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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, July 7, 2014
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News

Product Tanker Hijacked Off Malaysia

For the second time within a year the Honduras-flagged product tanker, MT Moresby 9 has been attacked by pirates, however this time, “they were not so

July 7, 2014
Total Views: 88

Sunday, July 6, 2014
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Incidents

Barge Sinks With $38 Million in Power Cables Aboard

While loaded with a USD $38 million cargo of power cables destined for the North Sea, the 1984-built cable barge AMT Explorer capsized and sank on 3 July while

July 6, 2014
Total Views: 255

Costa Concordia Capsizing Costs Over $2 billion for Owners
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Costa Concordia Capsizing Costs Over $2 billion for Owners

FRANKFURT, July 6 (Reuters) – The Costa Concordia disaster, when the cruise liner capsized off Italy more than two years ago, will likely end up costing

July 6, 2014
Total Views: 82

Saturday, July 5, 2014
Guardian Investigation Uncovers Graphic Evidence of Torture at Sea
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Guardian Investigation Uncovers Graphic Evidence of Torture at Sea

The Guardian conducted a 6-month investigation into the supply chain that harvests shrimp (prawns) from offshore Thailand and delivers them to major food

July 5, 2014
Total Views: 52

Friday, July 4, 2014
WATCH: Atlantic Ocean B&B Takes Direct Hit from Hurricane Arthur
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WATCH: Atlantic Ocean B&B Takes Direct Hit from Hurricane Arthur

Check out these videos shot from the Frying Pan Tower B&B, a former U.S. Coast Guard Light Station located 32 miles south of Bald Head, North Carolina, as

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 421

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Italian Police Release HD Video From Inside the Costa Concordia

The following ~8 minute video just released by Carabinieri divers(Italian military police) gives an HD look at the Costa Concordia wreck from inside the

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 167

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News

Songa Venus Still Stacked in Malaysia

Songa Offshore’s 1975-built Friede & Goldman L-900 design semisubmersible drilling rig has been stacked in Labuan, Malaysia since 6 May after

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 182

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Finance

Abraaj’s Stanford Marine Said to Delay London IPO to Seek Buyer

Stanford Marine Group postponed a planned initial public offering in London as majority owner Abraaj Group courts potential buyers for the Dubai-based

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 83

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Atlantic Offshore Says Goodbye to the MRV Ocean Searcher

After 37 years of hard labor, Atlantic Offshore’s Ocean Searcher, a multi-role offshore vessel (MRV) acquired by the company in 1976 will soon

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 64

Technip’s Deep Energy Gains Work West of Shetland
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Technip’s Deep Energy Gains Work West of Shetland

  Technip announced today they have been awarded a “large” contract by Total E&P UK to conduct subsea pipeline, PLEM, PLET and template

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 109

Retired U.S. Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scandal
Navy

Retired U.S. Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scandal

A retired U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges on Thursday in connection with a wide-ranging corruption investigation of a

July 4, 2014
Total Views: 316

Thursday, July 3, 2014
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Multimedia

Island Offshore’s New X-Bow Gets Finished Up at Ulstein Verft [IMAGES]

Update 8 July 2014: The Island Performer has been delivered today to her new owner, Island Offshore. Earlier: Island Offshore’s latest well intervention

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 314

Vigor Fab to Build Powerful New Fireboat for San Francisco
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Vigor Fab to Build Powerful New Fireboat for San Francisco

The San Francisco Fire Department has finalized an order for a powerful newbuild fireboat that in 2015 will serve to protect the City by The Bay.

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 84

Acajutla Thermal Power Plant El Salvador
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EDP to Sign LNG Import Deal as El Salvador Seeks to Cut Oil Use

By Isis Almeida July 3 (Bloomberg) — Energia del Pacifico SA, the winner of a tender to build a power plant in El Salvador, plans to sign this month

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 111

Boskalis and SAAM Joint Ventures Begin 100-Vessel Americas Harbor Towing Ops
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Boskalis and SAAM Joint Ventures Begin 100-Vessel Americas Harbor Towing Ops

Royal Boskalis Westminster and SAAM have announced the successful creation of a joint harbor towage operation consisting of 100 tugboats within North and South

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 27

Ships of Chinese Coast Guard are seen near Chinese oil rig Haiyang Shi You 981 in the South China Sea
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China Seeks Great Maritime Power Status After Centuries of Retreat

Almost a century before Christopher Columbus discovered America, Zheng in 1405 embarked on a series of voyages with ships of unrivaled size and technical

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 79

American Crew Returns Home After 52 Days in Honduras Jail
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American Crew Returns Home After 52 Days in Honduras Jail

Crew members of a Florida-based salvage ship who had been jailed for 52 days in Honduras on gun smuggling charges were welcomed back to their home port on

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 31

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Vallianz Makes Inroads into Chinese Offshore Market with New Collaboration Agreement

Singapore-based offshore marine service provider Vallianz Holdings Ltd announced today a collaboration agreement with China Offshore Oil Engineering Co

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 68

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Capesize Rates to Slide After Recent Rally on Overtonnage Worries

Rates for capesize bulk carriers on key Asian routes are set to slide next week as too many ships chase too few cargoes from Australia and Brazil, brokers

July 3, 2014
Total Views: 23

Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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Incidents

Almost Entire Ship Medevaced by Coast Guard After Cook Serves Up Barracuda

19 crew members from the South Korean-flagged bulk carrier JS Comet simultaneously came down with an apparent case of debilitating food poisoning off Port

July 2, 2014
Total Views: 169