Americas
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US tugboat declined assistance from Canadian Coast Guard before sinking and spill
The US tugboat that ran aground and sank off the British Columbia coast last month, causing an estimated 100,000-litre diesel…
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BP big winner in Newfoundland offshore drilling bids
The results for oil-drilling bids offshore Canada’s Newfoundland province saw British supermajor BP emerge with acreage in four of eight…
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Stormy seas as Trump becomes president-elect
If there ever was a sound argument for increasing scrapping, the US election gave it to the shipping world with…
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Ports of LA and Long Beach to expand clean-air initiatives
The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the busiest two container ports in the US,…
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Farewell, the Gutenberg Galaxy; hello, the Zuckerberg Zoo
Today the world has seen the end of two centuries of Anglo-Saxon dominance – a hundred years of Britain, from…
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Kosmos Energy reduces stake in blocks offshore Sao Tome
Dallas-based Kosmos Energy has agreed to farm out to Portuguese firm Galp Energia, portions of its stakes in three blocks…
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Supersized crane damaged ahead of commissioning at Port of Charleston
A $27m supersized cargo crane was damaged ahead of its official commissioning ceremony at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina,…
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Paragon jackup contract cut short by ADNOC
Houston-based Paragon Offshore has been handed an early termination notice for jackup rig , currently on charter to ADNOC’s National…
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SAExploration awarded seismic work in Africa
US offshore service provoider SAExploration Holdings has been awarded a new project for seismic data acquisition services valued at around…
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Eagle Bulk snaps up newbuild ultramax
US shipowner Eagle Bulk Shipping has acquired a 2016-built 61,000dwt ultramax vessel under construction at Nantong COSCO Kawasaki Heavy Industries…
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Cadets in servitude and human rights
Barista Uno reports from Manila on how crewing CEOs are using maritime cadets as flunkeys. It tells a lot about…
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Hornbeck Offshore Services to stack majority of its OSVs
Covington, Louisiana-based offshore support vessel (OSV) operator Hornbeck Offshore Services has forecast that it would probably have to stack nearly 80%…
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Pemex JV partner bidding rules changed
Mexico’s oil industry regulator CNH (Comisio Nacional de Hidrocarburos) on Friday announced a few more changes to the bidding rules…
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Former Finance Minister must stand trial in Petrobras affair, says judge
The judge leading the Petrobras corruption probe ruled on Thursday that Brazil’s former Finance Minister Antonio Palocci should stand trial,…
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Canada affirms intention to implement tanker ban
Canada’s Transport Minister Marc Garneau has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to barring oil tankers from the waters of northern British…
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Petrobras seeks to claim up to $20bn refund on offshore blocks
Brazil’s financially struggling state oil firm Petrobras could be in line for a $20bn windfall, according to Reuters. The money…
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YPF and Statoil team up to study possible drilling sites off Argentina
Argentinian energy company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF) has signed a deal with Norwegian multinational Statoil to team up in studying…
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US West Coast dockworker contract extension talks cut short
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) postponed the scheduled second day of contract…
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Petrobras moves to limit damage from investors’ class-action case
Lawyers for troubled Brazilian oil company Petrobras on Wednesday asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to…
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TraPac expansion at Oakland given the nod
The US Board of Port Commissioners has given the OK for container terminal operator TraPac to go ahead with a…
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