Europe
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GSR Services: Location blights many ship recyclers
Suedergellersen: Too often the reputation of decent ship recyclers are tarred simply by their geographic location, argues one of the…
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First subsea contract for Rosetti Marino
Italian shipbuilding company Rosetti Marino has been awarded an important contract with subsea specialist OneSubsea UK, a Cameron & Schlumberger joint venture company. The…
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Bunker barge holed following collision off Peterhead
A bunker vessel has been towed to Peterhead after colliding with a general cargo ship in Scottish waters late yesterday…
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Green light for largest UK gas field development in a decade
The development of the largest new field discovered in the UK North Sea for a decade has been approved by…
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Eni makes huge Egypt gas find
Italian oil and gas giant Eni has made a “world class supergiant” gas discovery off Egypt at its Zohr Prospect,…
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Statoil extends Olympic PSV charter
Norway’s Olympic Shipping has reached an agreement with Statoil for the extension to the charter of PSV Olympic Energy. The…
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Hellespont Ship Management: A long-term approach to the markets
Ever the contrarian Phrixos Papachristidis reckons it is the dry bulk and offshore shipping sectors that have the most upside…
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Fire breaks out on 13,500 teu UASC boxship
A fire broke out in early this morning on the UASC owned Alula boxship. Firefighters spent three and a half…
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Danish court convicts former Maersk Drilling rig manager of $3.5m fraud
A court in Denmark has found a Russian national guilty of defrauding Maersk Drilling out of some DKK 23m ($3.5m).…
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New CEO for Bergen Group
Norway’s Bergen Group has appointed Hans Petter Eikeland as its new group CEO, replacing Asle Solheim who resigned in July.…
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Dorian shares not an option for BW LPG
BW LPG today has said that it will not exercise its option to purchase 6 million shares in Dorian LPG,…
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World Wide Supply lays up two PSVs due to poor North Sea market
Norwegian medium size platform supply vessel operator World Wide Supply (WWS) has revealed today that it has decided to lay…
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DOF wins Canada job
Norwegian offshore specialist DOF has won its third contract this month, announcing today a new contract offshore Canada for PSV Skandi Flora.…
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Total sells North Sea gas terminal and pipelines for £585m
North Sea Midstream Partners is to pay £585m ($905m) for Total’s stake in the Shetland Island Regional Gas Export System…
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Servowatch Systems: Much confusion surrounding autonomous vessels
Heybridge: Much of the debate about autonomous ships sweeping through the industry is off base, argues the CEO of a…
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Seadrill defers drillship and jack-up rig deliveries
Seadrill has delayed the delivery of two drillships it has under construction at Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries until the end…
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Hackers steal $644,000 from a Cyprus shipping company
Hackers posing as a bunker supplier have stolen $644,000 from an unnamed shipping company based in Limassol, Cyprus. The shipping company…
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APM Terminals offloads Gioia Tauro container hub and bets on Savona Vado
Exactly 15 years after landing in Southern Italy’s main container hub, APM Terminals has now decided to sell its 33%…
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Prosafe wins Shell North Sea charter
Oslo-listed Prosafe has won a new contract from Shell UK for the Regalia semi-submersible accommodation vessel. The short duration contract…
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Svitzer orders six tugs at Sanmar
Maersk Group towage and salvage arm Svitzer has signed contracts with Sanmar Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of six 70…
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