Americas
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Product tankers to benefit from permanent closure of largest refinery on US east coast
The Atlantic product tanker trades are set for a massive shake-up with news from Philadelphia where the largest oil refinery…
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Navigator Holdings appoints Henry Deans as CEO
Gas ship owner Navigator Holdings has appointed Henry “Harry” Deans as its new chief executive officer. Deans will step into…
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Maersk Drilling scores Repsol drilling contracts
Maersk Drilling has been awarded contracts by Repsol Exploración Mexico for a two-well project utilising 2013-built drillship at block 10 and…
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McDermott awarded more work by Saudi Aramco
McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services at the…
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Blaze at largest refinery on the US east coast will spur Atlantic product tanker sector
A huge fire that broke out at America’s largest east coast refinery early on Friday morning is likely to have…
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Vantage Drilling banks $700m from arbitration with Petrobras
US drilling service provider Vantage Drilling has announced Petrobras has paid the company $700.9m in total to satisfy an arbitration…
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Teekay FPSO deal at Cheviot falls through
A contract for Teekay Offshore Partners to provide FPSO to Alpha Petroleum Resources has been terminated. The contract was for…
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More arrests as US authorities take action against MSC
Investigators have found more cocaine than initially reported onboard the with further arrests in one of the largest drugs busts…
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APM Terminals’ controversial plans to automate LA facility move a step ahead
APM Terminals’ bitter fight with unions in California to try and automate some of its operations at the Port of…
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Modec to supply FPSO to Petróleo Brasileiro for Búzios
Japan’s Modec has received a letter of intent from Petróleo Brasileiro for the supply, charter, and operations of an FPSO…
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$1bn worth of cocaine found on MSC ship
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co is once again at the centre of a huge cocaine bust at the Port of Philadelphia.…
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Seadrill Partners’ semi-submersible awarded contact by Kosmos
Seadrill Partners has secured a one-well contract with Kosmos Energy Gulf for 2011-built semi-submersible rig in the US Gulf of…
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Hudson Shipping Lines vows not to use any ships fitted with scrubbers
Scrubber pushback has taken a new path with news from America where Hudson Shipping Lines has vowed not to use…
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Bunge signs up to the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
Bunge, a giant agribusiness shipper, has become the first in its industry to join the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI),…
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Canada shakes up global propane trades with new terminal
Canada’s first propane export terminal – Altagas’s Ridley Island Export Terminal (RIPET)– has become operational, upping global LPG supplies. “The…
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Scott Bergeron joins Oldendorff
Scott Bergeron, former head of the Liberian Registry, has joined German dry bulk owner Oldendorff Carriers as director of business…
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Algoma completes buyout of Oldendorff interest in CSL International Pool
Canadian owner Algoma Shipping has completed the acquisition of the interest of Oldendorff Carriers in the CSL International Pool, including…
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C-Innovation awarded well intervention contract by BP
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore, has secured a contract from BP to perform riserless light well intervention (RLWI)…
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Vancouver’s bid to become an international maritime centre stumbles
Created four years ago to much fanfare and a huge marketing blitz, the project to turn Vancouver into a major…
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Oceaneering awarded autonomous survey contract in Mexico
Oceaneering International has secured a contract to perform the first-ever deepwater autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) survey in Mexican waters. The…
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