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The Aker H-6e design semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Spitzbergen is back to work this week for Statoil after a few months of suspended operations,

Statoil announced today they have signed a contract with Allseas to utilize the Pioneering Spirit (ex- Pieter Schelte) to install the drilling, processing

“This tidal wave of crude oil is just too

Tokyo-based Astomos Energy Corp has placed an order today with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for a very large liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.  This

Here’s an AIS reconstruction showing the grounding of the MV Maersk Garonne as it entered Fremantle Inner Harbour in Western Australia early Saturday

A Maersk containership spent a few hours aground early Saturday morning near the entrance to Fremantle Harbour in Western Australia. According to the Fremantle

Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer Litgas has signed a non-binding agreement to purchase LNG from the United States' first export terminal, the

Due for delivery from Jurong Shipyard in May, Helix ESG’s new well intervention semi-submersible Q5000 was poised to head into a 5-year contract with

Yeongam, South Korea-based Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), an affiliate of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), announced today the completion of the

I realize it was a fake spaceship, but dangit it was a ship nonetheless and Mr. Spock served on it. Here’s to one of the great humans of our time.

The DFDS cargo ship MV Lysblink Seaways remains at anchor not far from where it ran aground in northern Scotland last week as salvage work

Yesterday afternoon, the semi-submersible drilling rig ENSCO 8502, under tow by the KURT J CROSBY and the SIGNET WAR HORSE, arrived at Mustang Island Block

On February 26th, the Triple-E class MV Munkebo Maersk became the largest ship ever to navigate the River

The chief mate of a dredger has received a six month suspended sentence after his vessel collided with a yacht near Felixstowe, England, killing a woman and a

The South African port of Durban has started an excavation project to triple its capacity to handle large container ships, encouraging more vessels to sail

The UK today launched a civilian search and rescue helicopter service in support of Her Majesty’s Coastguard. The service will be operated by the UK

Dry bulk shipping firm Golden Ocean posted a wider fourth-quarter net loss than expected hit by impairments, and said the weak market conditions would continue

The pieces of the puzzle are starting to come together for Delfin LNG LLC, a company that has plans to develop a floating LNG liquefaction export terminal off

Somali pirates released four Thai nationals who were held captive for more than four years, an anti-piracy official

Ensco will shut down or cold stack a rig by mid 2015, Chief Executive Carl Trowell said on a conference call with analysts on