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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Gryphon FPSO Maersk Oil UK North Sea
Incidents

Damaged FPSO May Cost Maersk Oil 5.3M BOE UK Production [REPORT]

COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)–Danish oil and gas company Maersk Oil stands to lose production of up to 5.3 million barrels of oil equivalent due to extensive

July 19, 2011
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Global Warming, Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise
Blog

Global Warming, Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise

This article originally appeared on gCaptain’s sister site, UnofficialNetworks.com, a ski and snowboard industry blog.  The greenhouse effect, from the

July 18, 2011
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wartsila
Engines

Wärtsilä to supply main engines for 25 new Russian tankers

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading systems integrator, has been awarded the contract to supply the main engines for a series of 25 tankers

July 18, 2011
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BW Gas Exmar LNG
News

Exmar and BW Gas agree to swap LPG ships

EXMAR and BW Gas have reached an agreement to swap 2 of EXMAR’s “VLGC’s” ( Very Large Gas Carrier) against the “Midsize”

July 18, 2011
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MV Jubba pirated tanker
Incidents

Fully laden tanker pirated in northern Indian Ocean

(EUNAVFOR) Late on the morning of 16 July, it was reported by the owners that the MV JUBBA XX, a laden tanker, had been pirated in the northern Indian Ocean,

July 18, 2011
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subsea7 subsea 7
News

Subsea 7 Gets $80M Subsea Umbilicals Pact Offshore Australia

Norwegian seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor Subsea 7 S.A. (SUBC.OS) announced Monday the award of a $80 million contract from Chevron

July 18, 2011
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
petrobras brazil
News

Brazil Petrobras June Total Gas, Oil Output At 2.641 Million BOE/Day

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said late Friday that total crude oil and

July 17, 2011
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Department of Homeland Security
Defense

US Approves 6 Waivers For Non-US Ships To Load Oil-Sale Crude

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Six waivers have been approved to allow some buyers of crude oil in the government’s emergency sale to use foreign-flag

July 17, 2011
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Friday, July 15, 2011
IMB piracy
Maritime Security

Pirate attacks up 63% this year, however fewer ships are being taken: IMB REPORT

Pirate attacks on the world’s seas totalled 266 in the first six months of 2011, up from 196 incidents in the same period last year, the International

July 15, 2011
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ocean wave surf
Defense

The Future of Marine Renewables in the UK

The British Parliament’s Energy and Climate Change Committee, chaired by Tim Yeo MP, launched an inquiry last week to investigate the potential for

July 15, 2011
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update – Week of July 7 – 13
Piracy

Weekly Maritime Crime and Piracy Update – Week of July 7 – 13

Piracy Incidents by Region July 7 – 13 (Source: Office of Naval Intelligence) ATLANTIC OCEAN: Bulk carrier fired upon with machine guns and rocket

July 14, 2011
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Austal osv wind express
News

Austal awarded contract for three offshore wind support vessels

Following the launch of Austal’s Wind Express series in mid 2010, Austal is pleased to announce the award of a contract for the design and construction

July 14, 2011
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FPSO cidade de paraty SBM offshore
News

SBM Offshore Signs Contract For FPSO Cidade de Paraty

AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)–SBM Offshore NV (SBMO.AE) said Thursday that contracts for the twenty year charter and operation of FPSO Cidade de

July 14, 2011
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sembcorp marine
News

Sembcorp Marine: Unit Secures Contract Worth Close To S$600M

  SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (S51.SG) said Thursday its unit, SMOE Pte. Ltd., has secured a contract close to S$600 million to

July 14, 2011
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Valhall platform Kjetil Alsvik BP HESS production platform
Incidents

UPDATE: BP’s Valhall Platform Still Shut Down Following Fire

Image by Kjetil Alsvik –Average production of 60,000 barrels equivalent a day to be lost as result of shutdown –Accident to be investigated by

July 14, 2011
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Attention Pirates: Don’t F&*$ with the Russians…UPDATE
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Attention Pirates: Don’t F&*$ with the Russians…UPDATE

This is all in Russian, but the video speaks for itself… Essentially the Russian Navy boarded a pirate ship and freed some Russian seafarers who had just

July 13, 2011
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shale natural gas production
Blog

Hess LNG withdraws from Rhode Island, opposition claims LNG would risk “tearing up our waterways”

Last month, Hess Energy announced that they will be withdrawing plans for an LNG facility in Fall River, Massachusetts. Many opponents of the facility boasted

July 13, 2011
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Interesting Ship of The Week – MARLIN 2000 Blue container feeders
Engineering News

Interesting Ship of The Week – MARLIN 2000 Blue container feeders

This weeks interesting ship is the next generation MARLIN 2000 Blue feeder ship.  The Cardiff-based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 of these new

July 12, 2011
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royal navy helicopter offshore rescue coast guard
Defense

Heroic Royal Marine saves two yachtsmen in Cornish storm

Two yachtsmen owe their lives to the fliers of 771 Naval Air Squadron after a dramatic rescue in a gale 100 miles off Cornwall. Aircrewman Sgt Tony Russell RM

July 12, 2011
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Stena Bulk VLCC crude oil tanker
News

ASIA TANKER: VLCCs At 2-Mo Low; CPPs Waiting For Gasoline Demand

Image courtesy of Stena Bulk SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–High availability of vessels is pressuring Asia crude tanker markets, while rates for ships that carry

July 12, 2011
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