John Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling Snaps Up Newbuild Drillships on the Cheap
John Fredriksen-controlled Northern Drilling has entered into agreements to acquire two newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships from South Korea’s Daewoo
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John Fredriksen-controlled Northern Drilling has entered into agreements to acquire two newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships from South Korea’s Daewoo
The U.S. Coast Guard will conduct a formal public hearing to consider evidence related to a fatal fire that occurred last year aboard the Bouchard No. 255 Tank
You know the saying, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. That’s exactly what maritime pilots in Finland do when it’s simply
Norwegian energy giant Statoil is awarding Subsea 7 Norway AS a five-year contract for IMR services to be carried out by the Seven Viking vessel for subsea
Panama Canal towboat Captains are part of the first-ever work stoppage in the canal’s history, citing safety concerns. When the new canal locks were
By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — The snap-back of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil exports may well see international shipping companies, which have carried
By Clara Denina , Jonathan Saul, Dasha Afanasieva and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON/COPENHAGEN, May 9 (Reuters) – Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk
CARACAS, May 8 (Reuters) – A legal dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA could leave Curacao’s economically important
By Jessica Resnick-Ault, Jane Chung and Osamu Tsukimori NEW YORK/SEOUL/TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) – Iran’s exports of oil to China, Europe and other
By Marianna Parraga May 8 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA suspended oil storage and shipping from its Caribbean facilities following a move
A Hapag-Lloyd containership allided with three moored ferry boats upon entering the Port of Santos, Brazil on Sunday, causing extensive damage. According to
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international agreement aimed at
Breaking News: President Trump has just announced that he will withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal. By Grant Smith (Bloomberg)
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy’s costliest warship, suffered a new failure at sea that forced it back to
By Paul Tugwell and Georgios Georgiou (Bloomberg) — Cyprus’s first-ever shipping minister is setting her sights high. The country’s location and tax
The Panama Canal Authority has added an additional daily reservation slot to its Neopanamax locks in order to further increase the capacity of the waterway at
Two shipwrecks discovered around 1,500 miles off the coast of Western Australia during the initial search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been
By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) – The Iranian oil industry will continue to develop even if the United States pulls out of the 2015 nuclear
During the first six months of fiscal year 2018, Florida’s port of Jacksonville recorded 27 percent growth in total container shipments over the same
As climate change brings a longer ice-free season and more commercial ships to the Arctic, a new study is recommending that precautionary measures be put in
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