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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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Incidents

MOL Comfort: Indian Coast Guard Departs Scene, Tug Engineer Evacuated

UPDATE (10 JUL): MOL Comfort Fore Section has Sunk The Indian Coast Guard has departed the scene today of the burned-out derelict of the once elegant

July 10, 2013
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News

Fred Olsen Climbs on Outlook for Dividends, New Rigs

July 10 (Bloomberg) — Fred Olsen Energy ASA rose to a six- week high in Oslo ahead of the offshore drilling company’s quarterly results tomorrow,

July 10, 2013
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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News

Bollinger Hires Retired USCG Captain Richard Murphy

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. announced the appointment of Richard K. Murphy as a senior manager working on Coast Guard and other governmental programs at their

July 9, 2013
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News

Ben van Beurden to Succeed Voser as Shell CEO

(Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc unexpectedly named refining boss Ben van Beurden to succeed Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser as Europe’s

July 9, 2013
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Hijacked MV Albedo Sinks in Hands of Somali Pirates, 15 Crew Missing [UPDATE]
Interesting

Hijacked MV Albedo Sinks in Hands of Somali Pirates, 15 Crew Missing [UPDATE]

The Malaysian-flagged MV Albedo, hijacked by Somali pirates in 2010 and held at an anchorage close to the Somali Coast, has sunk in rough seas, the European

July 9, 2013
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News

Dock Workers At Brazil’s Santos Port To Strike On Wednesday

SAO PAULO, July 9 (Reuters) – Dock workers at Brazil’s key shipping port of Santos, the largest in South America, are planning a 24-hour strike on

July 9, 2013
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News

Boskalis Awarded FPSO Transport Contract for the Dockwise Vanguard

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has announced that their wholly-owned, and recently acquired subsidiary, Dockwise, has been awarded USD $175 million

July 9, 2013
Total Views: 197

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Incidents

MOL Comfort: Fire Continues to Rage, Nothing Left [IMAGES]

UPDATE (10 JUL): MOL Comfort Fore Section has Sunk In a chat with the Indian Coast Guard this morning, they note that the the fire on board the fore section

July 9, 2013
Total Views: 234

Daewoo Shipbuilding Clinches $418 Million Boxship Order
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Daewoo Shipbuilding Clinches $418 Million Boxship Order

SEOUL, July 9 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won an order worth 481.2 billion Korean won ($417.61

July 9, 2013
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Finance

In Dire Straits: Rongsheng Heavy Seeking Financial Support from Chinese Cities

(Bloomberg) — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd. is in talks with two coastal cities and government departments to secure financial

July 9, 2013
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Incidents

MOL Comfort on Fire [IMAGES and VIDEO]

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) reports today that the a fire has broken out on the rear end of the fore part of the vessel at around 0030UTC (0930 JST) on July

July 8, 2013
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News

WTI Crude Fluctuates as Oil Flows Unimpeded Through Suez Canal

July 8 (Bloomberg) — West Texas Intermediate crude fluctuated near a 14-month high as U.S. equities climbed while ship traffic in Egypt’s Suez

July 8, 2013
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News

Transatlantic Clean Tanker Market Seen Supported For Now

LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) – Clean tanker rates for refined petroleum products on top export routes were mostly lower on Monday although the transatlantic

July 8, 2013
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Greenhouse Gas Legislation Landscape: The EU Makes Its Move

The European Union (EU) has launched a flurry of activity around maritime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the last few months in a move that the industry has

July 8, 2013
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News

Nigerian Court Again Orders End to Blockade of LNG Ships

Nigeria's federal court in Lagos reiterated an order for the maritime security agency to end a blockade of Nigeria's liquefied natural gas company (NLNG) ships

July 8, 2013
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Navios Acquisition Accepts Delivery of MR2 Product Tanker, Extends Charter on Nave Polaris

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) has announced the Nave Equinox, a 2007-built, 50,922 dwt MR2 Ice Class 1A product tanker was delivered

July 8, 2013
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Engineering News

OCTOPUS-Onboard: Optimizing Seagoing Operations with Software [INTERVIEW]

While in Houston earlier this year, I caught up with Leon Adegeest, a Dutch entrepreneur who, along with his team, developed a particularly useful software

July 8, 2013
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Bulk Carrier “Cyprus Cement” Lays Waste to Local Marina
Incidents

Bulk Carrier “Cyprus Cement” Lays Waste to Local Marina

While attempting to leave port on Saturday, the bulk carrier Cyprus Cement encountered some sort of propulsion issue and ends up tearing through a Norwegian

July 8, 2013
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China Shipbuilding Wins $436 Million Jack-Up Order

China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) announced today that their subsidiary, Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding received an order for 2 new jack-up rigs with an

July 8, 2013
Total Views: 123

Sunday, July 7, 2013
rongsheng heavy industries
Finance

Is Struggling Shipbuilder China Rongsheng Too Big To Fail?

By Koh Gui Qing and Yimou Lee HONG KONG/BEIJING, July 8 (Reuters) – An appeal for government financial support from China’s biggest private

July 7, 2013
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