Titan delivered the second of a new class of U.S.-built patrol boats to Manama, Bahrain,

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is undertaking a wide-ranging study of U.S.-Flag shipping in the Great Lakes region calling for a comprehensive look at the

STEP Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, has won a contract from South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., LTD

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has introduced a more powerful version for marine applications of its popular

WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. and Austal USA each a fixed-price incentive contract for the design and construction of a

(Houston, TX—) Classification society ABS announces the release of a Guide for Building and Classing Offshore Wind Turbine Installations, the first Guide