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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Shipping

Russian Games Make Secret Tanker Oil Switching Harder to Trace

(Bloomberg) — Two near-identical oil tankers trying to beat western sanctions. A secret transfer of Russian crude halfway between Iran and Oman. A

July 17, 2024
Total Views: 4276

Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Offshore

Broken Offshore Wind Blade Debris Washes Up in Nantucket

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Investigators are probing the cause of a damaged offshore wind turbine blade that sent debris washing

July 16, 2024
Total Views: 3381

Monday, July 15, 2024
Shipping

Greece Extends Naval Drills That Deter Russian Oil Transfers

By Alex Longley, Julian Lee and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Greece is again extending the naval drills that have largely deterred transfers of Russian

July 15, 2024
Total Views: 1058

Shipping

Maersk Tankers and Competitors Bet Billions on Ammonia Fuel Carriers

(Bloomberg) — Some of the biggest names in shipping are betting billions of dollars on tankers to transport a type of ammonia that’s scarcely being

July 15, 2024
Total Views: 1467

Sunday, July 14, 2024
Navy

Chinese And Russian Naval Forces Hold Joint Operation In Pacific

By Bloomberg News Jul 14, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Chinese and Russian naval forces recently conducted another round of joint exercises, according to

July 14, 2024
Total Views: 1526

Ports

Botswana Eyes New Export Route To Exploit Huge Coal Resource

By Borges Nhamire, Matthew Hill and Mbongeni Mguni Jul 13, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Three southern African nations signed a deal to proceed with a rail and

July 14, 2024
Total Views: 2393

Saturday, July 13, 2024
Shipping

Ships Fleeing The Red Sea Now Face Perilous African Weather

By Alex Longley and Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) –Ships sailing around the southern tip of Africa are wrestling with a bout of bad weather that has

July 13, 2024
Total Views: 9645

Friday, July 12, 2024
Shipping

Gunvor to Ship North Sea Crude to Asia After Bull Play Wraps Up

(Bloomberg) — Gunvor Group will send a supertanker loaded with North Sea Forties crude to Asia after the trading house amassed a large volume of

July 12, 2024
Total Views: 1373

Ports

Adani to Double Investment in Transshipment Port to $2.4 Billion

(Bloomberg) — Billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate is doubling investment to $2.4 billion in its new mega port in southern India as it seeks to

July 12, 2024
Total Views: 853

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Marine Weather

Cargo Ship Evacuated as Waves Pound South African Coast

(Bloomberg) — Storms pounded South Africa’s coastline for a fourth day on Wednesday, disrupting shipping operations, with massive swells forcing the

July 10, 2024
Total Views: 3897

Shipping

Dozens of Tankers Sanctioned Over Russian Oil Are Sitting Idle Around the World

(Bloomberg) — From the frigid waters of Russia’s Baltic Sea to the Pacific shores of Vladivostok, dozens of tankers that previously moved Moscow’s

July 10, 2024
Total Views: 2404

Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Shipping

Singapore Container Ship Logjam Spills Over to Malaysian Port

(Bloomberg) — Container ship congestion in Singapore, one of Asia’s busiest ports, is spreading to neighboring Malaysia, snarling supply chains and

July 9, 2024
Total Views: 1819

Shipping

Slumping Freight Rates Telegraph Warning on Asian Crude Demand

(Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping crude oil along key routes to Asia is slumping as supertankers take shorter trips and demand softens in China. Freight

July 9, 2024
Total Views: 796

Monday, July 8, 2024
Shipping

Russian Oil Deliveries Keep Getting Cheaper Despite Sanctions

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Group of Seven sanctions aimed at depriving the Kremlin of petrodollars are failing in one of their key objectives:

July 8, 2024
Total Views: 1971

Sunday, July 7, 2024
Incidents

Iran’s Sahand Warship Capsizes

By Arsalan Shahla Jul 7, 2024(Bloomberg) –Several people were injured in an accident during repair work on Iran’s Sahand destroyer, the

July 7, 2024
Total Views: 49132

Saturday, July 6, 2024
Ports

Foremen At BC Port Give DP World Canada 72-Hour Strike Notice

By Layan Odeh Jul 6, 2024(Bloomberg) –A union representing ship and dock foremen in British Columbia has issued a 72-hour strike notice against DP

July 6, 2024
Total Views: 1352

Friday, July 5, 2024
Marine Weather

Beryl Rakes Mexico on Potential Path to Texas

By Brian K. Sullivan and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Beryl’s winds weakened as it battered Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula after leaving a

July 5, 2024
Total Views: 1607

Shipping

Supertankers Find New Trade After Houthi Ship Attacks

By Alex Longley and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Some of the world’s biggest oil-hauling supertankers are instead loading up vast volumes of diesel in

July 5, 2024
Total Views: 6847

Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Piracy

Houthi Attacks Fuel Resurgence of Somali Piracy

By Simon Marks (Bloomberg) — Attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants on the Red Sea have reinvigorated piracy networks in Somalia, with criminal groups

July 3, 2024
Total Views: 2385

Shipping

China’s Seizure of Taiwan Fishing Boat Risks Inflaming Tensions

By Cindy Wang, Yian Lee and Foster Wong (Bloomberg) — China detained a Taiwanese fishing boat and its crew, a move that risks worsening tensions with

July 3, 2024
Total Views: 1723