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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
mozambique lng

ONGC and Oil India to Buy $2.5 Billion Stake in Mozambique LNG

June 25 (Bloomberg) — Oil & Natural Gas Corp. and Oil India Ltd., India’s biggest state-run explorers, will pay $2.5 billion to buy a stake in

June 25, 2013
Total Views: 45

Monday, June 24, 2013
petronet lng
News

Sinking Rupee Hits India’s Worst-Performing Gas Importer Deals

June 25 (Bloomberg) — Petronet LNG Ltd., India’s worst- performing oil and gas stock this year, is considering slowing contracts for importing

June 24, 2013
Total Views: 38

Capesizes Gain for 13th Session in a Row as China Rebuilds Stockpiles
News

Capesizes Gain for 13th Session in a Row as China Rebuilds Stockpiles

Rates to ship iron ore extended the year’s biggest rally on speculation Brazil expanded exports as Chinese steel mills, the biggest buyers, rebuild

June 24, 2013
Total Views: 27

Sunday, June 23, 2013
nigeria lng terminal shell
News

Nigeria LNG Bay Is Blockaded by Maritime Agency Halting Exports

Nigeria LNG Ltd. said the country’s maritime regulator issued it a ship detention order today, halting exports and detaining three of its vessels in

June 23, 2013
Total Views: 86

Thursday, June 20, 2013
golar lng carrier tanker
News

LNG Market Faces Period of “Unprecedented” Tightness – IEA

(Bloomberg) — Global liquefied natural gas markets will face “unprecedented” tightness this year and next as incremental LNG demand from Asia

June 20, 2013
Total Views: 38

Wednesday, June 19, 2013
golden ocean group
News

Golden Ocean Group is Pareto’s Top Dry Bulk Pick, Hits Two-Year High

June 19 (Bloomberg) — Golden Ocean Group Ltd., a shipowner led by billionaire John Fredriksen, climbed to the highest level in more than two years in

June 19, 2013
Total Views: 88

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Australian Gov’t to Offer Up Long-Term Lease on World’s Biggest Coal Export Port
Ports

Australian Gov’t to Offer Up Long-Term Lease on World’s Biggest Coal Export Port

Australia’s New South Wales state is planning to offer a long-term lease for Newcastle port, the world’s biggest export harbor for coal used in

June 18, 2013
Total Views: 57

Monday, June 17, 2013
STX Pan Ocean Vanguard
Finance

STX Pan Ocean Shares Fall as Restructuring Process Begins

(Bloomberg) — STX Pan Ocean Co., South Korea’s largest commodities-shipping company, slumped to the lowest level in Seoul trading since its

June 17, 2013
Total Views: 113

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News

Contracting Chinese Oil Imports Sinks Maritime Industry’s Biggest Tankers

June 18 (Bloomberg) — China’s oil imports are contracting for the first time since 2009, reducing the biggest source of demand for crude tankers at

June 17, 2013
Total Views: 58

cape sampagita
News

Capesize Bulkers Turn First Profit in 5 Months

June 17 (Bloomberg) — Ships hauling iron ore earned more than they need to cover running for the first time in almost five months, amid speculation that

June 17, 2013
Total Views: 68

angola lng
News

Chevron-Led Angola LNG Ships First Gas After 18-Month Delay

June 16 (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp.’s $10 billion Angola LNG plant shipped its first cargo today after an 18-month delay prompted by fires, labor

June 17, 2013
Total Views: 368

Friday, June 14, 2013
Kawasaki Heavy’s Merger U-Turn
Shipbuilding

Kawasaki Heavy’s Merger U-Turn

Kawasaki Heavy Industries fired Satoshi Hasegawa as president and said it ended talks to merge with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., two months after

June 14, 2013
Total Views: 54

Thursday, June 13, 2013
Kawasaki Heavy Removes President, Ending Mitsui Merger Talks
News

Kawasaki Heavy Removes President, Ending Mitsui Merger Talks

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan’s second-biggest heavy-equipment maker, removed Satoshi Hasegawa as president as it ended merger talks with Mitsui

June 13, 2013
Total Views: 75

Tuesday, June 11, 2013
EG LNG Equatorial guinea lng

LNG Ship Rates Seen Unprofitable Over Next Two Years

Spot rates to ship liquefied natural gas will be unprofitable in the next two years as shorter voyages curb demand and new vessels join the fleet, according to

June 11, 2013
Total Views: 28

VLCC very large crude carrier oil tanker

Crude-Tanker Surplus Seen Swelling a Second Week in Persian Gulf

The surplus of tankers competing to ship 2 million-barrel oil cargoes from ports in the Persian Gulf expanded for a second

June 11, 2013
Total Views: 69

Monday, June 10, 2013
U.S. Tells Nigeria to Improve Port Security or Face Ban
News

U.S. Tells Nigeria to Improve Port Security or Face Ban

The U.S. may ban ships from entering Nigeria to protest insecurity in the ports and waterways of sub- Saharan Africa’s second-biggest

June 10, 2013
Total Views: 41

Submarine Grave Discovery Propels New York Explorers’ Movie Bid
Navy

Submarine Grave Discovery Propels New York Explorers’ Movie Bid

Two years after Tim Taylor and Christine Dennison put up $750,000 to find and document the R-12, and 70 years after the vessel sank, the two explorers are

June 10, 2013
Total Views: 99

Saturday, June 8, 2013
Miracle In Myanmar: Can Offshore Energy Bring A Miracle?
Offshore

Miracle In Myanmar: Can Offshore Energy Bring A Miracle?

(Bloomberg) Myanmar’s opening to foreign investment has been compared to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the start of an economic growth story to

June 8, 2013
Total Views: 39

Friday, June 7, 2013
VLCC Charter Rates Slide
Uncategorized

VLCC Charter Rates Slide

(Bloomberg) Charter rates for the largest oil tankers hauling Middle East crude to Asia slid the most since January this week as the supply of cargoes

June 7, 2013
Total Views: 84

Panamax Bulker Glut Magnifies Downturn

Panamax Bulker Glut Magnifies Downturn

(Bloomberg) Rates for ships hauling coal and grains posted the longest losing streak on record as the merchant fleet’s largest glut magnified seasonal

June 7, 2013
Total Views: 58