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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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U.S. Trade Official Rebukes Mnuchin on China Trade Truce

By Jenny Leonard and Rich Miller (Bloomberg) — White House trade adviser Peter Navarro criticized Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for declaring the

May 30, 2018
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Shale’s Surge Crashes Into Bottlenecks From Pipelines to Ports

By Alex Nussbaum (Bloomberg) — The U.S. shale surge is crashing headlong into a barrage of bottlenecks. From West Texas pipelines to Oklahoma storage

May 30, 2018
Total Views: 37

Tuesday, May 29, 2018
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News

`Dawn’ of Asia’s Offshore Wind Boom Lures Japanese Trading Houses

By Chisaki Watanabe and Ichiro Suzuki (Bloomberg) — Untapped offshore wind is luring Japan’s biggest commodity houses to invest in projects in Taiwan

May 29, 2018
Total Views: 87

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Trump Plows Ahead on China Tariffs Threats

By Jenny Leonard and Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he’s moving ahead with plans to impose tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese

May 29, 2018
Total Views: 51

Friday, May 25, 2018
Alberto Becomes First Named Storm of 2018, Targets Gulf Coast
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Alberto Becomes First Named Storm of 2018, Targets Gulf Coast

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — Meet Alberto, the first named storm of 2018. The sub-tropical storm off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is expected to

May 25, 2018
Total Views: 32

Thursday, May 24, 2018
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News

Times Up: Private Search for Missing Flight MH370 Nearing Its End

By Angus Whitley and Anisah Shukry (Bloomberg) — The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is in peril once again as new Prime Minister Mahathir

May 24, 2018
Total Views: 57

Offshore Wind, Long Delayed in U.S., Gets a Lift in New England
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Offshore Wind, Long Delayed in U.S., Gets a Lift in New England

By Jim Efstathiou Jr. (Bloomberg) — Massachusetts and Rhode Island selected developers to install 1,200 megawatts of wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean,

May 24, 2018
Total Views: 47

Wednesday, May 23, 2018
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News

American Oil Boom Seen Tempting Ships to Steer Clear of Iran

By Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — The latest standoff between the U.S. and Iran may be leaving oil-tanker owners in more of a bind than in previous years.

May 23, 2018
Total Views: 29

Trump Backs Away From China Deal Under Pressure by Trade Hawks
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Trump Backs Away From China Deal Under Pressure by Trade Hawks

By Jenny Leonard and Saleha Mohsin (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump is backing away from the trade agreement the U.S. just announced with

May 23, 2018
Total Views: 29

Tuesday, May 22, 2018
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News

Sharp Exchanges Highlight BP Fears of Climate Legal Jeopardy

By Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) — After paying more than $65 billion in legal costs for the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, BP Plc is wary of the risk of

May 22, 2018
Total Views: 49

Monday, May 21, 2018
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China Trade Truce May Help Give U.S. LNG Exports a $30 Billion Boost

  By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — China’s appetite for U.S. liquefied natural gas may be about to get a lot bigger after the two

May 21, 2018
Total Views: 41

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Sulphur Cap Chaos? ICS Warns World Trade at Risk From IMO’s 2020 Low Sulphur Fuel Rule

By Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — A group representing the vast majority of the world’s ship owners said world trade is at risk if issues surrounding

May 21, 2018
Total Views: 21

Thursday, May 17, 2018
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News

U.S. LNG Exports Could Raise Gas Prices for American Consumers

By Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) — Environmental groups opposed to U.S. natural gas exports just found an unlikely ally: the Commodity Futures Trading

May 17, 2018
Total Views: 15

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News

Shipping Giant’s Containment Plan Is Leaking Badly -Opinion

By Chris Bryant (Bloomberg Opinion) — Conglomerates fell out of fashion because so many of them destroyed shareholder value: Companies boosted their top

May 17, 2018
Total Views: 36

Wednesday, May 16, 2018
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News

Mitsui Said to Be Close to Buying Stake in Giant Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

By Anna Hirtenstein and Ichiro Suzuki (Bloomberg) — Mitsui & Co. Ltd. is close to taking a stake in a major offshore wind farm in Taiwan, according

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 30

U.S. Aims at Russia With Navy’s Resurrected Second Fleet -Stavridis
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U.S. Aims at Russia With Navy’s Resurrected Second Fleet -Stavridis

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) — In yet another indication of the return of great power politics and the cratering U.S.-Russian relationship, the

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 93

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Morgan Stanley Says IMO’s Low Sulphur Fuel Regs Has Oil Headed for $90

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Forget Iran and OPEC — there’s another issue that will keep oil prices supported for the next two years, according

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 95

Tuesday, May 15, 2018
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U.S. Judge Blocks Oakland Ban on Coal Export Terminal

By Joe Ryan (Bloomberg) — A federal judge struck down a local ban prohibiting companies from transporting coal though an Oakland, California, export

May 15, 2018
Total Views: 39

Monday, May 14, 2018
Ince Inebulo
Interesting

Turkish Bulk Bulker Carrying Wheat Hit By Missile Off Yemen – Damage Photos

Update 2 (May 16) – Shipping industry news site Tradewinds reports that Ince Shipping has confirmed its ship was hit by a missile.  Update 1

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 157

Saturday, May 12, 2018
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Navy

Navy Busts $12.9 Billion Spending Cap On Supercarrier

by Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The US Navy’s costliest vessel ever just got pricer, breaching a $12.9 billion cap set by Congress by $120 million, the

May 12, 2018
Total Views: 103