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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
In World With Too Much Crude Oil, Tanker Owners Reap Billion-Dollar Windfall
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In World With Too Much Crude Oil, Tanker Owners Reap Billion-Dollar Windfall

By Manisha Jha (Bloomberg) — The most destructive oil crash in a generation is giving ship owners a billion-dollar windfall. With the Organization of

December 30, 2015
Total Views: 51

Swollen Rivers Raging Towards Industrial South
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Swollen Rivers Raging Towards Industrial South

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the

December 30, 2015
Total Views: 3

Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Severe Weather Closes Section of Mississippi River Near St. Louis
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Severe Weather Closes Section of Mississippi River Near St. Louis

By Jeff Wilson and Megan Durisin (Bloomberg) — Floods after heavy rain shut 5 miles of the Mississippi River, the biggest U.S. inland shipping channel,

December 29, 2015
Total Views: 6

China Approves Second Shipping-Related Merger This Month
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China Approves Second Shipping-Related Merger This Month

By Clement Tan (Bloomberg) — China has approved another strategic restructuring of two state-owned shipping-related conglomerates, the second such move

December 29, 2015
Total Views: 3

Monday, December 28, 2015
U.S. Natural Gas Exports Seen as Big Boon for Asia, Small Bust Back Home
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U.S. Natural Gas Exports Seen as Big Boon for Asia, Small Bust Back Home

By Jim Polson and Jonathan N. Crawford (Bloomberg) — An impending flood of U.S. shale gas into the global market stands to lower the price of the heating

December 28, 2015
Total Views: 60

Beijing Curtails Natural Gas Supply as Weather Disrupts LNG Cargoes
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Beijing Curtails Natural Gas Supply as Weather Disrupts LNG Cargoes

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Beijing suspended gas supplies to some industrial users after liquefied natural gas imports by PetroChina Co. were

December 28, 2015
Total Views: 94

China Fines Car Carrier Shipping Firms $63 Million for Price Fixing Scheme
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China Fines Car Carrier Shipping Firms $63 Million for Price Fixing Scheme

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China fined eight shipping lines 407 million yuan ($63 million) in total after finding them responsible for price

December 28, 2015
Total Views: 82

Saturday, December 26, 2015
Japan Says an Armed Chinese Vessel Entered Its Waters for the First Time
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Japan Says an Armed Chinese Vessel Entered Its Waters for the First Time

By Yuji Nakamura (Bloomberg) — An armed Chinese government ship was one of three vessels that entered Japan’s territorial waters near disputed islands

December 26, 2015
Total Views: 62

China Shipping Shares Diverge After Consolidation Plan
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China Shipping Shares Diverge After Consolidation Plan

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Chinese investors got their first opportunity to react to a plan for consolidating the nation’s two state-owned

December 26, 2015
Total Views: 40

Thursday, December 24, 2015
Cyprus’ Plan to Boost Shipping’s Role in Economy Within Reach, Ross Says
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Cyprus’ Plan to Boost Shipping’s Role in Economy Within Reach, Ross Says

By Paul Tugwell and Georgios Georgiou (Bloomberg) — Cyprus’s target to increase the contribution that shipping makes to its economy by around two

December 24, 2015
Total Views: 4

Wednesday, December 23, 2015
First Export of U.S. Crude Oil Booked After Ban Lifted
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First Export of U.S. Crude Oil Booked After Ban Lifted

By Dan Murtaugh and Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — It took years to lift a ban on most U.S. oil exports. It took a week for the first shipment to

December 23, 2015
Total Views: 28

COSCO Singapore Explores Ways to Help Shipbuilding Business
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COSCO Singapore Explores Ways to Help Shipbuilding Business

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Cosco Corp. Singapore Ltd., the shipbuilding arm of China Ocean Shipping Group, is exploring options to support its

December 23, 2015
Total Views: 6

Tuesday, December 22, 2015
polar pioneer
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Shell Cuts 2016 Spending by $2 Billion as It Prepares for BG

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s largest oil company, further reduced spending plans for this year and 2016 as it

December 22, 2015
Total Views: 5

American LNG Exporters Turn to Europe as Asian Demand Sputters
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American LNG Exporters Turn to Europe as Asian Demand Sputters

By Tim Loh, Christine Buurma and Harry R. Weber (Bloomberg) — For years, U.S. gas companies looking to export liquefied natural gas dreamed of a booming

December 22, 2015
Total Views: 7

Monday, December 21, 2015
Brent Oil Slides to 11-Year Low
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Brent Oil Slides to 11-Year Low

By Mark Shenk and Grant Smith (Bloomberg) — Brent crude slumped to the lowest price since mid-2004 amid speculation suppliers from the Middle East to the

December 21, 2015
Total Views: 5

Slumping Oil Threatens Shell-BG Deal
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Slumping Oil Threatens Shell-BG Deal

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc is on the brink of pulling off its biggest acquisition. Yet the widening discount of target BG

December 21, 2015
Total Views: 1

Saturday, December 19, 2015
U.S. Oil Is Too Good, Too Pricey and Too Far for Asia Buyers
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U.S. Oil Is Too Good, Too Pricey and Too Far for Asia Buyers

By Debjit Chakraborty, Yuji Okada and Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — In the world’s biggest oil market, buyers have better options than U.S. crude. As the

December 19, 2015
Total Views: 10

Friday, December 18, 2015
U.S. Reverses Decades-Old Crude Export Ban With Obama’s Backing
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U.S. Reverses Decades-Old Crude Export Ban With Obama’s Backing

With the stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama on Friday ended 40 years of U.S. crude oil export limits by signing off on a repeal passed by Congress earlier

December 18, 2015
Total Views: 52

Congress Passes U.S. Spending Bill to End Crude Oil Export Ban
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Congress Passes U.S. Spending Bill to End Crude Oil Export Ban

By Billy House and Erik Wasson (Bloomberg) — Congress passed a $1.1 trillion spending measure that averts a U.S. government shutdown and ends a 40-

December 18, 2015
Total Views: 7

Thursday, December 17, 2015
USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) during sea trials
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U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Fewer Ships, More Jets

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter has ordered U.S. Navy leaders to buy fewer ships so the service can spend more on jets such

December 17, 2015
Total Views: 2
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