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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
sabine pass lng exports
Shipping News

Cheniere Bets $15 Billion on World Gas Demand Despite Tariff

By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — Wearing a hardhat and orange vest, Ari Aziz climbs metal steps under a blazing sun until he’s standing atop an

November 14, 2018
Total Views: 35

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Interesting

Maersk CEO Says Data Shows `Ironic’ Twist in U.S. Trade War With China

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The man running the world’s largest container-shipping company says he has access to data that shows Donald Trump

November 14, 2018
Total Views: 81

Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier
Shipping News

Macron at Sea Shows U.S.-France Ties Run Deeper Than Trump Spat

By Helene Fouquet and Gregory Viscusi (Bloomberg) — France’s Emmanuel Macron is heading to sea on his biggest warship a day after he suffered

November 14, 2018
Total Views: 9

Tuesday, November 13, 2018
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Shipping News

Soy Trade Goes Topsy Turvy as Major Exporter Turns to Imports

By Kevin Varley and Shruti Date Singh (Bloomberg) — The world of soybean shipping has turned upside down thanks to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war.

November 13, 2018
Total Views: 17

Friday, November 9, 2018
lng carrier
Shipping News

How Toshiba Lost $806 Million Buying Into America’s LNG Boom

By Dan Murtaugh, Stephen Stapczynski and Aibing Guo (Bloomberg) — Buy high, sell low and guarantee a loss. It’s not exactly what Toshiba Corp. planned

November 9, 2018
Total Views: 19

Tuesday, November 6, 2018
oil tanker
News

Iran Oil Waivers: How Buyers Are Lining Up After U.S. Exemptions

By Heesu Lee and Debjit Chakraborty (Bloomberg) — Armed with waivers to keep importing Iranian oil without running afoul of U.S. sanctions,

November 6, 2018
Total Views: 49

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Shipping News

Sunken Sanchi Tanker Among Ships Hit by Iran Sanctions

By Nick Wadhams and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — Among the hundreds of Iranian-linked banks, companies and vessels that the U.S. slapped sanctions against

November 6, 2018
Total Views: 199

Friday, November 2, 2018
oil tanker
Shipping News

Opinion: Trump’s Iran Sanctions Won’t Squeeze Oil Markets

By Ellen R. Wald (Bloomberg Opinion) — New U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil industry, set to begin on Sunday, were supposed to exert maximum pressure on

November 2, 2018
Total Views: 42

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Shipping News

Trump Said to Ask Cabinet to Draft Possible Trade Deal With China

By Jenny Leonard, Saleha Mohsin and Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump wants to reach an agreement on trade with Chinese President Xi

November 2, 2018
Total Views: 14

Tuesday, October 30, 2018
vlcc tanker
Shipping News

Replacing Iran’s Lost Oil Supply a Boon for Supertankers

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Higher OPEC oil production and longer voyages are propelling shipowners back to good times. Just a month ago,

October 30, 2018
Total Views: 49

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Offshore

Nigeria Heads to Deep Water in Search of Future for Oil Producers

By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo (Bloomberg) — When it comes to the future of its oil industry, Nigeria is looking miles out to sea. By early next year,

October 30, 2018
Total Views: 149

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Offshore

Brazil’s New President Set for Offshore Oil Windfall

By Sabrina Valle (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is staring at an oil windfall. After a decade of stagnant production, Brazil’s

October 30, 2018
Total Views: 35

Monday, October 29, 2018
container ship
Shipping News

Opinion: Winners and Losers From a Sea Change in Oil

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Opinion) — Despite efforts by the Trump administration to turn it, a supertanker is bearing down on drivers, oil majors, and

October 29, 2018
Total Views: 36

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Shipping

Russian Oil Set to Lose Billions from IMO 2020 Ship-Fuel Rules

By Dina Khrennikova and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — Russia is set to suffer the biggest revenue losses from rules mandating cleaner marine

October 29, 2018
Total Views: 74

Friday, October 26, 2018
offshore wind turbine
Shipping News

Ex-Trump Adviser Knocks Support for Lake Erie Wind Farm

By Jim Efstathiou Jr. (Bloomberg) — A conservative energy research group led by a member of President Donald Trump’s transition team is taking the

October 26, 2018
Total Views: 17

Thursday, October 25, 2018
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Shipping News

Shell’s Up Next, And Last, in Australia’s $200 Billion LNG Bonanza

By Dan Murtaugh and Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) — And then there was one. Australia’s nine-year, $200 billion boom in liquefied natural

October 25, 2018
Total Views: 41

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Shipping News

LNG Shipping Rates Make Europe a LNG Hot Spot Right Now

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Forget Asian hunger for energy or where liquefied natural gas costs the most, at the moment it’s all about tanker

October 25, 2018
Total Views: 67

Wednesday, October 24, 2018
container ship
Shipping News

IMO Rejects U.S.-Backed Plan for Phased Start of 2020 Fuel Rules

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — The International Maritime Organization rejected a proposal — supported by both the U.S. and shipping groups —

October 24, 2018
Total Views: 53

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Shipping News

U.S. Approves First Oil Production Facility from Manmade Island Offshore Alaska

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration has authorized Hilcorp Energy Co.’s plan to build an artificial gravel island in the

October 24, 2018
Total Views: 209

Monday, October 22, 2018
Stock photo of an lng carrier at sunset
Shipping News

Two Small Towns in Germany Vie to Make Trump’s LNG Dream a Reality

By Brian Parkin and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Downstream from Hamburg, two small Elbe River ports are competing to build Germany’s first

October 22, 2018
Total Views: 27