Australia
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Europe
Nuclear shipment bound for Australia sparks outcry
A ship described by one French MP as a “dustbin” has set off from France to Australia carrying a controversial…
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Offshore
Ocean Rig drillship chartered for work in offshore Senegal
Australia’s FAR Limited has contracted the ultra-deepwater drillship Ocean Rig Athena for exploration drilling in offshore Senegal at a reduced…
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Regulatory
‘Unilateral economic disarmament’: Australian cabotage changes attacked
Plans by the ruling Liberal Party to change cabotage laws have sparked another angry protest, this time in the House…
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Ports and Logistics
Chinese firm takes over Darwin port
The Port of Darwin in the far north of Australia has been leased for 99 years to Chinese privately held…
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Offshore
DeepOcean awarded offshore contract in Australia
Norwegian subsea specialist DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching and survey works in Australia.…
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Offshore
200 more go at Santos
More job cuts have been announced by Australian independent oil and gas producer Santos. 200 jobs will go at Santos’s…
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Dry Cargo
Fortescue looks to upgrade Port Hedland
Fortescue Metals Group has applied to build a port facility at Port Hedland to move 10m tonnes a year of…
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Offshore
Australian research ship chartered out to Chevron and BP
An A$120m ship belonging to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, which was built…
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Europe
Vard becomes a shipowner, DOF charters Vard PSV for work in Australia
Vard has become a shipowner through the foundation of a new subsidiary, Vard Shipholding Singapore, which will own a platform…
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Europe
Australia hits out at Shell’s merger with BG
Shell’s planned merger with BG has hit a speed bump. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has warned the…
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Asia
‘Death ship’ inquest finds foul play ‘unlikely’
Blood analysis conducted as part of an inquest into how two men died onboard the ‘death ship’ Sage Sagittarius has…
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Ports and Logistics
Exclusion zone at Gladstone as chemicals leak from a container
An industrial site in central Queensland was evacuated this morning as emergency crews tried to determine the cause of a…
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Operations
Insufficient stores and unpaid wages found on another ship in Australia
Food, water and wages are being denied to crew onboard a Panama-flagged bulker berthed in western Australia, and the seafarers…
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Tankers
COLL charters two new MR tankers for New Zealand coastal trade
New Zealand’s Coastal Oil Logistics Ltd (COLL) is to charter in two new MR product tankers from ASP Ship Management…
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Dry Cargo
Maritime Union of Australia lashes out at Greek ship ‘riddled with deficiencies’
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has hit out at a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier for its deplorable conditions onboard. The…
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Environment
Study looks at impact of anchors on the Australian seabed
The University of Wollongong in Australia is launching a study looking at the impact anchors and chains have on Australia’s…
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Finance and Insurance
Songa settles Australian tax dispute
Songa Offshore has settled a long-standing spat with Australian tax authorities, agreeing to pay A$1.2m ($0.8m). The case dates back…
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Offshore
Stena hit with $230,000 fine over Australian rig deaths
Stena has been fined A$330,000 ($230,000) by an Australian court over the deaths of two rig workers three years ago.…
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Regulatory
Australian plans to tinker with cabotage will decimate number of local seafarers
Plans by Australian prime minister Tony Abbott to relax cabotage laws could see the local seafaring workforce contract by more…
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Middle East
Polarcus wins new survey work in Australia
Dubai-based seismic vessel operator Polarcus has announced a new contract, from an undisclosed client, for a 3D marine seismic project…
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