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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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Incidents

Shell Will Fight Nigerian Oil Spill Fine to the Bitter End

LONDON-(Dow Jones)- The Nigerian National Assembly will make a decision on whether to impose a $5 billion fine on Royal Dutch Shell SA’s Nigerian

July 24, 2012
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Keppel Signs $81 Million in FPSO Conversion Contracts

SINGAPORE–Keppel Corp. Ltd. (BN4.SG) said Monday that its shipyard unit has secured three conversion contracts totaling S$103 million. The contracts are

July 24, 2012
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News

Nigeria Plans to Increase Crude Exports

(Bloomberg) — Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, plans to increase exports of Akpo crude to six cargoes of 1 million barrels each in

July 24, 2012
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Monday, July 23, 2012
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News

It’s a Ridiculously Good Year to Own an LNG Ship [REPORT]

(Bloomberg) — The biggest collapse in European demand for liquefied natural gas in at least 12 years and record Asian imports are sending fuel cargoes an

July 23, 2012
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Incidents

Arsonist to Blame in $400 Million US Navy Submarine Fire

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has made an arrest in connection with a shipyard fire that devastated the Los Angeles-class fast-attack

July 23, 2012
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News

How Dock Strikes Have Affected the Economy Historically and Today

– By Rojda Akdag, Managing Director, MTS Logistics Labor stoppage, which is also known as a strike, is the problem aroused by the tension between a

July 23, 2012
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News

Sinopacific Signs Newbuild Contract for Half-Dozen PSVs Destined for Nigeria

The SINOPACIFIC Shipbuilding Group announced last Friday the signing of a newbuilding contract for (4) SPP35 platform supply vessels (PSV) and a Letter of

July 23, 2012
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Finance

Scorpio Tankers Accepts Deliver of the STI Amber, Funding for Newbuild Program Extended

Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) announced today that it has signed an agreement with its lenders to extend the availability period of its $115

July 23, 2012
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News

Aker Solutions to Supply Drilling Package for New Seadrill Semi

Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply a complete drilling equipment topside package to a new semi-submersible drilling

July 23, 2012
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News

STX Dalian Delivers Panamax Bulker to SCI, More on the Way

The first of four Panamax bulk carriers ordered by the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) were delivered last Friday by STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co.

July 23, 2012
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Engineering News

Fjord Line Chooses Rolls Royce LNG Engines For New Cruise Ferries

Fjord Line’s two new international cruise ferries will be powered solely by environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of the more

July 23, 2012
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News

China Buys Canadian Oil Company, Throws Down $15 Billion in Cash for Nexen

BEIJING- (Dow Jones)-China’s CNOOC Ltd. (0883.HK) said Monday it has reached an agreement to acquire Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen Inc. (NXY) for

July 23, 2012
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
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News

102.5 Million Barrels of Oil Are Enroute to China, Right Now

(Bloomberg) — Crude-oil shipments aboard supertankers bound for China fell 2.5 percent this week, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

July 21, 2012
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Friday, July 20, 2012
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News

Dry Bulk Shippers Will Likely Have to Wait a Bit Longer for Good News

(Bloomberg) — Rates for ships that carry dry-bulk commodities will recover later than previously estimated as demand for cargoes slows, according to

July 20, 2012
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Engineering News

Star Bulk May Have a Cursed Ship

The Star Polaris, a 173k DWT Capsize bulk carrier owned by Star Bulk is well on its way to being a cursed ship and she’s not even two years

July 20, 2012
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News

BG Group and Partners Sign $4.5 Billion in Brazilian Contracts

LONDON (Dow Jones) U.K.-listed BG Group PLC (BG.LN) said Friday that it and its partners have approved the signature of contracts worth $4.5 billion for the

July 20, 2012
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News

Profits Fall at Diamond Offshore, Rig Utilization Significantly Lower [REPORT]

(Dow Jones) Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.’s (DO) second-quarter profit fell 24% as the contract driller reported lower utilization rates in all of its

July 20, 2012
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News

Bookings for MR Tankers On the Rise as Gasoline Inventories Dwindle

(Bloomberg) — Gasoline shipments across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe may increase after inventories of the auto fuel on the U.S. East Coast reached

July 20, 2012
Total Views: 41

Thursday, July 19, 2012
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Engineering News

Wärtsilä Falls Short of Estimates as Engine Deliveries Stall

(Bloomberg) — Wärtsilä Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of ship motors and power plants, fell the most in a year as customers postponed

July 19, 2012
Total Views: 234

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News

Nearly Broke, Italy Looks to Restart Economy By Ending Offshore Drilling Ban

(Bloomberg) — Mario Monti’s government is trying to attract as much as $18 billion in investment to Italy by relaxing a ban on offshore oil and

July 19, 2012
Total Views: 229