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Friday, June 13, 2025
wave breaking over tanker
News

Israel’s Strikes on Iran Jolt Tanker Markets, Freight Rates Soar

Israel’s overnight airstrikes on Iran drove up freight rates and tanker stocks Friday as traders and investors priced in the prospect of disruption to a

June 13, 2025
Total Views: 2041

North Korea Restores Damaged Warship, Plans Two More Next Year
Accidents

North Korea Restores Damaged Warship, Plans Two More Next Year

North Korea said it successfully refloated a 5,000-ton destroyer that suffered damage in a botched launch attempt last month that left it foundering in shallow

June 13, 2025
Total Views: 1696

Thursday, June 12, 2025
tanker at sea
Shipping

Oil Tanker Titans Stay Calm But Cautious After Mideast Warnings

Several of the world’s largest ocean-tanker operators said they remained calm but cautious after risk warnings from naval forces for vessels operating in and

June 12, 2025
Total Views: 501

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Photo of China's PLAN Liaoning aircraft carrier with escort ships underway
Defense

China Sends Two Carriers Into Pacific in First-Ever Dual Deployment Near Japan

A Chinese aircraft carrier made one of its deepest forays into the Pacific Ocean over the weekend as Beijing continues to project its military power further

June 10, 2025
Total Views: 1878

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, on the day he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington
Energy

Trump’s Energy Dominance Push Helped by Gulf Oil Output Revival

US oil production is poised to rise this year and next as President Donald Trump pushes for more drilling. But as crude prices tumble, most of the growth will

June 10, 2025
Total Views: 1549

Monday, June 9, 2025
Japan’s Taiyo Oil Imports Russian Crude on US-Sanctioned Tanker
Energy

Japan’s Taiyo Oil Imports Russian Crude on US-Sanctioned Tanker

The Japanese oil refiner Taiyo Oil Co. is taking delivery of a cargo of Russian crude on a tanker that’s blacklisted by both the US Treasury and the European

June 9, 2025
Total Views: 2194

Sunday, June 8, 2025
Superyacht with deck lights on docked at sunset
Cruise Ships

Yacht Builder To The World’s Super-Rich Caught Up In Spy Claims

By Daniele Lepido Jun 6, 2025 (Bloomberg) –In early April 2024, Xu Xinyu, an executive director at Ferretti SpA, noticed an SUV and two strange men

June 8, 2025
Total Views: 6460

Saturday, June 7, 2025
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Commercial Fishing

Octopus Invasion In English Channel Shows Risks From Warming Seas

By Joe Wertz May 30, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Some English fishermen have hit the jackpot this season, hauling in tons of octopus, but the invasion of the

June 7, 2025
Total Views: 3873

Friday, June 6, 2025
Photo: Ivan Cholakov / Shutterstock.com
Cruise Ships

Why Two Million Tourists Are Boarding Cruise Ships on a Texas Island

Much of the historic Strand District in Galveston, Texas, is about as tacky as it comes. The 19th-century buildings that line its streets are packed with

June 6, 2025
Total Views: 3664

Thursday, June 5, 2025
Photo shows the Morning Midas on fire
Accidents

Burning Ship Abandoned in Pacific Carried Several Chinese Car Brands

A cargo ship that was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after catching fire Tuesday was carrying cars from several Chinese automakers, according to

June 5, 2025
Total Views: 4331

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Stock photo of the bow of a ship at anchor
Shipping

Iran Oil Flows to China Fall on Sanctions, Refinery Maintenance

Iran is shipping less oil to China, as toughening sanctions snarl the OPEC producer’s shipments and refinery demand falls in the world’s biggest fossil

June 4, 2025
Total Views: 866

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Container ships wait off the coast of the congested Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Long Beach, California
Environment

A Simple Scheduling Fix at Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports Yields Big Emissions Savings

(Bloomberg) — During the pandemic, as many as 100 giant container ships would idle off the Southern California coast, belching pollutants as they waited

June 3, 2025
Total Views: 2125

Monday, June 2, 2025
Drone docking station
Offshore

Norway Takes Drone Inspections of Offshore Oil Platform to a New Level

(Bloomberg) — A major Norwegian oil field is taking the industry’s use of drones for safety inspections to a new level, with a permanently installed

June 2, 2025
Total Views: 1594

Sunday, June 1, 2025
NYC ferry
Ports

Billionaire Steve Cohen Wants NY To Expand Taxpayer-Backed Ferry

By Nacha Cattan May 30, 2025 (Bloomberg) –New Yorkers know that getting to LaGuardia airport and Citi Field in Queens from Manhattan has long been a

June 1, 2025
Total Views: 2758

China willing to maintain communication on submarine infrastructure security.Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
Shipping

Southeast Asia Joins Europe’s Calls To Defend Subsea Cables

By Philip J. Heijmans and Alberto Nardelli Jun 1, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Defense officials from Europe and Southeast Asia called for stronger

June 1, 2025
Total Views: 1404

Saturday, May 31, 2025
A missile is launched from a U.S. Navy warship against what they describe as Houthi military targets in Yemen.Handout via REUTERS.
Navy

US Navy To Field ‘Game-Changer’ Anti-Ship Tomahawk By September

By Tony Capaccio May 30, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The US Navy will start fielding an anti-ship version of its Tomahawk cruise missile on destroyers by late

May 31, 2025
Total Views: 6999

Friday, May 30, 2025
The busy container port and natural scenery in Shanghai, China
News

Tariff Truce Keeps China-US Trade Flowing Across the Pacific

(Bloomberg) — The ceasefire in the tariff fight between the world’s two largest economies is encouraging trade across the Pacific, holding up freight

May 30, 2025
Total Views: 526

Fuga Bluemarine crude oil tanker lies at anchor near the terminal Kozmino in Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia
Energy

Western Oil Tanker Firms Flock Back to Russia After Price Plunge

From Athens to New York, oil tanker companies from Group of Seven nations are flocking back to the Russian oil trade. Tumbling global oil prices this year

May 30, 2025
Total Views: 11605

Thursday, May 29, 2025
An aerial view shows an SCF tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022
News

Falling Russian Oil Prices Drive Exports’ Value to Two-Year Low

The value of Russia’s crude shipments hit a two-year low in the four weeks to May 25 even as Moscow shrugged off a threat that the G-7 group of nations

May 29, 2025
Total Views: 335

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Machinery can be seen sitting at the Port of Darwin, located in the Northern Territory's capital city of Darwin
Ports

Australia Looks to Avoid a Panama Repeat in China Port Showdown

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is confronting a fresh diplomatic dilemma with China: How to fulfill a pledge to regain control of a strategic port without

May 28, 2025
Total Views: 1152