Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Offshore

Buyers Circle Seadrill as it Plots Bankruptcy Exit

By David French (Reuters) Noble Corp and a consortium that includes Transocean Ltd and Dolphin Drilling are competing to acquire the assets of Seadrill Ltd,

July 20, 2021
Total Views: 2912

Shipping

New Jones Act Enforcement Vessel Looks to Bust Foreign-Flag Rule Breakers

Sick and tired of foreign vessels taking advantage of loopholes in the Jones Act, the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) says it is taking the

July 20, 2021
Total Views: 18845

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Accidents

MAIB Issues Investigation Report on ‘Catastrophic’ Stolt Groenland Explosion in Korea

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has issued its investigation report on the 2019 explosion and and fire on board the chemical tanker Stolt Groenland

July 20, 2021
Total Views: 7104

News

Shattered Seafarers Threaten A Global Logistics Shutdown

By Jonathan Saul and Roslan Khasawneh (Reuters) – “I’ve seen grown men cry,” says Captain Tejinder Singh, who hasn’t set foot on

July 20, 2021
Total Views: 9221

Navy

Royal Navy To Permanently Deploy Two Warships To Asia

by Tim Kelly (Reuters) Britain said on Tuesday it would permanently deploy two warships in Asian waters after its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and

July 20, 2021
Total Views: 3807

Ports

Grain Trains To Canada’s Port Of Vancouver Recover As Wildfires Rage

By Marcy Nicholson (Bloomberg) The number of grain-laden rail cars reaching Canada’s biggest port to be loaded on ships have doubled since last week,

July 20, 2021
Total Views: 1165

Monday, July 19, 2021
Cruise Ships

Carnival Cruise Line Announces More Ship Restarts

Carnival Cruise Line has announced the resumption of guest operations for three more ships in September and four in October as it continues to ramp up

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 2771

Port of Virginia Rides COVID-19 Imports Surge to Record Year in FY2021
Ports

Port of Virginia Rides COVID-19 Imports Surge to Record Year in FY2021

The Port of Virginia rode the pandemic-fueled imports surge to an all-time fiscal year record in 2021, processing more 3 million TEUs for the first time in the

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 865

Shipping

Adani to Cut Fees for LNG-Powered Ships at India’s Mundra Port

NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) – The Adani Group will offer a 50% discount on charges to liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled ships at Mundra, India’s

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 1043

Offshore

Samsung Heavy Industries Eyes Entry in Renewables Market with Floating Wind Turbine Design

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced plans to enter the renewables market with the development of a large-scale floating wind

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 2169

Shipping

Singapore Prepares to Swap Oil Hub Status for Greener Future

By Andrew Janes and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc announced late last year it would slash capacity by half at its biggest

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 1462

Shipping

International Seaways and Diamond S. Shipping Complete Tanker Mega Merger

New York-listed tanker companies International Seaways, Inc. (NYSE: INSW) and Diamond S Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSSI) have completed their merger, creating one of

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 1736

Accidents

Grounded ‘American Jazz’ Freed on Lake Barkley

The riverboat American Jazz was refloated on Friday more than a week after it grounded in Lake Barkley in Cadiz, Kentucky. The Lake Barkley Grounding Unified

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 1880

Offshore

Chevron’s Carbon Capture Struggle Shows Big Oil’s Climate Hurdle

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest project to capture and store carbon dioxide isn’t working like it should, highlighting

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 1397

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Blog

Shipping Podcast Hosts A Controversial Interview With Captain John Konrad, Founder & CEO Of gCaptain

For over half a decade Lena Gothberg’s Shipping Podcast has been the most downloaded and influential podcast in the maritime industry. Produced in

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 5347

Navy

South Korean Navy Starts Airlifting Destroyer Crew Infected With COVID

By Sangmi Cha (Reuters) South Korea’s military has recorded its biggest cluster of COVID-19 infections to date, with more than 80% of personnel aboard a

July 19, 2021
Total Views: 1587

Sunday, July 18, 2021
Cruise Ships

U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Florida’s Suspension of CDC Cruise Ship Rules

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court late Saturday in a 2-1 ruling put on hold a lower-court decision that said the

July 18, 2021
Total Views: 4156

Offshore

OPEC+ Agrees To Oil Supply Boost

By Rania El Gamal (Reuters) OPEC+ ministers agreed on Sunday to boost oil supply from August to cool prices which have climbed to 2-1/2 year highs as the

July 18, 2021
Total Views: 1327

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Navy

China Sends Two Spy Ships To US-Australia Naval Exercise

By Sybilla Gross (Bloomberg) A second Chinese spy vessel is on track to enter waters off Australia’s northeast coast, adding to Beijing’s surveillance

July 18, 2021
Total Views: 5848

Saturday, July 17, 2021
News

Iran Plans First Oil Export From Gulf of Oman Port Next Week

By Arsalan Shahla (Bloomberg) Iran plans to ship a cargo of oil from a port in the Gulf of Oman next week, its first crude export from outside the

July 17, 2021
Total Views: 2212