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Rosetti Marino awarded $316m contract by Saipem
Italy’s Rosetti Marino has secured a contract worth over €300m from compatriot energy services player Saipem for an offshore project…
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Offshore
Saipem bags $1bn offshore contract in Libya
Italy’s Saipem has won a contract worth around $1bn for the development of the shallow-water Bouri natural gas field offshore…
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Tankers
Force majeure declared at Libya’s Hariga port
Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) declared force majeure on Monday on exports from the port of Hariga and said it…
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Environment
Israel identifies tanker it believes caused huge spill
Israel says it has identified the tanker it believes is responsible for the huge oil spill that has washed up…
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Tankers
GNMTC bags FSL LR2 resales
Brokers note that Libya-based tanker specialist, General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC), is behind the acquisition of First Ship Lease…
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Tankers
Suezmaxes calling at Libya again
Three Libyan oil terminals at Hariga, Brega, and Zueitina have resumed operations after some eight months of blockades by allies…
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Middle East
Shell attack on Tripoli port
The port of Tripoli in Libya was attacked by artillery shelling yesterday. Preliminary reporting from maritime security specialists Dryad Global…
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Middle East
Libya’s main oil export terminals closed
Tanker brokers are reporting that oil exports from Libya have come to near complete standstill. Late last week forces loyal…
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Europe
Maltese armed forces intercept hijacked bunker tanker
Maltese special armed forces have intercepted the bunker tanker , which was hijacked by a group of migrants off Libya,…
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Europe
Hijacked bunker tanker headed for Malta
Bunker tanker has been hijacked by a group of migrants off Libya and is headed for Malta, local newspaper MaltaToday…
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Middle East
Libya makes plans to welcome back VLCCs
Libya is gearing up to welcome fully laden VLCCs again after a five-year hiatus. Brokers Gibson report the war-torn North…
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Middle East
Libya declares force majeure at two key oil export ports
Libya declared force majeure at Ras Lanuf and Es Sidr over the weekend after fighting in and around both key…
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Middle East
‘Extreme caution’ still needed when calling at Libya
The Libyan port of Benghazi reopened yesterday after a three-year closure as civil war has battered the North African nation.…
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Middle East
Greek tanker arrested in Libya
Libyan naval forces yesterday arrested a Liberian-flagged product tanker on suspicion of smuggling oil off the Abu Kammash area west…
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Middle East
Two tankers caught in Libya smuggling oil
Libyan naval forces captured two ships on Friday suspected of smuggling oil after gun battles lasting several hours west of…
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Operations
Seafarer detained in Libya dies of a heart attack
An Azerbaijani seafarer has died of a heart attack while being held in detention in Libya. The man was working…
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Europe
Turkish tanker seized by militants in Libya
A Turkish product tanker has been seized by an armed group in Libya, with 11 crew members onboard held captive.…
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Middle East
Korean car carrier released by Libyan militants
The , a car carrier controlled by South Korea’s Eukor, has been released by Libyan militants and is now sailing…
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Middle East
Eukor car carrier nabbed by Libyan militants
Images carried on Libyan media and above show the moment the Eukor car carrier was seized by militants off Ras…
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Middle East
Third oil terminal seized by forces in Libya
The army of Libya’s eastern parliament has seized three major oil terminals in the divided country’s so-called ‘oil crescent’ region.…
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