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  • US Embargo Hampers Cuba’s Quest for Offshore Oil

    25 October 2011

    Cuba is blaming the 49-year-old U.S. economic embargo for delaying the start of oil exploration efforts in the Communist-ruled island’s terr… Source: Latin American Herald Tribune [mappress] Source:laht , October 25, 2011;

  • Repsol to Begin Drilling Offshore Cuba in November

    29 July 2011

    Spanish oil major Repsol YPF will begin drilling off the coast of Cuba in November, the company’s COO Miguel Martínez announced in a … By James Fowler (Business News Americas) [mappress] Source: Business News Americas, July 29, 2011;

  • Royal HaskoningDHV Joins Risk Reduction Team in Cuba

    31 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Royal HaskoningDHV has formed part of a risk reduction team that last week visited Havana, Cuba, to share expertise on flood and climate change protection in the wake of Hurricane Irma. “The Dutch Risk Reduction Team (DRR-Team) is an initiative created by the Dutch government and water sector to share the country’s well-respected flood prevention […]

  • Crowley’s New Ocean Wave Tugboat Completes Inaugural Project, Cuba

    1 November 2012

    The first of four Crowley Maritime Corporation ocean class tugboats, Ocean Wave, completed its inaugural project earlier this month by removing a grounded containership from the northern coast of Cuba. The job is additionally significant because it utilized many of Crowley’s unique capabilities, equipment and established relationships with Cuban entities and government to complete the […]

  • U.S. Legislators Want Repsol to Leave Cuba

    29 September 2011

    Thirty-four U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Spanish oil company Repsol to keep out of Cuban waters, saying the firm’s pending offshore… By Erika Bolstad (Miami Herald) [mappress] Source: Miami Herald, September 29, 2011;

  • US Sanctions Four More Vessels for Venezuela Ties

    25 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The sanctions include product tankers Carlota C, Sandino, Petion, and crude oil tanker Giralt.

  • Fairmount Marine’s Tug Assists Drifting Vessel off Cuba

    2 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Fairmount Marine’s powerful tug Fairmount Alpine played an important role by preventing  a shipping disaster on the coast of Cuba. The crew of the Fairmount Alpine managed to connect with the drifting cargo vessel off Cuba and managed to tow the distressed vessel into safe waters. The cargo vessel was reported drifting off Cuba with […]

  • Dredging will deepen Cuba’s ports after 30 years

    8 December 2009

    The expansion of the Panama Canal has prompted Cuba to fund the expansion and modernisation of its three main ports in collaboration with China and Venezuela… Source: Port Strategy, December 8, 2009;

  • Crowley Maritime’s Shipping Services to Cuba Reached Another Milestone

    13 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Crowley Maritime Corporation’s shipping services to Cuba reached another milestone this past weekend with the first delivery of petroleum products to the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay via articulated tug-barge (ATB) tank vessel. The cargo was loaded in San Diego, Calif., and transported to Cuba aboard Crowley’s ATB Coastal Reliance / 550-4. The fuel […]

  • U.S. Authorities Review Repsol’s Cuba Bound Rig

    10 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Personnel from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard completed a review of the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) Scarabeo 9 on Jan. 9, 2012, off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. The review followed an invitation from the vessel’s operator, Repsol. While aboard […]

  • Colombia Clears Departure of Chinese Weapons-Carrying Ship to Cuba

    22 April 2015

    A Cartagena-based court has authorized a Chinese ship that was seized for transporting 100 tonnes of arms and explosives to Cuba to set sail. The general cargo ship Da Dan Xia, has been detained at the Port of Cartagena since February, when the local port authorities found that the ship’s cargo was not grains as indicated in the vessel’s documentation but […]

  • India exploring for oil and gas offshore Cuba

    10 September 2006

    India

  • US Blacklists Six Venezuelan Tankers

    4 December 2019

    The United States has blacklisted six tankers that were shipping crude oil from Venezuela to Cuba. 

