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Shell makes big oil discovery in Gulf of Mexico

May 25th, 20180 Supermajor Shell says it has made a big oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of New Orleans. The Dover well discovery, made in a water depth of 7,500 feet...

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Harvey Gulf takes swipe at competitors as it emerges from chapter 11

May 24th, 20180 US offshore support vessel owner Harvey Gulf International Marine has received court approval for its reorganisation plans, just 77 days after filing for chapter 11 in...

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Faroe Petroleum takes Transocean semi-submersible for Brasse East field

May 24th, 20180 Faroe Petroleum and its partner Point Resources 50% have committed to drill the Brasse East exploration well, offshore Norway, and have subsequently sealed a contract...

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Havila Shipping takes PSV out of layup for new charter

May 23rd, 20180 Norway’s Havila Shipping has secured a six-month charter contract with Axxis Geo Solution for 2009-built platform supply vessel . The contract commences in June and...

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Bibby Offshore wins another North Sea contract

May 22nd, 20180 Bibby Offshore has been awarded a two-phase contract to carry out inspection repair and maintenance services at multiple North Sea assets for an unnamed oil and gas and...

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Gulf Marine Services awarded pair of charter contracts

May 22nd, 20180 Abu Dhabi-based offshore vessel operator Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has secured two charter awards in the MENA region. The awards are a 24-month contract for a...

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WorleyParsons awarded offshore tie-back contract by Neptune Energy

May 22nd, 20180 Australian offshore engineering specialist WorleyParsons has been awarded an offshore engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC)...

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Shell awards FPU construction contract to Sembcorp Marine

May 21st, 20180 Shell Offshore has awarded a contract to Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters, a unit of Singapore shipbuilding group Sembcorp Marine, to construct and integrate the...

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Awilco Drilling wins Shell decommissioning contract

May 21st, 20180 Confirming a letter of intent signed back in February, Awilco Drilling has confirmed a contract with Shell UK Limited for 1983-built semi-submersible rig . The rig...

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DeepOcean awarded Equinor life of field services contract

May 21st, 20180 Norway’s DeepOcean has been awarded a long-term contract by Equinor, formerly Statoil, for subsea life of field services. The award scope includes onshore project...

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Mexico's energy reforms being hamstrung by over-complicated regulations

May 19th, 20180 Mexico’s energy reform policy is being hampered by complicated regulatory requirements, according to Reuters which cites company bosses and government data to back up...

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Jan De Nul scores offshore wind contract in Taiwan

May 18th, 20180 Belgian marine engineering specialist Jan De Nul has signed an offshore wind contract in Taiwan for the design, procurement and installation of the wind turbine...

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Investigation launched into fluid spill at Suncor rig

May 17th, 20180 The regulatory body for the offshore oil and gas industry in Newfoundland and Labrador has started a formal probe of an incident last month when synthetic based mud...

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Petrobras set to be awarded more than a billion barrels of oil in bid to settle dispute

May 17th, 20180 Brazilian authorities are likely to grant troubled state oil firm Petrobras between a billion and two billion barrels of oil in a bid to settle a long-running dispute...

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Pacific Radiance commences court led restructuring

May 17th, 20180 Singapore offshore vessel operator Pacific Radiance has announced its intention to pursue a restructuring through the courts via a scheme of arrangement. In order to...

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Greece still tops the tonnage charts with one in five ships of the global merchant fleet
One in five merchant ships around the world are Greek, cementing the Mediterranean nation’s... May 25th, 2018 inEurope
Maersk successfully pilots first marine insurance blockchain platform
Insurwave, the world’s first marine hull insurance blockchain platform, is up and running and is... May 25th, 2018 inFinance and Insurance
Liners urged to rethink emergency bunker surcharges
Maersk Line and MSC, the world’s two largest containerlines, have introduced emergency bunker... May 25th, 2018 inContainers
Hyundai Merchant Marine exits the transatlantic trades
South Korean shipping major Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is exiting from the transatlantic... May 25th, 2018 inContainers
Are VLCCs anywhere near bottoming out?
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang warns there’s more pain in store for tanker owners. The crude... May 25th, 2018 inContributions
International Chamber of Shipping: Two more years under Esben Poulsson
“You’re either mad or a masochist,” Maritime CEO fires in with our first question to the... May 24th, 2018 inMaritime CEO

Odfjell Drilling secures Atlantic drilling contract from Equinor

Greece still tops the tonnage charts with one in five ships of the global merchant fleet

Maersk successfully pilots first marine insurance blockchain platform

Liners urged to rethink emergency bunker surcharges

Shell makes big oil discovery in Gulf of Mexico

Navy drops negligent homicide charge against former CO of USS John McCain

Euroseas gets approvals for EuroDry spin-off

Harvey Gulf takes swipe at competitors as it emerges from chapter 11

Yasa Shipping orders tanker quartet at Hyundai Mipo

Gulf Marine Services awarded pair of charter contracts

UAE commits to protecting seafarers in signing of historic memorandum with the ITF

Oasis Energy makes aframax debut

Hyundai Merchant Marine exits the transatlantic trades

OSERV: The complete cyber damage limitation service

International Chamber of Shipping: Two more years under Esben Poulsson

India relaxes cabotage laws

Doughty to step down at Wallem

Wuhan Newport Changhai orders feeder boxship pair at WUT Guangda

Court freezes more Dandong Port assets

Marine Money container panel highlight the pros of consolidation

Odfjell Drilling secures Atlantic drilling contract from Equinor