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PE firm looks to offload Brazil’s second-busiest container terminal
The US private equity firm that owns the operator of Brazil’s second busiest container port is contemplating its sale, according…
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Shell to cut 25% of its deep water Gulf of Mexico workforce
Royal Dutch Shell intends to axe around 25% of its workforce in offshore US Gulf of Mexico projects by the…
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US Customs beefs up Jones Act enforcement
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the largest agency within the Department of Homeland Security, has created the National Jones…
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ConocoPhillips to axe 1,000 more jobs worldwide
Houston-based ConocoPhillips is to cut 1,000 more jobs around the world as it continues to contend with the drop in…
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Port of LA releases oil terminal environmental study
The Port of Los Angeles on Thursday released an initial study on the environmental implications of a proposed Marine Oil…
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Aegean and three engineers indicted over alleged pollution conspiracy
Two subsidiaries of Greece’s Aegean Group on Friday were indicted in Charleston, South Carolina, on pollution conspiracy and obstruction of…
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SBM Offshore agrees to settlement with Petrobras and Brazilian authorities over bribes scandal
Petrobras and Brazilian prosecutors on Friday signed an agreement with Dutch firm SBM Offshore whereby SBM will pay fines and…
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BP says final cost of Deepwater Horizon disaster is $61.6bn
BP announced on Thursday it believes the final pre-tax cost of its Deepwater Horizon spill will be $61.6bn or $44bn…
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Section of Houston Ship Channel closed after chemical spill
A section of the Houston Ship Channel, one of the world’s busiest trade waterways, were closed for several hours on…
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CSL bulk carrier refloated
Less than two days after running aground in Canadian waters of the St Lawrence Seaway the Canada Steamship Lines (CSL)…
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Shipping disrupted at Santos port by warehouse fire at sugar terminal
Shipping operations at a sugar and grain terminal in Brazil’s Santos port were disrupted for a while on Thursday after…
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PDVSA financial report acknowledges US bribery allegations
Venezuela’s state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has confirmed in an internal probe that there was fraud in…
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Expanded Panama Canal retakes market share
Less than three weeks after the inauguration of its new locks the expanded Panama Canal has leapfrogged the Suez Canal…
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Firm involved in failed merger of Halliburton and Baker Hughes fined $11m
San Francisco-based investment company ValueAct Capital has been ordered by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to pay $11m in…
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USCG slammed for dithering over Polar icebreaker
The president of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), Matthew Paxton, gave a strong defence of his industry’s ability to…
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Funding given for Port Saint John modernization project
Federal and provincial authorities have committed to funding the lion’s share of modernization costs for Port Saint John, eastern Canada’s…
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Petrobras FPSO in Lula field starts production
Petrobras had some good news, announcing the start of new production operations from an FPSO in the offshore Lula field…
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Final investment decision on LNG Canada is postponed
Multinational partners in an LNG Canada project, with its planned terminal in British Columbia, have put off indefinitely a final…
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Hercules Offshore sells rig for $3.16m
Financially strapped American drilling contractor Hercules Offshore announced on Monday that one of its subsidiaries is selling a jack-up rig…
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BG to shut Houston office and cut 154 staff
The US Division of Shell subsidiary BG is closing its Houston office and laying off 154 employees it announced on…
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