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Low price of Brent crude has seen 5,500 UK North Sea redundancies in past year
Britain’s North Sea oil and gas sector has seen some 5,500 redundancies since late last year, the country’s new Oil…
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Sailors’ Society launches app
Sailors’ Society, one of the largest seafarer support charities operating internationally, has developed ‘Chapplaincy’, a smartphone app with the support…
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RBS quitting leaves huge hole in London’s shipping claims
Back in the late 1970s and the early ‘80s as CFO at Klaveness I was a very, very regular visitor…
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GC Rieber Shipping terminates Ceona vessel charter for default
Norways’s GC Rieber Shipping has terminated the contract for subsea construction support vessel Polar Onyx, on charter to Ceona, due…
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Macquarie forms London financing venture
Macquarie Specialised Investment Solutions (MSIS) has established a UK business to arrange export credit agency (ECA) financing for newbuilds. MSIS…
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Insurers braced for loss of ships due to cyber attacks
Ships could be lost thanks to cyber attacks soon, a report from Lloyd’s Joint Hull Committee (JHC) in association with…
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London International Shipping Week: A different style
London: Don’t be surprised if shipping news gravitates around the British capital next week. With more than 100 events planned…
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Shell’s acquisition of BG moves a step closer with EC blessing
The proposed merger between Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group moved a step closer today with the European Commission giving…
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VesselsValue.com: Sell VLCCs, buy capesizes and VLGCs
London: Asset players should sell VLCCs, buy capesizes and VLGCs and hold on to smaller containerships. That’s the advice of…
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Subsea 7 joins the party with $150m Culzean contract from Maersk Oil
Oslo-listed Subsea 7 has won a contract from Maersk Oil for subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline work at the Culzean…
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Green light for largest UK gas field development in a decade
The development of the largest new field discovered in the UK North Sea for a decade has been approved by…
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Servowatch Systems: Much confusion surrounding autonomous vessels
Heybridge: Much of the debate about autonomous ships sweeping through the industry is off base, argues the CEO of a…
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200 face chop as Maersk Oil slashes UK operations
Maersk Oil is looking to cut up to 200 jobs in the UK plus ditch one of its North Sea…
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‘The merged entity can’t match our ongoing investment programme’: V.Group’s take on Anglo-Eastern Univan
Clive Richardson, president and group ceo of the world’s largest shipmanager, V.Group, has both welcomed and dismissed the recent mega…
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Charles Taylor: On the acquisition trail
London: David Marock, group CEO of insurance giant Charles Taylor is today’s Maritime CEO in a wide ranging interview in…
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Ceona chairman stands down due to ill-health
UK-headquartered SURF contactor Ceona has announced that the company’s chairman, John Smith, has stepped down with immediate effect due to…
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Navigators hit with US fine for North Korean links
UK firm Navigators Insurance Company has agreed to pay a fine for its links with shipping lines from sanctions-hit North…
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Inchcape Shipping Services CEO steps down
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has announced that Captain Claus Hyldager has stepped down as the chief executive officer of the…
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Peel Ports: Value-added services vital to secure business
Liverpool: Given the extraordinary competition for ship calls ports around the world these days have to offer far more value-added…
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Subsea 7 wins EPIC Egypt contract
Oslo-listed Subsea 7 has been awarded an EPIC contract worth around $500m from BP and it’s partner DEA for work…
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