Americas
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Singaporean shipbroking firm added to Washington’s blacklist over ties to Iran
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department has blacklisted an Indian national and the Singaporean…
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Debate starts in Canada about legislating shipping emission targets
Canada is the latest nation to start holding a national discussion on whether to take shipping emission regulations into its…
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What the battle for the White House means for global shipping
With the US election just six days away, we asked Dr Adam Kent, managing director of Maritime Strategies International, for…
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Shipping stocks hammered as Wall Street tumbles
An overnight drop in US stock markets on coronavirus concerns saw listed shipowners take a battering. The Dow Jones dropped…
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Washington debates copying EU’s MRV regulation
The United States is looking at copying the European Union’s path to carbon pricing on shipping. The House Natural Resources…
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RSC Bio Solutions: Lube choices with IMO 2050 in mind
For more than 30 years, RSC Bio Solutions has been serving global marine fleets and heavy equipment with technologies including…
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Russian intelligence accused of bringing down Maersk’s IT infrastructure
Six Russian intelligence officers were charged by the US Justice Department with a string of hacking offences, including the NotPetya…
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PDVSA deploys aframax to unload oil from stricken FSO
Venezuelan national oil company PDVSA has deployed an aframax tanker to participate in the unloading operations of the floating storage…
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Biden vows to tackle shipping emissions
A change in occupancy of the White House next year is likely to see the US become far more engaged…
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Listing Venezuelan FSO sparks severe ecological concern
The FSO , which is anchored in the Gulf of Paria near Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, has tilted severely,…
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Nordic American Tankers seals suezmax tanker financing with Ocean Yield
Herbjorn Hansson-led Nordic American Tankers (NAT) has signed a financing agreement to fund 80% of the newbuilding price of two…
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Zenith Capital seals two new maritime investments
New York-based Zenith Capital Partners has revealed it has recently completed two new investments in the maritime and energy sectors.…
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Thai Oil identified as buyer of International Seaways VLCC pair
Thai Oil, a subsidiary of Thailand’s energy major PTT Group, has been identified by brokers as the buyer of two…
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Oceaneering awarded offshore services contract by Petrobras
Offshore engineering service provider Oceaneering has been awarded a blowout preventer (BOP) tethering services contract offshore Brazil from Petrobras. The…
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DOF Subsea awarded CSV contract in Brazil
DOF Subsea has been awarded a long-term contract by the Petrobras led Libra Consortium for construction support vessel . The…
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Vale forming joint venture with Ningbo port
The industrial conveyor belt between Brazil and China has just added another key supply chain component to the south of…
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Noble drillship given long-term extension by ExxonMobil in Guyana
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has been awarded a six-and-a-half year extension by ExxonMobile for drillship for work offshore Guyana. Already…
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Keeping up with the Jones Act
How two words could sink America’s future in offshore wind. By Noelle Thuillier. The US House of Representatives has passed…
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World Direct Shipping buys its biggest ship
World Direct Shipping, a niche carrier focusing on the US – Mexico tradelane, has bought its largest ship to date,…
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SAL takeover of Intermarine sees Svend Andersen return
In the latest round of consolidation in the heavylift sector Germany’s SAL Heavy Lift, part of Harren & Partner, has…
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