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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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News

“K” Line To Shed Two Dozen Bulk Carriers, “We’re Slowing Our Expansion”

(Bloomberg) — Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan’s third-biggest shipping line, delayed plans to expand its commodity-vessel fleet as a global glut

November 28, 2012
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News

BP Suspended from Winning New US Government Contracts

(Bloomberg) — BP Plc, which pleaded guilty to criminal charges after the worst U.S. oil spill in 2010, will be temporarily suspended from winning new

November 28, 2012
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Engineering News

Siem Offshore Orders their First LNG-Powered PSV, Designed and Powered by Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä announced today they have been contracted to supply an integrated engineering solution to an LNG-powered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) newbuild

November 28, 2012
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News

Scottish Firm Orders Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers, Speedy New Offshore Cats from Damen

Scotland-based Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd announced today they have placed a £8.9 million order with Damen Shipyards for three more Damen Twin Axe

November 28, 2012
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Thinking Outside and Beyond the Box: Let’s Reinvent the Shipping Container
Interesting

Thinking Outside and Beyond the Box: Let’s Reinvent the Shipping Container

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32515225[/vimeo] – By Tom Stitt Is it time for Marc Levinson to publish a sequel to The Box, his classic story of how the

November 27, 2012
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News

Tanzanian-Flagged Tanker Operated by NITC Gets Quarantined Off Greek Island

(Bloomberg) — Sekavin SA, a Greek fuel supplier, said it’s investigating the origin of a cargo aboard an Iranian tanker off the Mediterranean

November 27, 2012
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News

Ship Managers Contribute Largest Amount in 2 Years to Cyprus GDP

(Bloomberg) — Cyprus’s ship-management companies contributed more to the island’s gross domestic product in the first half of 2012 than they

November 27, 2012
Total Views: 63

Global Shipbuilding Outlook – 45% of Shipyards Have No Orders Post 2012
Engineering News

Global Shipbuilding Outlook – 45% of Shipyards Have No Orders Post 2012

By Sanjeev Rana, Deutsche Bank  Global Shipbuilding Downturn Continues Global shipbuilding industry has been going through a downturn for the last four

November 27, 2012
Total Views: 107

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Engineering News

HHI Develops New LNG Storage Tank

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced today that it has developed an independent liquefied natural gas storage tank model named the Lobe-Bundle Tank. This

November 27, 2012
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Monday, November 26, 2012
COSCO Holdings Plans $1 Billion Bond Issue
News

COSCO Holdings Plans $1 Billion Bond Issue

HONG KONG–Shipping giant China Cosco Holdings Ltd. (1919.HK) said in a statement Tuesday that it plans to issue US$1 billion worth of 10-year U.S.

November 26, 2012
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Engineering News

Petrobras Plans to Grow Fleet by 146 Ships, Will Need Lots of Help

Over 150 representatives of the global maritime industry attended the Royal Institution of Naval Architect’s annual Presidents Invitation Lecture in

November 26, 2012
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News

Seadrill is Relocating to London in 2013

OSLO–Norwegian oil services company Seadrill Ltd. (SDRL.OS) said Monday its management unit Seadrill Management AS will move to London from Stavanger,

November 26, 2012
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News

Exporting Natural Gas Would Add Billions to the US Economy

(Bloomberg) U.S. President Barack Obama has a rising opportunity to make good on two of his central campaign promises: harnessing domestic energy and

November 26, 2012
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Multimedia

Icebreakers Escort the LNG Carrier “Ob River” Through Northern Sea Route [IMAGE]

The “Ob River” is an ice classed LNG carrier with four membrane-type tanks, with holding capacity of 147.5 thousand cubic meters or 66.4 thousand

November 26, 2012
Total Views: 63

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Engineering News

Rolls-Royce Teams up with Lauro Shipping to Design LNG-Powered Ro-Pax Ferry

Rolls-Royce and Italian ferry operator, Lauro Shipping, have teamed up to design an innovative new gas-powered class of ferry based on the award-winning

November 26, 2012
Total Views: 135

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News

Boskalis Offers $885 Million in Takeover Bid for Dockwise [UPDATE]

*UPDATE Boskalis has acquired in excess of 8.5 million shares in Dockwise in the course of trading today. This shareholding represents slightly less than 22%

November 26, 2012
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Atlantic Council: Legal Framework of Counter Piracy Effort Requires More Attention
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Atlantic Council: Legal Framework of Counter Piracy Effort Requires More Attention

The Atlantic Council recently launched their Counter-Piracy Task Force report, an action oriented effort to analyze and make recommendations on the complex

November 25, 2012
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Engines

Mitsubishi Heavy to Develop Gas-Powered Engine

TOKYO (Nikkei)–Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (7011.TO) will unveil by 2015 a natural-gas-powered vessel engine that emits 30% less carbon dioxide than

November 25, 2012
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Engineering News

ABS Awards Stevens Institute $3 Million for New Engineering Complex

Founded in 1870 in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Stevens Institute of Technology has earned a worldwide reputation for academic excellence in the field of naval

November 25, 2012
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
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Finance

Keppel’s Stock Faces Tug of War, UOB KayHian Maintains Buy Call

0618 GMT 22 November [Dow Jones] STOCK CALL: Keppel’s (BN4.SG) stock faces “a tug of war between good contract wins and margin concerns,” UOB

November 24, 2012
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