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Friday, November 13, 2020
Oil tanker in Ningbo Zhoushan port
Maritime News

China Oil Giant Unipec Eyes New Supertankers to Shrink Fuel Glut

By Sharon Cho, Elizabeth Low and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) –China’s biggest refiner is eyeing a creative strategy to help rid Asia of a persistent diesel

November 13, 2020
Total Views: 748

bulk carrier sunset
Maritime News

China-Australia Spat Strands 400 Seafarers as Crew Change Humanitarian Crisis Looms

By Aaron Clark, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) — An estimated 400 seafarers and roughly 2 million tons of coal are stuck on ships off

November 13, 2020
Total Views: 569

Thursday, November 12, 2020
hurricane zeta october 28
Offshore

Record Hurricane Season Deals Worst Blow to Gulf Oil Production in a Decade

By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) –It’s the year of the unprecedented and the hurricane season has been no exception. A record-breaking hurricane season

November 12, 2020
Total Views: 160

Stranded Coal Ships in Crosshairs of China-Australia Spat
Maritime News

Stranded Coal Ships in Crosshairs of China-Australia Spat

By Aaron Clark, Kevin Varley and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Bloomberg) — At least 20 giant bulk carriers are anchored off the Chinese port of Jingtang and

November 12, 2020
Total Views: 537

Wednesday, November 11, 2020
U.S. Targets Insurers In Latest Round of Nord Stream 2 Sanctions
Maritime News

U.S. Targets Insurers In Latest Round of Nord Stream 2 Sanctions

By Daniel Flatley and Dina Khrennikova (Bloomberg) –The U.S. is drawing up additional sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project, the

November 11, 2020
Total Views: 211

Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Offshore Oil Platform
Offshore

Covid-Stricken Pemex Is No Longer Testing All Platform Workers

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) –Petroleos Mexicanos, which has one of the world’s highest employee death tolls from Covid-19, is no longer distributing

November 10, 2020
Total Views: 191

Tropical Storm Eta Potentially Threatens U.S. Gulf Oil Production
Maritime News

Tropical Storm Eta Potentially Threatens U.S. Gulf Oil Production

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) –Tropical Storm Eta poses a potential threat to offshore oil and natural gas production in the western Gulf of Mexico as

November 10, 2020
Total Views: 90

BP and Orsted Team Up on Green Hydrogen Project in Germany
Environment

BP and Orsted Team Up on Green Hydrogen Project in Germany

By Laura Hurst (Bloomberg) — Two of Europe’s largest energy companies, BP Plc and Orsted A/S, said they’d join to develop an industrial-scale

November 10, 2020
Total Views: 271

Carnival May Sell $1.5 Billion in Stock After Vaccine Rally
Cruise Ships

Carnival May Sell $1.5 Billion in Stock After Vaccine Rally

By Jonathan Levin (Bloomberg) –Carnival Corp. filed to sell as much as $1.5 billion in stock, joining at least one other travel-related company in taking

November 10, 2020
Total Views: 189

Monday, November 9, 2020
cargo containers
Maritime News

Container Crunch Roiling Transpacific Trade

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — The humble shipping container has a new status in the Covid-19 pandemic: hot commodity. Shortages of the ribbed steel

November 9, 2020
Total Views: 596

A wind turbine Dominion Energy’s two turbine Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project. Photo: Dominion Energy
Environment

Biden Presidency Could Reshape U.S. Energy Sector

By Gerson Freitas Jr., Amy Stillman, Michael Hirtzer and Joe Ryan (Bloomberg) –Biden’s victory could end up reshaping the U.S. energy sector in years

November 9, 2020
Total Views: 122

Friday, November 6, 2020
Shipping Livestock to China is Goal of Sudan’s $140 Million Port
Maritime News

Shipping Livestock to China is Goal of Sudan’s $140 Million Port

A Chinese-built port for shipping livestock from Sudan’s Red Sea coast will be completed by year-end, the latest African component of Beijing’s Belt and

November 6, 2020
Total Views: 942

tanker
Maritime News

Oil Pares Weekly Gain on Virus Surge and Election Uncertainty

By Andres Guerra Luz By Andres Guerra Luz (Bloomberg) –Oil pared its weekly gain as a resurgent pandemic raised the risk of further demand destruction,

November 6, 2020
Total Views: 38

Thursday, November 5, 2020
Suiso Frontier hydrogen ship
Maritime News

Germany Looking at Ammonia to Deliver Green Fuel for Industry

By Brian Parkin and Vanessa Dezem (Bloomberg) — Germany is looking at using ammonia and methanol as ways to deliver hydrogen as a clean-burning fuel for

November 5, 2020
Total Views: 367

Wednesday, November 4, 2020
ship emissions
Defense

U.S. Officially Exits Paris Agreement with Election Outcome Uncertain

By Will Wade and Jess Shankleman (Bloomberg) — The U.S. has officially become the first nation to quit the Paris climate agreement, even as the outcome

November 4, 2020
Total Views: 64

Philippines Greenlights Oil Exploration in Disputed Sea Without China
Maritime News

Philippines Greenlights Oil Exploration in Disputed Sea Without China

By Andreo Calonzo (Bloomberg) –The Philippines said oil exploration in the disputed South China Sea can proceed without China, in what could be a further

November 4, 2020
Total Views: 62

Tuesday, November 3, 2020
blue lng carrier at sea
News

Is The Netherlands The New Global Hub For LNG Trading?

by Lars Paulsson (Bloomberg) The Dutch natural gas market is reinforcing its position as one of the most important trading hubs in the world. Trade on the

November 3, 2020
Total Views: 351

OPEC Boosts Output Despite COVID Sending Oil Crashing
Maritime News

OPEC Boosts Output Despite COVID Sending Oil Crashing

By Grant Smith and Julian Lee (Bloomberg) OPEC’s effort to shore up world oil markets during the pandemic is facing a new threat — from the group’s

November 3, 2020
Total Views: 49

Monday, November 2, 2020
U.S. CDC Clears Path for Cruise Ships to Return to Service
Cruise Ships

U.S. CDC Clears Path for Cruise Ships to Return to Service

By Michael Smith and Jonathan Levin (Bloomberg) –The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it would lift a ban on cruises

November 2, 2020
Total Views: 293

Saturday, October 31, 2020
cargill-sail-ship
Environment

Cargill to Add Giant Sails to Bulkers

By Andy Hoffman (Bloomberg) — Cargill, the world’s biggest agricultural commodities trader, plans to harness wind power by fixing massive wing sails

October 31, 2020
Total Views: 493
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