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Standard & Poor’s upgrades UK Club outlook

NOVEMBER 20, 2012 — The UK P&I Club (the UK Club), one of the oldest shipping protection and indemnity insurance mutuals, has welcomed an announcement by the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s

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OW Bunker charters tanker for GoM bunkering operation

NOVEMBER 20, 2012 — OW Bunker, one of the world’s largest suppliers and traders of marine fuels and lubricants, has chartered the 2011-built double-hulled Elisalex Schulte, which will operate offshore in the

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USCG and NTSB join Costa Concordia investigation

NOVEMBER 19, 2012 —The U.S. Coast Guard, joined by the National Transportation Safety Board, will be part of the Italian-led marine casualty investigation into the January 2012 grounding and partial sinking of

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ABS in strategic cooperation with Taiwan shipbuilder

NOVEMBER 19, 2012 — ABS has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corp. ABS will support CSBC in vessel and offshore asset construction. It says that the agreement creates

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Jurong Shipyard to build second GVA 3000E for Prosafe

NOVEMBER 19, 2012 — Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard (JSPL), and Prosafe have finalized a contract that will see Jurong build a second new generation harsh-environment accommodation semi-submersible of similar design to