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Thursday, August 17, 2017
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News

U.S. Manufacturers ‘Alarmed’ by Trump’s Push for Natural Gas Exports

By Ari Natter (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s effort to boost U.S. energy is facing push back from manufacturers who say exporting more natural

August 17, 2017
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New Jones Act Tankers Are Great for Traders, Lousy for Owners

By Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — Once rare American-built oil tankers are now plentiful, changing U.S. gasoline flows and giving shipowners headaches.

August 17, 2017
Total Views: 165

Modern LNG Carriers Earning More Taking the Scenic Route
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Modern LNG Carriers Earning More Taking the Scenic Route

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — When the tanker Provalys left Louisiana for Chile last month with a full load of U.S. liquefied natural gas, it

August 17, 2017
Total Views: 127

Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Transocean Shares Take a Beating Over Songa Offshore Deal
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Transocean Shares Take a Beating Over Songa Offshore Deal

By David Wethe and Joe Carroll (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. dropped to the lowest in more than two decades as investors panned its deal to buy Songa

August 16, 2017
Total Views: 154

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Global Shipping Industry Bouncing Back From ‘Lehman Moment’

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — The hulking container ships that transport sneakers, bananas and Barbie dolls around the world keep getting

August 16, 2017
Total Views: 63

Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Transocean’s Songa Offshore Deal Is Biggest in Oil Downturn
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Transocean’s Songa Offshore Deal Is Biggest in Oil Downturn

By Mikael Holter and David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. agreed to buy Songa Offshore SE in the biggest offshore drilling industry deal since oil

August 15, 2017
Total Views: 43

Friday, August 11, 2017
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Shipping News

War Threat in Korea Exposes Artery of Global Commodity Trade

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Should U.S. President Donald Trump unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea, it will bring conflict to the core of the

August 11, 2017
Total Views: 29

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
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Shipping News

The Key to Countering North Korea Lies Offshore -View

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg View) — As the world worries about the increasing threat from North Korea and its dangerous leader Kim Jong Un, there is a

August 8, 2017
Total Views: 22

Monday, August 7, 2017
Bulker under construction at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China
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From Worst to Best: A Shipbuilder’s Fortunes Turn Around

By Krystal Chia and Livia Yap (Bloomberg) — A recovery in demand for new bulk carriers has helped Singapore’s worst-performing stock in 2016 become its

August 7, 2017
Total Views: 63

Globalization Thrives in Asia as Export Revival Buoys Growth
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Globalization Thrives in Asia as Export Revival Buoys Growth

By Enda Curran and Michael Heath (Bloomberg) — For all the talk of globalization’s retreat amid the mercantilist rhetoric of Donald Trump, it’s

August 7, 2017
Total Views: 16

Thursday, August 3, 2017
offshore drilling rigs
Shipping News

$50 Oil Boosts Offshore Drillers’ Hopes of Comeback

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — The “magic” of $50 oil is now in the sights of deep-sea drillers as they try to lure customer spending from shale wells

August 3, 2017
Total Views: 23

Wednesday, August 2, 2017
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News

For LNG Exporters, Is Smaller Better?

By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The failure of a $27 billion project last week may offer a lesson to natural gas exporters: Go small or go home. With

August 2, 2017
Total Views: 47

Monday, July 31, 2017
What’s Left of Noble Group as Trader Retreats to Its Asian Roots
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What’s Left of Noble Group as Trader Retreats to Its Asian Roots

By Jasmine Ng (Bloomberg) — It’s the end of an era for Noble Group Ltd. Some three decades after its founding, and from a perch among the

July 31, 2017
Total Views: 103

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OPEC Cuts Helping Fuel Oil Surge

By Conor Molumby (Bloomberg) — All hail fuel oil, historically the cheapest, dirtiest and least-loved thing to come out of refineries. Thank crude output

July 31, 2017
Total Views: 42

Thursday, July 27, 2017
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Shipbuilding

Macron’s Step to Nationalize Shipyard Spooking Outsiders

By Helene Fouquet and Mark Deen (Bloomberg) — As first steps go, President Emmanuel Macron’s decision Thursday to nationalize a shipyard is

July 27, 2017
Total Views: 42

Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Petronas Drops Plan to Build $27 Billion LNG Terminal in British Columbia
Shipping News

Petronas Drops Plan to Build $27 Billion LNG Terminal in British Columbia

By Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg) — Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd abandoned its long-stalled plans to build a $27 billion liquefied natural gas

July 25, 2017
Total Views: 21

loop louisiana offshore oil port
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America’s Biggest Oil Port Looks to Catch the Export Wave

By Hailey Waller and Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — The biggest U.S. oil-import hub wants to grab a piece of surging North American crude exports. Louisiana

July 25, 2017
Total Views: 122

Monday, July 24, 2017
Trump, Aboard New Aircraft Carrier, Urges Military Funds Boost
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Trump, Aboard New Aircraft Carrier, Urges Military Funds Boost

By Justin Sink and Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass a budget that provides for higher, stable and predictable

July 24, 2017
Total Views: 57

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European Banks Struggle to Solve Toxic Shipping Debt Problem

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) – Dutch shipowner Vroon is finding talks with banks tough going as it tries to navigate a way out of a long

July 24, 2017
Total Views: 102

Sunday, July 23, 2017
Gasoline Exports Surge In China
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Gasoline Exports Surge In China

(Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) China’s diesel and gasoline exports surged in the first half of the year as a domestic supply glut and slowing demand growth prompted

July 23, 2017
Total Views: 41