Scorpio Dominates in Biggest Wager on Tankers Since ’08
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Scorpio Tankers Inc. is leading the biggest construction boom for vessels hauling diesel and oil products since the recession five
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Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Scorpio Tankers Inc. is leading the biggest construction boom for vessels hauling diesel and oil products since the recession five
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — OAO Rosneft outlined a deal to supply China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec, 100 million metric tons of crude during 10 years as
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — Russia’s Energy Ministry may from December be able to grant licenses to export liquefied natural gas, moving closer to
For Chinese oil companies, competing in Brazil’s auction today for the giant Libra field represents a change in strategy. A successful bid would be their
Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) — Singapore LNG Corp., the operator of the Southeast Asian country’s first liquefied natural gas receiving and exporting
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping Russian oil to northwest Europe had the biggest two-day jump since April as traders accelerated bookings of
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — Baltimore’s port ceased operations as 2,000 union longshoremen walked off the job in a contract dispute, snarling imported
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) — Short-term liquefied natural gas prices for Northeast Asia jumped by the most since December as buyers sought more cargoes for
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — Kuehne & Nagel International AG, the world’s biggest sea-freight forwarder, reported third-quarter profit that missed
View Larger Map Above is a satellite view of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding which is busy building large bulk carriers. Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — Freight
By Paul M. Barrett, Bloomberg The big movie this weekend is the well-reviewed Captain Phillips, a high-seas piracy drama based on a 2009 hijacking in which
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) — Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the third- largest independent U.S. oil and natural gas producer, said it’s working for the release
Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — An oil tanker exploded while undergoing repairs at an eastern China shipyard, killing seven people, injuring one, and causing oil
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the third- largest independent U.S. oil and natural gas producer, said it’s working for the release of a research vessel and
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — STX Pan Ocean Co., South Korea’s largest commodities shipping line, canceled some ship orders as it seeks to revive
The ship in Tom Hanks’s new movie is part of a national-security program that’s now in jeopardy because of the government
Russian investigators said they found morphine and opium straw onboard the ship as well as “dual-use†equipment that may have been intended for
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — The cost of hauling crude on the largest tankers is poised to rise to a four-year high as the biggest demolition program in a decade
Genting Hong Kong Ltd., the largest shareholder in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., ordered a 1,682-passenger-cabin cruise ship from Meyer Werft for 707.2
BP Plc’s doomed Macondo well dumped 4.2 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, a lawyer for the U.S. told a judge who is assessing the
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