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Friday, September 9, 2016
U.S. Navy Moves to Simplify Littoral Ship Operations Amid Flaws
Shipping News

U.S. Navy Moves to Simplify Littoral Ship Operations Amid Flaws

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Confronted with equipment breakdowns and harried crews, the U.S. Navy is moving to simply and stabilize operations of its

September 9, 2016
Total Views: 34

Thursday, September 8, 2016
hmm containership
Shipping News

Hyundai Merchant Marine to Offer Some Relief to Shippers in Wake of Hanjin Debacle

By Kyunghee Park and Sohee Kim (Bloomberg) — More than a week after South Korea’s biggest container line filed for bankruptcy protection and

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 25

arctic shipping
Shipping News

Age-Old Dream of Arctic Shipping Still Just a Dream

By Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — For centuries, a harsh climate and ice-choked seas dashed the dreams of sailors attempting to cross the Canadian

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 83

Trump To Build 350 Ship Navy (Fails To Mention Merchant Marine OR USCG)
Navy

Trump To Build 350 Ship Navy (Fails To Mention Merchant Marine OR USCG)

by Anthony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Donald Trump is proposing an Army as big as the one President George W. Bush sent into Iraq and Afghanistan and a Navy with

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 63

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
shipping containers stacked
News

Globalization of the World Economy Hits a Wall

By Justin Fox (Bloomberg View) — For the first time since early 2014, the dollar value of goods imported and exported by the G20 countries actually grew

September 7, 2016
Total Views: 60

hanjin long beach
Shipping News

Sinking Shipping Lines Won’t Help Buoy Survivors

By David Fickling and Rani Molla (Bloomberg Gadfly) — Here’s some good news for the hard-pressed shipping industry: Of the top 15 container lines

September 7, 2016
Total Views: 24

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Shipping Containers stacked in the Port Of Barcelona, Spain.
Shipping News

Samsung Says $38 Million of Goods On Board Two Hanjin Vessels

by Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest smartphone maker, said about $38 million of its goods and parts were on board two

September 6, 2016
Total Views: 47

Interesting

Food, Water Dwindling Aboard Hanjin Ghost Ships

by Sohee Kim (Bloomberg) South Korea’s cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping is adrift at sea — and in more ways than one. Hanjin is one of the world’s

September 6, 2016
Total Views: 71

Wind Turbines
News

Plans for $3.5 Billion Offshore Wind Farm in UK Moving Forward

By Jessica Shankleman (Bloomberg) — RWE AG and Statkraft AS said they’d bid for a U.K. clean-energy subsidy after getting full planning permission for

September 6, 2016
Total Views: 80

Monday, September 5, 2016
Ports

Hanjin Steers Stranded Ships to Singapore, Hamburg

by Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) South Korea said Hanjin Shipping will try to steer vessels to ports to unload cargo as the government tries to contain global

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 92

Swiber Says Managers See ‘Reasonable Prospect’ to Save Firm
Offshore

Swiber Says Managers See ‘Reasonable Prospect’ to Save Firm

By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen (Bloomberg) — Swiber Holdings Ltd. said its court-appointed managers have indicated a “reasonable prospect” of saving

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 92

CMA CGM Containership. Photo credit: CMA CGM
Shipping News

CMA CGM Bonds Drop to Record as Weak Freight Rates Squeeze Profits

By Joe Mayes (Bloomberg) — CMA CGM SA bonds hit a record low after the container-shipping line’s quarterly profit plunged on weak freight rates. The

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 49

Saturday, September 3, 2016
John Kerry on the bridge of a US Navy Ship
Navy

Kerry’s Soft Words Blunt U.S. Naval Power in South China Sea

By Eli Lake (Bloomberg) There are times when I want President Barack Obama to invent a global crisis for John Kerry to solve, just to keep his secretary of

September 3, 2016
Total Views: 81

Friday, September 2, 2016
Navy

‘Little Green Boats’ Have Japan on High Alert

By Eli Lake (Bloomberg) In early August, Japan’s Coast Guard witnessed an unconventional Chinese assault on its territorial waters. According to Japanese

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 22

Top India Shipping Line Reviving Iran Venture to Fight Slump
News

Top India Shipping Line Reviving Iran Venture to Fight Slump

By Saket Sundria and Debjit Chakraborty (Bloomberg) — State-run Shipping Corp. of India Ltd., struggling for respite from an industry downturn, plans to

September 2, 2016
Total Views: 22

Thursday, September 1, 2016
Hanjin Ship Locations
Finance

Stranded On The High Seas – An Update On Hanjin’s Fleet

by Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) Hanjin Shipping Co.’s vessels are getting stranded at sea after the South Korean container mover filed for court protection,

September 1, 2016
Total Views: 103

South China Sea
Shipping News

How Can the U.S. and China Avoid Sliding Into Conflict?

By Ying Fu (Bloomberg View) — As the leaders of China and the U.S. meet in Hangzhou ahead of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit, many would like to

September 1, 2016
Total Views: 22

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Cocaine Found In Coca-Cola Shipping Container
News

Cocaine Found In Coca-Cola Shipping Container

(Bloomberg) Workers at a Coca-Cola factory in southern France opened a shipment of orange juice but found a huge shipment of cocaine instead. The

August 31, 2016
Total Views: 202

Hanjin Containership In Port
News

Hanjin’s Fall: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

By Andy Mukherjee and David Fickling (Bloomberg Gadfly) — Depending on whom you ask, South Korea’s largest container-shipping company filing for

August 31, 2016
Total Views: 134

Israel Courting Energy Heavyweights to Seek Offshore Gas
Offshore

Israel Courting Energy Heavyweights to Seek Offshore Gas

By David Wainer (Bloomberg) — Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz is out to persuade big energy explorers put off by years of regulatory turmoil to

August 31, 2016
Total Views: 23