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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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Shipping News

Oil Shippers Raise Offers for Middle East Route on Gulf Risk

By Serene Cheong, Sharon Cho and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) –Owners of oil tankers are boosting their rates to haul crude on a key route from the Middle East as

January 8, 2020
Total Views: 47

Tuesday, January 7, 2020
johan castberg discovery
Shipping News

Oil Giant Reveals Survival Tactics in Age of Climate Anxiety

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) –The largest oil company in western Europe’s biggest petroleum exporter wants to drastically cut its carbon footprint.

January 7, 2020
Total Views: 20

Monday, January 6, 2020
WindFloat Atlantic
Offshore

Floating Wind Farm Starts Generating Power Off Portugal

By William Mathi (Bloomberg) –A wind turbine floating off the coast in northern Portugal began transmitting electricity to the grid, a crucial step for a

January 6, 2020
Total Views: 65

Friday, January 3, 2020
Oil Tanker Bridge
Shipping News

Risk to Shipping Set to Rise in Middle East with U.S. Attack on Top Iranian Commander

By Brian Wingfield and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –The risk to shipping in the Persian Gulf region is set to rise following a U.S. airstrike in Iraq

January 3, 2020
Total Views: 51

Tuesday, December 31, 2019
happy lady tanker
Piracy

Pirates Kidnap Eight from Greek Tanker Off Cameroon

By Sotiris Nikas (Bloomberg) –Five Greeks, two Filipinos and a Ukrainian were abducted by unidentified assailants from the Greek-flagged tanker ‘Happy

December 31, 2019
Total Views: 124

Monday, December 30, 2019
Strait of Hormuz tankers and a military helicopter
Shipping News

Iran Says It Seized Fuel Tanker Near Strait of Hormuz

By Yasna Haghdoost (Bloomberg) –Iran has detained a ship carrying smuggled fuel near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, state-run Islamic Republic

December 30, 2019
Total Views: 62

Ships at anchor off Singapore.
Piracy

Piracy Along Malacca-Singapore Straits Jumps Nearly Fourfold

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) –Piracy has surged this year along Southeast Asia’s straits of Malacca and Singapore, one of the world’s busiest trade routes,

December 30, 2019
Total Views: 370

Saturday, December 28, 2019
ford high speed turn test
Shipping News

Navy Proposal Throws Wrench in Trump’s Pledge for a 355-Ship Fleet

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –The White House budget office is pressing the Navy to stick to a campaign pledge by Donald Trump to work toward fielding a

December 28, 2019
Total Views: 94

Thursday, December 26, 2019
offshore rig
Shipping News

First Oil Shipped from Guyana

By Natnicha Chuwiruch and Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) –Exxon Mobil Corp. and its partners produced the first commercial crude from Guyana, setting the

December 26, 2019
Total Views: 77

ship emissions
Shipping News

Opinion: Fighting Shipping Pollution Is Bad For the Planet

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg Opinion) –The shipping industry is getting serious about cutting sulfur dioxide emissions. People who live along busy shipping

December 26, 2019
Total Views: 149

Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Ships at anchor off Singapore.
News

Singapore Strait: Five Pirate Attacks in Four Days

By Saket Sundria (Bloomberg) Pirates attacked five ships over four days in one of the world’s busiest shipping channels, including two separate attempts on

December 24, 2019
Total Views: 221

Thursday, December 19, 2019
ship emissions
Shipping News

A Major Shipping Change Is Coming, and So Are Higher Fuel Prices

By Firat Kayakiran, Jack Wittels and Rachel Graham (Bloomberg) –A defining moment in the history of the oil-refining and shipping industries is at hand.

December 19, 2019
Total Views: 68

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
containership ship bunkering
Shipping News

UAE Signals Leniency on IMO 2020 Enforcement

By Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) –The world’s oil tanker owners can breathe a sigh of relief: a vital Middle East shipping hub is going to start

December 17, 2019
Total Views: 64

China’s First Domestically Built Aircraft Carrier Enters Service
Shipping News

China’s First Domestically Built Aircraft Carrier Enters Service

BEIJING, Dec 17 (Reuters) – China commissioned its first domestically built aircraft carrier into service on Tuesday at a key base on the shores of the

December 17, 2019
Total Views: 323

Monday, December 16, 2019
duke oil tanker
Interesting

Twenty Kidnapped in Tanker Attack in Gulf of Guinea

Update: Twenty Indian nationals have been kidnapped from an oil tanker in West African waters, India’s foreign ministry has confirmed.  By

December 16, 2019
Total Views: 96

Friday, December 13, 2019
shanghai free trade zone
Shipping News

U.S. and China Agree to ‘Phase One’ Trade Deal

By Shawn Donnan, Miao Han and Jenny Leonard (Bloomberg) –The U.S. and China said they agreed to the details of the first phase of a broader trade

December 13, 2019
Total Views: 50

Thursday, December 12, 2019
singapore
Shipping News

Fuel-Trading Routes Revamped as IMO 2020 Dynamics Take Hold

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) –Shippers have fewer than three weeks until new rules kick in forcing them to burn cleaner fuels, but the regulations are

December 12, 2019
Total Views: 53

Monday, December 9, 2019
offshore wind farm
Offshore

Mega-Turbines Sought for Connecticut Offshore Wind Farm

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) –When Iberdrola SA builds its offshore wind farm off the coast of Connecticut sometime in the middle of next decade, it

December 9, 2019
Total Views: 55

Friday, December 6, 2019
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 Bets Hydrogen Is Key to Climate Goals

By Will Mathis (Bloomberg) –One of the world’s biggest developers of offshore wind farms thinks its massive turbines could be key to the production of

December 6, 2019
Total Views: 126

Thursday, December 5, 2019
tanker
Shipping News

Oil Tankers Idling Off China Hold Key to Shipping Rates

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The fate of at least 15 oil tankers idling off the coast of China holds the key to determining the path of global

December 5, 2019
Total Views: 49