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Canadian shipowners to carry out BWM tests

JULY 3, 2012 — As shipowners continue to wrestle with which ballast water management systems to choose, the members of the Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) have partnered with the Great Ships Initiative

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PetroVietnam unit orders jack-up at Keppel FELS

JULY 3, 2012 — Vietnam’s PV Drilling Overseas (PVDO), a unit of PetroVietnam has placed an order at Singapore’s Keppel FELS for a KFELS B Class jack-up rig for approximately US$210 million.

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Scorpio Tankers gets into LPG sector

JULY 3, 2012 — “We are excited about our entry into LPG which we have long considered an extension of the product market,” said Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) CEO and chairman

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Tougher Australian maritime laws take effect

JULY 2, 2013 — Australia yesterday replaced century-old maritime laws with new requirements for commercial seafarers and vessels as the Navigation Act 2012 and Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) Law Act 2012

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Excel Maritime files for Chapter 11

JULY 2, 2013 — Athens headquartered bulker operator Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. has now gone ahead with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that it said it planned in a form 6K filed

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IMO to trim subcommittees

JULY 2, 2013 — IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)  and  Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) have agreed to a restructuring of IMO’s Sub-Committees that will see the number of Sub-Committees trimmed from