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Thursday, February 9, 2012
News

Otto Marine Entrenches Deeper into West Africa with 3-year Multi-Million Dollar Contract

Global Workboats will take delivery of the 7,200 bhp AHTS in-line with the Group’s strategy to build a strong chartering fleet to tap on pockets of

February 9, 2012
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News

BG Group has a Cracker 4th Quarter, LNG Gains Momentum

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Shares in BG Group PLC (BG.LN) rose sharply Thursday after the company revised higher its outlook for earnings from a key division and

February 9, 2012
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Finance

VLCC Spot Charter Market Boosts Results for Knightsbridge Tankers

Bermuda-based Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd (NASDAQ:VLCCF) reported yesterday a net income of USD 9.5 million (EUR 7.1m) for the fourth quarter of 2011, up from

February 9, 2012
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News

Drydocks World Singapore Delivers New Anchor Handler to Greatship Global Offshore

Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte., a Singapore incorporated subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), has taken delivery of GREATSHIP VIMLA, a 150T

February 9, 2012
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Blog

Escalating Disasters – Protect Your Rescue Team At All Cost

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] was recently aboard a rig that, in addition to firefighters manning foam fire monitors, had the Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) manned during

February 8, 2012
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Engineering News

Mitsubishi Develops System Enhancing Damaged Stability of Ships

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today announced a new system that improves the stability of damaged ships, reducing the risk of capsizing.  The newly

February 8, 2012
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Gemini Tankers Suezmax Pool Set for Expansion, Diamond Shipping Group Added to the Mix

Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK) and König & Cie are pleased to announce that Diamond S Shipping Group has joined the Gemini Tankers Suezmax Pool as a full

February 8, 2012
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Blog

“Maritime Matters” to the US Pacific Northwest

– By Vigor Marine They don’t call it “shipping” for nothing. Worldwide, as much as 90 percent of the goods that move around the globe

February 8, 2012
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News

Norway Eyes Barents Sea Oil With Great Interest, Geoseismic Survey Planned

(Dow Jones) The Norwegian government Wednesday announced it will start a geological survey of what oil and gas assets the Northern part of a previously

February 8, 2012
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News

Futureship and Marorka: A Partnership to Increase Shipping Efficiency

A cooperation between two leading energy efficiency improvers yields new potential to reduce emissions for shipowners around the world. At a press conference

February 8, 2012
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Engineering News

Bound for Tahiti: Austal Wins Order to Build Additional Catamaran Ferry

Austal has secured an order for a highly efficient medium speed ferry with leading French Polynesian operator and existing customer, SNC Aremiti Ferry. The 80

February 8, 2012
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
News

Evergreen Shipping Founder Bequeaths Fortune to Charity

According to Forbes, the net worth of Evergreen’s Founder and Group Chairman, Chang Yung-fa, is in the range of $1.6 Billion, and he is listed number 782

February 7, 2012
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Blog

Big City Emergency – How To Bug Out At Sea

A friend recently asked me to write a supplemental to his book Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life. Specifically he was interested in how to escape a big

February 7, 2012
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Engineering News

WWS’s Fleet Expands: Additional Platform Supply Vessels Ordered from Damen Shipyards

Norwegian shipowner World Wide Supply (WWS) has ordered another two PSV 3300 CD’s with Damen Shipyards. The two platform suppliers are added to the four

February 7, 2012
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Blog

Maritime Union Expands into Drilling Industry: AMO unveils details of DP training programs

As gCaptain first reported in August, American Maritime Officers’ (AMO) union training facility, STAR Center, has announced plans expand its simulation

February 7, 2012
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Incidents

US Offshore Oilfield Worker Shot and Killed in Venezuela

CARACAS (Dow Jones)–A U.S. citizen working for Houston-based oil services company InterMoor Inc. was shot and killed while on assignment in Venezuela on

February 7, 2012
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Engineering News

Drydocks World Considers Major Restructuring, Possible Sale of Southeast Asian Operations

DUBAI (Dow Jones)–Drydocks World, Dubai’s shipyard arm, is considering the sale of its entire Southeast Asian ship-building and repair operations

February 7, 2012
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Indian Shipbreakers are Looking at a Busy Year Ahead
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Indian Shipbreakers are Looking at a Busy Year Ahead

Amidst the fears of Global Economic Turmoil, the ship breaking yard in India at Alang in Bhavnagar District in Gujarat state is all set to demolish 400+

February 7, 2012
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Blog

Shipowner Defaults, Your Ship Gets Arrested in Port, Now What?

The shipping industry has certainly seen better days, which for some shipowners, has put them in a financial bind.  A recent example is the VLCC Samho

February 7, 2012
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Finance

APM Terminals Expands Presence in Latin America [REPORT]

Panama City, Panama – Joe Nielsen, the former CFO for APM Terminals’ activities in the Americas Region has been named Managing Director, Latin

February 6, 2012
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