Americas
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Storm forces BP to start evacuating staff from Gulf of Mexico rigs
BP on Friday morning became the first oil producer to start evacuating some personnel from its US Gulf of Mexico…
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Brazilian police recommend Petrobras-related corruption charges against former president Lula
Brazil’s former national president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife are likely to face charges relating to the…
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Petrobras offers voluntary layoff deals to over 6,000 employees
Petrobras has made a cost-saving voluntary layoffs deal with thousands of its employees, according to Reuters. Under the deal, 6,100…
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Matson orders two new vessels for $511m
US container carrier Matson announced on Thursday that its subsidiary Matson Navigation has ordered two new combination container and roro…
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26 firms qualified for Mexican deep-water oil tender
Mexico’s oil industry regulator CNH (Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos) has announced 26 firms that have qualified to take part in…
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Avance Gas fixes VLGC on timecharter
Avance Gas has fixed its VLGC (83,000 cbm, built 2015) on a four-month timecharter to an unreported charterer, according to…
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Seaspan raises $80m in public offering
Seaspan has raised gross proceeds of $80m in a public offering, which it said may be used to buy a…
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Federal Maritime Commission voices concern about new Ocean Alliance
The creation of the Ocean Alliance – a new container grouping involving China Lines, OOCL, Evergreen, APL and CMA CGM,…
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El Faro sank 10 minutes after captain had called to abandon ship
The US’s National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) has revealed the harrowing, scary lead up to the sinking of the…
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Air quality setback for Port of Long Beach
An independent annual study for the Port of Long Beach has found that air pollution levels worsened in 2015 compared…
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US Gulf of Mexico lease sale attracts only $18m in bids
The first online-only auction of US Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas blocks went ahead without a hitch on…
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Canada mulls charge on companies drilling offshore on the extended continental shelf
Canadian authorities are considering whether or not to charge multimillion-dollar fees to companies that drill hundreds of miles offshore on…
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Iran keen to participate in Nicaragua Canal project
The long dormant plan to build a canal through Nicaragua to rival the newly expanded Panama Canal could be revived.…
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USCG announces electronic fingerprint security for entry to high-risk ports
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has issued its new rules on seaport security, requiring electronically readable fingerprint identification for seamen…
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BOEM offices picketed ahead of online auction for Gulf of Mexico leases
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) was picketed by green protesters at its offices in New Orleans, Louisiana,…
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Tankers slow to comply with new Panama Canal requirements
The full benefits of the new expanded Panama Canal will not be available to all very large oil tankers as…
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Two lanes of Panama Canal locks shutting down this week for repairs
Two lanes of the Panama Canal locks are being shut this week for scheduled repairs which will last through to…
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MC Seamax pays $80m for two-year-old 9,000 teu ship
Tonnage provider MC Seamax has snapped up a UASC boxship with a decent charter to boot. The American firm is…
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Maran gas carrier first to deliver US LNG cargo to a port in China
, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker to transit the expanded Panama Canal last month, has become the first…
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Pemex cancels Seadrill contract
Mexico’s state oil and gas company Pemex has cancelled its drilling contract with Seadrill’s ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig , effective…
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