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Monday, April 8, 2013
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News

Hamburg City Pushes For Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg Süd Shipping Merger

KIEL, Germany, April 8 (Reuters) – The city of Hamburg wants shippers Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd to resume merger talks so that they stand a better

April 8, 2013
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News

Frade FPSO Finally Given Green Light for Restart by Brazilian Authorities

By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8 (Reuters) – Brazil’s oil regulator, the ANP, said on Monday that it authorized Chevron Corp to restart output

April 8, 2013
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Lloyd’s Register Sees Seaborne Trade More Than Doubling by 2030

(Bloomberg) — Global seaborne trade will more than double by 2030 as China’s expanding economy drives demand for commodities from crude oil to iron

April 8, 2013
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Engineering News

Wärtsilä Awarded PSV Design Contract from Bumi Armada

Malaysia’s largest offshore supply vessel (OSV) operator, Bumi Armada, has just awarded Wärtsilä the contract to design the series of four new

April 8, 2013
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Technip Awarded Major, Full-Scope Contract Offshore Congo

    Two of Technip’s deepwater construction vessels, the G1200 (Technip BV), a rigid pipe S-lay and heavy-lift construction vessel, and the

April 8, 2013
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Move Over Eclipse, There’s A New World’s Largest Superyacht in Town
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Move Over Eclipse, There’s A New World’s Largest Superyacht in Town

Germany’s Lürssen Yachts on Friday launched what is now the largest superyacht in the the world. Named Azzam, the superyacht measures an astonishing

April 5, 2013
Total Views: 299

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Engineering News

DC Power Grid Installed on Norwegian PSV…Thomas Edison Would be Pleased

American inventor Thomas Edison would be quite pleased at the recent news from Zurich-based ABB. An early champion of direct-current (DC) electricity, Edison

April 5, 2013
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How Fast Will LNG Conquer the Marine Fuel Market?
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How Fast Will LNG Conquer the Marine Fuel Market?

By Lars Petter Blikom, Segment Director for Natural Gas at DNV Over the past week, here at DNV, we have done another market analysis to assess how fast LNG

April 5, 2013
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News

Another Negative Week for the Dry Bulk Market

April 5 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry commodities, fell on Friday for a

April 5, 2013
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Finance

Baltic Ferry Operator Scandlines Attracts Private Equity Bids

FRANKFURT, April 5 (Reuters) – Private equity groups 3i and Allianz Capital Partners have attracted three tentative bids for their jointly-owned ferry

April 5, 2013
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Danish Underground Consortium to Invest $800 Million on Tyra Southeast Expansion

Maersk announced today that the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) has approved an $800 million expansion of the Tyra Southeast development in the Danish

April 5, 2013
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Finance

Petronas Raises Offer for LNG Shipper MISC Berhad

(Bloomberg) — Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state oil and gas company, raised its buyout offer for shipping group MISC Bhd. by 3.8 percent to

April 5, 2013
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Costa Concordia Salvage Update: Crews Install Largest of Five Subsea Support Platforms [PHOTOS]
Blog

Costa Concordia Salvage Update: Crews Install Largest of Five Subsea Support Platforms [PHOTOS]

The salvage operation to remove the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the shores of Giglio hit a milestone today when crews positioned the largest of five

April 4, 2013
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The Arctic: An Emerging Maritime Frontier
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The Arctic: An Emerging Maritime Frontier

Note: Since 1965, the Sea-Air-Space Exposition has brought together the U.S. sea services, private-sector companies and key military decision makers for an

April 4, 2013
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National Weather Service Redefines Hurricane Warning System
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National Weather Service Redefines Hurricane Warning System

The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) on Thursday announced some key changes to its Hurricane warning system, particularly in the way it handles

April 4, 2013
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OSG’s Long-Time Chief Financial Officer Sacked

New York-based tanker company Overseas Shipholding Group announced last night that it has, in effect, fired its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Mr.

April 4, 2013
Total Views: 141

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Defense

Senior Leadership from Ex-USS Guardian Fired

For the many thousands of people who have followed the story of the ex-USS Guardian which ran up in a Philippine Reef this past January, the fate of the

April 4, 2013
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Bonny Gas Transport Signs $895 Million Order for 4 New LNG Carriers

SEOUL, April 4 (Reuters) – Samsung Heavy Industries said on Thursday it won a 1 trillion won ($895 million) order to build four liquefied natural gas

April 4, 2013
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Videos Show Carnival Triumph Adrift on Mobile River [EXCLUSIVE]
Incidents

Videos Show Carnival Triumph Adrift on Mobile River [EXCLUSIVE]

Here’s new video of the Carnival Triumph after breaking free from its mooring at the BAE Systems shipyard in Mobile, Alabama during an afternoon storm

April 3, 2013
Total Views: 250

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Workers End 2-Day Strike at OSX Brazil Shipyard

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 3 (Reuters) – Workers ended a two-day strike at the OSX Brasil SA shipyard at Brazil’s Port of Acu on Wednesday, after

April 3, 2013
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