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Sunday, August 29, 2021
Arrival Time of Tropical-Storm-Force Winds
Marine Weather

Hurricane Ida Gains Power Rapidly

By Brian K. Sullivan— (Bloomberg) –Hurricane Ida gained power rapidly Sunday as it crossed the Gulf of Mexico on its way to smashing into

August 29, 2021
Total Views: 827

Saturday, August 28, 2021
Coffee Splashing
Shipping

Dire Shortage Of Containers Amid Other Setbacks Are Impacting Coffee Supplies

By Mai Ngoc Chau (Bloomberg)–World coffee supplies are suffering a fresh setback from stringent travel curbs imposed in second-biggest grower

August 28, 2021
Total Views: 1399

port of los angeles and long beach
Ports

Record Volumes And Difficulties For Container Ports On U.S. Coasts

By Brendan Murray(Bloomberg) –The number of ships waiting to enter the biggest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia reached the highest since the

August 28, 2021
Total Views: 4187

Friday, August 27, 2021
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Ship Design

Battery-Powered Speedboat Looking To Become The Tesla Of The Sea

Niclas Rolander (Bloomberg) Sweden’s Candela Speed Boat AB is challenging the conventional combustion-engine leisure-craft industry with a new

August 27, 2021
Total Views: 3726

Hurricane Ida
Marine Weather

Ida Is Now Forecasted To Be Major Hurricane

By Josh Saul (Bloomberg) Tropical Storm Ida is intensifying into a major hurricane headed toward New Orleans just as Louisiana and surrounding states

August 27, 2021
Total Views: 2526

Pemex Uses Nitrogen In Hopes To Resume Oil Output After Major Fire
Ship Fires

Pemex Uses Nitrogen In Hopes To Resume Oil Output After Major Fire

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) Petroleos Mexicanos is resorting to nitrogen injections into offshore oil wells to quickly restore output following a major

August 27, 2021
Total Views: 1496

Thursday, August 26, 2021
ningbo port congestion
Ports

A Week at Least for World’s Third-Busiest Port to Return to Normal

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Operations at China’s Meishan terminal in the world’s third-busiest container port will take at least a week to

August 26, 2021
Total Views: 1034

norway fish farm
Commercial Fishing

Norwegian Billionaire Pushes Salmon Production Into New Offshore Waters

By Stephen Treloar (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke’s Aker ASA and SalMar ASA will create an offshore fish farming company to open new

August 26, 2021
Total Views: 2773

shipping container port
News

World’s Supply Chain Problem Keeps Getting Worse

By Cindy Wang (Bloomberg) A supply chain crunch that was meant to be temporary now looks like it will last well into next year as the surging delta variant

August 26, 2021
Total Views: 3177

Wednesday, August 25, 2021
shipping container
Shipping

New York Shipping Exchange Raises Cash to Expand Contracts

By Clara Hernanz Lizarraga and Ivan Levingston (Bloomberg) — The New York Shipping Exchange, founded in 2015 by a former industry executive to make

August 25, 2021
Total Views: 658

port in Ningbo, Zhejiang
Ports

China Reopens Terminal at World’s Third-Busiest Port

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The Meishan terminal at China’s second-busiest port reopened Wednesday following a two-week shutdown that further

August 25, 2021
Total Views: 819

Tuesday, August 24, 2021
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Environment

Maersk Makes $1.4 Billion Bet On Methanol Ships

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) The world’s largest container-shipping line is making a $1.4 billion investment in a greener fleet.  A.P. Moller – Maersk

August 24, 2021
Total Views: 2537

ningbo port congestion
Ports

Ships Resume Berthing At Ningbo

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) Ships have resumed berthing operations at a halted container terminal in Ningbo, China, adding to optimism that full activity at one of

August 24, 2021
Total Views: 1000

Monday, August 23, 2021
Rally Looks Set as Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Soar
Shipping

Rally Looks Set as Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Soar

By Damian Shepherd and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — For a glimpse at how fast demand for commodities has rebounded in the wake of the coronavirus, look no

August 23, 2021
Total Views: 1333

ningbo port congestion
Ports

China Export Volume Falls Amid Port Congestion

By Bloomberg News – (Bloomberg) The volume of China’s exports are expected to fall in August from the previous month due to renewed container shipping

August 23, 2021
Total Views: 692

Sunday, August 22, 2021
Drone Photo Of A Product Tanker carrying Gasoline.
News

Asia Has Too Much Diesel

What will Asia do with an oversupply of diesel and what does it mean for the tanker market or bunker

August 22, 2021
Total Views: 1155

Officer On A US Navy Ship's Bridge Wing
Navy

What Can Corporations Learn From The US Navy’s Vaccine Campaign?

By Rebecca Torrence, Bloomberg (OPED) The corporate world may want to take a page out of the U.S. Navy’s manual when it comes to boosting workforce Covid-19

August 22, 2021
Total Views: 594

Saturday, August 21, 2021
Disney Cruise Ship Underway
Finance

CDC Says Vaccinated Cruisers Should Avoid Voyages

By Jonathan Levin (Bloomberg) Cruise shares slipped in after-market trading late Friday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said high-risk

August 21, 2021
Total Views: 813

Wednesday, August 18, 2021
shipboard private security keeping watch on a tanker
Piracy

Piracy, Safety Risks Stoke Shipping’s Re-Think of Security

By Damian Shepherd (Bloomberg) — Some of the world’s largest shipping organizations are drafting a plan to deal with the changing nature of piracy and

August 18, 2021
Total Views: 2155

angshan Deep-Water Port
Shipping

WTO Says Record Global Trade in Goods May Be Plateauing

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Global trade in goods might be close to plateauing — albeit at a record level — amid an outlook clouded by

August 18, 2021
Total Views: 756