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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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Saipem’s Ancient Scarabeo 3 Keeps on Truckin’ with New Contract Extension, Day Rates Increase

MILAN– Saipem announced today that they have been awarded new offshore and onshore drilling contracts worth approximately $500 million. In the Adriatic

June 26, 2012
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Russia Nabs Japanese Vessel in Disputed Waters North of Japan

TOKYO (Dow Jones)–A vessel carrying Japanese nationals is believed to have been seized by Russian border control authorities near a disputed island, a

June 26, 2012
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Monday, June 25, 2012
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True Global AIS – New Satellites Will Track Ships, Tuna & Mariners Globally

While the United States continues to struggle integrating AIS into the national data stream, Europe pushes forward with plans to acquire ship tracking data

June 25, 2012
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Kings Point Names Army Colonel Superintendent
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Kings Point Names Army Colonel Superintendent

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today named Colonel (ret.) James Helis, Ph.D., as the new superintendent for the U.S. Merchant

June 25, 2012
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From Boom to Bust and Back, Charles Fabrikant Discusses the Modern Shipping Industry
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From Boom to Bust and Back, Charles Fabrikant Discusses the Modern Shipping Industry

Charles Fabrikant, Executive Chairman of Seacor Holdings discusses the ups and downs of the shipping industry during the past 40 years at Marine Money 2012 in

June 25, 2012
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Defiant Offshore Workers Cost Statoil $19 Million Per Day

OSLO (Dow Jones) –Norwegian oil giant Statoil ASA (STO) has said it will lose about 115 million kroner ($19 million) a day due to a strike by offshore

June 25, 2012
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Intermarine Hires Venture Capital and Private Equity Exec as New President and CEO
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Intermarine Hires Venture Capital and Private Equity Exec as New President and CEO

Intermarine, a Houston-based international shipping company specializing in project and heavy lift cargo transportation, announced today that Alfred (Al) JV

June 25, 2012
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Day of the Seafarer, What Are We Really Celebrating?
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Day of the Seafarer, What Are We Really Celebrating?

There’s been a bit of buildup on Twitter and on Facebook these past few weeks about today’s “Day of the Seafarer” and we’ve been

June 25, 2012
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
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Japan LNG Demand on the Rise, Looks to Secure US Export Contracts

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Dow Jones) –Japan is hopeful that some accord can be reached with the United States to secure liquefied natural gas exports from

June 24, 2012
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$12 Billion LNG Deal Signed, Vladivostok to Become Major Hub Supporting Sakhalin

TOKYO (Dow Jones) –Japan and Russia agreed to provide necessary support for a project to build a liquefied natural gas plant in Vladivostok in a deal

June 24, 2012
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A Mariner’s Guide to Waves
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A Mariner’s Guide to Waves

The following article provided by the marine weather blog Ocean Weather Services blog and written by Fred Pickhardt, a professional marine meteorologist and

June 24, 2012
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Finance

American Banks Sign Financing Deal with Sovcomflot, Russia’s Biggest Shipowner

SAINT PETERSBURG – OAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) announced on Friday that Citigroup and Bank of America Merrill Lynch signed a USD $140 million, 7 year

June 24, 2012
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Russia Signs Almost $3 Billion in Shipbuilding Deals
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Russia Signs Almost $3 Billion in Shipbuilding Deals

In the second day of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia’s largest shipbuilder, United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), signed a joint

June 24, 2012
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Opposition to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea

By Elisabeth Ferland The military, business leaders, environmentalists, and labor groups all support the ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the

June 24, 2012
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
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The Consequences of A Third Strike at UNCLOS

If we’ve learned anything from the economic plight of the last few years, it’s the benefits of legal certainty for economic growth. Yet when small

June 23, 2012
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Friday Bunker Update: The Decline in Oil Prices Continues…
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Friday Bunker Update: The Decline in Oil Prices Continues…

14-21 June 2012 Composite close – $660.95 MT Oil prices continued their fall this past week as WTI reached new eight month lows and Brent reached lows

June 22, 2012
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Offshore

Aging Jack-Up Rig Fleet in Need of 200 Newbuilds

At the 25th annual Marine Money conference in New York this week, Andreas Stubsrud, Head of Research at Pareto Securities, predicted a need for 200 new jack up

June 22, 2012
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Not Just Numbers: New Study Examines the Human Cost of Piracy
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Not Just Numbers: New Study Examines the Human Cost of Piracy

Oceans Beyond Piracy, the same advocacy group that calculated the economic cost of piracy by the numbers, has just released its second annual installment of

June 22, 2012
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Trafigura Charters VLCC Bound for S. Korea, Forties Prices May Soon Stabilize

LONDON–The sliding price of North Sea Forties crude, the main component of global benchmark Brent, is set to find support as up to 2 million barrels of

June 22, 2012
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National Iranian Oil Company Moves to Beijing Ahead of Embargo

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones) —National Iranian Oil Co. will move its top fuel oil trader to head its Beijing office next month just as Europe’s embargo

June 22, 2012
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