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1. Oil Spill Fears Mount as Russia Tankers Reject Key Danish Pilots
   (Bloomberg) — Tankers hauling Russian crude through Denmark’s perilous shipping straits are increasingly rejecting the services of pilots when they do so, raising the chances of an oil spill off...
2. Transocean Secures $232 Million Contract for Deepwater Atlas in Gulf of Mexico
   Transocean (NYSE: RIG), a leading offshore drilling contractor, has announced a significant new contract for its ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Atlas in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The 365-day agreement with...
3. Trafigura to Convert More Supertankers if Oil Market Woes Linger
   (Bloomberg) — Trafigura Group could switch more of its crude-oil tankers to carry refined products if sluggish market conditions persist. About 12% of Trafigura’s fleet of very-large crude carriers (VLCCs) and 20%...
4. U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $54 Million Worth of Cocaine in Caribbean Sea
   The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diligence offloaded more than 4,125 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades on Monday. The drugs, valued at approximately $54 million, were seized during three separate...
5. UK Slaps Sanctions on 10 More Vessels From Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’
   LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Britain has slapped sanctions on 10 further ships in Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of vessels which it says use illicit practices to avoid Western restrictions on Russian...