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John Ray leaves OSG board after righting the ship
San Francisco: John Ray, who oversaw Overseas Shipholding Group through the turbulent waters of bankruptcy, has departed the OSG board.…
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Golar and Rosneft to develop floating LNG liquefaction in South America
London: Russia’s largest gas producer Rosneft Oil Company and UK-based Golar LNG are to develop opportunities to deploy Golar’s GoFLNG facilities for…
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Pangaea Logistics Solutions signs $20m COA
New York: Pangaea Logistics Solutions, a NASDAQ-listed bulker operator with around 12 ships in its fleet, has scored a $20m…
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ExxonMobil eyes multiple oil and gas projects
San Francisco: ExxonMobil expects to start up 16 major oil and natural gas projects during the next three years, increasing…
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Chemical fire causes Port Metro Vancouver terminal evacuation
Vancouver: A four-alarm chemical fire in shipping containers at Port Metro Vancouver caused a container terminal to be evacuated on…
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Oil and gas contractor Cal Dive files for bankruptcy
Houston: Cal Dive, a marine contractor in offshore oil and gas, has filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection. The Houston-based firm…
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Port of Oakland boss says no to business as usual
Long Beach: It’s time for a sea change in how port labour relations are conducted, Port of Oakland executive director…
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Rig sparks diplomatic spat between Guyana and Venezuela
Caracas: Guyana officials warned Venezuela on Wednesday not to interfere with plans for an ExxonMobil drilling rig in disputed waters.…
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Los Angeles and Long Beach port leaders say it may take 3 months to return to normal
Los Angeles: It could take around three months for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to return to…
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Petrobras to sell off $13.7bn in assets before end of 2016
Petrobras, Brazil’s state-run energy giant, will sell off $13.7bn in assets over the next two years, it announced. Stocks reacted…
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US government to auction more Gulf of Mexico oil and gas fields
San Francisco: Even with oil prices slumping the US Government is preparing an August auction of more than 21 million…
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Final three bodies recovered from BW Offshore tragedy, bringing death toll to nine
Oslo: The final three bodies of victims of last month’s explosion on a FPSO off Brazil have been recovered, the…
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Brazil’s truck-driver strike weakens but ports still suffering
Brasília: Brazil’s truck drivers’ strike is waning but remaining roadblocks are still hurting ports, notably ones in the south and…
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Green groups sue Port of Seattle over Shell drilling fleet
Seattle: Environmental groups sued the Port of Seattle on Monday to prevent Royal Dutch Shell leasing a waterfront terminal for…
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Twice as nice for McDermott with Qatar and Saudi deals
Houston: McDermott International doubled up on Monday with the announcement of two contracts in the Middle East – one offshore…
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Kinder Morgan completes $158m deal for tank storage terminals from Vopak
Houston: Kinder Morgan, North America’s largest energy infrastructure company, has completed the purchase of three US terminals from Dutch tank…
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Delfin LNG and Höegh LNG partner on port project
Dallas: Delfin LNG has announced the signing of a joint development agreement with Höegh LNG to establish the first floating…
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Downturn forces Ensco to shut down ultra deepwater rig
Houston: Ensco, the world’s second-largest offshore driller, announced on Thursday it would shut down one of its ultra-deepwater rigs as…
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Philly Tankers signs charter contracts for newbuild product tankers
Oslo: Philly Tankers has announced that US-based subsidiary, Philly Tankers LLC, has signed two long-term time charter contracts with a domestic end-user for the…
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General Maritime and Navig8 Crude Tankers to form largest VLCC owner
Athens: General Maritime Corporation and Navig8 Crude Tankers have entered into an agreement to create Gener8 Maritime Inc, a joint…
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