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Friday, May 4, 2018
Adm. James G Stavridis
Defense

How To Avoid A Naval Cold War In The High North

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) In the classic Cold War novel (and fine 1965 film) “The Bedford Incident,” a U.S. destroyer on a NATO

May 4, 2018
Total Views: 61

Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Offshore

Exxon Defends Guyana Deal as Oil Giant Pushes for Quick Output from Enormous Deepwater Find

By Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. defended its contract with tiny Guyana as the oil major pushes to speed up production from the world’s

May 2, 2018
Total Views: 40

Suncor Energy Ramps Up Megaprojects
Offshore

Suncor Energy Ramps Up Megaprojects

In the first quarter of 2018, Hebron production averaged 8,200 bbls/d and continues to ramp up ahead of schedule. By Kevin Orland (Bloomberg) —

May 2, 2018
Total Views: 30

Tuesday, May 1, 2018
auger tension leg platform
Offshore

As Oil Hits $75, Shell Seeks Deepwater Costs at $40 or Below

The Big Oil playbook has been straightforward for decades: Higher prices mean offshore projects that are further, deeper, more complex than ever before. It’s

May 1, 2018
Total Views: 27

Monday, April 30, 2018
shipping containers
News

Biggest Indian Cargo Company Wants to Build an Uber for Shipping

By P R Sanjai (Bloomberg) — Allcargo Logistics Ltd. is emulating Uber Technologies Inc. to boost its business of sharing marine containers. A unit of the

April 30, 2018
Total Views: 36

Friday, April 27, 2018
deepwater horizon blowout
News

Trump Administration Moving to Relax Some Offshore Drilling Rules Put in Place After Deepwater Horizon

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is moving to relax some offshore drilling requirements imposed in response to the

April 27, 2018
Total Views: 46

PHOTOS: Texas City Hosts First Supertanker
News

PHOTOS: Texas City Hosts First Supertanker

By Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — A 2 million barrel-carrying supertanker arrived for the first time at a jetty in Texas City as surging U.S. oil

April 27, 2018
Total Views: 89

Thursday, April 26, 2018
oil tanker at anchor
Shipping News

Lego Wealth Fund Will Exit Tankers Investment After Loss

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — Kirk Kapital, a wealth fund owned by members of the Lego family, will sell its five product tankers after the vessels

April 26, 2018
Total Views: 60

Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Shipping News

Japanese LNG Carrier Takes `First of Many’ U.S. Gas Cargoes in Nod to Trump

By Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) — The giant Japanese gas tanker LNG Sakura is doing its share to appease President Donald Trump’s frustration

April 25, 2018
Total Views: 77

Monday, April 23, 2018
U.S. China Trade War
News

U.S. Hints at China Truce as World Warns of Trade-War Threat

By Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he’s considering a trip to China amid a trade dispute with Beijing that

April 23, 2018
Total Views: 54

Friday, April 20, 2018
Indonesia Turns to Google in War on Illegal Fishing
News

Indonesia Turns to Google in War on Illegal Fishing

By Karlis Salna (Bloomberg) — Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti deals with some dangerous men in her role, but they don’t rattle her.

April 20, 2018
Total Views: 166

Thursday, April 19, 2018
lng carriers in Panama Canal
News

Expanded Panama Canal Sees Three LNG Carrier Transits in Single Day

By Ryan Collins and Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — Three liquefied natural gas tankers sailed through the Panama Canal on the same day this week, marking

April 19, 2018
Total Views: 47

luna megayacht
News

Russian Billionaire to Lose $492 Million Expedition Yacht in Divorce

By Jonathan Browning (Bloomberg) — A London court ordered the seizure of a luxury $492 million yacht owned by a Russian billionaire as judges sought to

April 19, 2018
Total Views: 452

News

Blockchain Is About to Revolutionize the Shipping Industry

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Globalization has brought the most advanced trading networks the world has seen, with the biggest, fastest

April 19, 2018
Total Views: 39

Wednesday, April 18, 2018
ships at anchor
News

Limit Sulphur in Shipping Fuel, But No So Fast -Opinion

By Philip K. Verleger (Bloomberg View) — In “Poor Richard’s Almanack,” Ben Franklin imparts a centuries-old proverb about a kingdom lost by a

April 18, 2018
Total Views: 51

Tuesday, April 17, 2018
First Commercial LNG Cargo from U.S. East Coast Sets Sail
Shipping News

First Commercial LNG Cargo from U.S. East Coast Sets Sail

(Bloomberg) – The first export of natural gas from the U.S. East Coast has set sail. Dominion Energy Inc.’s Cove Point terminal in Maryland shipped its

April 17, 2018
Total Views: 28

Monday, April 16, 2018
qe2 final cruise
News

QE2 to Open as Floating Hotel in Dubai

By Zainab Fattah (Bloomberg) — The Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner may finally start generating returns for Dubai after the emirate spent $100 million

April 16, 2018
Total Views: 100

Friday, April 13, 2018
atlantic city coast
News

New Jersey Revives Plan for Wind Farm Off Atlantic City Coast

By Jim Efstathiou Jr., Jim Polson and Elise Young (Bloomberg) — New Jersey lawmakers have revived a long-stalled plan to build a wind farm off the coast

April 13, 2018
Total Views: 64

Thursday, April 12, 2018
semisubmersible drilling rig at sea
Shipping News

New Zealand Steps Up Climate Change Fight With Offshore Exploration Ban

By Tracy Withers (Bloomberg) — New Zealand will stop granting offshore oil and gas exploration permits, saying it is committed to playing its

April 12, 2018
Total Views: 21

Tuesday, April 10, 2018
offshore platforms
Offshore

Editorial: Bahrain Shale Find Should Put Oil Market on Notice

By Robin M. Mills (Bloomberg Prophets) — Bahrain discovered the first oil on the Arab side of the Gulf in 1932. It took a long time for the small

April 10, 2018
Total Views: 71