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Indian government awarded 10 port projects worth $1.47bn in 2014-15
New Delhi: The Indian government awarded 10 port projects worth INR93.76bn ($1.47bn) under the public private partnership (PPP) model during…
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Drilling resumes at Isobel Deep well offshore Falkland Islands
San Francisco: Drilling resumed at the Isobel Deep well offshore Falklands as problems with a blowout preventer (BOP) were fixed…
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MarineTraffic: The case for open data
London: “Open data and transparency can eventually contribute positively to the overall competitiveness of the industry, improving efficiency considerably in…
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Simon Møkster Shipping lays off 70 and lays up two supply vessels
Athens: Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping is to lay off 70 employees and lay up two of its vessels, while flagging…
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Atlantica’s tender drilling rig contract terminated by Total Congo
Oslo: Houston-headquarted Atlantica Tender Drilling has said that Total Congo has terminated a contract for its tender drilling rig BassDrill…
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Golar raises $150m in new bond issue
Athens: Golar LNG has issued $150m in new senior unsecured bonds in the Norwegian market, which will be applied for…
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Siem Offshore sells platform supply vessel and delays four newbuildings
Athens: Siem Offshore has delayed delivery of four of the nine platform support vessel (PSV) newbuildings it has under construction in…
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Subsea 7 cuts costs and staff, reshuffles organisation
Athens: The dire state of offshore shipping markets has forced Oslo-listed operator Subsea 7 to cut the size of its…
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Confiànce Employment Services: Why cutting crew costs is an expensive false economy
St Peter Port: Shipping needs to think more long term when it comes to crewing, says Neil Carrington, chief executive…
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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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Bunker tanks breached of ship on Argentina’s Parana River
Buenos Aires: Argentina’s Parana river has been the scene of a number of shipping accidents in the past few days.…
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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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K Line fixes Imabari newbuild for Mitsui’s Cameron LNG project
Tokyo: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha’s (K Line) will fix an LNG carrier on charter to Mitsui & Co for 25 years.…
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Larsen & Toubro signs LNG shipbuilding pact with Hyundai Heavy Industries
Mumbai: Engineering and shipping major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has signed a crucial technology transfer agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai…
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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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GAIL looks to buy Dabhol LNG terminal
Mumbai: State-owned GAIL India Ltd has put in a bid of INR24bn ($375m) to buy the 5m tonnes per annum…
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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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Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigates MOL Precision’s imprecise Vancouver docking
Vancouver: The unfortunately named MOL Precision is in the news again for its less than precise operations. The 2002-built, 6,350…
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