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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
An offshore oil rig is pictured off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, U.S., November 14, 2024
Offshore

Trump Administration Backs Off Bid for Atlantic Oil Drilling

The Trump administration is ruling out selling offshore oil and gas leases along the US East Coast, after its initial plan for auctioning them drew alarm from

October 29, 2025
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
India State Refiners Mull Russia Oil Options After Sanctions
Energy

India State Refiners Mull Russia Oil Options After Sanctions

 India’s state-run refiners are considering whether they can continue to take some discounted Russian oil cargoes by leaning on small suppliers instead of

October 28, 2025
Total Views: 727

Monday, October 27, 2025
Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang
News

China Analysts Expect US to Ease Export Curbs for Magnet Relief

Chinese analysts expect the US to dial back new export control rules targeting thousands of Chinese firms when presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump meet this

October 27, 2025
Total Views: 768

Bulk Carrier 'Discoverer' unloads U.S. soybeans at the port of Paranagua.REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer
Shipping

Soybeans Rally as US-China Talks Spur Hope for Trade Revival

Soybeans and other grains surged as progress in negotiations between the US and China lifted hopes that the world’s two largest economies were edging toward

October 27, 2025
Total Views: 1101

Sunday, October 26, 2025
File Photo shows a bulk ship with containership in background
Incidents

Chinese Ship Sinks Off Guangzhou Waters With Two Crew Missing

By Katharine Gemmell Oct 26, 2025 (Bloomberg) –A Chinese-flagged ship has sunk in waters off Guangzhou after colliding with a Singapore-registered

October 26, 2025
Total Views: 3263

Hurricane Melissa, which has developed into a Category 4 hurricane, moves westward in the Caribbean Sea towards Jamaica
Marine Weather

Hurricane Melissa Explodes in Strength, Poses Peril For Jamaica

By Brian K. Sullivan and Scott Squires Oct 26, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Storm Melissa exploded in strength overnight, barreling toward an expected landfall

October 26, 2025
Total Views: 1734

Saturday, October 25, 2025
offshore oil platform off California
Offshore

Trump Plan Would Open Almost All Coast To Offshore Drilling

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy Oct 23, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration is readying a proposal to open almost all US coastal waters to new offshore

October 25, 2025
Total Views: 1629

Liquefaction-Facility
Shipping

Interior’s Burgum Floats Shipping Gas From Alaska North Slope

By Ari Natter and Ruth Liao Oct 24, 2025 (Bloomberg) –US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum floated the concept of storing natural gas produced

October 25, 2025
Total Views: 1707

Friday, October 24, 2025
Oil tanker on the horizon at sunset
Shipping

Rush to Replace Russian Oil Sees Supertanker Freight Rates Jump

Supertanker freight futures have soared after the US’s sanctioning of two major Russian oil producers spurred buyers of the crude to seek

October 24, 2025
Total Views: 720

LNG Carrier 'Perle' and "CCH Gas' conducting a STS transfer off the coast of Malaysia
Shipping

China’s Pacific Gas Denies Role in Russian LNG Transfer

A liquefied natural gas tanker off Malaysia that appears to be receiving fuel from a sanctioned Russian vessel is owned by Chinese shipping firm Pacific Gas,

October 24, 2025
Total Views: 639

Thursday, October 23, 2025
A crude oil tanker lies at anchor near the terminal Kozmino in Nakhodka Bay. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel
Energy

Chinese State Buyers Step Back From Russian Oil on Sanctions

Chinese state-owned companies including Sinopec canceled some purchases of seaborne Russian crude after the US blacklisted Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC, adding

October 23, 2025
Total Views: 1084

The Christophe de Margerie, an ice-class tanker fitted out to transport liquefied natural gas, is docked at the Yamal LNG facility in Arctic port of Sabetta, Yamalo-Nenets district, Russia March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Olesya Astakhova/File Photo
Shipping

China Keeps Importing Russian LNG After Dodging New US Curbs

China is pushing ahead with imports of US-sanctioned Russian liquefied natural gas, after the White House stopped short of putting additional restrictions on

October 23, 2025
Total Views: 254

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
China’s $1 Billion of Daily US Exports Show Xi’s Bargaining Power
Shipping

China’s $1 Billion of Daily US Exports Show Xi’s Bargaining Power

Six months into Donald Trump’s trade war, the resilience of Chinese exports is proving just how essential many of its products remain even after US levies of

October 22, 2025
Total Views: 1933

LNG carrier in dense fog
Shipping

EU Leaders to Approve New Russia Sanctions With LNG Ban

European Union leaders are expected to greenlight a 19th Russia sanctions package at a summit on Thursday after Slovakia dropped its

October 22, 2025
Total Views: 348

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
US May Cut India Tariff Rate to 15-16% in Trade Deal, Mint Says
News

US May Cut India Tariff Rate to 15-16% in Trade Deal, Mint Says

India and the US are nearing a trade deal that could lower tariffs on Indian exports to 15%–16% from about 50%, the Mint newspaper reported, citing three

October 21, 2025
Total Views: 899

Bulker carrying bauxite unloading at a port in Yantai
Shipping

Commodity Vessels Clog Up China Ports as Fees on U.S. Ships Begin

Waiting times for commodity vessels queued off China’s ports increased to the lengthiest this year, as the geopolitical sparring between Beijing and

October 21, 2025
Total Views: 1518

Monday, October 20, 2025
LNG Carrier 'Perle' and "CCH Gas' conducting a STS transfer off the coast of Malaysia
Shipping

First Evidence of Russian LNG Ship-to-Ship Transfer Emerges off Malaysia

A dark tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from a US-sanctioned Russian export plant has positioned itself for a rare open-water fuel transfer off the coast

October 20, 2025
Total Views: 740

tanker underway at sea from the bridge
News

Global Crude in Transit Reaches Record 1.24 Billion Barrels as Supply Surges

A flotilla of crude oil on the world’s oceans expanded to a fresh high as producer nations keep adding barrels and the tankers sail further for

October 20, 2025
Total Views: 537

Saturday, October 18, 2025
Putin Takes Hybrid Warfare To The Sea
Navy

Putin Takes Hybrid Warfare To The Sea

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was

October 18, 2025
Total Views: 2517

Superyacht with deck lights on docked at sunset
News

Spy Games and Superyachts: Inside the Italy-China Power Struggle Rocking Luxury Shipyards

By Daniele Lepido and Haze Fan (Bloomberg) The battle between Italian luxury yacht maker Ferretti SpA’s management and its top Chinese investor is once

October 18, 2025
Total Views: 1958