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Petrobras terminates drilling contract with Diamond Offshore
Brazil’s Petrobras has terminated its contract for Diamond Offshore’s semi-submersible drilling rig two years early and the owner says legal…
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APM Terminals to invest $70m in new berth at Port Elizabeth container terminal
APM Terminals (APMT) has announced a $70m investment in a new berth at its Port Elizabeth facility in New Jersey.…
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Genco extends equity financing deadline
Genco Shipping & Trading has given itself an extra two weeks to enter into a definitive agreement with its lenders…
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Shell sells Gulf of Mexico oil assets for $425m
Royal Dutch Shell is selling a chunk of its US Gulf of Mexico oil assets to Houston-based EnVen Energy for…
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US Gulf of Mexico oil production reduced by 22% ahead of tropical depression
Offshore oil production in the US Gulf of Mexico had been reduced by 22% as of Tuesday because of concerns…
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California passes anti-coal terminal bill
The state of California has taken another step towards blocking construction or expansion of coal export terminals by banning state…
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Rand Logistics gains breathing room with agreement from creditors
Bulk shipping company Rand Logistics, which runs services in the Great Lakes, has reached agreement with lenders to amend its…
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More rigs evacuate non-essential staff as storm nears US Gulf of Mexico
More oil companies have followed BP’s lead and evacuated non-essential personnel from rigs in the US Gulf of Mexico in…
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Storm forces BP to start evacuating staff from Gulf of Mexico rigs
BP on Friday morning became the first oil producer to start evacuating some personnel from its US Gulf of Mexico…
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Matson orders two new vessels for $511m
US container carrier Matson announced on Thursday that its subsidiary Matson Navigation has ordered two new combination container and roro…
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Federal Maritime Commission voices concern about new Ocean Alliance
The creation of the Ocean Alliance – a new container grouping involving China Lines, OOCL, Evergreen, APL and CMA CGM,…
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El Faro sank 10 minutes after captain had called to abandon ship
The US’s National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) has revealed the harrowing, scary lead up to the sinking of the…
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Air quality setback for Port of Long Beach
An independent annual study for the Port of Long Beach has found that air pollution levels worsened in 2015 compared…
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US Gulf of Mexico lease sale attracts only $18m in bids
The first online-only auction of US Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas blocks went ahead without a hitch on…
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USCG announces electronic fingerprint security for entry to high-risk ports
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has issued its new rules on seaport security, requiring electronically readable fingerprint identification for seamen…
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BOEM offices picketed ahead of online auction for Gulf of Mexico leases
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) was picketed by green protesters at its offices in New Orleans, Louisiana,…
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MC Seamax pays $80m for two-year-old 9,000 teu ship
Tonnage provider MC Seamax has snapped up a UASC boxship with a decent charter to boot. The American firm is…
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Maran gas carrier first to deliver US LNG cargo to a port in China
, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker to transit the expanded Panama Canal last month, has become the first…
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Lawyer acquitted on charge of making fraudulent Deepwater Horizon damages claims
A lawyer accused of making fraudulent damages claims relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf…
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Two VLCCs fixed to export US crude this month
August has so far seen two VLCCs fixed in the spot market to export US crude to Singapore – the…
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