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18,000 teu ship call a game changer for the transpacific
Transpacific trades are set for a huge change with news CMA CGM will deploy its newest megaship on a call…
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Technip to do the Odd Job in the Gulf of Mexico
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Deep Gulf Energy for the Odd Job deepwater field in the Gulf…
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Fire on LPG tanker leads to closure of Houston Ship Channel
A fire on board a Navigator Gas tanker led to the closure of a two-mile stretch of the Houston Ship Channel…
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Two officers indicted in US for illegal discharges from cargo ship
Two ship officers have been indicted by the US Department of Justice for offences relating to illegal discharge of oily…
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Congressmen ask BOEE to delay offshore testing on Atlantic coast
A group of US Congressmen from the House of Representatives have asked in writing that the federal government delay offshore…
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Byron Energy farms out Gulf of Mexico offshore prospects to Otto
Byron Energy has entered into an agreement with fellow Australia-based firm Otto Energy which will see Otto participate in Byron’s…
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Bulker catches fire while in Sturgeon Bay dock for inspection
A vessel suffered heavy internal damage after catching fire while in dock in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on Friday evening. But…
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WesPac kills off plan for oil terminal in San Francisco Bay Area
California-based WesPac Midstream has killed off its plans for a $150m oil terminal in San Francisco’s Bay Area, according to…
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Modest growth forecast for US ports
US-based ratings agency Moody’s forecasts continued, albeit modest, growth for container volume at US ports in 2016. The report by…
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Gulfport locals unhappy at planned port expansion
Community groups in Gulfport, Mississippi have spoken out about what they see as the inadequacies of a study into the…
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Technip denies FMC Technologies merger speculation
French oilfield services company Technip has issued a statement denying a Bloomberg report that it was in talks to merge…
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Democrats want green demands in funding bill if oil export ban repealed
Democrats in the US Senate on Tuesday spelled out the price they will exact from Republicans in order to support…
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Electromagnetic Geoservices to supply Gulf of Mexico data
An unnamed international oil company has signed a $1.5m data licensing agreement with Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) to use the Oslo-listed company’s…
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US shipyards salivate at prospect of building 100 LNG carriers
American shipyards could receive the biggest fillip in more than a generation if Washington insists all shale gas is moved…
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McDermott International wins offshore Trinidad contract
Houston-headquartered McDermott International announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded a substantial contract to work on an oil and…
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Sino-Global cancels acquisition of tanker, now has zero vessels
NASDAQ-listed Sino-Global Shipping America has cancelled its acquisition of a small chemical tanker in order to reevaluate its business strategy.…
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Dozens of containers fall off barge into Atlantic off Florida
A number of containers, possible as many as 25, fell overboard from a barge on the Florida coast, according to…
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US lifts trade sanctions against Myanmar ports on trial basis
US authorities on Monday announced they have eased trade restriction on ports in Myanmar, according to Reuters. The move is…
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USCG and MST in talks to release bulker as investigation continues
The US Coast Guard (USCG) said on Friday it continues to hold a German owned and operated, Liberian-flagged cargo ship…
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Marathon Oil abandons Solomon well in Gulf of Mexico
Houston, Texas-based Marathon Oil has called it quits on its Solomon deepwater well in the US Gulf of Mexico because…
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