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Clean Seal Molded Specialties Debuts

Dec 08, 2014

Clean Seal, Inc. launched a new division, Clean Seal Molded Specialties, a division consisting of stock and custom designed molded rubber products. Clean Seal's molded rubber products are designed for a broad range of industries and products…

ICS Publishes Chemical Tanker Safety Guide

Dec 08, 2014

A fully updated edition of the definitive industry guidance on the safe operation of chemical tankers has just been published by the shipping industry’s global trade association, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).  The new edition…

Oil Prices will Produce BP Job Cuts

Dec 08, 2014

BP is to axe middle managers and could freeze projects as it grapples with the plummeting oil price, The Sunday Times reported, citing finance director Brian Gilvary.'What you'll see with this simplification plan is that headcounts are starting…

Solo Kayaker Rescued East of Coffs Harbor

Dec 08, 2014

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has coordinated the search and rescue of a solo kayaker off northern New South Wales.AMSA Search and Rescue officers were contacted by the International Emergency Response Centre in the United States about 10…

ARENA Funding Produces Record Solar Efficiency

Dec 08, 2014

ARENA today congratulated researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) for being the first in the world to convert more than 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity.The record efficiency was first achieved in outdoor tests in Sydney…

Arctic Pipeline being Built from Messoyakhinskoe

Dec 08, 2014

Messoyakhneftegaz has began building a pressurized pipeline from the Messoyakhinskoe group of deposits, located to the north of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region, to the main Arctic Circle-Purpe pipeline system.The oil pipeline with a maximum…

MHI Nuclear Engineering Training in Vietnam

Dec 08, 2014

On December 5, a ceremony was held at Electric Power University (EPU) in Hanoi, Vietnam, to mark the start of the fourth year Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) is providing instruction in nuclear engineering at this educational institution…

ASL Marine Announces Shipbuilding Contracts Cancellation

Dec 08, 2014

The Board of Directors of ASL Marine Holdings Ltd informed that its wholly-owned subsidiaries have reached a mutual agreement with customer on the rescission of shipbuilding contracts for two offshore support vessels.One of the vessels will…

Demobilization of ‘MTR‐2’ Tender Rig in Indonesia

Dec 08, 2014

Mainboard‐listed Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited a leading provider of subsea and drilling services for the offshore oil and gas industry, would like to announce that it has received early termination of contract from its international…

Surveillance Vessel Named at Vard

Dec 08, 2014

Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, stated that the surveillance vessel “Marjata” was named at Vard Langsten by the Norwegian Prime Minister, Mrs. Erna Solberg…

USCG Welcomes Cutter Hamilton to Fleet

Dec 08, 2014

Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, the first national security cutter homeported on the East Coast, entered into active service today at Union Pier Terminal in downtown Charleston. The commissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard’s largest and newest 418-foot cutter was presided by Vice Adm…

Sovcomflot Concludes $319 mi 10-year Loan

Dec 08, 2014

OAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group) signed a new USD 319 million 10 year credit facility with a consortium of leading European banks with ING acting as Agent.  The funds will be used towards financing two new ice-class LNG carriers SCF Melampus and SCF Mitre…

German CO2 Cuts Dampen Carbon Permit Demand

Dec 07, 2014

Germany's new, lower targets for CO2 emissions will further curb demand for carbon permits and undermine Europe's already dysfunctional emission trading system, the EU's new energy commissioner told a German newspaper.'The agreed additional…

U.S. Ready to Help Hungary Build Energy Independence

Dec 07, 2014

The United States is willing to help Hungary and other European countries build energy infrastructure to reduce its dependence on Russian oil and gas, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Budapest André Goodfriend has told Nepszava newspaper.'Relying on Russian sources threatens energy independence…

Russia's Gazprom receives prepayment from Ukraine for gas supplies

Dec 07, 2014

Russian natural gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had received a prepayment of $378.22 million from Ukraine for natural gas supplies, paving the way for the first shipments to Kiev since Moscow cut supplies in June.Ukraine's state energy firm…

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