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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Aerial photo of an oil tanker at anchor. Stock Photo: Nickeo23/Shutterstock
News

Falling Tanker Rates Lift U.S. Crude Exports

Falling tanker rates are improving the export outlook for US crude, and prices for light sweet barrels, in particular, are getting a

January 7, 2026
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Oil tanker on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas. REUTERS/Issac Urrutia
Featured

Chevron Sends 11 Tankers to Venezuela as U.S. Enforces Oil Blockade

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — A small fleet of ships booked by Chevron Corp. is sailing to Venezuela as the company emerges as the only exporter of

January 6, 2026
Total Views: 16916

U.S. President Donald Trump reads about tariffs on steel and aluminum, as Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
Shipping

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Could Come As Soon As Friday

The US Supreme Court scheduled Friday as an opinion day, indicating that date will be the first chance for a ruling on President Donald Trump’s global

January 6, 2026
Total Views: 644

Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
Shipping

Russia Oil Cargo Earlier Linked to Reliance Discharges Elsewhere

By Rakesh Sharma (Bloomberg) — Two tankers carrying Russian Urals crude, both of which had signaled India’s Sikka port as their destination last week,

January 6, 2026
Total Views: 457

A satellite image shows the Skipper tanker, in north of Guadeloupe
Energy

Venezuelan Oil Shunned by China as Offers Get More Expensive

Chinese buyers shunned offers for Venezuelan crude this week, as a US blockade on the South American producer constrains exports and pushes up

January 6, 2026
Total Views: 3118

Monday, January 5, 2026
Christophe de Margerie LNG carrier
Shipping

Russia Leans on Lone Ice-Class LNG Carrier to Keep Sanctioned Arctic Project Alive

Russia has used a single icebreaker ship to continue exporting liquefied natural gas from a US-sanctioned project in the Arctic through the winter,

January 5, 2026
Total Views: 1888

FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows the very large crude carrier (VLCC) Skipper, which British maritime risk management group Vanguard said was believed to have been seized on December 10, as well as another vessel, off Port Jose, Venezuela, November 18, 2025
Shipping

Venezuela Oil Ship Logjam Highlights Deeper US Blockade Pain

Venezuelan oil exports — measure by ship loadings — fell to a 17-month low in December amid a US naval blockade designed to bring the illicit oil trade to

January 5, 2026
Total Views: 1428

Sunday, January 4, 2026
A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers
Shipping

Rubio Says Oil ‘Quarantine’ Gives US Leverage Over Venezuela

By Jen Judson Jan 4, 2026, 9:06 AM (Bloomberg) –Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US would use an oil “quarantine” to get what it wants

January 4, 2026
Total Views: 829

Saturday, January 3, 2026
Chevron-chartered oil tanker Ionic Anax is seen near the Bajo Grande port in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo after loading for export
Energy

Trump Sees US Oil Producers Spending Billions In Venezuela

By Kevin Crowley, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Lucia Kassai Jan 3, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said US oil companies will spend billions of

January 3, 2026
Total Views: 1121

Aerial view of the vessel Boracay, off the coast of Saint-Nazaire
Shipping

Ships With Russian Oil Signal India’s Reliance Plant As Destination

(Bloomberg) –At least three tankers carrying Russian crude are indicating Reliance Industries Ltd.’s plant on India’s west coast as their next

January 3, 2026
Total Views: 846

US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say
Shipping

More Venezuela-Bound Oil Ships U-Turn Amid US Blockade

By Bloomberg News Jan 2, 2026 (Bloomberg) –More oil tankers are turning away from Venezuela as the US threatens to seize vessels transporting oil

January 3, 2026
Total Views: 938

Maduro Captured, Indicted After US Airstrikes on Venezuela
News

Maduro Captured, Indicted After US Airstrikes on Venezuela

President Nicolás Maduro has been charged in the US after he was captured and flown out of Venezuela, following a series of airstrikes that mark an

January 3, 2026
Total Views: 1018

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
A resident stands at an embankment near a sunflower oil spill from a port terminal that was hit by recent Russian missile and drone attacks
Defense

Russia and Ukraine Trade Strikes on Black Sea Ports

Russia and Ukraine struck each other’s Black Sea ports overnight, damaging infrastructure including an oil

December 31, 2025
Total Views: 2374

Tuesday, December 30, 2025
An LNG tanker at a port in Yantai, China
Shipping

Global 2025 LNG Exports Saw Biggest Jump in Three Years

Global exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 likely saw the biggest jump in three years, as new supply came online in North

December 30, 2025
Total Views: 601

Monday, December 29, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida
Defense

Trump Claims U.S. Hit Venezuelan Drug Dock in First Known Land Attack

President Donald Trump said the US struck a facility inside Venezuela, in what would be a significant escalation in its campaign against alleged drug

December 29, 2025
Total Views: 1936

Saturday, December 27, 2025
A missile is launched from a military vessel at an unidentified location
Defense

After Trump Strike On Terrorists, Nigeria Says Open To More

By Ruth Olurounbi and Eric Martin Dec 26, 2025 (Bloomberg) -After the US warned that more strikes may follow its surprise Christmas Day attack on suspected

December 27, 2025
Total Views: 2863

A worker transports a bag of sun-dried cocoa beans at a warehouse in Kwabeng in the Eastern Region, Ghana
Shipping

Crop Trader Sucden Shuts Cocoa Buying Center In Ivory Coast Port

By Baudelaire Mieu Dec 24, 2025 (Bloomberg) – French crop trader Sucres et Denrees SA, a major cocoa buyer, has closed its operations in Ivory Coast’s

December 27, 2025
Total Views: 1955

Friday, December 26, 2025
FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker is seen on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela's western state of Zulia
News

‘Scrapped’ Tanker Rises From the Dead: Inside Venezuela’s Expanding Zombie Fleet

A 27-year-old crude tanker that was supposedly scrapped in 2021 is due to reach Venezuela late this week, according to ship-tracking data, in the latest

December 26, 2025
Total Views: 3436

FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship full of containers is seen at the port of Oakland as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs, in Oakland, California
News

Global Trade Braces for the Hangover After Trump’s Tariff Year

The global trading system, which is finishing up one of its most transformational years of the past century, heads into another facing more challenges to

December 26, 2025
Total Views: 1212

Wednesday, December 24, 2025
LNG carrier Alexey Kosygin sea trials
Shipping

Russia Delivers First Home-Built Ice-Class Tanker for Sanctioned Arctic LNG 2

Sovcomflot PJSC, Russia’s largest shipping company, received the first domestically built ice-class tanker to expand the fleet of ships hauling super-chilled

December 24, 2025
Total Views: 3347