Americas
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American Club’s Joe Hughes takes the reins at NAMEPA
The co-founder and executive director of NAMEPA (North American Marine Environment Protection Association), Carleen Lyden-Kluss, has announced that effective July…
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Canadian TSB finds crew’s slow response contributed to grounding of bulker
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has found slow crew reaction was a contributing factor when a bulker ran aground in…
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Petrobras investors want judge to find oil giant liable for employees’ corrupt actions
Investors in Petrobras asked a judge in a New York court on Tuesday to rule that the corruption-plagued state oil…
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Oakland to ban coal shipments from proposed new terminal
Oakland City Council has voted down a plan to use a proposed new terminal for shipping coal from Utah to…
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Wood Group wins contract with Statoil and Sinochem in Brazil
Wood Group Mustang has won a contract to provide detailed engineering, design and procurement services to Statoil and Sinochem’s joint…
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HKND to devise bioversity plans for Nicaragua Canal project
HKND, the Hong Kong-based Chinese company behind a mooted Nicaragua Canal plan, is teaming up with an environmental NGO in…
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McDermott lands contract from Pemex for new Abkatun platform
Houston-based oil industry service provider McDermott International has landed a $454m contract from Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex to work…
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California ports given extension for emission reduction plans
California’s clean air agency has extended by three months a deadline by which diesel-powered ships need to show how they…
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SwissMarine charters Diana panamax
Geneva-based SwissMarine Services has booked Diana Shipping’s panamax Crystalia (77,525 dwt, built 2014) on an 11- to 14-month timecharter. The…
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Panama inaugurates new canal
Panama held an official inauguration ceremony with a host of dignitaries on hand for the newly expanded Panama Canal yesterday.…
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Teekay Corp’s final VLCC sold to Pantheon Tankers
Illustrative of the sharp decline in prices for secondhand VLCC tonnage seen this year, Clarkson Research reports that Teekay has…
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Captain being investigated over fatal tugboat sinking on Hudson River
Police are looking into possible impropriety by the captain of a tugboat involved in the fatal Hudson River sinking of…
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CMA CGM to make Kingston its hub for anticipated Panama Canal boom
French container giant CMA CGM is making Kingston Container Terminal in Jamaica its strategic hub for transshipment business anticipated from…
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New study strongly defends Jones Act
The influential Lexington Institute has released a study that strongly defends the Jones Act’s role in protecting US borders and…
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Petrobras’ pension fund needs massive infusion to meet its liabilities
Petrobras, Brazil’s troubled state-run oil giant, has a big hole in its workers’ pension plan with $6.8bn in unfunded liabilities,…
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Alpha Bulkers capesize fixed on timecharter at decent rate
Today saw a rare capesize period fixture on a day in which the Baltic Dry Index advance by 13 points…
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The shipping finance crisis
Paul Slater from First International Corp gives Splash readers an advanced look at what he’ll say at a speech in…
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Canada reaffirms ban on LNG tankers using Head Harbour Passage
The Canadian government will stick to the policy of its predecessor and maintain a ban on liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
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Shell cleared by Canadian regulator to resume drilling off Nova Scotia
Royal Dutch Shell can resume offshore drilling in waters off Nova Scotia after that Canadian province’s industry regulator gave the…
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Pemex closes in on another sale and leaseback deal with a US equity firm
For the second time in a week Mexico’s troubled state oil firm Pemex is close to making a significant sale…
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