Americas
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Herbjorn Hansson in for more NAT shares
Herbjorn Hansson and his son, Alexander, continue to prop up the share price of Nordic American Tankers (NAT). They have…
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Great Lakes operator in default on two loans
Great Lakes bulk freight shipping company Rand Logistics revealed on Tuesday it is in default on two loans. The disclosure…
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Noble cold stacks semi-submersible rig
US offshore driller Noble Corporation has cold stacked another semi-submersible rig amid the depression in the offshore oil and gas…
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Doorae Shipping fined again for breaking anti-pollution law off Hawaii
US authorities on Tuesday fined the South Korean owners of tanker $275,000 for breaking a pollution law off Hawaii. The…
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BOEM pressed to retain three planned leases for drilling offshore Alaska
US Senator for Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, is again pressing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to retain all three…
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NTSB set to begin first phase of examining El Faro’s VDR
The US National Transportation Board (NTSB) on Monday was set to begin examination of the voyage data recorder (VDR) from…
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Strike action under way to protest Petrobras selling off fuel distribution arm
Planned strike action by workers of Petrobras’ fuel distribution arm got under way around Brazil on Monday, according to Reuters.…
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Chinese bulk carrier being investigated after double grounding
The bulk carrier has suffered a double grounding in the Columbia River in Washington state. The 751-foot vessel originally ran…
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Sete Brasil submits its reorganization plan for recovering from bankruptcy
Sete Brasil, the oil rig chartering firm that filed for bankruptcy in April, has presented its draft reorganization plan that…
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Presidential hopeful would undo Mexico’s energy reforms
Mexico’s energy reforms could be undercut or reversed if a left-wing candidate succeeds in ousting the sitting national President Enrique…
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ILWU and PMA agree on talks to extend labour contract for West Coast ports
Longer-term labour peace at US West Coast ports could be in the offing after a majority of delegates to a…
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Engineers admit illegally discharging oily water from d’Amico tanker
Two Italian engineers on Thursday admitted to a US federal court that they dumped oily waste from a tanker into…
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MOL wins Toyota Argentina contract
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has won a contract to transport vehicles manufactured at Toyota Argentina to ports on West Coast…
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New CEO for Vantage Drilling
Vantage Drilling has appointed Egyptian national Ihab Toma as its next ceo, starting August 29. Toma’s 30-year background in oil…
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Britain’s PM asks Argentina to remove restrictions on drilling offshore the Falkland Islands
Britain’s recently appointed Prime Minister Theresa May has asked Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri if the South American country might end…
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Fire at Louisiana oil refinery successfully extinguished
A blaze that broke out on Thursday morning at an oil refinery in Convent, Louisiana, was successfully put out by…
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Knot Offshore Partners gets $15m loan extension
A new $15m revolving credit facility has been added to KNOT Offshore Partners’ original $240m senior syndicated secured loan facility,…
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Eagle Bulk Shipping completes $88m fund raiser
Eagle Bulk Shipping has announced that it has closed the private placement of its common stock with an aggregate gross…
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US Senators call for public hearing about proposed Hudson River anchorages
Two members of the US Senate have called on the US Coast Guard (USCG) to hold a public hearing on…
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CMA CGM extends charters of Global Ship Lease boxships
Two small containerships owned by Global Ship Lease (GSL) have had their charters to CMA CGM extended by up to…
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