Australia
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Operations
Toll hit by record fine over employee death
A court in Victoria yesterday handed out a record A$1m ($742,000) fine to Toll after the Australian transport firm pleaded…
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Europe
Farstad Shipping wins new charters down under
Norway’s Farstad Shipping has won a host of new contracts for its vessels in Australia. ConocoPhillips Australia has awarded Farstad a…
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Americas
BHP Billiton earns JV rights to Mexico’s Trion field
The local unit of Australia’s BHP Billiton on Monday won the rights to team up with Mexico’s state oil firm…
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Europe
Fugro scraps subsea divestment plan
Dutch firm Fugro has canned plans to divest its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Australia’s Shelf Subsea. Fugro…
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Europe
Subsea 7 wins more Woodside work in Australia
Subsea 7 has been awarded a “sizeable” contract, valuing it between the $50-150m mark, by Woodside Energy for the Greater Western Flank Phase…
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Americas
Court halts sale of two Petrobras fields to Australian company
A Brazilian court has placed an interim injunction on the sale of two offshore fields by state oil firm Petrobras…
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Dry Cargo
Storm damage closes Queensland coal terminal for weeks
Severe weather over the weekend has knocked out the shiploaded at New Hope Corporation’s Queensland Bulk Handling coal terminal just…
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Asia
K Line contests Australian car carrier cartel claims
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has decided to fight criminal cartel charges it has been accused of in Australia.…
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Greater China
Fortescue secures $473m VLOC financing from China Development Bank
Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group has completed a $473m financing agreement with China Development Bank to fund the ongoing construction…
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Asia
Octanex awards drilling contract to UMV
Malaysia’s UMW Offshore Drilling has won a contract from Australian oil and gas exploration company Octanex for drilling services at…
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Offshore
Neptune secures contract from DOF Subsea Australia
Neptune Marine Services has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide a hyperbaric rescue vessel (HRV) to…
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Europe
Chevron extends Deep Sea Supply PSV pair
Chevron has extended the bareboat charters on Deep Sea Supply PSV pair Sea Tortuga and Sea Triumph for an additional…
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Maritime CEO
AUSMEPA: In the mix for Google funding
The Australian Marine Environment Protection Association (AUSMEPA) will find out on Tuesday whether it has won a sizeable grant from…
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Asia
Master of ‘death ship’ should be charged: ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has urged the Australian coroner investigating the series of deaths onboard the Japanese bulker…
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Environment
Oil spill sparks Queensland investigation
Authorities in Queensland are accessing vessel traffic systems to try and pinpoint which ship transiting near Fraser Island has been…
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Asia
Audio recordings from ‘Death Ship’ were deleted, court told
Audio recordings are likely to have have deleted deliberately from the voyage data recorder (VDR) onboard a ship on which three…
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Asia
Rio Tinto-chartered ship arrested for not paying crew
A bulk carrier under charter to a Rio Tinto subsidiary has been arrested in Australia after inspectors found close to…
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Americas
BP to honour Diamond Offshore rig contract despite abandoning Australian project
US offshore driller Diamond Offshore Drilling has received notification from BP that it will not terminate a contract for Diamond…
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Asia
AusGroup wins support for debt restructuring
Australian oil & gas construction, maintenance and fabrication firm has been given a boost by investors in Singapore after it…
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Environment
Australian port emissions portal wins support from Google
The Australian Marine Environment Protection Association (AUSMEPA) has won support for its new Port Emissions Portal from an unlikely source.…
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