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Unionized port workers and a group of Pacific Northwest grain companies reached a tentative contract agreement, according to an announcement on

Aker Solutions ASA, the offshore engineering company controlled by billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke, could miss opportunities to expand into Russia’s Arctic

“Some guys said they would never do it again. Silly me – I said I was sold on it right there and then,” commented Chris Nicholson, the newly

Two of China's largest shipping firms are setting up a $1.1 billion crude oil tanker joint venture with a view to build up the country's fleet, as the world's

Cuba has shifted its focus away from offshore oil, concentrating on renewable energy and improving output from onshore wells due to a lack of interest by

An open ocean attack on a product tanker in Gulf of Guinea reminiscent of Somali piracy could represent a significant change for pirates operating off the

"The rates don't reflect the true supply and demand situation," commented Intermarine's Operating Chairman Andre Grikitis in a recent phone

UPDATE 1757 EST 11 August: All three crewmembers from the sailing vessel Walkabout are safely aboard the containership MV Manukai and enroute to Honolulu

Norway’s offshore safety regulators have given Statoil consent to use the COSLPioneer drilling rig to drill and complete a pair of wells at the Visund

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard announced today receipt of a USD $380 million newbuild contract from Sovcomflot for three icebreaking stand-by vessels.

Louisiana-based Rodi Marine went with something a bit different with their newest crewboat, M/V Riley Claire. Built by Swiftships in Morgan City, a

Mr James Tan Peng Huat, Chief Operating Officer of Singapore-based Jason Marine Group Ltd, a marine communication, navigation and automation systems service

Adding to the two other newbuilds currently under construction, Teekay Offshore Partners LP has exercised the first of six options to build an

The seismic survey vessel Princess Marseilles had some difficulty while mooring yesterday in Bergen, Norway, as the following video shows. The ship on the

KrisEnergy Ltd. announced today the acquisition of entire issued share capital of Chevron Overseas Petroleum (Cambodia) Limited, which holds a 30%

InterOil Corp., Total SA’s partner in Papua New Guinea, named former BG Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Finlayson as chairman to help the company

Big cruise ships will be barred from Venice's Saint Mark's lagoon, to protect Italy's floating city from potential damage caused by growing traffic, the

Subsea entrepreneur John Giddens, the founder of Hallin Marine who built his company into a global subsea services player after starting it from a container

Seadrill breathed a sign of relief today as another one of their drilling rigs under construction at Samsung Heavy gained a charter contract. As gCaptain

On the 50th anniversary of the issuing of the first licenses for the extraction of oil and gas from the UK continental shelf (UKCS), we asked oil executives