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Monday, March 16, 2015
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Production Begins at P-61, Brazil’s First Tensioned Leg Wellhead Platform

Petrobras announced today production has commenced at their P-61 platform in the Papa-Terra field located at the southern end of the Campos Basin. The P-61 is

March 16, 2015
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New Ship Routing Measures to Protect Australia’s Coral Sea Agreed by IMO
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New Ship Routing Measures to Protect Australia’s Coral Sea Agreed by IMO

New ship routing measures aimed at protecting environmentally sensitive areas in Coral Sea, home to the Great Barrier Reef, have been agreed by the IMO

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 134

IMO-BBC Short Film: Invaders from the Sea
Shipping News

IMO-BBC Short Film: Invaders from the Sea

The International Maritime Organization partnered with renowned BBC Wildvision to produce this short film, titled Invaders from the Sea, offering unique

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 247

Workers Evacuated from North Sea Oil Platform After Ship Collision
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Workers Evacuated from North Sea Oil Platform After Ship Collision

Fifteen workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a supply vessel collided with the facility Monday

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 282

isaac newton ship launch
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Isaac Newton Launched from Uljanik Shipyard, Awarded Subsea Cable Install Job

On 7 March 2015, the multipurpose vessel Isaac Newton, under construction at Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia, was launched from slipway number 2.   The vessel

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 262

Seadrill Unit Says Rosneft Rig Contract Difficult to Conclude as Scheduled
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Seadrill Unit Says Rosneft Rig Contract Difficult to Conclude as Scheduled

North Atlantic Drilling warned on Monday it would be difficult to conclude as scheduled a contract with Russia's Rosneft due to weak market conditions and the

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 50

Watch: Antarctic Dive Ops with USCGC Polar Star
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Watch: Antarctic Dive Ops with USCGC Polar Star

Members of the military dive team assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star, inspect the cutter’s propellers while it is hove-to in

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 99

rongsheng heavy industries shipyard shipbuilding
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China Rongsheng to Sell Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering Businesses

China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd., the shipbuilder whose woes made it a symbol of the country’s credit binge, said it planned to sell

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 142

tallink shuttle ferry
Engineering News

Tallink Group Chooses ABB and Wärtsilä to Power New Baltic Sea Ferry

A new ROPAX ferry to connect Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki was commissioned last month by the Tallink Group and will be built by Meyer Turku shipyard in

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 129

Pengerang Deepwater Terminal Begins Operations With Arrival of First VLCC
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Pengerang Deepwater Terminal Begins Operations With Arrival of First VLCC

A supertanker carrying about 1 million barrels of Middle East crude docked on Monday at a terminal jointly run by Vopak and Dialog Group in Malaysia, the

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 124

Sunday, March 15, 2015
Aker Philadelphia Completes Liberty-class Tankers for SeaRiver Maritime
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Aker Philadelphia Completes Liberty-class Tankers for SeaRiver Maritime

Jones Act shipbuilder Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI) has delivered the second of two Liberty-class Aframax tankers to ExxonMobil U.S. marine affiliate

March 15, 2015
Total Views: 149

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Oil Slumps to Six-Year Low as U.S. Production Seen Filling Tanks

“We are seeing downside momentum now develop in the

March 15, 2015
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Tanzania Dreams Big With Major Port Project
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Tanzania Dreams Big With Major Port Project

In its heyday, Bagamayo was a gateway to the heart of Africa for colonisers, with trade goods surging in from the Indian Ocean, and timber, ivory and countless

March 15, 2015
Total Views: 66

Venezuela Ordered to Pay $46 Million to Tidewater Over Seized Vessels
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Venezuela Ordered to Pay $46 Million to Tidewater Over Seized Vessels

A World Bank tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay oil service company Tidewater around $46 million in compensation for seized vessels, in a decision the South

March 15, 2015
Total Views: 80

Captain Dies, Three Rescued After Tugboat Sinks Off Fire Island – Update
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Captain Dies, Three Rescued After Tugboat Sinks Off Fire Island – Update

One person has died and three others were rescued Saturday after their tug sank one mile from Fire Island National Park, New York, the Coast Guard has

March 15, 2015
Total Views: 215

Saturday, March 14, 2015
big foot platform chevron tow
Multimedia

Signet and Crowley Tugs Get Big Foot Underway from Corpus Christi [IMAGES]

In a joint effort last night by Crowley and Signet Maritime, 8 tugs hooked up to Chevron’s Big Foot semi-submersible production platform in Corpus

March 14, 2015
Total Views: 182

More Than 50 Killed After Myanmar Ferry Sinks
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More Than 50 Killed After Myanmar Ferry Sinks

By Aung Hla Tun YANGON, March 14 (Reuters) – About 50 people were believed to have drowned off Myanmar when a ferry sank in bad weather, government

March 14, 2015
Total Views: 89

Friday, March 13, 2015
MV Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller
Shipping News

Maersk Line Names New CFO

The world's largest container shipping company has named Pierre Danet, current Vice President and regional CFO of Hewlett Packard Printing and Personal

March 13, 2015
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Scandlines Ferry Damaged in Shipyard Dock Accident
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Scandlines Ferry Damaged in Shipyard Dock Accident

A Scandlines ferry in dock at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland for planned upgrades is getting an unexpected extended stay. The ferry Prinsesse

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 152

diamond edge crewboat sinking
Accidents

Salvaged Crewboat ‘Diamond Edge’ Heads for Repairs

A crewboat damaged in a collision with a liftboat off the Louisiana coast earlier this month has been salvaged and is heading to a shipyard for repairs. On

March 13, 2015
Total Views: 343