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Americas
All clear for Shell’s Arctic drilling campaign as BSEE grants final permits
San Francisco: Shell Oil cleared the final hurdle to its Arctic oil-drilling operation when the US Bureau of Safety and…
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Americas
FMC approves Seattle and Tacoma port alliance
Seattle: The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) gave the green light on Wednesday to the proposed ports alliance between Seattle…
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Americas
Portland welcomes first boxship in three months
Portland: The Port of Portland rolled out the red carpet yesterday for a very special arrival – a containership, something…
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Containers
Alphaliner disputes Hapag-Lloyd valuations
Paris: French box analysts Alphaliner have dampened speculation regarding the possible listing of Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd. Investment banks Deutsche Bank, Goldman…
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Europe
Armoured vehicles bound for Libya seized from roro ship in Greece
Athens: Greek customs have seized 16 armoured vehicles from a roro carrier stopped at the port of Keratsini, allegedly bound for Khalid…
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Americas
Guyana oil field could be worth 12 times the national economic output
San Francisco: The find offshore Guyana that has ratcheted up tensions with that country’s neighbour Venezuela could contain oil and…
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Europe
Euronav: Tanker consolidation installs market discipline
Antwerp: Paddy Rodgers, ceo of tanker giant Euronav, reckons the consolidation seen in his sector is very good for holding…
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Americas
LR teams with Penn Oak Energy to offer LNG retrofits
London: UK classification society Lloyd’s Register has teamed with Penn Oak Energy Corp to help companies raise capital and mitigate…
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Containers
Chongqing Chuanjiang Shipping seeks new investors after owners commit suicide
Shanghai: Chongqing Chuanjiang Shipping, one of the leading container shipping companies on the Yangtze River, is looking for new investors…
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Americas
Brazil court convicts first engineering firm executives in Petrobras scandal
San Francisco: The Petrobras scandal claimed its first construction industry executives on Monday as Brazil’s courts convicted a trio from…
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Asia
Offshore gamble hurting Korean trio
It was around a decade that Korean’s big three shipbuilders – Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and…
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Asia
NOL’s potential deals – reading between the lines
NOL’s wording in its press announcement today does seem to confirm the press reports last week of a potential sale…
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Americas
BW takes Dorian LPG stake from Scorpio Tankers
New York: BW Group, via subsidiary BW Euroholdings, has purchase 6 million shares in New York listed Dorian LPG giving…
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Contributions
Suez alert: the terrorist threat to shipping
Kevin Doherty from Nexus Consulting warns authorities in Egypt are covering up a severe terrorist threat to shipping. The UN…
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Dry Cargo
Michele Bottiglieri Armatore: Traditional shipowner model called into question
Naples: Michele Bottiglieri is a seasoned shipowner based in Naples, part of a family with a long tradition in the…
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Operations
Class societies blasted for money mongering in latest Maritime CEO survey
Singapore: Classification societies have come under attack from readers taking the latest Maritime CEO survey. One of the eight questions…
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Contributions
‘Events, dear boy, events’
When I was in high school, we had a session, every Monday, called ‘Current Events’. All you had to do…
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Europe
Wärtsilä cuts 600 jobs from marine division
Helsinki: Finnish propulsion giant Wärtsilä has announced a reorganisation of its Ship Power business, renamed today to Marine Solutions, that will…
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Americas
ConocoPhillips announces spending cutbacks on its deepwater operations
San Francisco: ConocoPhillips, the world’s biggest exploration and production company, announced on Thursday still more substantial cuts to its spending…
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Asia
PMSCs linked with arms smuggling in SE Asian waters
Kuala Lumpur: Private maritime security companies transiting Malaysian waters need to be careful. A local newspaper claimed today that a…
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