Bloomberg

Bloomberg News is a global newsroom covering markets, economics, policy, energy, commodities, and international trade. gCaptain republishes select Bloomberg reporting under a syndication license when stories are relevant to shipping, ports, and offshore sectors. Bloomberg stories on gCaptain are clearly labeled and may be edited for house style and format while preserving the original reporting.


Wednesday, February 12, 2014
k line drive green project car carrier classnk
Engineering News

K-Line Orders New, Environmentally-Optimized Car Carrier

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan’s third-largest shipping line by sales, has ordered a vessel fitted with an engine to cut nitrogen oxide emissions to meet

February 12, 2014
Total Views: 165

Tuesday, February 11, 2014
mary landrieu
News

Drillers Seen Gaining From Oil-State Senators Atop Committee

They’re senior senators from two of the nation’s top oil-producing states, longtime friends who are about to begin a partnership that has environmentalists

February 11, 2014
Total Views: 34

Ocean rig olympia total drillship
News

Total Expands Offshore Drilling as $7.3B Campaign Finds Dry Hole

Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — Total SA began life as Cie Francaise des Petroles, or CFP, almost a century ago. Thirty years since changing its name, the French

February 11, 2014
Total Views: 52

Thursday, February 6, 2014
berge nice lpg carrier kawasaki
News

Panama Canal Delay Seen Boosting LPG Shipping as Voyages Lengthened

Delays to the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion may prolong a surge in rates for ships hauling liquefied petroleum gas between the U.S. and Asia, according

February 6, 2014
Total Views: 48

eurogate container terminal hamburg hhla
News

Hamburg’s Container Volume Rises as HHLA Wins Traffic From Rotterdam

Hamburger Hafen & Logistik AG, which handles about three of four containers at Hamburg’s port, saw rising volume last year as feeder traffic to the Baltic

February 6, 2014
Total Views: 50

Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Panama Canal Expansion Work Suspended After Talks Break Down
News

Panama Canal Expansion Work Suspended After Talks Break Down

The $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal was suspended today as negotiations between a construction group led by Spain’s Sacyr SA and the waterway’s

February 5, 2014
Total Views: 79

panama canal expansion
News

Talks Break Down Over Panama Canal Construction Dispute

The Panama Canal Authority broke off talks about a $1.6 billion cost overrun with the Sacyr SA-led group working to expand the waterway, Sacyr said, pushing

February 5, 2014
Total Views: 103

Friday, January 31, 2014
Rowan Fights Second Well Blowout in a Year at Same Gulf of Mexico Site
Offshore

Rowan Fights Second Well Blowout in a Year at Same Gulf of Mexico Site

The blowout at a natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday is the second time in a year Rowan Companies Plc has lost control while drilling at the same

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 172

Panama Canal Expansion has U.S. Ports Jumping -In Depth
Shipping News

Panama Canal Expansion has U.S. Ports Jumping -In Depth

By Eric Sabo Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — It’s an overcast morning as the Zim Shanghai squeezes through the narrows locks near the eastern end of the Panama

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 40

Again? Princess Cruise Cut Short Following Norovirus Outbreak

Again? Princess Cruise Cut Short Following Norovirus Outbreak

The Caribbean Princess cruise ship is returning to Houston early this morning after 165 passengers fell ill with norovirus, the same intestinal disorder that

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 55

BSEE, Coast Guard Responding to Loss of Well Control Incident in Gulf of Mexico
Offshore

BSEE, Coast Guard Responding to Loss of Well Control Incident in Gulf of Mexico

Workers last night cut in half the flow of natural gas from an out-of-control well being drilled by Rowan Companies Plc in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of

January 31, 2014
Total Views: 121

Thursday, January 30, 2014
Shell Postpones Alaska Offshore Drilling Amid Spending Cuts
News

Shell Postpones Alaska Offshore Drilling Amid Spending Cuts

Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden promised to slash capital spending and accelerate asset sales to revive earnings at Europe’s

January 30, 2014
Total Views: 29

Wednesday, January 29, 2014
espirito santo fpso shell keppel
News

Qatar Pivots to Energy Investment Abroad as Home Projects Shrink

Qatar is buying oil and gas fields from Brazil to the Congo as the biggest liquefied natural-gas producer sees fewer energy developments at

January 29, 2014
Total Views: 61

U.S. Joins Carnival Pollution Probe
Shipping News

U.S. Joins Carnival Pollution Probe

Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise operator, said the U.S. Justice Department joined a U.K. investigation into whether its Caribbean Princess ship

January 29, 2014
Total Views: 22

velikiy novgorod gazprom sovcomflot
News

Yamal LNG to Pick European Transshipment Port by Third Quarter

Yamal LNG, a venture developing a liquefied natural gas export plant in the Russian Arctic, plans to pick a terminal for transshipping the fuel in Europe by

January 29, 2014
Total Views: 73

Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Lisa Murkowski brookings
News

Cheaper Gasoline Hurts ExxonMobil’s Plea for U.S. Crude Exports

ExxonMobil Corp.’s push to export U.S. oil overseas is facing a new obstacle: falling gasoline

January 28, 2014
Total Views: 36

Monday, January 27, 2014
suspect pirate tug dryad
News

Angola Navy: There is No Risk of Pirate Attack Off Angola

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — The reported hijacking of Greek oil tanker Kerala off the Angolan coast earlier this month was fabricated by the crew and the

January 27, 2014
Total Views: 173

Sunday, January 26, 2014
Hundreds Fall Ill on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship

Hundreds Fall Ill on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship

Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control boarded a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ship in the Virgin Islands today to assess the situation after

January 26, 2014
Total Views: 47

Friday, January 24, 2014
stealth gas sir ivor lpg carrier
News

NGL Traders Are Making Serious Bank Off U.S. Oil Boom

"Traders can make about $5 million profit on each U.S. propane cargo shipped overseas" - Philipps

January 24, 2014
Total Views: 346

Thursday, January 23, 2014
CSAV Shares Sink On Hapag-Lloyd Merger Deal

CSAV Shares Sink On Hapag-Lloyd Merger Deal

Cia. Sud Americana de Vapores SA fell the most in more than two years after the Chilean shipping company reached an agreement to combine operations with

January 23, 2014
Total Views: 55