Americas
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FMC clears up confusion about its rejection of Japanese containerline merger
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued an update in its decision of last Tuesday to reject the so-called…
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Brazil to make port operator contracts longer to encourage investment
The Brazilian government is considering amending public port regulations to give operators longer contract terms, according to Reuters. It is…
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USCG investigating laser-beam strikes on vessels in Chesapeake Bay
The US Coast Guard (USCG) says it is investigating several incidents from this week of commercial vessels being targeted by…
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Environmentalists sue to block President Trump’s executive order on Arctic and Atlantic drilling
US President Donald Trump’s attempt to put vast swathes of Arctic and Atlantic waters back in play for oil and…
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Polaris restarts hunt for sunken Stellar Daisy
The search for the missing Stellar Daisy VLOC is to restart tomorrow after a number of days of inactivity due…
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Ecopetrol announces big gas find at Caribbean Well shared with Anadarko
Colombia’s state oil firm Ecopetrol has made the country’s biggest gas find in 28 years at a southern Caribbean Sea…
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Murphy Oil chief says time ripe to invest again in deep-water exploration
The head of American petroleum and natural gas explorer Murphy Oil says now is the moment to invest in deep-water…
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Paragon Offshore expects to exit Chapter 11 next month
Paragon Offshore has reached a consensual restructuring agreement between secured and unsecured lenders, establishing a litigation trust for creditors to…
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Panama Canal sees biggest vessel yet to make transit since locks expansion
The Panama Canal has received its largest vessel yet since completion of its expanded locks last June. Neopanamax container ship,…
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ILWU to put labour contract extension proposal to US west coast dockworkers
The proposed extension of the labour contract for US west coast dockworkers has taken a step towards being realized after…
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Florida passes bill that should see Deepwater Horizon settlement money paid to eight counties
The state of Florida has moved closer to dishing out hundreds of millions in financial assistance to communities hit by…
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PDVSA has resumed shipping crude oil to Cuba
Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA resumed shipping exports of light crude oil to Cuba in March, according to Reuters citing…
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Toisa whacked by the taxman for $304.55m
Just as he thought he might be through the worst of his Chapter 11 purgatory the taxman in the US…
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Diamond Offshore secures new semi-sub contracts
Drilling contractor Diamond Offshore has secured new contracts for two semi-submersible drilling rigs. The company has executed new contracts for…
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US Court prevents seized oil rigs case from moving forward against Venezuelan government
The US Supreme Court on Monday sided with the government of Venezuela when it said litigant Helmerich & Payne International…
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Mexico’s Port of Veracruz set to expand
The Port of Veracruz on Mexico’s east coast is set to add five new terminals. Luxembourg company Jan de Nul…
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Eike Batista allowed home under house arrest pending Petrobras-linked graft trial
Former multibillionaire Eike Batista, whose pending corruption trial is linked to the Petrobras bribery scandal, has been allowed to go…
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President Trump signs order to implement “America-first” offshore energy strategy
US President Donald Trump on Friday went ahead with signing his much-flagged executive order on offshore energy, which will revise…
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Matthew Cox promoted to chairman of Matson
Pacific shipping specialist Matson has appointed president and CEO Matthew Cox as its new chairman, succeeding Walter Dods who has…
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Pemex approves a second deep-water JV in the Gulf of Mexico
The board of Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex on Thursday gave its approval to a joint venture deep-water oil project…
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