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Lower Oil Prices Start to Pinch Oklahoma State Revenues

Dec 06, 2014

The plunge in oil prices is starting to hurt Oklahoma's energy-related revenues and if the price remains low, could hit income and sales tax revenues if energy workers have less money to spend, the state's treasurer said on Friday.The…

Turkish PM Calls for Deal with Greek Cypriots Over Energy Deposits

Dec 06, 2014

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on Friday for an agreement over exploiting hydrocarbon deposits in the eastern Mediterranean, an issue that caused the breakdown of peace talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in October.Greek…

USCG Saves Vessel near Provincetown, Massachusetts

Dec 06, 2014

A Coast Guard crew from Station Point Allerton, Massachusetts, assisted a disabled clam boat 11 miles northwest of Provincetown, Massachusetts, Friday.At about 8:30 p.m., Thursday, the four-person crew aboard the 40-foot Angel Fisher…

Sen. McCain Vows Jones Act will be Repealed

Dec 06, 2014

Senator John McCain said a more than 90-year-old law that requires ships servicing coastal businesses to be built and mostly staffed by U.S. crews will be repealed sooner or later if lawmakers keep fighting the trade restriction.Oil refiners…

73rd Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack

Dec 06, 2014

Dec. 7, 1941 is a day that America will never forget. Claiming more than 2,400 American lives, 21 ships sunk or damaged, and more than 300 aircraft lost, the attack on Pearl Harbor goes down as one of the worst attacks on American soil.The Japanese attack came in two waves…

ClassNK & NAPA tie-up to Improve Ship Design

Dec 06, 2014

ClassNK and leading global maritime software company NAPA have announced a new joint project to reduce the time and cost of designing vessels in accordance with the new IACS harmonised Common Structural Rules. The new project will enhance the…

Gazprom & UniCredit Sign Agreement

Dec 05, 2014

Gazprom and UniCredit Bank signed a bilateral credit agreement worth a total of EUR 390 million in Vienna yesterday.The agreement is of great historical significance both for promoting the mutually beneficial relations between the two…

SAL Heavy Lift Handles Ichthys LNG project

Dec 05, 2014

SAL Heavy Lift GmbH, the leading Heavy Lift operator, has successfully completed a series of complex and sensitive shipments totalling more than 100,000frtts for the Ichthys LNG Project near Darwin, NT.SAL Heavy Lift was contracted by the Project’s freight forwarder SDV…

Shell to Put Teekay’s LNG Newbuilds into service

Dec 05, 2014

Subsidiaries of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. and a wholly owned company of Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced that they have entered into time-charter contracts for five newbuild LNG carriers. The vessels will operate as part of Shell's global…

Lerwick Port Strengthening Top Deck

Dec 04, 2014

The Board of Lerwick Port Authority is strengthening its senior management team in support of continuing activity and development at the busy harbour.The move follows an external organisational review, particularly looking at the staff…

Long Beach Port Helps Fund Westside “Livability” Study

Dec 04, 2014

The public is invited to attend the first community workshop to discuss the Livable West Long Beach Plan and Green Terminal Island (TI) Plan on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. at Silverado Park, 1545 W. 31st St.“The goal of both plans is to improve the quality of life in West Long Beach…

Swire Pacific Wins Sustainable Business Award

Dec 04, 2014

Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) was presented the Sustainable Business Award (SBA) for Business Responsibility and Ethics at the inaugural Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development held in Singapore on Tuesday, 25 November 2014.…

Dan Johnson is Info Systems-Tech Gr. EVP at General Dynamics

Dec 03, 2014

The board of directors of General Dynamics has elected S. Daniel Johnson to be executive vice president, Information Systems and Technology, effective January 1, 2015, to succeed David K. Heebner, who has informed the company of his intention to retire on December 31…

New Gas Pipeline To Turkey

Dec 03, 2014

Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Mehmet Konuk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corporation yesterday, signed in Ankara a Memorandum of Understanding on constructing an offshore gas pipeline across the Black Sea towards Turkey…

Norwegian Cruise Line Inks Deal with New Orleans Port

Dec 03, 2014

Officials with Norwegian Cruise Line and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans signed a new four-year berthing agreement today with three one-year options. The agreement will keep at least one Norwegian cruise ship sailing…

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