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USCG announces dates for investigation into El Faro sinking
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) announced on Tuesday it has set dates for the start of public Marine Board…
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Safe Bulkers refinances another loan
Safe Bulkers has secured a new $40m term loan from Danmarks Skibskredit (Danish Ship Finance) to refinance an existing $44.9m credit…
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GRM Investments becomes major Scorpio Bulkers shareholder
GRM Investments Ltd, part of Canadian property developer Onni Group, has acquired an 8.65% stake in Scorpio Bulkers (SALT) to…
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Pemex planning more than 10,000 job layoffs
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex is planning more than 10,000 layoffs, and the jobs cull is already under way, according…
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Tote pays out to 10 familes over El Faro sinking
The families of 10 seafarers who died when the El Faro sank in a storm near the Bahamas last October…
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FMC Technologies wins $180m subsea contract from Woodside
FMC Technologies has signed an agreement with Woodside to design, manufacture and supply subsea production systems for the Greater Western…
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Petrobras to implement new wave of layoffs and contract renegotiations with suppliers
Petrobras is planning another round of layoffs and will attempt to renegotiate many more of its contracts with suppliers in…
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Tubarão port allowed to reopen
A Brazilian judge ruled yesterday that Vale can reopen Tubarão port. The port had been closed last week on environmental…
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Grounded MSC containership refloated
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada announced that the 1993-built containership had been successfully refloated after running aground in…
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AMP investigates sinking of cargo vessel off Panama Canal
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) on Monday began an investigation into the sinking of a general cargo ship that was…
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SBM Offshore settles with Brazilian court in Petrobras scandal
SBM Offshore’s CEO and another company executive have agreed an out-of-court settlement with the Brazilian public prosecutor’s office (Ministério Público…
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Thordon Bearings: Seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings here to stay
Burlington: Thordon Bearings has welcomed the recent introduction of a new classification society notation allowing extended inspection periods for propeller…
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Expanding Swire Bulk targets Atlantic trades, keen for more chartering managers
Swire Bulk is targeting the Atlantic dry bulk trades with a new office opening in Miami. The China Navigation Company…
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Workers evacuated as fire on Pemex platform is contained
Almost 100 workers were evacuated on Saturday from a platform run by Pemex after fire broke out there, according to…
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Oil spill on the Mississippi as another bridge hit by barges
The US Coast Guard (USCG) on Friday was responding to the after-effects of a towboat and bridge impact on the…
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MSC boxship hard aground on the St Lawrence river
Tugs have been dispatched by Canada’s Transportation Safety Board to Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent in Quebec – some 190 km northeast of Montreal…
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Petrobras suspends production at Albacora FPSO over oil and gas leaks
Brazil’s troubled state oil firm Petrobras, has suspended production at its P-31 FPSO offshore Rio de Janeiro because of safety…
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Stretch of Mississippi closed after Vicksburg bridge hit for fifth time
Officials have closed a stretch of the Mississippi River to towboats pushing barges under bridges after a towing vessel struck…
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Court orders closure of Tubarão port
One of the most important ports in the world for iron ore trades has been closed down. Yesterday, a Brazilian…
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Mississippi bridge struck by barges for fourth time in just over a week
A towing vessel and six barges ran into the Vicksburg Railroad Bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi, making it four such instances…
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