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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Thursday, October 25, 2018
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Big Oil Woos China With $24 Billion Spree in Old Pirate Lair

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — A Chinese archipelago that served as a pirate’s den in centuries past and was governed by President Xi

October 25, 2018
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LNG-Fueled Tanker Completes First Commercial Voyage from Russia to Rotterdam
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LNG-Fueled Tanker Completes First Commercial Voyage from Russia to Rotterdam

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) – A crude oil tanker owned by Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot has completed its first voyage across the

October 25, 2018
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Shell’s Up Next, And Last, in Australia’s $200 Billion LNG Bonanza

By Dan Murtaugh and Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) — And then there was one. Australia’s nine-year, $200 billion boom in liquefied natural

October 25, 2018
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IMO Looks Set to Introduce Ban on Ships Carrying High-Sulphur Fuel

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will today decide whether to ban the carriage of high-sulphur

October 25, 2018
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Columbia River Mystery Sheen

A large three mile mystery sheen on the Columbia River near Kalama, Washington on Wednesday initiated the immediate response of the Coast Guard, the Washington

October 25, 2018
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Shipping

IMO 2020 Stirs Fears of Diesel Shortage: Kemp

By John Kemp LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has so far resisted pressure to soften or postpone the

October 25, 2018
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LNG Shipping Rates Make Europe a LNG Hot Spot Right Now

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Forget Asian hunger for energy or where liquefied natural gas costs the most, at the moment it’s all about tanker

October 25, 2018
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France’s CMA CGM Offers to Buy Out Other Ceva Shareholders

By Gus Trompiz and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS/ZURICH, Oct 25 (Reuters) – French shipping group CMA CGM will offer to buy out other shareholders of Ceva

October 25, 2018
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Trump Signs Bill Authorizing Construction of Second Poe-Sized Lock in Great Lakes
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Trump Signs Bill Authorizing Construction of Second Poe-Sized Lock in Great Lakes

President Trump has signed into law sweeping bipartisan legislation that authorizes federal funding for a wide range of water infrastructure projects across

October 24, 2018
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Oldest Intact Shipwreck Known to Man Discovered in Black Sea

An international team scientists led by researchers from the University of Southampton in the UK have discovered the world’s oldest intact shipwreck lying in

October 24, 2018
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File photo of a product tanker underway at sea
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No Jones Act Waivers as Marine Markets Return to Normal After Canadian Pipeline Explosion

The explosion on the Enbridge natural gas pipeline on October 9, spectacular as it was, never drove the West Coast marine oil market to seek Jones Act

October 24, 2018
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IMO Rejects U.S.-Backed Plan for Phased Start of 2020 Fuel Rules

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — The International Maritime Organization rejected a proposal — supported by both the U.S. and shipping groups —

October 24, 2018
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U.S. Approves First Oil Production Facility from Manmade Island Offshore Alaska

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration has authorized Hilcorp Energy Co.’s plan to build an artificial gravel island in the

October 24, 2018
Total Views: 221

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The UK Needs a Brexit Deal, Not Chartered-In Ships, Says Shipping Group

The UK needs a Brexit deal, not chartered in ships, says the UK Chamber of Shipping after reports that Britain is looking at chartering ships to

October 24, 2018
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‘No Deal’ Brexit Would Mean Costly Border Disruption -UK Spending Watchdog

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Companies will suffer and criminals could benefit from the inevitable border disruption that will ensue if

October 24, 2018
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Ship Financiers Back Tougher Action to Cut CO2 Emissions at Sea

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Leading shipping finance banks have joined industry players in support of faster action to cut carbon

October 24, 2018
Total Views: 81

Hereema Tests ‘Revolutionary’ New Heavy Lifting Technique in Gulf of Mexico
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Hereema Tests ‘Revolutionary’ New Heavy Lifting Technique in Gulf of Mexico

Dutch heavy lift firm Hereema Marine Contractors has tested what it says is a revolutionary new way of heavy lifting offshore utilizing two

October 24, 2018
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CMA CGM Gets Transpacific Bonus as Shippers Shun ONE After Botched Launch

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Transpacific volumes handled by CMA CGM soared this year as shippers abandoned the major Japanese carriers after the

October 24, 2018
Total Views: 67

Tuesday, October 23, 2018
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Crowley Christens LNG-Powered El Coquí for Jones Act Trade

Crowley Maritime Corp. christened its LNG-powered combination container/roll on-roll off ship El Coquí at the JAXPORT Cruise Terminal in Jacksonville,

October 23, 2018
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NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
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NOAA Research Vessel Completes Around-the-World Science Mission After 243 Days at Sea

(NOAA) – NOAA’s largest oceanographic research vessel, NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown, steamed into its Charleston, South Carolina, home port yesterday,

October 23, 2018
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