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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
STX France receives order for luxury cruise ship from Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
News

STX France receives order for luxury cruise ship from Hapag-Lloyd Cruises

STX France has received an order to build a luxury cruise ship, the “EUROPA 2”.  The new ship is being acquired by a third-party proprietary

Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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API response to Deepwater Horizon report: ‘We’ve made progress to improve safety’
News

API response to Deepwater Horizon report: ‘We’ve made progress to improve safety’

Editor’s Note:  The following is a statement issued today by the The American Petroleum Institute in response to the National Commission on BP Deepwater

January 12, 2011
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
deepwater horizon oil spill
News

Halliburton releases statement on Deepwater Horizon Final Report

HOUSTON (Jan. 11, 2011) – In response to the findings of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released

January 11, 2011
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Drewry: Old habits die hard for carriers
News

Drewry: Old habits die hard for carriers

Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster analysis questions carriers financial prudence as they go back to their old modus operandi of chasing market share

January 11, 2011
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National Commission releases final report on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Defense

National Commission releases final report on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Today, The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling release its final report on its investigation into the Deepwater

January 11, 2011
Total Views: 267

Crowley Acquires Jarvis International Freight, Inc.
News

Crowley Acquires Jarvis International Freight, Inc.

Expands Logistics Capabilities to Include Energy, Oilfield and Mining Industries (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; January 11, 2011) – Crowley Maritime Corporation

January 11, 2011
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Monday, January 10, 2011
Bacteria and Oxygen Levels After Gulf Oil Spill
NOAA

Microbes Mopped Up After Gulf Oil Spill

Bacteria made quick work of the tons of methane that billowed into the Gulf of Mexico along with oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, clearing the natural

January 10, 2011
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USCG sets 2011 minimum random drug testing rate at 50%
Defense

USCG sets 2011 minimum random drug testing rate at 50%

The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2011 minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. The testing rate for calendar year 2010

January 10, 2011
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BAE Systems Develops Non-Lethal Laser to Defend Against Pirate Attacks on Commercial Ships
Maritime Security Incidents

BAE Systems Develops Non-Lethal Laser to Defend Against Pirate Attacks on Commercial Ships

Bristol, UK: BAE Systems has successfully demonstrated a prototype device that will serve as an effective non-lethal deterrent against pirate attacks on

January 10, 2011
Total Views: 166

First VLCC with electrolysis ballast water treatment system delivered
News

First VLCC with electrolysis ballast water treatment system delivered

Hyundai Heavy Industries today handed over a 317,000 DWT VLCC to Oman Shipping Company (OSC). The ship, measuring 333 meters in length, 60 meters in height and

January 10, 2011
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
Volendam Lifeboat Incident
Lifesaving Incidents

Lifeboat Fatality Aboard Holland American Cruise Ship Volendam

A lifeboat remains dangling off the side of a cruise ship, moored at Christchurch’s Port Lyttelton, after a cable broke sending two crew members into the

January 9, 2011
Total Views: 406


Sunday, January 9, 2011
International Search Leads To Rescue Of 20 Mariners
Lifesaving Incidents

International Search Leads To Rescue Of 20 Mariners

When unforgiving seas hit a vessel and caused it to sink off the Marshall Islands, the 20 mariners aboard were forced to abandon ship. Two thousand miles away,

January 9, 2011
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NOAA

Piloting Arctic Waters And Other Major Shifts In Navigation

The following article by CDR Michael Hendersen, Navigation Manager NOAA was originally published in the December 2010 edition of CAMM , Council Of American

January 9, 2011
Total Views: 76

Chinese Navy Ceremony
Navy

China To Build 1st Carrier & Launches 2 Surveillance Ships To Counter Growing US Presence

Amid reports that China is building its first aircraft carrier to counter growing US presence in the neighbourhood, Chinese navy has added two large sea

January 9, 2011
Total Views: 62

Saturday, January 8, 2011
Secretary of Defense To Navy: Less Admirals, More Ships
Navy

Secretary of Defense To Navy: Less Admirals, More Ships

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today a series of what the Pentagon calls “efficiencies decisions” designed to save the Department

January 8, 2011
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Cruising sailor to testify against Somali pirates in the Netherlands
Maritime Security

Cruising sailor to testify against Somali pirates in the Netherlands

A South African cruising sailor who was held captive by pirates for thirteen days in October is to fly to the Netherlands to give testimony against Somalis

January 8, 2011
Total Views: 141

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Friday, January 7, 2011
Somali Pirate Boat
Blog

2011 Somali Piracy Update

The big news for the start of 2011 is the move of pirates to areas further from their traditional hunting ground. November 2008 saw the first capture of a

January 7, 2011
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ubiquiti routers bullet and nanostation loco
Blog

Wireless Internet At Sea – Breaking Free Of Corporate Internet Part 2

Part two in our series on Breaking Free Of Corporate Internet looks at long range wireless internet. Everyone is familiar with this technology, plug a Wi-Fi

January 7, 2011
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Brazil’s Santos Basin field development continues with the addition of two more FPSOs
News

Brazil’s Santos Basin field development continues with the addition of two more FPSOs

BG Group and partners today announced a tender process for the charter of two further Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels to be used in

January 7, 2011
Total Views: 101

KCA DEUTAG wins flagship six-rig contract in Caspian region for BP
News

KCA DEUTAG wins flagship six-rig contract in Caspian region for BP

KCA DEUTAG wins flagship six-rig contract in Caspian region for BP – Friday 7th January 2011 KCA DEUTAG, the leading international drilling and

January 7, 2011
Total Views: 36

Acergy S.A. and Subsea 7 Inc. complete deal
News

Acergy S.A. and Subsea 7 Inc. complete deal

Luxembourg – January 7, 2011 – Subsea 7 S.A. (NASDAQ-GS: SUBC; Oslo Børs: SUBC) today announced that the combination between Acergy S.A.

January 7, 2011
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