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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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U.S. Crude Export Controls are Crumbling -Kemp

In the three months ending in August, the United States and Canada swapped a record amount of crude oil with each other, one of the more bizarre consequences

November 6, 2014
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Hoegh LNG Orders Fifth FSRU Newbuild from Daewoo

Following the successful installation of the FSRU Independence off Lithuania and the signing of two new long-term contracts offshore Colombia and Egypt on

November 6, 2014
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Statoil Suspends Two More Rigs Offshore Norway

For the Transocean Spitsbergen and the Songa Trym, 2014 will end mid-November. Due to overcapacity in Statoil’s rig portfolio, the company has decided

November 6, 2014
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Hercules Offshore to Cut 324 Offshore Jobs in Gulf of Mexico
Offshore

Hercules Offshore to Cut 324 Offshore Jobs in Gulf of Mexico

Houston-based jackup rig and liftboat contractor Hercules Offshore Inc. will cut 324 jobs related to the shut down of four rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico,

November 5, 2014
Total Views: 73

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Crowley Sells Jones Act Tankers to Kinder Morgan

Jacksonville, Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corporation has announced that its petroleum services group has sold two Jones Act tankers to Kinder Morgan Energy

November 5, 2014
Total Views: 200

Video: USS Abraham Lincoln Refloated at Newport News
Navy

Video: USS Abraham Lincoln Refloated at Newport News

With the assistance of tugboats, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was relaunched into the James River this week following more

November 5, 2014
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Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Appoints New CEO

Jones Act shipbuilder Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS) has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Steinar Nerbovik as President and CEO

November 5, 2014
Total Views: 103

GMS Challenges European Commission on Ship Breaking
Shipping News

GMS Challenges European Commission on Ship Breaking

Global Marketing Systems, Inc (GMS), the world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling, has challenged the European Commission’s intention to

November 5, 2014
Total Views: 79

India Said to Pull Warships From Port Amid Terrorism Risk
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India Said to Pull Warships From Port Amid Terrorism Risk

India pulled two naval warships out the Kolkata port yesterday after intelligence information that they might be targeted by terrorists, a navy officer

November 5, 2014
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China Said to Plan $16.3 Billion Fund to Revive ‘Silk Road’ Trading Route
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China Said to Plan $16.3 Billion Fund to Revive ‘Silk Road’ Trading Route

China plans a $16.3 billion fund to finance construction of infrastructure linking its markets to three continents as President Xi Jinping pushes forward with

November 5, 2014
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SPOTD: DSME Delivers Al Kout to Kuwait Oil Tanker Company

The VLCC Al Kout was delivered last week by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) as part of a series of vessels constructed for the

November 5, 2014
Total Views: 134

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COSCO’s Chairman Sees Shipping Slump Persisting for Next 2 years

The global shipping market is unlikely to see a recovery in the next two years due to continuing oversupply of vessels, the chairman of China's largest

November 5, 2014
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
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Oil Imports to Louisiana Offshore Oil Port Reveal New Truth

Things are slowing down at the U.S.’s largest oil-import

November 4, 2014
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Engineering News

CNO Expresses Concern Over U.S. Navy’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base

“There’s some likelihood we’ll lose a builder,” commented Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations

November 4, 2014
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U.S. Navy Lands First F-35 Fighter Jet Aboard Aircraft Carrier – Video
Navy

U.S. Navy Lands First F-35 Fighter Jet Aboard Aircraft Carrier – Video

The U.S. Navy made aviation history Monday when an F-35C fighter jet made its first-ever arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier at sea off the coast of

November 4, 2014
Total Views: 214

Antwerp Seeks Operator for Permanent LNG Bunkering Station for Barges
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Antwerp Seeks Operator for Permanent LNG Bunkering Station for Barges

The Port of Antwerp is seeking an operator for a permanent LNG bunkering station for barges operating within European

November 4, 2014
Total Views: 120

Animal Feed Cargo Catches Fire in Ireland
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Animal Feed Cargo Catches Fire in Ireland

Emergency response crew were called Tuesday to Warrenpoint Harbour in Ireland to attend fire reported in the cargo hold of a Gibraltar-flagged cargo

November 4, 2014
Total Views: 81

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Shipping News

Shippers Work ‘Ebola Clause’ Into Contracts

As Ebola persists in West Africa, shipping lines and traders are tweaking their contracts to protect themselves if the disease puts crews at risk of infection

November 4, 2014
Total Views: 96

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Shipping News

Saudis Cut Crude Prices to U.S. in December Amid Shale Boom

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. lowered the cost of its crude to the U.S., where production is the highest in three decades, deepening a selloff that sent prices to the

November 4, 2014
Total Views: 24

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Engineering News

10 Reasons Why Ship Operators Should be Nervous About the 2015 ECA Regulations

As of the 1st January 2015 the sulphur limit in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) will take a highly significant drop from 1% to 0.1%. It may only look like

November 4, 2014
Total Views: 136