Americas
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Some Texas ports reopen with restrictions, while Louisiana refineries continue operating despite Harvey
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has approved the reopening of some ports in Texas following their closure because of Tropical…
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Court fines ex-Petrobras officials more than $80m over purchase of Texas refinery
Brazil’s Court of Accounts has fined two former officials of scandal-plagued state oil firm Petrobras more than $80m in total…
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Shipping lines weigh their options as Harvey disrupts cargo chain
Shipping lines are scrambling to reroute cargo in response to the upheaval to supply chains caused by Tropical Storm Harvey…
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Motiva shuts Port Arthur refinery – largest in US – as storm floods worsen
America’s largest refinery, the Saudi Arabian-owned Motiva Enterprises facility in Port Arthur, Texas, has shut down because of the effects…
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Mexico grants Pemex two-year extension to invest in offshore oil and gas blocks
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex has been granted a two-year deadline extension to invest in an array of oil and…
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Paragon working on plan to remove grounded drillship from Corpus Christi access channel
Houston-based offshore rig operator Paragon Offshore is still working on removing its grounded drillship from the access channel to the…
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Shareholders overwhelmingly approve merger between Scorpio Tankers and Navig8 Product Tankers
Scorpio Tankers and Navig8 Product Tankers have become a single entity. Scorpio, led by Emanuele Lauro, announced that the shareholders…
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Louisiana ports and refineries next in line as Harvey shapes up for return to land
After taking a toll on oil refineries and ports along the Texas coast, Tropical Storm Harvey is next forecast to…
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TechnipFMC awarded Huskey West White Rose EPCI contract
Offshore services giant TechnipFMC has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from Husky Energy for the West…
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Ports, waterways, refineries and platforms all feel Harvey’s wrath
The Houston Ship Channel remained closed on Monday and numerous refineries were out of action as were offshore oil and…
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World Marine sells chunk of assets to ST Engineering for $25m
Rig repair, fabrication and services company World Marine of Mississippi (WMM) has sold a number of its assets to Singapore…
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MOL tanker cleared to depart New York after grounding
An oil products tanker that ran aground briefly in the shipping channel between New York and New Jersey did not…
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Brazil takes steps against substandard Asian shipbreakers
Brazil’s federal environmental watchdog Ibama is taking measures to ensure the nation’s big exporters do not offload their older ships…
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Foremost Group orders bulker pair at Oshima Shipbuilding
New York-based dry bulk owner Foremost Group has signed shipbuilding contracts with Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding for the construction of two…
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Paragon Offshore appoints Jay Swent as CEO
Houston-based offshore driller Paragon Offshore has appointed its chairman Jay Swent III to the role of president and CEO replacing…
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Zodiac Maritime places newly acquired Wah Kwong VLCC into Heidmar pool
Heidmar’s Seawolf Tankers VLCC pool has benefited from the return of Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime as a Heidmar pool partner.…
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Pasha Hawaii confirms boxship pair at Keppel in Texas
Just days after Tote confirmed it was behind an order at Philly Shipyard which will see it enter into the…
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Atwood Oceanics reaches agreement with Australian offshore employees
Offshore driller Atwood Oceanics has come to an agreement with the offshore employees of its Australian operating subsidiary for a…
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Maersk Tankers buys into hedge fund CargoMetrics
Maersk Tankers has entered an equity agreement with CargoMetrics, a Boston-based hedge fund which can boast the likes of Google’s…
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First ultra large container vessel transits the Panama Canal
The 14,855 teu capacity became the first ever ultra large container vessel (ULCV) to transit the Panama Canal yesterday in…
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