Americas
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Boskalis and DEME win major South American dredging contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster and DEMA have landed a 5-year contract by Comision Administradora del Rio de la Plata (CARP) for…
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Worker dies on Petrobras drillship in US Gulf of Mexico
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras revealed on Tuesday that a worker on one of their drillships in the US Gulf…
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DP World buys final two-thirds stake of Embraport terminal in Brazil
Dubai-based ports operator DP World on Monday completed the full acquisition of Brazilian terminal Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuarios (Embraport)…
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Norden opens in Vancouver
Danish owner Norden is expanding its reach with the opening of a new office in Vancouver, Canada. Norden says it…
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USCG safely airlifts ill crewman from bulker off Pacific Northwest
A US Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter team successfully airlifted an ailing crewman from a bulk carrier more than 200 miles…
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JP Morgan takes another SwissMarine cape
A couple of months after SwissMarine started marketing the 193,400 dwt Choully (built 2016) and its sistership Chancy (built 2015),…
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CMA CGM completes sale of 90% stake in Los Angeles terminal
France’s CMA CGM Group has completed the sale of a 90% equity interest in Global Gateway South terminal at Los…
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Commissioners green light new Seaport Logistics Complex for Port of Oakland
Port of Oakland commissioners have given the final go-ahead for a project to convert a large part of a decommissioned…
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Former PDVSA boss detained in Venezuela’s graft crackdown
Two former highly-placed officials – at Venezuela’s troubled state oil company PDVSA and at the oil ministry – were arrested…
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New York Shipping Exchange: Fixing the $23bn hole in liner shipping
Gordon Downes, the CEO of the recently created New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX), reckons he can fix a massive hole…
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Panama Canal offers an additional daily slot for neopanamax vessels
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said on Thursday it will be making available one more reservation slot for neopanamax vessels,…
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SolstadFarstad PSV awarded Statoil charter in Brazil
Norway’s SolstadFarstad has been awarded a two-year charter by Statoil Brasil Óleo e Gás for Brazilian flagged 2012-built platform supply…
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US issues permit for oil drilling in Alaskan waters
US authorities have approved drilling in federal waters offshore Alaska, according to Reuters. As soon as next month the US…
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SBM Offshore reaches $238m agreement with US DOJ on bribery charges
Dutch firm SBM Offshore’s US subsidiary pleaded guilty in an American court to a bribery charge on Wednesday. Parent company…
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Exxon’s Hebron project offshore Newfoundland produces first oil
ExxonMobil on Tuesday announced first oil output from the Hebron field offshore eastern Canada, according to Reuters. Located about 200…
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Teekay Offshore takes options on shuttle tanker pair
Teekay Offshore Partners has declared options with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of two suezmax-sized DP2…
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Pemex insider Trevino Medina named as new CEO
Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto announced on Monday that the next CEO of state oil firm Pemex will be Carlos…
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Dockwise struggles in loading damaged American warship
The incredibly unfortunate USS Fitzgerald has suffered more damage. The American destroyer, involved in a deadly collision with a Japanese…
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Teekay Tankers completes acquisition of Tanker Investments
Teekay Tankers has completed the acquisition of Oslo-listed Tanker Investments (TIL) in a share-for-share merger, a deal it announced in…
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William Doyle to step down as FMC commissioner in January
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Commissioner William Doyle has announced his intention to step down from the position, effective 3 January…
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