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Great Lakes trade in jeopardy unless icebreakers modernized and twin Poe lock built
US and Canadian trade and shipping interests on the Great Lakes could be jeopardized for lack of investment in icebreakers…
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Trial of former BP supervisor over Deepwater Horizon disaster begins
Opening arguments were heard on Wednesday in the trial of a former BP supervisor over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil…
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Hearing into El Faro sinking hears that captain had responsibility for key decisions
US Coast Guard (USCG) hearings into the El Faro sinking began on Tuesday in Jacksonville, Florida, with an executive of…
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Shell to quadruple offshore Brazil investments
Royal Dutch Shell announced it intends to quadruple its investments in E&D offshore Brazil over the next four years. The…
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Regional ports body says President Obama’s 2017 budget shortchanges US seaports
US President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for 2017 falls short in several aspects relating to seaports, according to an assessment…
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Port of Oakland gets funding for extended hours to cover loss of Outer Harbor Terminal
The Port of Oakland’s governing board has approved spending of $1.5m to cover the costs of extending work hours at…
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Overseas Shipholding Group reaches settlement in malpractice case
US-based Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) announced on Monday it has reached a settlement with law firm Proskauer Rose over alleged…
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Repair work on Panama Canal’s new locks passes test
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on Sunday that water testing of repairs to cracks in the Pacific-side Cocoli Locks…
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Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal passes environmental test
Supporters of the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project in British Columbia were encouraged by a report from…
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Paragon Offshore set to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Heavily indebted rig operator Paragon Offshore will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this weekend. The Houston-based company announced it has…
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Premier and Rockhopper cancel Falklands contract with Ocean Rig
Two of the major British players in Falkland Islands offshore oil development, Premier Oil and Rockhopper Exploration, on Thursday cancelled…
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US ports ill-prepared for new container weighing requirements
Fitch Ratings, one of the big three statistical ratings agencies in the US, said on Thursday that US ports are…
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New search for El Faro’s VDR will start in April
The US National Transportation Board (NTSB) announced on Thursday it will make another attempt to find the Voyage Data Recorder…
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Coalition formed to sue Petrobras on behalf of Europe-based investors over corruption scandal
Brazil’s troubled state oil firm Petrobras faces possible new legal challenges from a coalition of groups representing international investors based…
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Pemex’s new CEO says job cuts are not inevitable
The newly installed CEO of Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex has said that while restructuring of the struggling entity is…
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Port Metro Vancouver officials dismiss ‘oil spill’ photo
Fears of an oil spill in Vancouver Harbour have been dismissed despite photos that appeared on Facebook suggesting something irregular…
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US offshore regulatory bodies in line for budget hikes in 2017
The bodies charged with regulating offshore oil and gas exploration and extraction in the US stand to be better funded…
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ConocoPhillips gets approval to export LNG from Alaska terminal
US authorities on Tuesday approved Houston-based ConocoPhillips to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) once again from its Kenai terminal in…
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Husky Energy slashes more jobs in response to oil price slump
Canada’s Husky Energy announced on Tuesday it has eliminated an unspecified number jobs in a new round of cutbacks as…
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Port of Oakland puts plan in place to deal with Outer Harbor Terminal closure
The Port of Oakland announced on Tuesday that it has set its plan for reallocating containerized cargo to other terminals…
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