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Captain of German boxship killed at Cartagena
Myo Tun Zaw, the 50 year-old captain of 2007-built containership , has been killed at the port of Cartagena. According…
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Maersk Drilling awarded Colombian drillship work by Noble Energy
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract by Noble Energy for 2013-built drillship for a one-well campaign offshore Colombia. The…
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Coal to newcastlemax opens new era for Colombian dry bulk exports
The 207,562 dwt has set a record as the largest vessel to load coal at Puerto Bolivar, Colombia, opening a…
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Colombian officials raid Hapag-Lloyd ship, impound cocaine haul and detain ten unauthorised people on board
Colombian authorities raided a German-flagged containership shortly after it departed the port of Cartagena, arresting suspected drug smugglers and confiscating…
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Ecopetrol acquires four Gulf of Mexico blocks for joint development with Repsol
Ecopetrol, Colombia’s state oil firm, has secured four new blocks for deep-water exploration in the US Gulf of Mexico, according…
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Goldman Sachs fund buys into Colombian port operator
An investment fund administered by Goldman Sachs has paid Grupo Argos $136m to take a 50% stake in a Colombian…
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Petronas awarded share of shallow-water block in Gulf of Mexico
A week after one of its subsidiaries cancelled plans for a multibillion-dollar liquefaction plant in British Columbia, Malaysian energy giant…
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Authorities rule out terrorism in blasts at two Cartagena shipyards
Colombian authorities say they are treating explosions at two different Cartagena shipyards which left seven people dead and 23 wounded…
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Colombian shipyard explosions kill six
A series of explosions occurred at shipyards in the coastal city of Cartagena in Colombia, killing at least six people…
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Ecopetrol announces big gas find at Caribbean Well shared with Anadarko
Colombia’s state oil firm Ecopetrol has made the country’s biggest gas find in 28 years at a southern Caribbean Sea…
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Colombian authorities find cocaine haul on German container ship
Colombian authorities have discovered a haul of cocaine hydrochloride in a German-owned container ship, the South American nation’s attorney general…
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ICTSI, PSA inaugurate joint venture terminal in Colombia
International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) and PSA International have formally opened Puerto Aguadulce, a joint venture terminal in the…
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Anadarko makes gas find offshore Colombia
US oil and gas firm Anadarko Petroleum has made a discovery offshore Colombia with a gas find at the Purple…
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Odebrecht again looking to exit huge river navigability project in Colombia
Brazilian construction and engineering giant Odebrecht is trying to offload its stake in a river navigability project in Colombia, according…
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Maersk Drilling awarded $12m offshore Colombia contract by Repsol
Spanish energy giant Repsol’s Colombia division has awarded a drilling contract offshore the South American country to Maersk Drilling. The…
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Colombia’s new SPIA terminal is open to business
The first phase of a new $500m container terminal in Colombia is up and running, according to Reuters. Located in…
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General cargo ship badly damaged by fire while laid-up in Colombian port
The general cargo ship Casanova (1,450 dwt, built 1975) has gone up in flames while laid up for maintenance work in…
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Colombian river project draws interest from Carlos Slim firms
A project to increase marine cargo traffic on Colombia’s Magdalena River by making it more navigable could receive a much-needed…
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Nova Marine Carrier teams up with Navesco in the dry bulk business
Lugano-based Nova Marine Carrier and Bogotà-based Navesco have announced the launch of a new joint venture called Nova-Navesco that will…
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Colombia moves to end truckers’ strike
Colombia’s national government on Tuesday presented a multi-point plan to union leaders which it hopes will draw striking truck drivers…
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