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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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News

Goldenport Acquires 2,100 TEU Containership, Conti Seattle

International cargo shipper Goldenport Holdings Inc. (LSE: GPRT) announced today that it has agreed to acquire the sub-Panamax, 2,100 TEU container vessel

August 28, 2012
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News

Great Eastern Shipping Takes Delivery of the Jag Vidhi Gas Carrier

The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. took delivery of a 1990 built Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) “Jag Vidhi” [about 49,700 dwt (75,000 cbm)].

August 28, 2012
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News

Chinese Coal Imports Set to Drop

China, the world’s biggest coal consumer, is poised to reduce imports of the commodity from Australia after the gap with domestic prices narrowed,

August 28, 2012
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Finance

VLCC Owners Brace for Heavy Rolls

For the first time this year, slowing growth in oil demand is spurring analysts to cut estimates for earnings in the tanker industry’s largest vessels.

August 28, 2012
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Monday, August 27, 2012
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Incidents

Isaac Claims Containership in Cuban Waters [UPDATE]

Mariners in the Gulf of Mexico region reported to us yesterday of a continual alert being received over distress frequencies off Cuba, one that we have been

August 27, 2012
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Provincetown Ferry Runs Aground, Passengers Make the Most of the Situation [VIDEO]
Incidents

Provincetown Ferry Runs Aground, Passengers Make the Most of the Situation [VIDEO]

On Saturday morning, the passenger ferry, Provincetown III, was delivering 149 passengers from Boston to the north-eastern tip of Cape Cod when it slowed to an

August 27, 2012
Total Views: 99

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News

Costamare Purchases Containership, Announces New Charter Agreements with Evergreen

Athens-based containership owner/operator, Costamare Inc. (NYSE: CMRE) announced today that it has purchased the 15 year-old, 2,458 TEU container vessel

August 27, 2012
Total Views: 87

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Engineering News

Shift to Offshore Rig Building Leaves Samsung Heavy with Mountains of Debt

(Bloomberg) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co. plans to offer 500 billion won ($440 million) of bonds next month as South Korean shipyards sell a record

August 27, 2012
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Finance

Deepwater Downtime Torments Seadrill in Latest Earnings Report

Seadrill Ltd.’s (SDRL, SDRL.OS) second-quarter earnings fell 14% as higher operating expenses masked the Norwegian oil-services company’s rise in

August 27, 2012
Total Views: 54

Sunday, August 26, 2012
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Engineering News

Ezra Holdings’ Triyards Given Eligibility to List on Singapore Exchange Mainboard

SINGAPORE–Triyards Holdings, a unit of offshore services provider Ezra Holdings, has been granted conditional eligibility to list on the mainboard of

August 26, 2012
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News

$200 Million Being Spent on Mississippi River Dredging May Not Be Enough to Battle Drought

The tow boat Major General John Peabody uses to survey his domain as regional head of the Corps of Engineers couldn’t stop last week in Greenville,

August 26, 2012
Total Views: 245

Saturday, August 25, 2012
#SaveTheArctic – Personal Note from Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace [VIDEO]
Multimedia

#SaveTheArctic – Personal Note from Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace [VIDEO]

My name is Kumi Naidoo. I’m from Africa. I’m the executive director of Greenpeace International. I am participating in this action to draw

August 25, 2012
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Greenpeace Releases Video of Arctic Activism, Gazprom Says Operations Unaffected
Multimedia

Greenpeace Releases Video of Arctic Activism, Gazprom Says Operations Unaffected

MOSCOW–OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said Greenpeace activists who climbed onto its Prirazlomnaya offshore oil platform in the Arctic early Friday are not

August 25, 2012
Total Views: 70

Friday, August 24, 2012
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News

Port of Seattle Now Fully-Equipped with Super-Post Panamax Cranes [IMAGE]

The final three of six new ZPMC super-post Panamax cranes arrived at the Port of Seattle in late July aboard the heavy lift semi-submersible, Zhen Hua 23,

August 24, 2012
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News

Greenpeace Activists Get Ice-Cold Greeting by Russian Drilling Rig Crew

Greenpeace activists scaled OAO Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform in the Arctic to protest drilling plans on Russia’s first major oil project in the

August 24, 2012
Total Views: 67

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News

“Technically Bankrupt”…Heavy Shipping Poised for Takeovers as Financing Fades

Shipping lines that carry generators and giant trucks for General Electric Co. and BHP Billiton Ltd. are becoming takeover targets amid a lack of funding for

August 24, 2012
Total Views: 192

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Finance

Hellenic Carriers Sells 21-Year Old Bulk Carrier to Dianik Bross for $5.3 Million

Hellenic Carriers Limited (AIM: HCL), an international provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announced today that, in continuation

August 24, 2012
Total Views: 136

Engineering News

Lamprell Delivers LeTourneau Super 116E Jack-Up to Abu Dhabi NDC

Lamprell (ticker: LAM), a UAE-based provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables

August 24, 2012
Total Views: 92

Thursday, August 23, 2012
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News

Crude Buyers in Asia to Cut West African Imports

Asian refiners will reduce imports of West African crude in September by 9.4 percent from August to near the lowest level this year, a survey of six traders

August 23, 2012
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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News

Container Lines Are Losing the Price Battle on Multiple Fronts

The world’s container lines can’t raise freight rates fast enough to cover soaring fuel prices as persistent overcapacity works against the

August 22, 2012
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