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DOF Offshore lays off 20 employees in Norway and Scotland
Athens: Oslo-listed DOF Offshore has laid off 20 staff primarily from its operations at Austevoll and Bergen in Norway, plus…
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ITF releases seafarer welfare survey
London: All of a sudden shipping is inundated with surveys looking at the welfare of seafarers. The latest, just released…
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AAL and Peter Döhle join forces
Singapore: Shipping’s ongoing era of consolidation continues. Multipurpose operators AAL and Peter Döhle have today announced the launch of a…
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James Fisher & Sons continues buying spree with X-Subsea acquisition
London: James Fisher & Sons has paid £14.8m ($23.1m) for the assets and intellectual property rights of X-Subsea, a designer…
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Maersk Oil extends Havila Shipping PSV deal
Oslo: Havila Shipping has said today that Maersk Oil has declared a one year option for the PSV Havila Fortune.…
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Technip awarded Thunder Horse contract by BP
Paris: Technip has announced that is has been was awarded a lump sum project by BP for the design, engineering, fabrication,…
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Inatech: Shipping still poor when it comes to fuel management
London: Shipping still has a long way to go in terms of learning how to cuts its fuel bill, argues…
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Progress on postponed Piraeus port privatisation?
Athens: Greece is working on a new deal with its creditors that could possibly reboot its postponed privatisation of Piraeus Port…
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Maersk returns to DSME for up to eleven 20,000 teu ships
Copenhagen: Maersk Line has come in for a series of 20,000 teu ships to be built in Korea worth more…
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Anglo-Eastern buys back Bocimar shareholding
Hong Kong: Hong Kong-based Anglo-Eastern Ship Management has bought out the shareholding of its top shareholder. The shipmanagement giant, with…
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Diana and Wilhelmsen start shipmanagement joint venture
Athens: NYSE-listed Diana Shipping and Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) have founded Diana Wilhelmsen Management, a 50/50 joint venture (JV). The…
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Moscow comes to the aid of local offshore industry
Moscow: Russians using Russian-made equipment on the Russian shelf will get tax relief. A bill facilitating oil exploration is on…
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Election result means stability for UK shipping, says UK Chamber
London: The UK’s Conservative Party, led by prime minister David Cameron, are today celebrating a second term in government, which means…
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Euronav: ‘Tankers in early stages of multi-year cycle of stronger freight rates’
Antwerp: Paddy Rodgers, ceo of tanker giant Euronav, is in an understandably jovial mood when Maritime CEO comes knocking. A…
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Teekay to make 80 officers redundant
Oslo: Teekay has been in contact with local unions in Norway saying it will cut staff. Up to 80 officers…
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SBM Offshore letting go of a further 300 people
Amsterdam: Dutch platform leasing firm SBM Offshore will axe a further 300 jobs in addition to the 1,200 redundancies it…
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New CEO for Knot Offshore
Athens: John Costain has been named as the new CEO and CFO of NYSE-listed Knot Offshore Partners, effective June 1. Outgoing…
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Subsea 7 scores $300m Wintershall EPCI contract
Oslo: Subsea 7 has been awarded a pipeline and subsea construction contract by Wintershall Norge worth approximately $300m. The deal…
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Farstad Shipping lays up two PSVs, lays off 35 staff
Oslo: Norwegian offshore owner Farstad Shipping has said that it has laid up two PSVs, Far Server (4,000 dwt, built…
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Farstad Shipping sells off PSV at $2m loss
Oslo: Oslo-listed offshore specialist Farstad Shipping has announced today that subsidiary, Farstad Marine, has sold PSV Far Superior (3,796 dwt,…
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