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Thursday, April 5, 2018
ship emissions
News

Global Shipping Is Part of the Climate Problem, Too: Editorial

By James Gibney and Clive Crook (Bloomberg View) — When almost all the world’s governments agreed in Paris more than two years ago to address

April 5, 2018
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maersk ship
News

Donald Trump’s Megaphone is Deafening for Shipping Giant -Opinion

By Chris Bryant (Bloomberg Gadfly) — It’s hard to imagine Soren Skou and President Donald Trump getting along terribly well. The softly-spoken boss

April 5, 2018
Total Views: 47

Wednesday, April 4, 2018
jack-up rig
News

Bahrain Seeks Big Oil’s Help to Develop New Shale Discovery

By Wael Mahdi and Mohammed Aly Sergie (Bloomberg) — Bahrain will invite international oil companies to help it develop its first major discovery in

April 4, 2018
Total Views: 47

Tuesday, April 3, 2018
port antwerp
Shipping News

Belgian Port on the Front Line Has Brexit Britain in Its Sights

By Dara Doyle (Bloomberg) — At Antwerp’s sprawling port, the ripples from Brexit are already apparent. The Belgian port saw trade with the U.K. drop 5

April 3, 2018
Total Views: 25

Monday, April 2, 2018
semisubmersible drilling rig at sea
News

Bahrain’s Biggest Offshore Oil Find Since 1932 Dwarfs Reserves

By Mohammed Aly Sergie (Bloomberg) — Bahrain, the smallest energy producer in the Persian Gulf, discovered its biggest oil field since it started

April 2, 2018
Total Views: 62

Friday, March 30, 2018
cssc Guangzhou Shipyard
News

Is China Planning a Shipbuilding Mega-Merger?

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s government is working on a plan to combine its two biggest shipbuilders to create an industrial giant that

March 30, 2018
Total Views: 137

Wednesday, March 28, 2018
WTO Head Warns on Economy: We Are Seeing First Signs of Trade War
Shipping News

WTO Head Warns on Economy: We Are Seeing First Signs of Trade War

By Jonathan Stearns and Bryce Baschuk (Bloomberg) — The head of the WTO warned about the first signs of a trade war involving the U.S. and China that

March 28, 2018
Total Views: 31

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
ritz carlton cruise ship
News

Ritz-Carlton is Trying to Fix Everything You Hate About Cruise Ships

By Sara Clemence (Bloomberg) — Visits to secluded islands. Long, leisurely port calls. A crew that intuits whether you’re in the mood for a

March 27, 2018
Total Views: 162

lng carrier panama canal
Shipping News

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to China: Import More U.S. Gas to Cut Trade Gap

By Ryan Collins, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley (Bloomberg) — What would it take for China to reduce its trade gap with the U.S.? Buy more natural gas,

March 27, 2018
Total Views: 17

chevron jack/st. malo platform
Offshore

Deepwater Oil Starting to Hold Its Own With Shale, Chevron Says

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. is studding the ocean floor with heavy-duty pumping gear as part of an effort to make deepwater oil

March 27, 2018
Total Views: 54

Monday, March 26, 2018
Military Control of China Coast Guard Adds Edge to Sea Disputes
Shipping News

Military Control of China Coast Guard Adds Edge to Sea Disputes

By David Tweed (Bloomberg) — China’s decision to give its top military body control over the country’s vast coast guard has increased

March 26, 2018
Total Views: 87

Maine lobster fishing
Shipping News

Maine’s Lobster Tide May Be Ebbing -Fox

By Justin Fox (Bloomberg View) — The numbers came in earlier this month on Maine’s 2017 lobster harvest. By historical standards, the 110.8

March 26, 2018
Total Views: 78

Offshore drilling rig photo via Shutterstock / James Jones Jr
News

Oil Industry’s Female Pay Gap Is Worse Among Offshore Explorers

By Angelina Rascouet (Bloomberg) — Being a top female earner for a major integrated oil company is a rarity, but among the smaller explorers

March 26, 2018
Total Views: 132

Saturday, March 24, 2018
shipping containers
News

Canada Urges World Nations to Preserve Pillars of Global Trade

By Jason Koutsoukis (Bloomberg) — As the U.S. and China edge closer to a full-blown trade war, Canada has urged all nations to act to preserve

March 24, 2018
Total Views: 16

Friday, March 23, 2018
Iranian crude oil supertanker "Delvar" is seen anchored off Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong
Shipping News

What’s at Stake for Oil as Trump Appoints Another Iran Hawk?

By Grant Smith and Anthony DiPaola (Bloomberg) — When former United Nations ambassador John Bolton becomes U.S. national security adviser next month, he

March 23, 2018
Total Views: 18

sabine pass lng exports
Shipping News

Cheniere Faces Ruling on Gas Leak U.S. Sees as `Serious Hazard’

By Naureen S. Malik and Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) — America’s first exporter of liquefied natural gas from shale is awaiting a federal ruling on whether

March 23, 2018
Total Views: 83

Wednesday, March 21, 2018
offshore wind turbine
News

Poland, One of Europe’s Biggest Polluters, Is Turning Toward Offshore Wind Power

By Ewa Krukowska and Maciej Martewicz (Bloomberg) — After decades of prompting coal as the guarantor of national energy security, Europe’s

March 21, 2018
Total Views: 25

bunkering operations
Shipping News

Rich Rewards Await Top Oil Refiners as Ships Make Low Sulphur Switch Fuel

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) — Ready the cash-printing machines — the world’s most sophisticated refineries are about to enjoy great times thanks

March 21, 2018
Total Views: 52

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
rig maintenance bergen norway
Offshore

Faroe Petroleum’s Hunt for North Sea Oil Deals Could See It Double Size in Hot Market

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Faroe Petroleum Plc is hunting for offshore oil and gas assets in Norway and the U.K., with an appetite that could equal

March 20, 2018
Total Views: 82

More Casualties Seen Possible Among Korean Shipbuilders
News

More Casualties Seen Possible Among Korean Shipbuilders

By Lianting Tu and Narae Kim (Bloomberg) — South Korean shipbuilders aren’t out of the woods yet even as orders begin recovering, with the smaller ones

March 20, 2018
Total Views: 75