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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
News

Shell: Prelude FLNG Go-Ahead ‘Next Few Months,’ More Planned

PERTH (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) said Tuesday that it expects to sign off on its first floating liquefied natural gas project within

February 22, 2011
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tug boat saves bridge from Australia flood waters – VIDEO
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Tug boat saves bridge from Australia flood waters – VIDEO

Over the past few days a national disaster has been unfolding in eastern Australia, with flash floods effecting a vast area of Queensland.  Watch here as a

January 13, 2011
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Oil Spill

Ship runs aground near Great Barrier Reef

(CNN) — A Chinese-registered ship carrying coal that ran aground off the coast of northeast Australia was leaking oil Sunday near the Great Barrier Reef

April 5, 2010
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Seadrill’s West Atlas Rig On Fire – Incident Photo of The Week
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Seadrill’s West Atlas Rig On Fire – Incident Photo of The Week

This weeks incident photos are of the fire that was burning on Seadrill’s West Atlas jackup oil rig located in the Timor Sea between Australia and

November 3, 2009
Total Views: 1541

Friday, April 11, 2008
cable laying ship
Uncategorized

Cable Laying Ships – Back In Business

Hit hard by the internet crash in 2000 cable laying ships (video) were hard pressed to find contracts laying subsea communication cable and took on less

April 11, 2008
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Thursday, February 7, 2008
Uncategorized

Australia’s Shocking Footage of Japanese Whaling – Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmM_CCIFyZ8 (If Video becomes “unavailable” try HERE or HERE) The BBC Writes: Australia has released graphic

February 7, 2008
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Sunday, February 3, 2008
Whaling – Graphic Images
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Whaling – Graphic Images

The following images were taken by the Australian Customs Service in their mission to end Japanese whaling of the Souther Ocean. Japanese Whaling Ship Yushin

February 3, 2008
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Australia Sends Armed Merchant Ship To Track Whalers
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Australia Sends Armed Merchant Ship To Track Whalers

Reuters has an update on Australia’s recent attempts to track Japan’s whaling fleet: CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) — An Australian fisheries

January 10, 2008
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
Pasha Bulker Incident Report – Nearly Unbelievable
Lifesaving Incidents

Pasha Bulker Incident Report – Nearly Unbelievable

Photo By suburbanbloke In a post unusually harsh for gCaptain standards I asked some tough questions about actions taken by the captain of the doomed ship,

October 13, 2007
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
zoo weekly pasha bulker
Lifesaving Incidents

Pasha Bulker – Photo Slideshow

Here is a random selection of the best (and worst) photos of the coal ship “Pasha Bulker” grounded on Nobby’s Beach courtesy of Flickr. For

June 23, 2007
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