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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Eugen Maersk ship
News

Maersk Slumps as It Unveils Rare Loss in 2016 on Energy Write-Downs

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S unexpectedly lost money in 2016 as Denmark’s biggest company wrote down the value of some of

February 8, 2017
Total Views: 15

Tuesday, February 7, 2017
U.S. Trade Gap Widens in 2016 as Exports, Imports Both Shrink
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U.S. Trade Gap Widens in 2016 as Exports, Imports Both Shrink

By Shobhana Chandra (Bloomberg) — The U.S. trade deficit widened last year to the biggest since 2012 as exports fell more than imports, though a

February 7, 2017
Total Views: 46

hyundai merchant marine ship
Maritime News

Hyundai Merchant Sees More Losses on Shipping Industry Glut

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., South Korea’s biggest sea carrier, said it will post losses through the first half of

February 7, 2017
Total Views: 11

Monday, February 6, 2017
Offshore Drillers Still Seeking Recovery Enjoyed by Shale
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Offshore Drillers Still Seeking Recovery Enjoyed by Shale

By Bailey Lipschultz (Bloomberg) — While oil drillers in U.S. shale basins are starting to see business come back, their offshore brethren will have

February 6, 2017
Total Views: 43

Thursday, February 2, 2017
oil tanker
Maritime News

Gasoline Tankers Dodge New York Again as Region’s Glut Returns

By Firat Kayakiran, Rachel Graham and Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — America’s East Coast gasoline glut is back and it’s so big that tankers bound

February 2, 2017
Total Views: 49

If Trump Hits China, Regional Demand Would Soften Blow in Asia
Maritime News

If Trump Hits China, Regional Demand Would Soften Blow in Asia

By Enda Curran (Bloomberg) — If Donald Trump slapped China with punishing tariffs, the pain would also be felt by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan,

February 2, 2017
Total Views: 2

Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Shell Shows How to Remove Obstacles to North Sea Oil Deals
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Shell Shows How to Remove Obstacles to North Sea Oil Deals

(Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s $3.8 billion sale of North Sea oil and gas fields creates a model for further transactions in a region where the

February 1, 2017
Total Views: 8

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Shell Sells North Sea Fields as Disposals Accelerate
Maritime News

Shell Sells North Sea Fields as Disposals Accelerate

  By Rakteem Katakey, Andy Hoffman and Angelina Rascouet   (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, looking to pare debt swollen by last

January 31, 2017
Total Views: 6

Thursday, January 26, 2017
European Offshore Wind Forecast to Add 3.5GW Capacity in 2017
Maritime News

European Offshore Wind Forecast to Add 3.5GW Capacity in 2017

By Jessica Shankleman (Bloomberg) — Europe will install more than 3.5 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity this year, the WindEurope industry group said.

January 26, 2017
Total Views: 6

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
nitc tanker
News

Europe Chomps Most Iran Oil in Years as Two Supertankers Head for Rotterdam

By Anthony DiPaola and Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Europe is poised to receive the most Iranian crude in about five years this month in a sign that the

January 25, 2017
Total Views: 7

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs as Roughnecks Become Expendable
Interesting

Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs as Roughnecks Become Expendable

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together

January 24, 2017
Total Views: 121

News

How Trade, and Sanctions, Made a Russian Fisherman a Billionaire

By Alex Sazonov (Bloomberg) — Peering into the mid-morning darkness from his sixth-floor office on Russia’s Kola Bay, Vitaly Orlov strains to see

January 24, 2017
Total Views: 179

Trump Signs Executive Order to Advance Keystone, Dakota Oil Pipelines
Maritime News

Trump Signs Executive Order to Advance Keystone, Dakota Oil Pipelines

By Jennifer Jacobs, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Meenal Vamburkar (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the Keystone

January 24, 2017
Total Views: 45

Monday, January 23, 2017
President Trump Withdraws U.S. from Trans-Pacific Partnership
Maritime News

President Trump Withdraws U.S. from Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Kevin Cirilli and Austin Weinstein (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump abruptly ended the decades-old U.S. tilt toward free

January 23, 2017
Total Views: 55

Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Aker Said to Weigh Sale of Norway Oil-Services Firm
News

Aker Said to Weigh Sale of Norway Oil-Services Firm

By Matthew Monks, Dinesh Nair, Ed Hammond and Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Aker ASA, the investment company controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge

January 18, 2017
Total Views: 44

A hapag-lloyd ship at dock
News

Hapag-Lloyd Ups Bond Size as Investors Gamble on Shipping Upturn

By Nicholas Brautlecht and Hannah Benjamin (Bloomberg) — Hapag-Lloyd AG boosted the volume of its first bond sale since 2014 by 100 million euros ($94

January 18, 2017
Total Views: 544

Hanjin Shipping Soars a Day After Exchange Calls Stock ‘Trash’
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Hanjin Shipping Soars a Day After Exchange Calls Stock ‘Trash’

By Heejin Kim (Bloomberg) — One day after a Korean stock exchange official called the shares of Hanjin Shipping Co. “ trash,” investors piled in,

January 18, 2017
Total Views: 4

Monday, January 16, 2017
offshore oil rig Statoil
Offshore

Oil’s Painful Cost-Squeeze Brings Output Dividend for Norway

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Cost cuts are painful, but for Norway’s oil industry making every penny count has also yielded a surprising

January 16, 2017
Total Views: 5

Friday, January 13, 2017
norwegian shipowners
News

Kicking Crude Habit Doesn’t Come Cheap for Richest Scandinavians

By Sveinung Sleire (Bloomberg) — Reducing Norway’s oil dependency and living up to campaign promises is proving a costly affair for Prime Minister Erna

January 13, 2017
Total Views: 2

Thursday, January 12, 2017
China Pushes Back After Tillerson Warns on South China Sea
Maritime News

China Pushes Back After Tillerson Warns on South China Sea

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China said it had the right to act in its own territory in the disputed South China Sea, pushing back after

January 12, 2017
Total Views: 5
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