Tuesday, June 28, 2011

MarEx Newsletter | New Report Warns of Clashes at Sea in Asia, Maersk Orders 10 Additional Container Ships from Daewoo

 
 
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BOEMRE Director Delivers Remarks at World National Oil Companies Congress

Meets with Officials to Discuss Offshore Safety and Regulatory Issues

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich delivered remarks last week at the 5th annual World National Oil Companies Congress in London. The World National Oil Companies Congress brings together senior executives from national oil companies and government leaders from around the world to discuss global energy issues. Director Bromwich is attending this year's meeting to further the bureau’s efforts to expand bilateral and multilateral cooperation with regulatory counterparts around the globe, especially in light of the recommendations of the National Commission on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling...
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Maersk Orders 10 Additional Container Ships from Daewoo

 A.P. Moeller-Maersk of Denmark has placed an order for the construction of 10 additional Triple-E class container ships from Daewoo shipbuilding totaling $1.85 billion.

In February, Maersk ordered 10 of the Triple-E class vessels at $1.9 billion and agreed to an...

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New Report Warns of Clashes at Sea in Asia

Risks are growing that maritime incidents involving China could lead to war: this is a stark conclusion of a major new report from Australian think tank the Lowy Institute.

The report warns that risk-taking behaviour by Chinese naval and auxiliary forces, combined with...

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Cunard's Queen Mary 2 Fails Sanitation Inspections

Cunard’s QM2 has been reported as failing her recent voluntary Vessel Sanitation Programme (VSP) inspection in New York earlier this month, with an unsatisfactory grading of 84.

The QM2 has been reported as receiving a perfect score of 100 on three occasions and...

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Port of Houston Authority and Panama Canal Authority Renew Strategic Alliance

Expansion of the Panama Canal key to generating new business by promoting the  “All-Water Route” between Asia and the U.S. Gulf Coast 

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the Port of Houston Authority renewed their strategic alliance yesterday...

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U.S. Department of Energy to Release Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the U.S. and its partners in the International Energy Agency have decided to release a total of 60 million barrels of oil onto the world market over the next 30 days to offset the disruption in the oil supply caused by unrest in the...

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SBM Offshore Signs Major Order For the Turret Mooring System of Shell's Prelude FLNG

SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract and received the corresponding notice to proceed from Technip (part of the "TSC" Consortium with Samsung Heavy Industries) for the engineering, procurement, construction and integration (EPCI) of a major...

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Austal's Corrosion Management Solutiona>

Austal USA and their U.S. Navy partners have worked very closely to achieve a comprehensive corrosion management solution for the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class.

“The Navy and Austal team have a solid understanding of corrosion mitigating...

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American Maritime Partnership's Statement Regarding Administration's Decision to Prioritize Foreign Workers

The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) recently released a statement regarding the Administration's decision to prioritize foreign workes over American workers and waive the coastwise laws for transportation of petroleum from the strategic petroleum reserve....

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Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine and Great Lakes Shipyard Sign Services Agreement for New Marine Service Center

Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine Inc. has teamed up with Great Lakes Shipyard, a division of The Great Lakes Towing Company, Cleveland, OH to create a state-of-the-art marine service center to improve and grow their respective vessel repair and overhaul businesses in the Great Lakes...

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IEA Makes 60 Million Barrels of Oil Available to Market to Offset Libyan Disruption

International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka announced today that the 28 IEA member countries have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil in the coming month in response to the ongoing disruption of oil supplies from Libya. This supply disruption has been underway...

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USGS Arctic Study Evaluates Science and Knowledge Gaps for OCS Energy Development

 In response to a request from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the U.S. Geological Survey released the ‘science gap and sufficiency’ report evaluating science needed to better inform decisions regarding oil and natural gas exploration and development in the...

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Cummings Applauds Expanding Diversity at Coast Guard Academy

Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and former Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, expressed his support and approval of the continued gains in diversity made at the United...

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Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum to Present Cruise Growth Potential and Investment Opportunities for Greece, Eastern Med and Black Sea

Recognizing it’s great potential, the Greek government has pledged to further develop the country’s cruise industry and sea tourism generally. However, at the same time the government and the industry also acknowledge achieving this potential will require great...

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Award Recognizes Local Entrepreneurial Excellence

Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. is proud to announce founders Tim Beaver and John Graham have been named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Pacific Northwest Award winners. 

Global...

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Online Registration Opens for Eighth Annual Waterway Symposium and WCI Annual Meeting

Online registration is open for the Eighth Annual Waterways Symposium and WCI Annual Meeting, sponsored by Waterways Council, Inc., Informa Economics and The Waterways Journal

The Symposium will take place October...

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Market Overview from Nor-Shipping 2011 Pt. 3: The Industry Highlights for This Year

During Nor-Shipping 2011, Marlink conducted Market Overview interviews with key industry people while they answered questions about the state of the industry, key trends and developments, their predictions for the future and their opinion on the key focus areas for 2011 in the maritime... p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify; font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px;"> Read More >>

MITAGS-PMI To Hold Tankship LG TPIC Course

Tankship LG TPIC Course
July 11-22, 2011

 

Scope:

This course is intended to provide specialized...

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International Register of Shipping Focuses on Education and Training in 2011

IRS is an organization committed to promoting safety, security and environment protection, primarily in the marine industry, says Managing Director Said Nassif.

“So we are continuing to focus on education and training – both internally and externally –...

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Pole Star & Radio Holland Netherlands Extend Their Commercial Co-operation

Pole Star and Radio Holland Netherlands have signed a Distributor contract that enables Radio Holland Netherlands to offer the complete Pole Star portfolio encompassing Fleet Management, Marine Asset Tracking, SSAS Alert Advanced, Ship Security Reporting System (SSRS) and LRIT...

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