  • Scarabeo 9 Arrives in Cuban Waters

    20 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chinese-built semi-submersible rig, Scarabeo 9, has, after a long journey, arrived at its final destination, Cuba. The rig, one of the largest in the world, has been leased by the Spanish oil company Repsol, which hopes to unlock Cuba’s allegedly enormous deepwater oil reserves. Cuba estimates that its offshore fields hold approximately 20 billion barrels […]

  • NCL Sees Record Earnings Despite Cuba Sanctions

    9 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The company generated GAAP net income of USD 240.2 million in the second quarter of 2019.

  • Cuba Moves Toward Development of its Offshore Oil Resources

    10 October 2011

    The United States is suffering from high unemployment, high energy prices, stagnant economic growth, and a massive budget deficit…   [mappress] Source: canadafreepress;

  • Damex Cuba Floats Out Third Damen Stan Lander 5612

    5 April 2013

    Damex Shipbuilding & Engineering Cuba yesterday launched the third Damen Stan Lander 5612 cargo vessel, which was built under the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) trade agreement. This 600-ton multi-purpose cargo vessel, designed by Ukraine-based Marine Design Engineering Mykolayiv, will be used by the Venezuelan Navy. Constructed for coastal or port service, the vessel can […]

  • Chinese Navy’s Hospital Ship Peace Ark Visits Cuba

    28 October 2011

      Chinese Navy’s hospital ship Peace Ark arrived at the port of Havana, Cuba on Oct 21 with a 5-day friendly visit. This is the first visit of Chinese Navy’s ship to Cuba. Peace Ark left Chinese port Zhoushan on Sept 16 with the view to pay friendly visits to Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, […]

  • Russian Company Hires Semi-Submersible Rig for Drilling Offshore Cuba

    22 June 2012

    Songa Offshore, a Cyprus based drilling contractor, reports that a firm contract for the use of Songa Mercur has been agreed and signed with Zarubezhneft, a public joint stock company of Russia. The contract covers the use of the Songa Mercur for Zarubezhneft’s upcoming drilling campaign offshore Cuba. The contract will commence 1 July 2012, […]

  • Royal IHC Secures Order for the Largest Easydredge TSHD

    6 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Royal IHC (IHC) has signed a new contract for an Easydredge® 3,700 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for Tecnoimport and Empresa Constructora de Obras Marítimas in Havana, Cuba. The contract was signed in the presence of Mr Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands, and Mr Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Vice President of the Council of […]

  • Repsol to Spin Drill Bit Offshore Cuba in Early 2012

    11 November 2011

    Spanish oil major Repsol-YPF plans to begin exploratory drilling in Cuban waters of the Gulf of Mexico at the start of 2012, the firm’s …   Source: Latin American Herald Tribune [mappress] Source: Latin American Herald Tribune, November 11, 2011;

  • Global Ports Holding to Operate Havana Cruise Port

    22 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Global Ports Holding has signed a 15-year management agreement for the operation of Havana Cruise Port.

  • Guantanamo Bay Navy Divers Awarded Achievement Medals (Cuba)

    25 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Navy Divers at Naval Station (NS) Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals Jan. 23 for helping save a life. Commanding Officer Capt. J.R. Nettleton presented the awards to four Navy Divers for their role in rescue operations that took place as a civilian diver was in distress in base waters, […]

  • Mariel Port Project to Boost Investments, Cuban Leader Says

    1 February 2013

    The Mariel Port is Cuba’s most complex project that can boost investment and foreign trade, according to the Cuban leader Raul Castro. This port is expected to be the country’s main trade hub, said Castro, who toured the Mariel Port together with former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday. Regarding the port […]

  • Gazprom Neft, Petronas and Cupet Sign PSC for 4 Blocks Offshore Cuba

    1 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    On July 29, 2011 Gazprom Neft, Cubapetroleo (Cupet), the Cuban national oil company and Petronas, the Malaysian national oil company, signed a Supplementary Agreement to the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) on four blocks in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. Following the signing, Gazprom Neft becomes a […]