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Monday, July 6, 2020
Cruise CEOs Insist Ships Are Safe, Prepare New Health Protocols
Cruise Ships

Cruise CEOs Insist Ships Are Safe, Prepare New Health Protocols

By Jonathan Levin and Christopher Palmeri (Bloomberg) –Two of the world’s largest cruise operators insist their ships are no more vulnerable to the

July 6, 2020
Total Views: 70

Rival Cruise Lines Create Panel to Advise for the Covid-19 Era
Cruise Ships

Rival Cruise Lines Create Panel to Advise for the Covid-19 Era

By Christopher Palmeri and Jonathan Levin (Bloomberg) –Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., two long-time rivals in the

July 6, 2020
Total Views: 20

Saturday, July 4, 2020
container ship terminal
Maritime News

Wild Swings in Freight Rates the New Normal Amid Uneven Recovery

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) –Sharp swings in container freight rates are likely to continue this quarter as shipping companies struggle to gauge demand amid

July 4, 2020
Total Views: 55

Friday, July 3, 2020
Total Sends Oil Rig to South Africa for Rare Frontier Drilling
Maritime News

Total Sends Oil Rig to South Africa for Rare Frontier Drilling

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) –Total SA has deployed a rig to South Africa to look for more oil near a massive discovery, in a rare example of

July 3, 2020
Total Views: 326

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
bulk ship
Maritime News

Dry Bulk Shipping is Shrugging Off COVID-19. For Now

By Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –The cost of moving commodities like coal and iron ore across the world’s oceans is surging as China lifts cargo

July 1, 2020
Total Views: 66

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
vlcc tanker
Maritime News

Saudi Arabia Makes Good on OPEC+ Oil Cuts

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia seems to have made good on its promise to cut oil production by a record amount in June. Observed Saudi crude exports for this

June 30, 2020
Total Views: 20

Norway’s $2.6 Billion Carbon Capture Bet Could Help Save the Planet
Maritime News

Norway’s $2.6 Billion Carbon Capture Bet Could Help Save the Planet

By Akshat Rathi (Bloomberg) — Plentiful reserves of fossil fuels and rich seams of valuable minerals are no guarantee of national health, wealth or

June 30, 2020
Total Views: 197

samsung heavy industries
Maritime News

Samsung Heavy, Bloom Energy Partner to Develop Zero-Emissions Cargo Vessels

By Dimitra Kessenides and Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) –Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and Bloom Energy have announced an agreement to develop cleaner power

June 30, 2020
Total Views: 49

Monday, June 29, 2020
container ship
Maritime News

Despite Trump’s Calls to Decouple, U.S. Companies Ship More From China Faster

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Just as the U.S. president urges American companies to ditch China, many of them can’t get more of China fast enough.

June 29, 2020
Total Views: 65

lng carrier
Maritime News

U.S. Shale Pioneer Chesapeake Energy Files for Bankruptcy

By David Wethe, Dawn McCarty and Olivia Rockeman (Bloomberg) –Chesapeake Energy Corp., the archetype for America’s extraordinary shale-gas fortunes,

June 29, 2020
Total Views: 40

Oil Tanker Bridge
Maritime News

Oil Tanker Market May Take Trump’s Sanctions In Stride This Time

By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration’s plan to add as many as 50 oil tankers to an already long list of sanctioned vessels would be

June 29, 2020
Total Views: 66

Thursday, June 25, 2020
Norway’s Full-Scale Carbon Capture Project Could Become Financial Disaster, Report Warns
Offshore

Norway’s Full-Scale Carbon Capture Project Could Become Financial Disaster, Report Warns

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) –Norway’s plan for a full-scale carbon capture and storage project could end up a financial disaster, according to a new

June 25, 2020
Total Views: 68

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
China’s Virus-Safety Demand Is Latest Hurdle to Trade Deal
Maritime News

China’s Virus-Safety Demand Is Latest Hurdle to Trade Deal

By Isis Almeida, Michael Hirtzer, Tatiana Freitas and Mike Dorning (Bloomberg) –The U.S.-China trade deal has just suffered a new setback. China wants

June 24, 2020
Total Views: 33

offshore wind turbine
Offshore

Japan Launches Auction for Floating Offshore Wind Farm

By Aya Takada (Bloomberg) –Japan officially launched its effort to seek participants in the nation’s first auction for a floating offshore wind farm.

June 24, 2020
Total Views: 68

Thursday, June 18, 2020
maersk ship
Maritime News

Maersk Says Demand Developing Better Than Expected

By Frances Schwartzkopff and Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) –A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S said the development in the second quarter has been better than the

June 18, 2020
Total Views: 17

Wednesday, June 17, 2020
crude oil tankers
Maritime News

Union Backs Seafarers’ Right to Stop Work Despite Risk to Global Trade

The International Transport Workers’ Federation said it will now support ship crews’ rights to stop working, even if that comes at the cost of disrupting

June 17, 2020
Total Views: 59

Tuesday, June 16, 2020
offshore platforms
Offshore

U.K. Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Pledges to Cut Emissions in Half Over Next Decade

By Amanda Jordan and Laura Hurst (Bloomberg) –The U.K. offshore oil and gas industry pledged to cut emissions from its operations by half in the next

June 16, 2020
Total Views: 24

As Ports Slowly Open, Ships Look to Replace Exhausted Seafarers
Maritime News

As Ports Slowly Open, Ships Look to Replace Exhausted Seafarers

(Bloomberg) — Ravi Nagar hasn’t seen his wife and 3-year-old son in eight months. That’s because he was stuck on a tanker shuttling between the

June 16, 2020
Total Views: 49

Monday, June 15, 2020
A support vessel is seen next to a wind turbine at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain
Offshore

Orsted CEO to Resign After Leading Company in Renewables Transition

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) –The chief executive officer of Orsted A/S will step down by the end of next January, after transforming the former

June 15, 2020
Total Views: 67

shipping containers
Maritime News

EU Challenges China’s Trade Expansion With Landmark Tariff

By Jonathan Stearns (Bloomberg) –The European Union fired a warning shot at China over its global trade ambitions with an unprecedented tariff decision

June 15, 2020
Total Views: 69
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