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Monday, January 2, 2012
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Finance

Frontline Tankers Completes Corporate Restructuring

The world’s largest tanker owner, Frontline Ltd., has just announced the completion of major corporate restructuring following a sustained weak global

January 2, 2012
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Marine Salvage

Sea Conditions Halt Salvage of Stricken Vale Beijing, Giant Iron Ore Carrier off Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones) — Brazil’s navy on Thursday called off an operation to unload fuel oil from the damaged Vale Beijing large iron-ore

December 31, 2011
Total Views: 127

Friday, December 30, 2011
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News

The Strait of Hormuz – Perhaps the Most Economically Important Chokepoint on the Planet

WASHINGTON — As global leaders weigh Iran’s threat to block oil deliveries through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. energy officials said Friday that

December 30, 2011
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News

Rig Hand Killed off Brazil, Two Others Injured

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones Newswires), Brazilian state-controlled oil and gas producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR) said a worker died and two were

December 30, 2011
Total Views: 29

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Engineering News

Russian Ballistic Missile Submarine Catches Fire

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)–Some crew members were still aboard a Russian nuclear submarine ablaze early Friday after its hull caught fire

December 30, 2011
Total Views: 364

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News

North Sea Oil Exploration Continues with the Award of 46 New Licenses

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The U.K. has awarded 46 new licenses to explore for oil and gas in the North Sea, the Department of Energy and Climate Change

December 30, 2011
Total Views: 522

Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Defense

Aussies to the Rescue! Australian Warship Rescues Iranians off Yemen

(Australian Navy) HMAS Parramatta has provided essential life saving assistance to an Iranian flagged vessel in distress on Christmas Eve. Parramatta is on

December 29, 2011
Total Views: 86

Crew Caught Smuggling Weapons To China
Blog

Crew Caught Smuggling Weapons To China

An Isle Of Mann-registered ship was detained by authorities in Finland last week for smuggling missiles and explosives out of the country. The vessel was

December 29, 2011
Total Views: 99

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News

Aker Solutions Awarded Subsea Production System Job on Norwegian Continental Shelf

29 December 2011 – Aker Solutions has been awarded a job by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for

December 29, 2011
Total Views: 28

Pieter Schelte, Offshore Supercat – The World’s Largest Catamaran
Engineering News

Pieter Schelte, Offshore Supercat – The World’s Largest Catamaran

In 2011, Allseas announced that they had awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding a 1.3Bn Euro contract for the construction of a massive catamaran designed for

December 29, 2011
Total Views: 629

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Incidents

Pirates Capture Italian Tanker Bound for Chinese Convoy, Weekly Piracy Update

Summary of Global Maritime Crime and Piracy, week of 22 December 2011 (Source: ONI) ECUADOR: Container ship boarded by five robbers with long knives on 27

December 29, 2011
Total Views: 42

Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Barbed Wire-Fringed Cargo Ship Transports Volvo Ocean Race to Persian Gulf [VIDEO]
Multimedia

Barbed Wire-Fringed Cargo Ship Transports Volvo Ocean Race to Persian Gulf [VIDEO]

In a highly non-traditional yet prudent move by Volvo Ocean Race organizers, 5 of the 6 racing yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race were picked up from their Indian

December 28, 2011
Total Views: 59

PLEIADES DREAM MOL Mitsui cape-size bulker ore carrier
News

Mitsui O.S.K Lines Orders New High-Efficiency Iron Ore Carrier

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that it has ordered a new cape-size bulker that will adopt element technologies of the next-generation

December 28, 2011
Total Views: 46

Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Incidents

Italian Tanker and Crew of 18 Hijacked Off Oman

By JD, Somalia Report MT Enrico Levoli owned by Italian shipping company Marnavi was taken by pirates this morning according to the Italian owners

December 27, 2011
Total Views: 82

Monday, December 26, 2011
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News

Vale S.A. and Chinese Shipowners Square Off Over Iron Ore Trade

Vale S.A., the second largest mining company in the world, is also owner of the world’s largest sea-going ore carriers called VLOC’s, or Very Large

December 26, 2011
Total Views: 134

Sunday, December 25, 2011
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Incidents

Shell Nigeria Receives “Support and Understanding” From Local Communities After Huge Oil Spill

IBADAN, Nigeria (Dow Jones)–Shell Petroleum Production Co., or SNEPCo, on Sunday said the oil leak from its Bongo facility off the Nigerian coast has

December 25, 2011
Total Views: 40

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Engineering News

DSME Exceeds 2011 Shipbuilding Target by $3.8 Billion, Expects Lower Figures in 2012

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (042660.SE) said on Monday it expects around $11 billion in new orders next year

December 25, 2011
Total Views: 55

Saturday, December 24, 2011
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News

Smile for the Camera! The Japanese Whaling Fleet is Intercepted by Spy Drones on Christmas Day

The Sea Shepherd crew has intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet on Christmas Day, a thousand miles north of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Sea

December 24, 2011
Total Views: 75

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News

43 Pirates Arrested, Extensive Shore-Based Anti-Piracy Operations Continue in Somalia

By JD, Somalia Report Police from Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland seized 43 pirates during operations against pirates in the village of

December 24, 2011
Total Views: 107

Friday, December 23, 2011
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News

Thundercats Hooooooo!!! Oh wait, I meant WINDCATS

SEACOR Marine LCC announced today that it has invested in Windcat Workboats Holdings Ltd, a European operator of wind farm utility vessels. U.S.-based SEACOR

December 23, 2011
Total Views: 78