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Streeter steps down at GulfMark Offshore

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) yesterday announced managerial retirements and promotions. Mr. David Butters, Chairman of the Board of GulfMark Offshore, announced that Bruce Streeter has elected to retire

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Carnival Triumph towed to BAE Ship Repair

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Carnival Triumph finally docked in Mobile, AL, last night, and at 10.49 p.m. Carnival reported all passengers had been disembarked. This morning, the cruise ship was reported under

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Parker to take $15.8 million FCPA-related charge

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Houston headquartered Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD) says it has reached an agreement in principle with the Department of Justice and the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission

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AMSEC employee wins ship repair safety award

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Casey Tarnowski, an employee of Huntington Ingalls’ AMSEC LLC subsidiary, has won the annual Safety Suggestion Award contest hosted by the Virginia Ship Repair Association (VSRA). Mr. Tarnowski

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Esri looks to expand ocean industry use of GIS

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Redlands, CA, based geographic information system (GIS) specialist Esri has hired Drew Stephens to expand the market for GIS within the ocean industry. A geographic information system (GIS)

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India mandates anti-piracy CCTV

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — The BMP4 Best Management Practices for protecting vessels against piracy recommend the installation of closed circuit television (CCTV) systems. Gentay Pte Ltd, which specializes in maritime CCTV systems,

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DFDS gives final nod for RO/RO deal with P+S Werften

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Danish operator DFDS says that “all conditions have been met for the two newbuilding contracts between DFDS and the German shipyard P+S Werften GmbH, Stralsund, concerning the construction

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Federal judge accepts Transocean guilty plea

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo of the Eastern District of Louisiana, yesterday accepted Transocean Deepwater Inc.’s plea of guilty to a violation of the Clean Water Act

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STX OSV announces three OSCV orders in one day

FEBRUARY 14, 2013 — After starting the day with news that it had secured a new contract for the design and construction of an Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Solstad Offshore