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Friday, May 4, 2012
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News

BW Rhine Released from Pirate Control, Cargo Stolen

After a four days under the control of west African pirates, BW Shipping reports that the product tanker, BW Rhine, has been released off Nigeria by its

May 4, 2012
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Survey Says…Growing Confidence in LNG as a Marine Fuel
Engineering News

Survey Says…Growing Confidence in LNG as a Marine Fuel

By Lars Petter Blikom, DNV As part of a project to define the future design of container feeder ships for operation in the Baltic Sea, some of my colleagues

May 4, 2012
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Could Oil Supply and Demand be Returning?  WTI Under $100 BBL!
News

Could Oil Supply and Demand be Returning? WTI Under $100 BBL!

It was a wild ride in the oil markets this week as crude prices fell off of a cliff today and WTI is now lower than $100 BBL.  While

May 4, 2012
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Sauter Carbon Proposes “Green” Alternative to Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter
Defense

Sauter Carbon Proposes “Green” Alternative to Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter

Sauter Carbon Offset Design (SCOD) says they have come up with an alternative design for the USCG’s new Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutters (FRC) that

May 4, 2012
Total Views: 91

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News

West Phoenix on Station to Perform Elgin Well Intervention

PARIS (Dow Jones)–French oil major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) Friday reiterated it was ready to start “in the coming days” an operation to

May 4, 2012
Total Views: 78

Seadrill Orders Another Harsh Environment Semi, Wins $235M Contract from Chevron
Engineering News

Seadrill Orders Another Harsh Environment Semi, Wins $235M Contract from Chevron

To benefit from the current strong demand for high specification drilling units Seadrill announced today that it has entered into a turnkey construction

May 4, 2012
Total Views: 81

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News

Crude Oil Loading Program at the North Sea Ekofisk Platform Increases

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The June loading program for North Sea Ekofisk crude oil is scheduled at 263,000 barrels a day, up from 237,097 barrels a day

May 4, 2012
Total Views: 122

navios tankers
Finance

Navios Maritime Offers 4 Million Shares at Discount

Navios Maritime Partners L.P.’s (NMM) public offering of 4 million common units priced at a 4.5% discount to Wednesday’s close. The units were

May 4, 2012
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News

Ship Photo of the Day: Hapag-Lloyd Bumps Up Freight Rates

FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)–German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd said Friday it has increased freight rates for all cargo and container types between Europe and

May 4, 2012
Total Views: 21

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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News

Baltic Dry Index Could Be Supported with Scrapping of 50 Million Deadweight Tons

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–The Baltic Dry Index, the bellwether gauge of rates for ship dry commodities including grains, iron ore and coal, will likely find

May 2, 2012
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jackup rig port aransas collision
Collision

USCG UPDATE: Panamax Tanker Strikes Jackup Rig, Grounds Itself Off Port Aransas [IMAGES]

  On the approach into the channel at Port Aransas, Texas this morning, the 74k DWT product tanker, FR8 Pride, a Scorpio Tanker-managed vessel, lost power

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 122

Berlin Express Hapag Lloyd
News

G6 Alliance Holds Back on Asia – North Europe Loop due to “Unfavorable Market Conditions”

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–The G6 alliance of container shipping firms, which includes Singapore-listed Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.’s (N03.SG) APL

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 26

Rowan Viking
Finance

Rowan Shows Strong Revenue Growth with Higher Day Rates and Jackup Rig Utilization

(Dow Jones) Rowan Cos.’s (RDC) first-quarter earnings rose 54% as higher day rates contributed to the offshore drilling company’s

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 79

BW Rhine
Incidents

BW Maritime Loses Contact with Product Tanker off Togo

BW Maritime believes their product tanker, BW Rhine, has been captured off Togo.  Here’s a statement made by the company. On 28 April 2012, BW Rhine, a

May 2, 2012
Total Views: 61

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
pirate attack west africa
Incidents

Product Tanker Reported Hijacked Off Togo in Gulf of Guinea

A product tanker has reportedly been hijacked yesterday in position: 06:01.14N – 001:20.2E, correlating to Lome Anchorage, Togo. The owners of the

May 1, 2012
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News

Transocean and ExxonMobil Begin Drilling at Jansz-Io Offshore Australia

– By ExxonMobil Connection The ExxonMobil Drilling team this month commenced operations on the Jansz-lo driling program for the Gorgon LNG Project off

May 1, 2012
Total Views: 165

DNV Launches New Rule Book for Jackup Rig Builders and Designers
Engineering News

DNV Launches New Rule Book for Jackup Rig Builders and Designers

Coinciding with the announcement of Lamprell’s newbuild jackup order today, DNV released a new rule book for self-elevating units, aka jackups, which

May 1, 2012
Total Views: 50

Lamprell Wins $227 Million Jackup Newbuild Contract
Engineering News

Lamprell Wins $227 Million Jackup Newbuild Contract

Lamprell announced today the receipt of a USD $227 million contract award from an international drilling contractor for the construction of a jackup drilling

May 1, 2012
Total Views: 90

BP Executive Suspended Over Tanker Chartering Scandal
News

BP Executive Suspended Over Tanker Chartering Scandal

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The senior BP PLC (BP.LN) executive accused of taking cash payments in return for giving sweetened tanker chartering terms has been

May 1, 2012
Total Views: 68

Monday, April 30, 2012
USAN FPSO Nigeria total
News

Nigerian Crude Cargos Delayed from Total’s USAN FPSO

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Two cargoes of Nigerian Usan crude have been delayed from May to June, traders told Dow Jones Newswires Monday. The Total

April 30, 2012
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