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Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is on a roll with a just-announced newbuild order for eight, 38,000 m³ LPG-carriers from Belgium-based shipping company EXMAR.  The

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (PRE) announced yesterday the signing of a natural gas/LNG Liquefaction, Regasification, Storage and Loading Services Agreement

India’s Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered the release of the Italian tanker, M/V Enrica Lexie, that has been embroiled in a diplomatic row between

Rolls-Royce today confirmed a £24 million order to design and equip four platform supply vessels to be built by COSCO Shipyard Co. in Guangdong, China for an

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–FMC Technologies Inc. (FTI) said Thursday it struck a $1.5 billion four-year deal with Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) for the supply

WASHINGTON — Piracy along the coast of Somalia threatens one of the fundamental foundations of an interconnected global economic system: freedom of

(EUNAVFOR) EU Counter Piracy Naval Forces (EUNAVFOR) have tracked down and stopped a group of suspected pirates who were believed to have tried to attack a

The latest high tech arctic seismic vessel, Polarcus Amani, was delivered today by Polarcus Limited (OAX: PLCS).  This ship is seventh 3D seismic vessel to

MILAN – Saipem announced today they had signed $700 million in new offshore engineering and construction contracts offshore Brazil and Saudi Arabia. In

BIMCO, an international shipping association that shipowners controlling approximately 65 percent of the world’s tonnage, announced today the publication

Statoil has awarded Sevan Marine a study of the potential application of a Sevan FPSO for Statoil’s Skrugard / Havis development in the Norwegian Barents

(Dow Jones) Iraq’s new single-point mooring, or SPM, terminal in the south is loading a third tanker Tuesday at a rate of 800,000-900,000 barrels a day,

UPDATE: We are saddened to report that the injured crewmember, the boat’s chief engineer, died in a Toronto hospital Wednesday morning.  The man, along

MOSCOW (Dow Jones)–Russian state gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) will begin production at its massive Sakhalin-3 offshore gas project in the Far East in

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Weak demand for North Sea Forties crude due to refinery maintenance season and the availability of cheaper alternatives have prevented

– By Captain Richard Madden Depending on the source, piracy in the Gulf of Aden/Horn of Africa (GOA/HOA) region is estimated to be costing the world

(Dow Jones) French oil major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) may hire Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) and Rowan Cos. (RDC) to drill relief wells to end an ongoing gas

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. Ltd. (BN4.SG) on Wednesday said it signed a letter of intent with returning customer Floatel International Ltd. to

Shell Exploration and Production says it has taken delivery of the M/V Aiviq (pronounced ‘eye-vik’), a 360-foot ice class anchor handler built by

(Dow Jones) Danish tanker and bulk vessel operator Torm A/S (TORM.KO) said Tuesday it is in final talks with two international groups of investors for a

Remember in Star Trek 4 when they had to transport humpback whales through in time in an spaceship/aquarium by slingshotting around the sun? Well, nearly a

(Dow Jones) Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSK-B.KO) said Monday that Chief Executive Nils S. Andersen’s sick leave has

ROME -(Dow Jones)- Saipem SpA (SPM.MI) said Monday it has been awarded new offshore and onshore drilling contracts worth about $300 million. In offshore

It’s been almost 6.5 years since I resigned my commission in the US Navy where I served 2 tours at sea on board west coast-based warships followed by an

Amid the hustle and bustle of this year’s Connecticut Maritime Association Conference in Stamford, Connecticut last week, I met with the very modest and