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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Liberian Registry Launches Online Complaint Form for Seafarers
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Liberian Registry Launches Online Complaint Form for Seafarers

Liberian Registry has launched an online Maritime Labour Complaint Resolution Form for seafarers, ahead of the entry into force of the Maritime Labour

August 8, 2013
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Energy Majors Test “Atlantic Mirror” With $3 Billion Deepwater Angola Wells

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc, ConocoPhillips and Statoil ASA are among oil explorers investing at least $3 billion in wells off Angola next year in the

August 8, 2013
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Electronic Navigational Charts: Seeking a Level Playing Field

By Kevin Reeder, The maritime industry’s promise to ensure maximum availability of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) to mariners is close to

August 8, 2013
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Small Potatoes…Boskalis Drydocks Semi-Submersible Rig on the Dockwise Vanguard

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announced today that their Type-0 heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard has just finished a contract supporting the repair

August 8, 2013
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Siem Shipping Sells the Timaru Star for Scrap

Siem Shipping has sold one of its less efficient vessels, the Timaru Star, for recycling. The sales price was USD $2.0 million. The transaction will have no

August 8, 2013
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Petrobras Extends Contract for the Skandi Vitória

Petrobras has extended their contract for DOF Subsea’s Skandi Vitória for an additional two years beginning in September 2013. The vessel is owned

August 8, 2013
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Bulk Carrier Kiani Satu Runs Aground Off South Africa [IMAGES]
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Bulk Carrier Kiani Satu Runs Aground Off South Africa [IMAGES]

South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has reported that as of 1002 local time, all 19 crew members from the bulk carrier Kiani Satu are

August 8, 2013
Total Views: 164

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Iranian Supertanker Fleet Seen Expanding Fleet Amid Sanctions

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) — NITC, Iran’s biggest tanker company, increased the capacity of its supertanker fleet by 23 percent this year amid sanctions

August 8, 2013
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NYK Line Expands into the Offshore Oil and Gas Sector as Freight Wanes
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NYK Line Expands into the Offshore Oil and Gas Sector as Freight Wanes

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) — Nippon Yusen K.K., Japan’s largest shipping line, said development of deepsea Brazilian oil and Australian gas will boost

August 8, 2013
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Transocean Posts Quarterly Profit as Rigs Run More Efficiently
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Transocean Posts Quarterly Profit as Rigs Run More Efficiently

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd., the world’s largest offshore rig contractor, posted a second-quarter profit after running its vessels more

August 7, 2013
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Yemen Says It Foiled Al-Qaeda Plot to Seize Oil Export Terminal

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) — Yemen’s government said it uncovered an al-Qaeda plot to seize port facilities in the volatile southeastern province of

August 7, 2013
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HNLMS Van Speijk F828 Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller
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SPOTD: Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Escorted Through Gulf of Aden

On Monday, the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller containership entered the Gulf of Aden on its way westward toward the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, approximately 800

August 7, 2013
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The Love Boat Sails Final Voyage to the Shipbreakers

ISTANBUL, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The MS Pacific, a cruise ship made famous by its appearance in the popular U.S. 1970s television show “The Love

August 7, 2013
Total Views: 282

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Odfjell Terminals to Purchase Chem-Marine

Odfjell Terminals has entered into a Letter of Intent to purchase Chem-Marine Corporation of South Carolina Chem-Marine controls a 25.3 acre/10.2 hectare site

August 7, 2013
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Italy Agrees To Take In Stranded Migrants After Malta Refuses

ROME, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Italy on Wednesday allowed 102 migrants who were stranded on a tanker in the Mediterranean to disembark on the Sicilian coast

August 7, 2013
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China’s Yangzijiang Navigates Rough Seas, But Raises Warning Signal

By Rujun Shen SINGAPORE, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd, China’s second-largest listed shipbuilder, is standing tall in

August 7, 2013
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Hapag-Lloyd Turns to Quarterly Profit on Cost Cuts, Cheaper Fuel

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG cut costs amid falling fuel prices to deliver a profit in the second-quarter as Europe’s fourth-largest

August 7, 2013
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
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Colombian Strike Forces Drummond to Call Force Majeure on Coal Cargoes

By Helen Murphy BOGOTA, Aug 6 (Reuters) – U.S. coal miner Drummond Co Inc and striking workers in Colombia failed to reach agreement on Tuesday to end a

August 6, 2013
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Rowan Reports Solid Q2, Signs $660 Million Contract With Cobalt

Houston-based drilling contractor Rowan (NYSE: RDC) had quite a bit to celebrate today. In their Q2 earnings report, they announced a $32 million (63 percent)

August 6, 2013
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Malta Insists Rescued Migrants and M/T Salamis To Be Denied Entry

VALLETTA/BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Malta said on Tuesday it would not allow a tanker which picked up 102 migrants off the Libyan coast to dock, despite

August 6, 2013
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