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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Putin Hits Out At Black Sea ‘Provocation’
Defense

Putin Hits Out At Black Sea ‘Provocation’

By Henry Meyer and Jake Rudnitsky (Bloomberg) — President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of involvement in what he termed a “provocation” by a

June 30, 2021
Total Views: 3349

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
carnival panorama cruise ship
Cruise Ships

Cruise Stocks Tumble As First US Cruise Ship Takes Departure

By Jonathan Levin (Bloomberg) –Cruise stocks fell after Royal Caribbean set sail in the US, industry leader Carnival announced an additional stock sale,

June 29, 2021
Total Views: 3152

Sunday, June 27, 2021
Captain Kate McCue
Cruise Ships

Captain Kate Takes Back The Helm After 15 Months

By Jonathan Levin (Bloomberg) A Celebrity Cruises ship left the coast of Florida on Saturday, becoming the first revenue-earning cruise to depart from the

June 27, 2021
Total Views: 8730

port of los angeles-long beach. photo REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Shipping

Shipping Woes Means You May Want to Christmas Shop Early

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — If it seems like shipping delays and soaring delivery costs aren’t getting any better, it’s because they’re both

June 27, 2021
Total Views: 3993

port of rotterdam
Shipping

EU Carbon Market to Expand to Shipping

By Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) — The European Commission plans to include maritime transport in the world’s biggest carbon market and create an adjacent

June 27, 2021
Total Views: 1187

Saturday, June 26, 2021
LNG TANKER - Sunrise
Shipping News

We Need More LNG Tankers ASAP

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) Natural gas markets around the globe are rallying as the world’s importers have come to a stark realization: there isn’t

June 26, 2021
Total Views: 7855

Friday, June 25, 2021
Carnival Sees Full Fleet Sailing by Spring 2022
Cruise Ships

Carnival Sees Full Fleet Sailing by Spring 2022

By Jonathan Levin (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arnold Donald estimates that the company will have its entire fleet of 91 cruise

June 25, 2021
Total Views: 1022

adventure of the seas
Cruise Ships

Two Kids Test Positive for COVID-19 on Royal Caribbean Cruise

By Rob Golum (Bloomberg) — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said two unvaccinated children on the Adventure of the Seas turned up positive for Covid-19

June 25, 2021
Total Views: 2347

Thursday, June 24, 2021
Nigeria to Remain on Insurers’ List of Riskiest Waters
Piracy

Nigeria to Remain on Insurers’ List of Riskiest Waters

By William Clowes (Bloomberg) — Nigeria will remain on a list of the world’s riskiest waters that insurers rely on to determine how much to charge

June 24, 2021
Total Views: 2476

ever given aground
Incidents

Ever Given: Here Is Businessweek’s Detailed Account Of The Suez Canal Grounding

“The second pilot tried to cancel the order, and more angry words were exchanged.” “Captain Kanthavel reacted as anyone might in the same

June 24, 2021
Total Views: 7131

CMA CGM mega sized containership M/V Benjamin Franklin
Ports

U.S. Port Jam Lingers As Port Woes Stretch From China to Germany

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) Ship congestion outside the busiest U.S. gateway for trade held steady over the past week, as ports from China to Germany battle

June 24, 2021
Total Views: 1198

Ever Given Suez Canal
Shipping News

Egypt Expects To Sign Ever Given Deal Next Week

By Abdel Latif Wahba (Bloomberg) Egypt expects to finalize an agreement next week for compensation over the giant ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March,

June 24, 2021
Total Views: 2515

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
DEEPGREEN Ship Maersk Launcher
Environment

Subsea Mining SPAC’s Rush For Underwater Metals Comes With Deep Risks

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) –A seabed mining startup, DeepGreen Metals (NYSE SPAC Listing $SOAC) has successfully sold itself to investors as a

June 23, 2021
Total Views: 3092

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Pitching Wider Freight Tunnels for Containers
Shipping

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Pitching Wider Freight Tunnels for Containers

By Sarah McBride (Bloomberg) — Elon Musk’s tunneling startup the Boring Co. is working on much wider tunnels than publicly announced, which

June 23, 2021
Total Views: 5015

Cargo ship Guangdong Port
Ports

Yantian Port Reopens After Covid Crisis

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) –Yantian International Container Terminals, which handles cargo at one of the world’s busiest container ports, will

June 23, 2021
Total Views: 1819

Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Oil tanker in Ningbo Zhoushan port
Offshore

Big Oil CEOs Predict Return of $100 Crude

By Kevin Crowley and Francois de Beaupuy (Bloomberg) — The bosses of some of the world’s biggest oil companies said crude prices are likely to keep

June 22, 2021
Total Views: 3902

Virginia-class submarine
Navy

SNAFU – Over 1,600 Part Failures Aboard US Navy’s $166B Nuclear Submarines

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The U.S. Navy has swapped more than 1,600 parts among its new Virginia-class submarines since 2013 to ease maintenance bottlenecks

June 22, 2021
Total Views: 19487

Monday, June 21, 2021
Ship Ever Given Desert Sand
Shipping News

Ever Given Case Adjourned By Egyptian Court

By Abdel Latif Wahba and Salma El Wardany (Bloomberg) An Egyptian court adjourned a case over the giant ship that blocked the Suez Canal to allow the

June 21, 2021
Total Views: 4209

containership
Environment

Trafigura Calls on IMO to Up the Pace on CO2 Curbs

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Trafigura Group said the shipping industry’s regulator needs to act with ‘lightning speed’ to cut carbon emissions

June 21, 2021
Total Views: 842

Friday, June 18, 2021
Florida Wins Reprieve From CDC’s Limits on Cruises
Cruise Ships

Florida Wins Reprieve From CDC’s Limits on Cruises

By Jonathan Levin (Bloomberg) — Florida won a temporary freeze on a set of CDC coronavirus rules for the cruise industry, potentially easing the

June 18, 2021
Total Views: 3635