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Sunday, January 29, 2012
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News

Transocean Still Faces an Uphill Battle

(Dow Jones) Offshore oil-drilling contractor Transocean Ltd., newly clear of some legal clouds from its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, faces

January 29, 2012
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What’s the Worst Sea-State You’ve Ever Been In?
Blog

What’s the Worst Sea-State You’ve Ever Been In?

We asked the question this evening on our Facebook page and thought you all might be interested in seeing some of the responses… What’s the worst

January 29, 2012
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Big Impact / Low Cost Safety Upgrades For Your Ship
Blog

Big Impact / Low Cost Safety Upgrades For Your Ship

In an ideal world, shipping companies would give captains a blank check to purchase all the latest equipment and materials to help make their ships safer,

January 29, 2012
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Blog

On Board the Cutter Blackthorn, Twenty-Three Perish…the US Coast Guard Remembers

Yesterday marked 32 years since the sinking of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn. Twenty-three of the Blackthorn’s 50 crewmembers lost their lives during

January 29, 2012
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Chevron Australia Managing Director Roy Krzywosinski
News

With Cash in Hand, Chevron Considers Options

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Chevron Corp. (CVX) is being conservative about spending its abundant cash because it wants to be prepared for the right acquisition

January 29, 2012
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
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Engineering News

Rob Almeida Discusses Shipbuilding with Joe Rella, President and COO of Austal USA

At this year’s Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Washington, DC, I sat down for a chat with Joe Rella, Chief Operating Officer and President

January 28, 2012
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Cargo Ship Strikes Kentucky Bridge, Bridge Collapses
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Cargo Ship Strikes Kentucky Bridge, Bridge Collapses

A bridge in western Kentucky has partially collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship Thursday night.  According to officials, two spans of the U.S. 68/KY

January 27, 2012
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Incidents

Should Petrobras be Fined $33,750,000 for this Spill?

Based on the precedent that Brazilian authorities have set with the astronomical fines recently charged to Chevron, the answer is yes.   Dow Jones reports on

January 27, 2012
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Multimedia

How Global Logistics Is Working in Partnership to Cope With Future Catastrophe [VIDEO]

More than 250 million people each year are affected by natural disasters. The annual number of natural disasters has more than doubled since 1980 as a result

January 27, 2012
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Finance

US District Judge Rules in Transocean’s Favor, Could be a Big Day for NYSE:RIG

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled yesterday that Transocean’s contract with BP, while drilling the Macondo Well, shielded Transocean from any

January 27, 2012
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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Multimedia

Philippines Offer Transshipment Options for Brazilian Ore, Vale Rio de Janeiro Arrives in Rotterdam [VIDEO]

Lacking port entry permits into China, Vale had to come up with other options to unload it’s massive 400,000 ton ore-carrying ships.   Enter

January 26, 2012
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38 Million Acres Up For Grabs in Latest (and Last) GoM Lease Sale
Offshore

38 Million Acres Up For Grabs in Latest (and Last) GoM Lease Sale

NEW ORLEANS — The Obama administration today announced that the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the

January 26, 2012
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Maersk Tankers Appoints New CEO, Ms. Hanne Sørensen
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Maersk Tankers Appoints New CEO, Ms. Hanne Sørensen

Ms. Hanne B. Sørensen has been appointed new CEO of Maersk Tankers with effect from 13 February 2012. Hanne B. Sørensen has until now held the position

January 26, 2012
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Incidents

Weekly Piracy Update: 10 Pirates Board Cargo Ship off India and Escape Unnoticed with Ship’s Stores

Weekly Summary of Maritime Crime and Piracy, week of 19-25 January 2012 – (source: ONI) INDIA: General cargo ship boarded by at least 10 pirates on 25

January 26, 2012
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Lifesaving Incidents

MV RENA Update: Salvors Focus on Bow Section

Salvors working on the stricken M/V Rena are focusing primarily on removing containers from the bow section ahead of heavy weather that is forecasted over the

January 26, 2012
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Engineering News

Husky Energy’s SeaRose FPSO Prepares for Drydock at Harland and Wolff, the Builder of the Titanic

Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd (H&W) has been awarded the contract for the drydocking and service of the SeaRose Floating Production Storage and

January 26, 2012
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MV Aquarosa
News

Whistle-Blowing Seafarer Stands to Earn 6-Figure Reward, $1.2M Fine Assessed to Shipowners

Shipping Companies Plead Guilty to Charges of Obstruction of Justice and Environmental Crimes WASHINGTON – Two corporations pleaded guilty yesterday in

January 26, 2012
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Defense

UK Foreign Affairs: Analysis of Pirate “Catch and Release” off the Coast of Somalia [REPORT]

Over the last four years, piracy off the coast of Somalia has become an international phenomenon, plaguing shipping in the Indian Ocean and resisting attempts

January 26, 2012
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Engineering News

Viking Line Presents a Highly Innovative and Efficient Ferry, the NB1376

Currently under construction at the STX Finland yard in Turku, the NB 1376 represents a completely new generation of ferries with it’s

January 25, 2012
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News

Frontline Tankers Invests in Seafarers – Provides Major Quality of Life Upgrade to their Global Fleet

Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communication services, today announced that Frontline, the world leader in the

January 25, 2012
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