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Maintenance work to reduce traffic through Panama Canal’s old locks by almost 40% this week
The Panama Canal’s old locks will be at reduced capacity for four days because of maintenance work that began on…
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Mission to recover El Faro VDR set to begin
The delayed mission to recover sunken cargo vessel El Faro’s voyage data recorder (VDR) is set to begin. National Transportation…
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Fraser Shipyards fined almost $1.4m for exposing workers to unsafe levels of lead
A Wisconsin shipyard has been fined almost $1.4m for exposing its workers to levels of lead way beyond the legal…
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Shell confirms big find in Gulf of Mexico offshore New Orleans
Anglo-Dutch oil super major Shell announced it has made a significant offshore oil discovery in the US Gulf of Mexico.…
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Six US port projects succeed in bids for Tiger funding
Commercial seaports and projects that benefit the flow of goods through the country’s ports have been granted $61.8m in the…
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DP World to operate container terminal in St John, Canada
Dubai port operator DP World said it has signed a lease agreement to expand and operate the multipurpose Rodney container…
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ILWU eyes bringing forward contract talks by three years
Dockworkers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have said the union will consider next month an earlier-than-expected vote…
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Ports America extends its operator’s agreement with Tampa Bay Container Terminal
Ports America, one of the leading marine terminal operators and stevedoring firms in the US, has signed an amended container…
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Former Brazil president petitions UN over Petrobras corruption probe
Brazil’s former national president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (widely known as Lula) has petitioned the United Nations alleging his…
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ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil terminate Maersk drillship contract
A pair of Houston-based companies, ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil announced on Thursday that they have signed an early termination agreement…
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First export of ethane from US Gulf Coast planned for August
Houston, Texas-based midstream company Enterprise Products Partners announced on Thursday that in August it will export a load of ethane,…
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Mexico’s oil regulator sets out bid terms for Trion field joint venture
The CNH (Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos), Mexico’s oil industry regulator, on Wednesday set out more detailed terms governing the first…
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Hess takes legal action against Schlumberger for effects of alleged defective valves
New York-based Hess Corporation announced on Wednesday it is going to take legal action against oilfield services provider Schlumberger to…
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Bulk carrier runs aground on Parana River in Argentina
A bulk carrier that ran aground in the Parana River, near to Campana port in Argentina, was refloated after 12…
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Brazilian court reinstates ban on Odebrecht bidding for Petrobras contracts
Brazilian engineering and construction giant Odebrecht will not be able to resume tendering for contracts with Petrobras after a Rio…
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US court finds asphalt company liable in 12-year-old oil spill on Delaware River
A US federal district court in Philadelphia has reversed a six-year-old decision in the case of a 2004 oil spill…
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Deep Down seals $3m contract for Gulf of Mexico projects
Houston-based oilfield services company Deep Down has secured a contract worth $3m for work in the Gulf of Mexico. It…
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Houston Ship Channel temporarily closed after sulfur dioxide leak from Petrobras-owned refinery
A section of the Houston Ship Channel was closed to traffic for less than three hours after a sulfur dioxide…
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Petrobras ready to give up interest in fuel distribution arm
Brazil’s Petrobras plans to give up its majority voting interest in Latin America’s largest distributor of petroleum derivatives and ethanol,…
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BOEM plans next offshore lease sale by internet to avoid protests
The US government’s Bureau of Ocean Energy management (BOEM) is moving to avoid repeats of disruptive demonstrations by environmentalists by…
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