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CMA CGM ditches 18,000 teu transpacific ship experiment
CMA CGM’s grand experiment, deploying ultra large container vessels on the transpacific, has come to a quick end. The French…
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Genco misses three loan payments
Genco Shipping and Trading is in trouble again. The New York-listed dry bulk firm, which exited bankruptcy two years ago,…
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Entek Energy sells its offshore interests in the US Gulf of Mexico
Australian firm Entek Energy is pulling out of its offshore interests in the US Gulf of Mexico, selling them all…
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Pangaea Logistics Solutions lower rates for client facing bankruptcy
Pangaea Logistics Solutions on Friday announced it has amended the terms of a long-term contract of affreightment (COA) with a…
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McDermott secures three contracts in the Arabian Gulf
McDermott International has announced that it has been awarded three separate projects by a major national oil company for integrated…
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US Port of Vancouver begins hunt for new CEO
The CEO of the Port of Vancouver, Washington, Todd Coleman will step down after almost exactly four years in the…
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Ridgebury named as buyer of DHT suezmax
Ridgebury Tankers has been named by brokers as the buyer of a suezmax sold by NYSE-listed DHT Holdings. The Korea-built…
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Leading roro car carriers face new class action over collusion
Some of the world’s leading car shipping firms face the prospect of more court appearances after a class action was…
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FMC to work with private sector to solve port congestion problems
In a bid to ease congestion problems at US seaports over the long term the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has…
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Baker Hughes plans to cut $500m in costs after cancellation of Halliburton merger
Even though Sunday’s cancelling of its planned merger saw it net $3.5bn in termination fees from Halliburton, Baker Hughes announced…
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BP gives up its resistance to paying Deepwater Horizon damages to seafood industry
BP on Tuesday yielded in its almost two-year-long resistance to paying damages to US Gulf Coast seafood industry stakeholders. The…
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Hercules Offshore extends forbearance putting newbuild jackup in jeopardy
Houston-based offshore drilling company Hercules Offshore has given itself some breathing space as it faces bankruptcy having defaulted on a…
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USCG announces dates for second El Faro hearing
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has set the dates and place for the second round of the Marine Board of…
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US Supreme Court denies BP shareholders class-action request over Deepwater Horizon
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied shareholders of BP a request to revive their class action against the Britain-based…
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New future of maritime firefighting to touch down in Colorado Springs
This week, the world’s biggest and fastest firefighting 747 will have its official homecoming in the US. Global SuperTanker’s Spirit…
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Halliburton and Baker Hughes call off merger
Oilfield services provider Halliburton and smaller rival Baker Hughes announced the termination of their $28bn merger deal on Sunday after…
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Chevron to lay off 1,000 more workers
Chevron is increasing its planned job cuts to 8,000 as the oil-price slump continues to hurt, according to the Houston…
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Separate mission needed to retrieve VDR from El Faro
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Wednesday it will have to set up a new mission to…
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API calls for maximum US offshore drilling
The American Petroleum Institute (API) – a national trade associate in for the oil and gas industry in the US…
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El Faro’s VDR located by search team
More than six months after the cargo ship El Faro sank off the Bahamas with the loss of all 33…
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