Americas
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Ezra’s EMAS AMC wins project offshore Trinidad and Tobago
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings has announced that subsea division, EMAS AMC, has won a contract with Australia’s BHP Billiton for the…
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Canadian silver heist has Montreal police baffled
Police in Montreal have tracked down a missing container from one of the most audacious heists in Canadian history; the…
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ConocoPhillips could give backing to a UN climate change deal
ConocoPhillips on Friday became the first US oil major to suggest it could back a United Nations climate change agreement,…
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Brazil’s biggest oil workers federation postpones start of strike against Petrobras until Sunday
The biggest group of oil workers unions in Brazil has delayed its planned strike action against Petrobras by a couple of…
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Section of Mississippi River remains closed following collision
Traffic on a section of the Mississippi River remained backed up at noon on Friday as US Coast Guard (USCG)…
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USCG airlifts stricken French seafarer from ship off Oregon
A crewman who suffered an apparent heart attack on board a cable-laying ship offshore Oregon was medevaced to safety by…
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Green group settles with Taylor Energy over ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil leak
Green group the Waterkeeper Alliance on Thursday settled its legal action against oil rig owner Taylor Energy over an 11-year-old…
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Section of the Mississippi closed following collision
The US Coast Guard was forced to close part of the Mississippi River south of Paducah, Kentucky after two tow…
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Seattle and Tacoma ports losing volume to Canadian rivals
Barely a month after Seattle and Tacoma formed the Northwest Seaport Alliance a commissioned study says the two Washington State…
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USCG helicopter lifts suspected heart-attack sufferer off tug on Lake Michigan
A tugboat crewman suspected of suffering a heart attack was successfully hoisted to safety by US Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter…
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Port of Oakland’s ‘Oakpass’ plan on hold
A plan by Port of Oakland’s terminal operators to work containers on Saturdays and charge fees to weekday clients has…
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Crew on Turkish ship have not been paid or returned home in two years
Three crew members remaining onboard a Turkish-owned general cargo vessel stuck in Brazil have not been paid in two years,…
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Oil workers union announces strike against Petrobras starting on Friday
Union workers have declared strike action at Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras to protest cost-cutting and asset-selling by the scandal-plagued…
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Crane barge sinks on Mississippi River
A crane barge carrying an excavator crane and a backhoe broke free of its moorings and sank on the Mississippi…
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Petrobras cancels drillship contract with Vantage Drilling, arbitration will follow
Petrobras has terminated its drillship contract with Vantage Drilling, alleging that the NYSE-listed contractor has “breached its obligations” under the…
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ConocoPhillips to slash global workforce by 10%
American energy major ConocoPhillips will slash its global workforce by around 10% with most of the cuts taking place on…
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Beefed-up labour force helps Port of Oakland clear vessel backlog
The Port of Oakland announced on Tuesday that a backlog of vessels in San Francisco Bay is clearing thanks mainly…
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President Obama wants more rapid expansion of icebreaker fleet
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday was set to call for more substantial sums to be invested in increasing the…
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Feringa and Arntzen handed share sweeteners at Team Tankers
Team Tankers International (TTI) has announced that Hans Feringa has started in his role as president and CEO of the…
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Polarcus wins new Brazil contract
Dubai seismic specialist Polarcus has won a new contract for a broadband 3D marine seismic project offshore Brazil. The non-exclusive…
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