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Teekay Offshore Partners plans equity placements worth $200m
Teekay Offshore Partners (TOO) is to issue two private placements of its equity securities, worth a combined $200m, to fund…
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‘Spectre of anticompetitive behaviour’: FMC weighs in on impending SOLAS container rules
The vexing issue of SOLAS container weighing rules, which are set to come into existence on July 1, has just…
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Future of offshore drilling in the US Arctic in the balance
The future of offshore oil and gas drilling in the US Arctic is in the balance as the Obama administration…
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Hercules Offshore lays off 60 workers
Houston-based offshore oil driller Hercules Offshore has started laying off workers, with 60 jobs cut in its home city. The…
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NewLead secures time charter contract
NewLead Holdings has announced that it has entered into a new time charter contract with a European manufacturer of bitumen…
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Roger Blough heads to Wisconsin shipyard for repairs
The Canadian-owned Great Lakes freighter Roger Blough, which grounded in US waters of Lake Superior on May 27, has been…
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Noble Group moves closer to US energy business sale
Hong Kong-headquartered commodity giant Noble Group has moved a step closer to disposing of its US electricity business, Noble Americas…
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Port of NY and NJ plan upgrade to handle 14,000 teu containerships
The Port of New York and New Jersey will be ready to accommodate 14,000 teu vessels before the end of…
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Amendment to exempt Puerto Rico from Jones Act rejected
The US House of Representatives Rules Committee has rejected a proposed bill amendment that would have exempted Puerto Rico from…
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Call to halt seismic testing in the Atlantic
A large group of US Congressmen has signed a letter to US President Barack Obama urging a cessation to the…
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Miscommunication and pilot failure likeliest causes of Houston Ship Channel collision
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that the most likely cause of a ship collision last year…
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Major shareholder challenges Hercules Offshore bankruptcy
Centerbridge Partners, which holds over 2.5 million shares in Hercules Offshore, have challenged the drilling company’s decision to file for…
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AMP slams bill amendment to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act
A politician’s proposal to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act has come under heavy fire from the US marine…
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Former executive at Chile’s CSAV indicted for price rigging at US ports
A former executive at Chile’s Compania Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV) on Tuesday was indicted by a US grand jury in Maryland…
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Ardmore Shipping acquires six MR tankers
Ardmore Shipping Corporation has announced that it has reached agreement to acquire six MR product/chemical tankers for an aggregate purchase…
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Analysts cast doubt on Shell Gulf of Mexico projects
Anglo Dutch oil giant Shell could be about to drop one or both of two planned North American investment projects…
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Ridgebury looking at ‘older’ tonnage
Ridgebury Tankers is still looking at acquiring secondhand tonnage, CEO Robert Burke told the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum, held at Posidonia…
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Port of Oakland to extend night-time operations
The Port of Oakland announced on Monday that its International Container Terminal will continue with night-time operations from Mondays to…
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El Faro VDR recovery mission will set off in July
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Monday that a mission to recover the voyage data recorder (VDR)…
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Hercules Offshore files for bankruptcy
Hercules Offshore has filed for Chapter 11 overnight, having received support from lenders for its new restructuring plan which will…
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