Australia
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Operations
Set sail to Singapore, Teekay tanker told
Athens: Australia’s Fair Work Commission has ruled that industrial action taken by a crew onboard a Teekay tanker is not…
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Europe
Teekay tanker crew protests ordered to stop
Athens: Industrial action onboard a Teekay products tanker docked in Tasmania must stop, Australia’s Fair Work Commission has ordered. The 36 crew refused…
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Asia
Rio Tinto blasted for bauxite ship crew conditions
Sydney: Rio Tinto has been dragged into an embarrassing shipping scandal in Australia with news that the crew on of…
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Operations
Protesters march on senator’s office in support of Teekay tanker crew
Athens: Some 200 protesters have today marched on a local senator’s office in support of crewmembers onboard the Teekay tanker Alexander Spirit (40,100…
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Asia
Crew onboard Teekay tanker in Australia refuse to sail vessel in protest
Sydney: Australian crew onboard an oil tanker operated by Teekay Shipping are refusing to sail the vessel to Singapore from…
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Europe
Subsea 7 wins EPRS contract down under
Oslo: London-headquartered subsea operator Subsea 7 has been awarded four contracts by the operators of the Ichthys LNG Project, Chevron…
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Offshore
MMA Offshore wins Chevron contract in Australia
Athens: Chevron Australia has contracted MMA Offshore to provide supply base facilities and services over the next two years for…
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Operations
Missing VDR recordings add to mystery surrounding the ‘death ship’
Sydney: Missing VDR recordings have added to the mystery surrounding the ‘death ship’ as the Japanese controlled Sage Sagittarius has…
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Asia
MEO Australia teams up with Malaysian shipyard
Melbourne: MEO Australia and Malaysian based Brooke Dockyard & Engineering Work Corporation have signed an agreement to form a consortium…
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Operations
Hachiuma Steamship left ‘death ship’ investigations to the police
Tokyo: The managing director of Hachiuma Steamship, the firm that manages the infamous Sage Sagittarius bulk carrier dubbed the death…
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Operations
MH370 search ship damaged by huge waves
Perth: One the ships deployed to search for the missing MH370 airplane has been damaged by huge waves in the…
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Asia
Curse of the ‘death ship’ strikes again
Sydney: A Filipino seafarer was helicoptered off the Sage Sagittarius coal carrier today suffering severe abdominal pains. The ship has…
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Offshore
Cash-strapped Australian science agency looks at chartering out research vessel
Sydney: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, is looking to charter its newest flagship,…
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Asia
NYK tried to silence ‘death ship’ widow with pay-off
Sydney: The inquest in Sydney over three mysterious deaths onboard the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK)-controlled Sage Sagittarius has revealed some…
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Operations
Filipino captain of ‘death ship’ admits to gun running and punching crewmembers
Sydney: The captain of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) controlled Sage Sagittarius has come in for a severe grilling in…
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Asia
Foul play deemed likely on Japanese ‘death ship’, court told
Sydney: Foul play was most likely on a vessel dubbed “the death ship”, a court in Australia was told. The…
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Dry Cargo
Shenzhen Energy sued by Australian government over 2010 reef grounding
Sydney: A southern Chinese power company is being sued by the Australian federal government over the grounding of a bulk…
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Regulatory
ITF blasts Canberra over shipping deregulation plans
Sydney: The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has criticised moves by the Australian government to deregulate its shipping industry, saying…
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Operations
BP takes coastal tanker out of operation in Australia, crew protest
Athens: Closure of one of BP’s Australian refineries has prompted the oil major to take one of its coastal product…
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Regulatory
Australia aims to simplify cabotage laws
Athens: The Australian government has proposed coastal shipping reforms in its new Budget that it is hoped will simplify cabotage regulations in…
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