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Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Middle East’s Biggest Ports Shun Qatar as Saudis Tighten Isolation
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Middle East’s Biggest Ports Shun Qatar as Saudis Tighten Isolation

By Anthony DiPaola and Deena Kamel Yousef (Bloomberg) — The biggest Middle East oil and container ports banned all vessels sailing to and from Qatar from

June 6, 2017
Total Views: 66

Qatar Still Has Many Friends in Energy Markets
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Qatar Still Has Many Friends in Energy Markets

By Robin M. Mills (Bloomberg Prophets) — Oil markets seem impervious to geopolitical risk. As four Arab neighbors imposed an unprecedented embargo on

June 6, 2017
Total Views: 40

Monday, June 5, 2017
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 28, 2017) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) participate in a photo exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matt Brown/Released)
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America Rules the Waves. But for How Long? -Interview

By Tobin Harshaw (Bloomberg View) — China builds fake islands in the South China Sea. Russia fires missiles into Syria from the Mediterranean and Caspian

June 5, 2017
Total Views: 84

Shipping News

Qatar Keeps Exporting Oil and Gas as Saudis Cut Ties

By Mohammed Aly Sergie, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Anthony DiPaola (Bloomberg) — Qatar, the world’s biggest seller of liquefied natural gas, can still access

June 5, 2017
Total Views: 27

Sunday, June 4, 2017
Photo of China's PLAN Liaoning aircraft carrier with escort ships underway
Defense

China’s Growing Naval Might Confronts U.S. Supremacy in Asia

By David Tweed and Adrian Leung (Bloomberg) — Ship by ship, port by port, China has over the past two decades been assembling one of the essential

June 4, 2017
Total Views: 33

offshore wind turbine installation
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Trump’s Paris Exit Sidelines D.C. for Danes Blazing Wind Trail

By Peter Levring (Bloomberg) — For Denmark, which relies more on wind energy than any other nation on the planet, Thursday last week was a pretty bad

June 4, 2017
Total Views: 65

Friday, June 2, 2017
GE Floating $1.7 Billion Platform in Germany Shows Power of Wind
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GE Floating $1.7 Billion Platform in Germany Shows Power of Wind

By Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) — General Electric Co. said it’s ready to ship a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) offshore wind platform destined for the

June 2, 2017
Total Views: 114

Thursday, June 1, 2017
delfin flng
Offshore

U.S. Approves Exports from First Floating LNG Terminal in Gulf of Mexico

By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The first floating terminal proposed to export natural gas out of the Gulf of Mexico has been cleared by U.S.

June 1, 2017
Total Views: 102

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Japan’s Most-Shorted Stock Facing Rough Seas as Largest Shareholder Looms

By Chris Cooper and Kiyotaka Matsuda (Bloomberg) — The most-shorted stock on Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average, a shipping line, is facing rough seas

June 1, 2017
Total Views: 40

Wednesday, May 31, 2017
arctic ice
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Climate `Danger Zone’ Seen If Trump Pulls Out of Paris Deal

  By Jessica Shankleman (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump wasn’t exaggerating when he said during his election campaign that the U.S. could

May 31, 2017
Total Views: 64

Trouble Brews for OPEC as Expensive Deepwater Oil Turns Cheap
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Trouble Brews for OPEC as Expensive Deepwater Oil Turns Cheap

By Serene Cheong, Sharon Cho and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Reports of deep-sea drilling’s demise in a world of sub-$100 oil may have been

May 31, 2017
Total Views: 47

njord a offshore platform
Shipping News

Worst Offshore Slump Holds Key Lessons for Top Norway Banker

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Norway’s biggest bank is done comparing: The downturn in the country’s offshore services market has no precedent.

May 31, 2017
Total Views: 89

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Greece Seeks to Lure U.K.-Based Shipowners, Brokers on Brexit

By Paul Tugwell and Sotiris Nikas (Bloomberg) — The Greek government wants to persuade shipowners and shipping-insurance companies based in London to

May 31, 2017
Total Views: 18

Kinder Morgan’s Canada Woes Deepen With Pipeline Foes on Brink of Power
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Kinder Morgan’s Canada Woes Deepen With Pipeline Foes on Brink of Power

By Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg) — Kinder Morgan Inc.’s setbacks in Canada just got more complicated. British Columbia’s New Democratic and Green

May 31, 2017
Total Views: 36

Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Shipping News

MV STELLAR DAISY Loss Casts Shadow Over Fleet of Vale Iron-Ore Carriers

By R.T. Watson (Bloomberg) — A second vessel contracted to haul iron ore for Brazilian miner Vale SA was delayed for repairs following the loss of a

May 30, 2017
Total Views: 254

offshore oil rig Statoil
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Norway Bolsters Oil-Industry Defenses Against Foreign Takeovers

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Norway is seeking greater leeway to restrict foreign ownership of its offshore fields, a move seen to be potentially

May 30, 2017
Total Views: 59

Friday, May 26, 2017
Kinder Morgan Commits to Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Linking Canadian Crude to Asian Markets
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Kinder Morgan Commits to Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Linking Canadian Crude to Asian Markets

By Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg) — Kinder Morgan Inc. has committed to expanding a pipeline that will allow Canadian crude to be exported to Asia, a

May 26, 2017
Total Views: 44

Could Energy-Generating Kites Replace Offshore Wind Turbines?
Shipping News

Could Energy-Generating Kites Replace Offshore Wind Turbines?

By Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg) — Power-generating kites backed by Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Schlumberger Ltd. and EON SE will start tests in the U.K. this

May 26, 2017
Total Views: 114

Suddenly There’s Another Littoral Ship in Trump’s Budget Plans
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Suddenly There’s Another Littoral Ship in Trump’s Budget Plans

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The White House budget office and the Navy are rushing to find an extra $600 million to buy a second Littoral Combat Ship

May 26, 2017
Total Views: 81

Thursday, May 25, 2017
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As the U.S. Sends More Oil to World, OPEC Sends Less to U.S.

By Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — OPEC is finally making the move that could help complete a mission that it’s failed so far: shipping less oil to the

May 25, 2017
Total Views: 9