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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: 46

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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: 70

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: 58

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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: 221

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: 30

Shipping News

Norwegian Billionaires Head for Showdown With Supply Creditors

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Billionaires Kjell Inge Rokke and John Fredriksen used the oil-market downturn to force a series of mergers on Norway’s

October 22, 2018
Total Views: 49

Saturday, October 20, 2018
oil refinery
Shipping News

Refiners Slump as Trump Looks to Slow-Roll Shipping Fuel Rules

By Stephen Cunningham (Bloomberg) — U.S. refiners are getting stung by President Donald Trump’s efforts to keep consumer prices from rising

October 20, 2018
Total Views: 44

Friday, October 19, 2018
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Offshore

Exxon Makes Major Bet on Brazil as Petrobras Eases Its Grip

By Sabrina Valle and Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) — In a single year, Exxon Mobil Corp. has gone from being a tiny bit player in Brazil to the

October 19, 2018
Total Views: 45

Wednesday, October 17, 2018
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Shipping News

Low Water on Rhine River Chokes Off Fuel Flows to Inland Europe

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) — The Rhine River’s water level has slumped to the lowest for the time of year in more than a decade, choking off fuel

October 17, 2018
Total Views: 80

tanker at sea
Shipping News

Goodbye U-Turning Supertankers as World’s Ship Fuel Is Upgraded

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — One of the more lucrative opportunities in global commodities markets is about to get a little bit trickier. What

October 17, 2018
Total Views: 87

Monday, October 15, 2018
offshore wind farm
Shipping News

Saipem Plans Renewables Push as Oil Clients Keep Lid on Spending

By Chiara Albanese (Bloomberg) — Saipem SpA is looking beyond black gold, to green. The Italian oil-services provider, which builds projects for the

October 15, 2018
Total Views: 33

Sunday, October 14, 2018
Leslie to Hit Portugal as Strongest Iberian Storm Since 1842
Shipping News

Leslie to Hit Portugal as Strongest Iberian Storm Since 1842

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — After a three-week journey around the Atlantic Ocean, Leslie was on track to hit Portugal with winds of near-hurricane

October 14, 2018
Total Views: 111

Friday, October 12, 2018
File photo of an offshore drillship
Shipping News

Oil Majors Offload Gulf of Mexico Fields to Hunt Bigger Finds

By Kevin Crowley and David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Big Oil is giving up looking for singles and doubles in the Gulf of Mexico: Now it’s home runs or bust.

October 12, 2018
Total Views: 26

Wednesday, October 10, 2018
offshore platforms
Shipping News

Chevron Quits Norway as Wider Retreat Looms From Aging North Sea

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. is selling its last remaining oil exploration license in Norway, putting it one step closer to a full

October 10, 2018
Total Views: 42

Friday, October 5, 2018
container shipping
Shipping News

Opinion: Globalization Is Alive and Well, in Regional Deals

By Daniel Moss (Bloomberg Opinion) — Give South Korean President Moon Jae-in marks for boldness. The Korean Peninsula seems an unlikely place to plant

October 5, 2018
Total Views: 32

ocean plastic
Shipping News

Plastic Waste in the World’s Oceans Could Double by 2030, IEA Warns

By Alexander Kwiatkowski (Bloomberg) — The International Energy Agency has a sobering warning about the health of the world’s oceans. The

October 5, 2018
Total Views: 327

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
U.S. Accuses Chinese Navy of `Unsafe’ South Sea Confrontation
Shipping News

U.S. Accuses Chinese Navy of `Unsafe’ South Sea Confrontation

Update: Photos Show Confrontation Between USS Decatur and Chinese Navy Warship in South China Sea By David Tweed and Dong Lyu (Bloomberg) — The U.S.

October 2, 2018
Total Views: 101

Sunday, September 30, 2018
russian convoy Arctic ocean
Defense

U.K. to Step Up Arctic Patrols to Counter Russian Polar Threat

By Kitty Donaldson (Bloomberg) — The U.K. will send Royal Marines to Norway’s Arctic training program because of the growing threat of Russian

September 30, 2018
Total Views: 54

Friday, September 28, 2018
drilling rig
Shipping News

Mexico Oil Auction Winners Stay Positive as Industry Slows Down

By Amy Stillman (Bloomberg) — Mexico’s oil auction winners BHP Billiton Ltd and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG are hopeful that the slowdown in bid rounds is a

September 28, 2018
Total Views: 21

lng powered MS Bergensfjord
Shipping News

Passenger Vessels Are Cleaning Up Using LNG

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — The sleek cruise-ferry idling at the harbor in western Norway while picking up passengers spews none of the dirty

September 28, 2018
Total Views: 135