Offshore driller Valaris has been awarded a contract by W&T Offshore for 2019-built jackup rig . The rig, formerly named Ralph Coffman, is set to commence the operations in the Gulf of Mexico in July 2021. Duration is around 45 days. Valaris JU-117 is currently contracted by Eni, on a standby rate...
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Federal Maritime Commission chairman Daniel Maffei has joined Port of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka on a webinar to discuss challenges facing the maritime industry. Maffei noted that the FMC has a “pretty limited set of tools” it can use to help exporters with the high prices they are...
The CMA CGM Group is breaking its own record this week for the largest vessel to ever visit the US East Coast and Canada. The set a new Canadian record with a stop at the Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia on Monday. It will break the US East Coast record when it calls at …
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Maersk Drilling has sold the 1983-built jackup rig to US-based New Fortress Energy, and has further entered into an agreement to sell the 1993-built jackup rig Maersk Gallant for $31m for the pair with anticipated closing in June 2021. New Fortress Energy will use the rigs for non-drilling purposes...
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The Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, was reopened on Friday after the Coast Guard deemed it safe for maritime traffic. The river had been closed to vessel traffic for several days last week after a significant fracture in a support beam was discovered in a bridge spanning the river. An...
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A fire in the engine room of the 4,888-TEU containership disabled the ship on Friday, leaving it adrift about 50 miles west off the coast of Monterey, California. The 14-year-old ship was travelling from Vancouver, Canada to Oakland. The vessel contacted the coast guard in San Francisco just before...
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Offshore driller Transocean has reportedly landed a nine-well plug and abandonment (P&A) contract with Hess Corporation for the 2010-built ultra-deepwater drillship in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract is expected to commence in Q4 2021 and will take around 240 days. The drillship has been warm...
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The largest ship to date has had wind propulsion kit fixed to its deck. Pan Ocean’s 325,000 dwt very large ore carrier newbuild, due to go on charter to Brazilian miner Vale, is now sporting five white, 25 m high Norsepower rotor sails across its huge deck. The rotor sails can be tilted by using …
Calls are growing in the US for federal funding to create transparent data to align supply chain movements in a bid to ensure America is not inflicted again with the container chaos that has plagued importers and exporters over the past year. Gene Seroka, the head of the Port of Los Angeles, said...
The cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline that resulted this week in gas and diesel shortages at the pump and prices at a seven-year high has seen a few non-Jones Act ships enter the country. Although the pipeline was restarted on Wednesday, it will take some days for fuel supplies to be...
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