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Moran Towing Signs Barge Building Contract with Bollinger Shipyards

By The Maritime Executive

December 2, 2005

Bollinger Shipyards and Moran Towing Corp. signed a contract for Bollinger to build one 14,500 short ton bulk barge and one 60,000 barrel Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA'90) double-hull, ocean-going...

Big Oil Extraordinary Profits to be Taxed

By The Maritime Executive

November 23, 2005

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Finance Committee has voted to impose a $5 billion tax next year on American oil companies. The measure amounts to a one-year windfall-profits tax, a concept t...

Northrop Grumman wants FEMA Funds for Hurricane Damage

By The Maritime Executive

November 23, 2005

The U.S. Navy has asked for $2 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repair the damage from Hurricane Katrina to Northrop Grumman's three Gulf Coast shipyards. Most of the fu...

Intertanko Fleet Grows

By The Maritime Executive

November 18, 2005

Independent tanker owners' representative organization Intertanko says that its fleet has grown by 12.5% to 194 million DWT. The two biggest new owner members are "Frontline," with a...

VLCCs Earning $100,000 Per Day

By The Maritime Executive

November 9, 2005

Daily earnings for tankers carrying two million barrels of oil have reached $100,000 a day from the Persian Gulf to South Korea, the highest in nine months. The new rates are due to a shortage of s...

Rutgers Engineers Address Container Backlog in N.J. Ports

By The Maritime Executive

October 20, 2005

Empty freight containers stacking up in seaport regions present shipping firms and government agencies with challenges in managing business assets and protecting the environment. Engineers...

Gas-Only Drilling in Offshore Moratorium Areas Suggested

By The Maritime Executive

October 20, 2005

Oil and gas industry groups are criticizing a provision in House offshore drilling legislation that would allow the government to offer "natural gas-only" leases in areas that are current...

Florida Governor Wants Drilling in Eastern Gulf of Mexico

By The Maritime Executive

October 6, 2005

Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he supports federal legislation allowing drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico - including areas where he aggressively fought energy exploration just four years ago....

Hurricanes Destroy 109 Oil Platforms

By The Maritime Executive

October 6, 2005

Hurricane Rita did the most damage in the Gulf of Mexico, which produces nearly one-third of US crude oil imports, Interior Secretary Gale Norton said. Rita destroyed 63 platforms and one drilling...

Oil Fields Workers-- Texas and Louisiana under Evacuation

By The Maritime Executive

September 22, 2005

With rig workers already evacuated from the Gulf of Mexico, millions of Texans and Louisianans gridlock exit routes as Hurricane Rita barrels down on the Gulf States. Rita could threaten up to...

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