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Tuesday, December 29, 2020
offshore wind farm under construction. DJ Mattaar / Shutterstock
Shipping

Orsted Enters $2.7 Billion Deal to Sell Stake in Taiwan

By Kati Pohjanpalo (Bloomberg) — Orsted A/S, the world’s biggest developer of offshore wind parks, has agreed to sell a stake in a farm off the coast

December 29, 2020
Total Views: 1188

Monday, December 28, 2020
Offshore Oil Rig At Night
Offshore

Opinion: Was 2020 Really So Bad for Oil?

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Opinion) — If ever a year needed a shot of glass-half-full attitude, it’s 2020. I got it recently from an oil

December 28, 2020
Total Views: 1453

Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Clogged U.K. Port Reopens in Chaos as Truckers Await Covid Tests
Ports

Clogged U.K. Port Reopens in Chaos as Truckers Await Covid Tests

By Lizzy Burden, Deirdre Hipwell and Joe Mayes (Bloomberg) — Vital trade and travel links between the U.K. and continental Europe slowly reopened after

December 23, 2020
Total Views: 1666

Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai.REUTERS/Aly Song
Ports

Freight Boom Fires Buffett Trains, Maersk Ships and Oil Prices

By Alaric Nightingale, Jeffrey Bair and Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A great global restock is at hand, filling ships, trucks and trains, and also

December 23, 2020
Total Views: 10184

Tuesday, December 22, 2020
U.K. Warned That No-Deal Brexit Would Exacerbate Port Crisis
Ports

U.K. Warned That No-Deal Brexit Would Exacerbate Port Crisis

By Richard Weiss and Christopher Jasper (Bloomberg) — U.K. port snarl-ups would be exacerbated in a no-deal Brexit, shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd AG warned

December 22, 2020
Total Views: 1651

Bottlenecks Wear Down World Economy’s Fleet of Container Ships
Ports

Bottlenecks Wear Down World Economy’s Fleet of Container Ships

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) – Container shipping, the backbone of the global trading system, is showing signs of fatigue as the pandemic descends

December 22, 2020
Total Views: 16576

Monday, December 21, 2020
Monkfish Price Tumble in Scotland Shows Pain of French Shutdown
Shipping

Monkfish Price Tumble in Scotland Shows Pain of French Shutdown

By Charlotte Ryan, Siddharth Philip and Christopher Jasper (Bloomberg) — At the Peterhead fishing port in Scotland, prices for haddock and monkfish were

December 21, 2020
Total Views: 3175

hastings bulk carrier coal ships shipping iron ore newcastle.REUTERS/David Gray
Shipping

Traders at Odds With China Import Ban Keep Coal Cargoes in Limbo

By Aaron Clark, Kevin Varley and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Seafarers stuck for months on vessels carrying Australian coal off China’s coast are trapped

December 21, 2020
Total Views: 10542

Thursday, December 17, 2020
lng bunkering rotterdam
Environment

Shipping’s Switch to Cleaner Fuel Gets COVID Boost

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — It was meant to be one of the greatest transformations in the history of oil and shipping. Instead, a sweeping

December 17, 2020
Total Views: 1194

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

U.K. Power Grid Moving Offshore to Support $27 Billion Wind Boom

By Rachel Morison and William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Britain’s electricity grid operator is pushing deeper into the turbulent waters of the North Sea,

December 17, 2020
Total Views: 892

Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Qatar Condemns Tanker Attack in Saudi Arabia
Accidents

Qatar Condemns Tanker Attack in Saudi Arabia

By Simone Foxman (Bloomberg) — Qatar, the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas exporter, condemned the attack on an oil tanker off the coast of

December 15, 2020
Total Views: 4466

offshore wind farm under construction. DJ Mattaar / Shutterstock
Offshore

Japan Plans Major Offshore Wind Push to Hit Climate Goals

By Aya Takada (Bloomberg) — Japan will aim to more than quadruple offshore wind generation capacity in the decade to 2040 under plans to meet its

December 15, 2020
Total Views: 966

Monday, December 14, 2020
cruise ships in miami
Cruise Ships

Incoming Biden Administration Faces Early Test with Cruise Shipping’s Return

By Lars Erik Taraldsen and Michael Smith (Bloomberg) — The Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten Group was ready to show the world that ships could be

December 14, 2020
Total Views: 14418

Fuel Tanker Hit by Blast at Saudi Port as Red Sea Attacks Mount
Accidents

Fuel Tanker Hit by Blast at Saudi Port as Red Sea Attacks Mount

By Paul Wallace, Sharon Cho, Verity Ratcliffe and Nourhan Samra (Bloomberg) — A ship was hit by an explosion at the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah, as

December 14, 2020
Total Views: 4570

Sunday, December 13, 2020
offshore wind farm
Offshore

Vineyard Wind Said to Face Lengthy Delay After Pulling Permit

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Will Wade (Bloomberg) — Vineyard Wind LLC’s decision to push back a permitting review of the $2.8 billion offshore wind farm

December 13, 2020
Total Views: 4699

russian convoy Arctic ocean
Environment

Longest Arctic Shipping Season Tops Off a Year of Climate Disasters

By Anna Shiryaevskaya, Laura Millan Lombrana and Olga Tanas (Bloomberg) — Thinning ice in the Arctic Ocean made this year’s navigation season

December 13, 2020
Total Views: 6496

Thursday, December 10, 2020
Costly Navy Frigate Cited by Lawmakers for ‘Significant’ Risks
Defense

Costly Navy Frigate Cited by Lawmakers for ‘Significant’ Risks

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — House and Senate defense lawmakers say the Navy’s new frigate program faces “significant risks” amid a surge in

December 10, 2020
Total Views: 15577

offshore oil and gas rig
Offshore

Trump Charts Sale of Offshore Drilling Rights From California to Gulf

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is preparing to issue a broad plan that keeps the door open for expanded oil drilling

December 10, 2020
Total Views: 1152

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
ship's bridge
Shipping

Fidelity Calls for Urgent Action to Help Stranded Seafarers

By Alastair Marsh (Bloomberg) — Fidelity International is calling for urgent action to address the humanitarian crisis and supply-chain risks caused

December 9, 2020
Total Views: 4150

False-Positive COVID Diagnosis Shows Challenges of Cruise Shipping’s Return
Cruise Ships

False-Positive COVID Diagnosis Shows Challenges of Cruise Shipping’s Return

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — A Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ship on a four-day pleasure trip was forced to return to port in Singapore and confine

December 9, 2020
Total Views: 3990