IHSMaritime360 weekly – news, video and insight – 14 Jan. 2015

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News insight: Falling oil prices impact OSV market

After several successive years of strong growth, owners and managers in the offshore supply vessel (OSV) segment are looking at 2015 with some trepidation. The recent oil price slide has focused…

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Analysis: Ore war in the Pilbara

With both demand and prices for iron ore falling, people are starting to ask why the big mining firms are still ramping up production, writes IHS Maritime’s Zoe Reynolds.

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Analysis: Shale boom upsizes ethane carriers

Frank Lennox-Millard reports on the development of purpose-built very large ethane carriers for IHS Maritime.

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Video: Assessing the marine usage of LNG fuel

Availability of shale gas, combined with new maritime sulphur-emission regulations, is making liquefied natural gas a potential fuel option for ship operators. IHS Maritime’s principal analyst and member of the Maritime & Trade Thought Leadership Council, Krispen Atkinson, reports.