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Monday, July 23, 2018
yamal lng
Shipping News

Yamal LNG Means More Work for Europe’s LNG Ports

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — On a hot sunny day in July, Europe’s largest port is busy loading super-chilled

July 23, 2018
Total Views: 68

tanker deck
News

Trump’s War of Words With Iran Shines Spotlight on Vital Oil Route

By Anthony DiPaola (Bloomberg) — The war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterpart in Iran over oil exports and sanctions is

July 23, 2018
Total Views: 28

Thursday, July 19, 2018
Death of Dirty Fuel Oil May Be Exaggerated as Ships Fit Scrubbers
Shipping News

Death of Dirty Fuel Oil May Be Exaggerated as Ships Fit Scrubbers

By Alex Longley and Irene García Pérez (Bloomberg) — One of the world’s most polluting fuels may have some life left in it yet. Demand for high

July 19, 2018
Total Views: 27

Wednesday, July 18, 2018
containership
Shipping News

Tariffs Are Poised to Wreck Christmas for Container Shipping Companies

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Christmas is looking a little less bright for container-shipping companies. As the industry enters what’s

July 18, 2018
Total Views: 37

Shipping emissions
Shipping News

Opinion: 2020 Sulfur Cap May Augur an Oil Shock

By David Fickling (Bloomberg Opinion) — What’s the most important element in global commodity markets right now? Carbon? Copper? Gold? Wrong

July 18, 2018
Total Views: 40

Friday, July 13, 2018
commerce secretary wilbur ross
News

Commerce Secretary Ross to Sell All Stocks After Ethics Office Warning

By Bill Allison (Bloomberg) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday that he would divest all his remaining equity holdings after

July 13, 2018
Total Views: 39

cargo ships underway
Finance

IMO’s 2020 Sulphur Cap Seen Ushering In New Era of Slow-Steaming

By Alex Longley, Firat Kayakiran and Irene García Pérez (Bloomberg) — If you happen to be at the beach this summer, make a mental note of any giant

July 13, 2018
Total Views: 101

Thursday, July 12, 2018
sabine pass lng exports
News

U.S. LNG Export Projects Face Long Permitting Delays

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Rachel Adams-Heard and Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) — Government approval of projects intended to export rising supplies of shale gas

July 12, 2018
Total Views: 25

Wednesday, July 11, 2018
maersk line ship
Shipping News

World’s Biggest Shipping Company Already Feeling Pain from Trade War

By Frances Schwartzkopff (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S may struggle to make a profit this year after the U.S. and China descended into a trade

July 11, 2018
Total Views: 73

China and U.S. Impose Tariffs on Trade Flows That Don’t Exist
News

China and U.S. Impose Tariffs on Trade Flows That Don’t Exist

By Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Natural gas, the cleanest and fastest-growing fossil fuel, has found itself in perhaps the oddest corner of the

July 11, 2018
Total Views: 29

offshore wind turbine
Shipping News

John Browne: Oil and Gas Companies Will Lead Energy Revolution

By John Browne (Bloomberg Opinion) — When it comes to climate change, I have always been a believer: not in hand-wringing debate, not in

July 11, 2018
Total Views: 60

Tuesday, July 10, 2018
north sea oil rig
Shipping News

Escalation of Norway’s Offshore Strike Looms

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — A strike curtailed oil production off Norway for the first time in six years as Royal Dutch Shell Plc shut a

July 10, 2018
Total Views: 30

Monday, July 9, 2018
Flurry of Activity Raises Optimism that $30 Billion LNG Canada Project Will Be Greenlit
Shipping News

Flurry of Activity Raises Optimism that $30 Billion LNG Canada Project Will Be Greenlit

By Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg) — A flurry of activity in a remote Canadian town is raising optimism that Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its

July 9, 2018
Total Views: 73

Sunday, July 8, 2018
oocl containership
News

Pledging to Sell Long Beach Terminal, COSCO Clears U.S. Hurdle on OOCL Deal

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Cosco Shipping Holdings Co. pledged to sell a container terminal in California, helping allay concerns of U.S.

July 8, 2018
Total Views: 170

Friday, July 6, 2018
seadrill drillship
Offshore

John ‘Big Wolf’ Fredriksen Steers Seadrill Back to Life After Taking $5 Billion Hit

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — John Fredriksen’s stake in Seadrill Ltd., once worth more than $5 billion, was virtually wiped out in the

July 6, 2018
Total Views: 140

inmarsat london headquarters
Shipping News

Inmarsat Slumps After Rejecting $4.2 Billion Offer From EchoStar

By Thomas Seal (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar Corp. made its 3.2 billion pound ($4.2 billion) proposal to buy Inmarsat

July 6, 2018
Total Views: 24

Thursday, July 5, 2018
LNG tanker
News

Trade Tensions Loom Over World’s Fastest-Growing Fossil Fuel

By Rachel Adams-Heard, Dan Murtaugh and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — The world’s fastest growing fossil fuel is bracing for a direct hit from

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 70

dry bulk vessel
Shipping News

World’s Biggest Shipping Market Shrugs Off Trade War Threat

By Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) –Will somebody please tell commodity shippers there’s a trade war going on? Whether it’s the price of hiring

July 5, 2018
Total Views: 93

Tuesday, July 3, 2018
MHI Vestas to Use Taiwan as Export Hub for Asia’s Offshore Wind Industry
News

MHI Vestas to Use Taiwan as Export Hub for Asia’s Offshore Wind Industry

By Chisaki Watanabe (Bloomberg) — MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S, the world’s second-biggest offshore wind turbine maker, is planning to use Taiwan as a

July 3, 2018
Total Views: 40

Monday, July 2, 2018
Iconic New England Lobster Caught in Global Tariff Tit-for-Tat
News

Iconic New England Lobster Caught in Global Tariff Tit-for-Tat

By Tom Moroney and Charlotte Howard (Bloomberg) — Veteran lobsterman Billy Mahoney is already feeling the pinch — and not from the

July 2, 2018
Total Views: 83