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Keppel Reports 2,800 Layoffs, Profitable Q1

By The Maritime Executive

April 19, 2016

Keppel Corporation announced its first quarter results on Monday, including an update on operation at its Keppel FELS offshore shipbuilding division. Keppel has cut its shipbuilding workforce by 2,800...

Measuring the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

By The Maritime Executive

April 19, 2016

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010, and the Deepwater Horizon sank in about 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) of water on April 22. The sinking of the platform caused crude oil to gush ou...

A Tale of Survival After Whale Hits Catamaran

By The Maritime Executive

April 17, 2016

In October last year, two sailors adrift off the South African coast were rescued after their catamaran capsized after a collision with a whale. French container ship CMA CGM Rossini rescued the me...

Scrubbers: A Waiting Game

By Tim Sheahan

April 17, 2016

To scrub or not to scrub? That is the question. By Tim Sheahan When it comes to investment decisions by shipowners, most of whom are averse to any kind of investment in the first place, few area...

New Testbed Setup for Coatings

By The Maritime Executive

April 16, 2016

The Technical University of Denmark is developing new test methods for assessing the antifouling performance of maritime coatings. According to PhD student Asger Lindholdt of the university’s chemi...

Guatemala's Ex-President in Port Deal Bribe Scandal

April 16, 2016

Jailed former Guatemalan President Otto Perez was accused on Friday of negotiating and receiving part of a $25 million bribe in exchange for granting a port concession to a Spanish company, the attorn...

U.S. Natural Gas Supply Hits Record, Fueling Exports

By The Maritime Executive

April 15, 2016

American natural gas production hit a new record high in 2015 at nearly 80 billion cubic feet per day, including natural gas liquids – up five percent from 2014 – on the back of strong increases in sh...

Detained North Korean Ship to be Scrapped

By The Maritime Executive

April 15, 2016

Mexican authorities have moved to confiscate the blacklisted North Korean vessel Mu Du Bong, which has been detained in the port of Tuxpan since the summer of 2014. The Mexican Ministry of Communic...

Bureau Veritas Approves WindFloat Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation

By The Maritime Executive

April 15, 2016

Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has issued Approval in Principle for the WindFloat Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) foundation. WindFloat is designed by Principle Powe...

ExxonMobil Exports First Offshore Gulf of Mexico Crude

April 14, 2016

Exxon Mobil is shipping a cargo of crude produced from its deepwater Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico to its refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands, marking the first export of offshore oil to leave a U....

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