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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Iranian crude oil supertanker "Delvar" is seen anchored off Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong
Shipping News

U.S. Sanctions Are Forcing Iran to Ditch Push to Cleaner Fuels

By Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) –Iran is about to burn a lot more fuel oil as a result of U.S. sanctions and new global shipping rules, reversing the

August 20, 2019
Total Views: 43

Monday, August 19, 2019
Shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries
Shipbuilding

Billionaire Succession Stirs Protest at World’s Largest Shipyard

By Yoojung Lee (Bloomberg) — Park Jin-ok was one of the first to take voluntary retirement at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. after working as a welder for

August 19, 2019
Total Views: 237

grace 1 supertanker
Shipping News

Iran Warns U.S. Against Seizing Oil Tanker Headed to Greece

By Brian Wingfield, Arsalan Shahla and Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) –Iran warned the U.S. against apprehending a supertanker carrying the Middle East

August 19, 2019
Total Views: 44

Thursday, August 15, 2019
makani wind kite
Shipping News

Flying Wind Power Turbine Does First Trip Offshore in Norway

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) –A carbon-fiber kite tethered to a buoy floating in waters 220 meters (761 feet) deep took flight in a test to prove that

August 15, 2019
Total Views: 96

maersk containership
Shipping News

Maersk CEO Wants to Explain Free Trade to Trump

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The chief executive officer of the world’s biggest shipping line says he’d like to meet with U.S. President

August 15, 2019
Total Views: 69

Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Offshore Oil Rig At Night
Offshore

Trump Administration Plans to End Methane Curbs That Oil Companies Want to Keep

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy – (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration is readying a plan to end direct federal regulation of methane leaks from oil and gas

August 14, 2019
Total Views: 43

Tuesday, August 13, 2019
lng ship
Shipping News

Idling LNG Tankers Hint at Increasing Appeal of Floating Storage

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) –Liquefied natural gas tankers are taking longer-than-usual journeys to deliver cargoes and

August 13, 2019
Total Views: 105

TI Oceania tanker
Shipping News

Euronav’s Giant ‘Oceania’ Starts 12,400-Mile Trip to Fuel-Storage Zone

By Jack Wittels and Timothy Abington (Bloomberg) –The world’s biggest oil tanker has begun a 12,400-mile voyage to a fuel-storage zone in Asia, the

August 13, 2019
Total Views: 514

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Ship Radar ECDIS Console
Shipping News

U.S. Warns of GPS ‘Spoofing’ in Persian Gulf

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –The U.S. military is warning that Iranian naval forces may increase “aggressive actions” against American and allied

August 8, 2019
Total Views: 134

Trade Armageddon Holds Little Fear for Bullish Shipping Analysts
Shipping News

Trade Armageddon Holds Little Fear for Bullish Shipping Analysts

By Firat Kayakiran and Timothy Abington (Bloomberg) –Who cares about the threat of a global trade meltdown? Not shipping analysts tracking prices for

August 8, 2019
Total Views: 28

Wednesday, August 7, 2019
taiwan ship collision
Shipping News

China Warship Collision Led to Standoff, Freighter Captain Says

By Samson Ellis and Adela Lin (Bloomberg) –The Taiwanese coast guard intervened to end an hour-long standoff between a freighter and an unidentified

August 7, 2019
Total Views: 55

Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Battery-Powered Ships Next Up in Battle to Tackle Emissions
Environment

Battery-Powered Ships Next Up in Battle to Tackle Emissions

(Bloomberg) –The electric battery boom has a new target: ships. Four Japanese companies have teamed up to build the world’s first zero-emission tanker

August 6, 2019
Total Views: 174

Monday, August 5, 2019
offshore rig
Offshore

Oil Falls on Rising Trade War Tensions

By Kiran Dhillon (Bloomberg) –The international oil benchmark closed below $60 dollars a barrel for the first time in almost two months as worsening

August 5, 2019
Total Views: 35

gas infinity
Shipping News

Iran Sanctions Breach Suspicion Prompts Bank to Seize Ships

By Saket Sundria, Serene Cheong and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) –Reports alleging that fuel tankers appeared to breach U.S. sanctions against Iran were

August 5, 2019
Total Views: 98

Sunday, August 4, 2019
stena impero seized by iran
Shipping News

Crews of Some Ships Can Refuse to Sail Through Hormuz: Union

(Bloomberg) –The crews of some ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz have the right to refuse working on the vessels as they pass through the waterway

August 4, 2019
Total Views: 37

Friday, August 2, 2019
Ship Scrubbers
Environment

The 340-Mile Line of Ships Waiting to Clean Up

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) Head to the shipyards of Shanghai, Singapore or Hamburg and you’ll soon find them full to the brim with vessels rushing to clean

August 2, 2019
Total Views: 120

FAIL: $13 billion US Supercarrier Misses Another Deadline
Navy

FAIL: $13 billion US Supercarrier Misses Another Deadline

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –Only two of 11 elevators needed to lift munitions to the deck of the U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier

August 2, 2019
Total Views: 125

Thursday, August 1, 2019
bow of a dry bulk carrier at anchor
Shipping News

Baltic Dry Index Falls for Eighth Session

Aug 1 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell for an eighth straight session on Thursday, as increased vessel supply and

August 1, 2019
Total Views: 37

People's Liberation Arm frigate
Defense

Chinese Warship Collided With Taiwan Freighter, Coast Guard Says

By Adela Lin (Bloomberg) –A Chinese warship collided with a Taiwanese freighter Wednesday evening, damaging the bulk carrier, Taiwan’s Coast Guard

August 1, 2019
Total Views: 99

Wednesday, July 31, 2019
oil tanker
Shipping News

Tankers Perform Vanishing Act in Hormuz as Tensions Escalate

By Brian Wingfield and Julian Lee (Bloomberg) –Oil tanker owners are finding a way to reduce the risks of navigating the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s

July 31, 2019
Total Views: 80