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American ports fail to make the grade on efficiency
No American boxport is among the top 50 most efficient in the world, a new study reveals, in another damning…
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Seadrill seals drillship contract with Talos
Houston-based Talos Energy has signed a contract with John Fredriksen’s offshore drilling firm Seadrill for the 2014-built drillship for the…
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Port of Corpus Christi and Stabilis in LNG bunkering tie-up
The Port of Corpus Christi and Stabilis Solutions have entered into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the use of…
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Puget LNG and GAC Bunker Fuels team up on Tacoma LNG bunkering
US-based Puget LNG and GAC Bunker Fuels, a division of the Dubai-based GAC, have teamed up to supply LNG marine…
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Ocean Infinity acquires software engineering firm Abyssal
Houston-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has acquired software engineering specialists Abyssal. Abyssal’s 38 employees will transition to the Ocean…
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Valaris emerges from chapter 11
Offshore driller Valaris has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from chapter 11, with its plan approved and confirmed by…
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S&B acquires Technology Associates
Houston-based engineering firm S&B Infrastructure has acquired Technology Associates Inc. (TAI), a naval architecture and marine engineering company. The acquisition…
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Baker Hughes wins Petrobras subsea contract
Oilfield services major Baker Hughes has been awarded a subsea contract from Petrobras as part of the Marlim and Voador…
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Port of Savannah to boost capacity
After reporting a volume increase of 15% in its fiscal year to date (July 2020 to March 2021), the Georgia…
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Splash Extra: Amazon rattles forwarders on the transpacific
Not content with disrupting the high street, Amazon is displacing the traditional role of freight forwarders and others involved in…
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Diamond Offshore completes restructuring, exits chapter 11
Houston-based Diamond Offshore Drilling has emerged from chapter 11 after completing a financial restructuring. Diamond Offshore had been working on…
Read More » - Environment
Trafigura helps Braskem achieve carbon-offset naphtha shipment
Petrochemical company Braskem has collaborated with Trafigura to deliver what they believe is the first shipment of carbon-offset naphtha. Emissions…
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US to work with Denmark to lead shipping decarbonisation
Concluding the Joe Biden-led global climate summit last Friday, Jennifer Granholm, the US secretary of energy, announced plans for America…
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Ridgebury makes VLCC comeback
Brokers tell Splash that Bob Burke-led Ridgebury Tankers has reentered the VLCC segment, eager to cash in on the anticipated…
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Biden’s ambitious GHG cuts will target shipping
President Joe Biden on Thursday officially announced the new target for the US to achieve a reduction of up to…
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Nuclear power proponents heartened by Biden’s GHG targets
Nuclear power lobbyists are hopeful of big breakthroughs following president Joe Biden’s new greenhouse gas cut targets announced yesterday, combined…
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Chevron and Toyota exploring hydrogen alliance
US supermajor Chevron and Japanese carmaker Toyota have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a strategic alliance to catalyse…
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New value chain analysis from ABS clarifies the future fuels debate
American class society ABS has published a 76-page lifecycle, or value chain, analysis of the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of…
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Dutch unveil Jones Act offshore wind feeder vessel design
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann and ship design company C-Job Naval Architects have teamed up to develop an offshore wind…
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Genco buys another secondhand ultramax
New York-listed dry bulk owner Genco Shipping & Trading has acquired a 2016-built Chinese ultramax bulker, taking its ultramax fleet…
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