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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, March 26, 2012
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S&P: As Maritime Shipping Fleets Age, US Companies Will Face Greater Challenges

(Dow Jones) Already burdened with eroding credit quality, many U.S. shipping companies will face greater challenges in the near future as their older fleets

March 26, 2012
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Teekay: 63 LNG Carriers On Order, Global Demand Increasing [VIDEO]
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Teekay: 63 LNG Carriers On Order, Global Demand Increasing [VIDEO]

Teekay’s Market Analyst Christian Waldegrave reports on the LNG market in the first quarter of 2012. More details…via Teekay: Drivers for Demand of

March 26, 2012
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APM Terminals Eyes East African Expansion, Gathers Local Support
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APM Terminals Eyes East African Expansion, Gathers Local Support

Bullish on high-growth East African markets as new terminal and Inland Services investments planned; Mombasa, Dar es Salaam are Targets Mombasa, Kenya ‐

March 26, 2012
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Iranian Bulk Carrier Hijacked Off India [UDPATE]

UPDATE: The Bolivian-flagged MV EGLANTINE was loaded with Brazilian sugar and destined for Bandar Imam Khomeini, Iran, according to the NATO Shipping Centre

March 26, 2012
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
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Production Halted on Total’s Elgin Gas Platform After Gas Leak

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Total SA (TOT, FP.PR) has been forced to halt production from a platform in the Elgin gas and condensate field in the U.K. North Sea

March 25, 2012
Total Views: 149

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Multimedia

“Resurgence and Renewal of North Sea Activity”, Offshore Market Update from Teekay [VIDEO]

In the above video, Teekay Market Analyst Christian Waldegrave gives an update on the offshore market for the first quarter of 2012.   Via Teekay: Offshore

March 25, 2012
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
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Is Iran Stockpiling Crude Oil in Supertankers?

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The number of Iranian supertankers storing crude long term rose this week, data from major brokerage ICAP showed Friday. Three NITC

March 24, 2012
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Friday, March 23, 2012
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Multimedia

“Hauling the Mail” – The Volvo Ocean Race Rocks the Southern Ocean [VIDEO]

The Southern Ocean is the most challenging place on earth to sail in and for the past quarter century, incredible video gathered from Volvo Ocean and past

March 23, 2012
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After $1.33 Billion Investment in Acu Superport, Capesize Vessels Will Soon Load Ore, Oil, and Other Brazilian Cargos

Rio de Janeiro (Dow Jones) – Global mining company Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN, AAUKY) and Brazilian port developer LLX Logistica Sat (LLXL3.BR) may

March 23, 2012
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European Naval Forces May Strike Somali Beaches, Operation ATALANTA Extended

The Council of the European Union today confirmed its intention to extend its EU Naval Force’s (EUNAVFOR) counter-piracy mission, Operation ATALANTA, off

March 23, 2012
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Lundin Contracts Eidesvik’s LNG-powered Viking Prince to Support North Sea Drilling Campaign

Eidesvik has entered into an agreement with Lundin Norway for chartering of the LNG powered supply vessel Viking Prince, which will be delivered from Kleven

March 23, 2012
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Maersk Increases Container Shipping Operations Within Asia [REPORT]

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish shipping and oil company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO) has ramped up its intra-Asia shipping operations

March 23, 2012
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BG Group to Supply India’s West Coast with LNG

NEW DELHI (Dow Jones)–BG Group PLC (BG.LN) expects to sign a final agreement with GSPC Ltd. in mid-2012 to supply 2.5 million tons of liquefied natural

March 23, 2012
Total Views: 44

Thursday, March 22, 2012
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BREAKING NEWS: Tanker Pirated in Gulf of Guinea, Eyewitness Account from the Scene [UPDATE]

At least one vessel, possibly two, have been attacked in the Gulf of Guinea today at around 1200 GMT, approximately 90 miles south of Lagos, Nigeria. A nearby

March 22, 2012
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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Incidents

Stolt Valor Declared “Total Loss”, Fire is Out

Stolt Tankers B.V., a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen Limited (Oslo Børs: SNI) and owner and operator of MT Stolt Valor, reported today that the fire on the

March 21, 2012
Total Views: 325

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Collision

Nigerian Navy Collides with Total-Owned Vessel

One person is still missing after a Nigerian warship, NNS Thunder, collided with a Total-owned vessel on Nigeria’s Bonny River.  According to local

March 21, 2012
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Incidents

American Offshore Managers Detained By Brazil

Chevron’s George Buck and Transocean’s Michael Legrand top the list of offshore managers banned last Friday by Judge Vlamir Costa Magalhaes from

March 21, 2012
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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Cairn Puts the Brakes on Arctic Drilling After Unsuccessful $600 Million Campaign in 2011

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Cairn Energy PLC (CNE.LN) Tuesday shrugged off the disappointment of a $1.19 billion full-year loss, insisting that there were

March 20, 2012
Total Views: 62

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Dockwise Vanguard Booked to Transport Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen Spar

How might you get a 45,000 ton, 193-meter long steel tube from one side of the planet to the other?  The world’s largest transport ship of course,

March 20, 2012
Total Views: 281

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Rongsheng Heavy Anticipates Delivery of 11 Super-Ore Ships by Year’s End for VALE

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd. (1101.HK)–China’s biggest non state-owned shipbuilder by order

March 20, 2012
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