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Americas
Shell starts production from Kaikias Field in Gulf of Mexico
Shell on Thursday announced it is beginning production at the Kaikias Field in the US Gulf of Mexico about a…
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BW LPG moves to acquire Dorian LPG
US-headquartered liquefied petroleum gas company Dorian LPG is subject to a $1.1bn buyout offer from Singapore’s BW LPG. BW LPG…
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‘Houston, we have a bunker problem’: VPS
Netherlands-based fuel management company Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) is warning that at least 30 vessels using fuel oil that was…
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Canadian authorities to buy Kinder Morgan pipeline, increased tanker shipments likely
Canada’s federal government has announced it will buy the Trans Mountain oil pipeline from Houston-based energy infrastructure firm Kinder Morgan…
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Middle East
DP World completes $316m deal to acquire Peru’s CAM
DP World, the Dubai-based global terminal operator, has closed its acquisition of Peruvian container and logistics giant Cosmos Agencia Maritima…
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Americas
Peru cancels five offshore oil project contracts with Tullow
Peru’s government has cancelled five offshore contracts with UK developer Tullow Oil on the grounds that the previous regime, which…
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Americas
NTSB issues illustrated digest of its final report into the El Faro tragedy
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Friday announced the release of an easy-to-read digest version of its final…
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Americas
Shell makes big oil discovery in Gulf of Mexico
Supermajor Shell says it has made a big oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of New Orleans. The…
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Americas
Navy drops negligent homicide charge against former CO of USS John McCain
The US Navy has dropped charges of negligent homicide against the former commanding officer of the destroyer USS John McCain…
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Americas
US Congress introduces cabotage bill to boost shipbuilding
Bi-partisan legislation was introduced to Congress on Tuesday, a bill with the aim of requiring that quotas of vessels carrying…
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Americas
Philadelphia Shipyard to lay off 275 workers because of depleted orderbook
Philadelphia Shipyard on Tuesday announced it plans to lay off 275 workers by July 20. In notifying Pennsylvania’s Department of…
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Americas
Cheniere to build third LNG train at Corpus Christi export terminal
Houston-based Cheniere Energy on Tuesday announced it has approved the building of a third liquefaction unit at its Corpus Christi,…
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Americas
White House looks to streamline regulations for shipping
An office attached to the US White House is seeking public input on ways to streamline maritime regulations, with special…
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Americas
USCG implements marine safety zone because of Hawaiian volcano
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has issued a safety warning to all shipping about hazards associated with the active Kilauea…
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Americas
Tim Nolan named as new president and CEO of Tote Maritime
Seattle-based transportation conglomerate Saltchuk has named Tim Nolan as the next president and CEO of its subsidiaries Tote Maritime and…
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Americas
Mexico’s energy reforms being hamstrung by over-complicated regulations
Mexico’s energy reform policy is being hampered by complicated regulatory requirements, according to Reuters which cites company bosses and government…
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Americas
Increased US LNG export shipments could cause domestic price hike
The agency that regulates US futures and options markets has warned that the coming boom in liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
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Americas
Texas judge rejects challenge to state pilots system
A group of ship pilots in Texas have failed for now in their legal challenge to the “state pilots” system…
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Americas
Investigation launched into fluid spill at Suncor rig
The regulatory body for the offshore oil and gas industry in Newfoundland and Labrador has started a formal probe of…
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Americas
Petrobras set to be awarded more than a billion barrels of oil in bid to settle dispute
Brazilian authorities are likely to grant troubled state oil firm Petrobras between a billion and two billion barrels of oil…
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