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Sunday, February 4, 2024
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Shipping

As Navies Focus On Red Sea Houthis, Somali Pirates Are Making A Comeback

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) –With western navies focused on trying to quell Houthi militants’ attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea, Somali

February 4, 2024
Total Views: 21195

Cargo ship Aroyat, carrying Ukraine grain, transits Istanbul's Bosphorus. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
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Ukraine Farm Exports From Odesa Seaports 14.3M Tons Since August

By Volodymyr Verbianyi (Bloomberg) —Ukraine’s agriculture exports from Odesa-region seaports have reached 14.3 million tons since August, when a

February 4, 2024
Total Views: 2052

Saturday, February 3, 2024
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Shipping

Red Sea Attacks Force Firms To Test New Land Routes Via UAE, Saudi

By Alisa Odenheimer and Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) –An Israeli software startup and one of the world’s biggest shipping lines are among companies

February 3, 2024
Total Views: 7267

Friday, February 2, 2024
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Offshore

Germany Looks to End Environmental Reviews to Aid Offshore Wind

(Bloomberg) — Germany wants to accelerate the expansion of offshore wind energy by removing environmental impact assessments that sometimes delay

February 2, 2024
Total Views: 1836

Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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Offshore

Germany Short on Ports and Ships Needed to Expand Offshore Wind

(Bloomberg) — Germany’s wind industry warned that the country’s targets for expanding the renewable energy are increasingly threatened by

January 31, 2024
Total Views: 944

Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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Biden’s LNG Pause Has Asian Fuel Buyers Hunting for Other Options

(Bloomberg) — Asian liquefied natural gas buyers have begun looking for alternatives to offset potential delays to US projects hit by a moratorium on new

January 30, 2024
Total Views: 1218

Monday, January 29, 2024
Smoke rises from Marlin Luanda, merchant vessel, at the location given as Gulf of Aden.
Shipping

Houthi Hit on Russian Fuel Has Traders Recalculating Risks

(Bloomberg) — A missile attack on Friday on a tanker taking Russian fuel through the Gulf of Aden may prove to be a defining moment for an oil

January 29, 2024
Total Views: 31794

Sunday, January 28, 2024
Indian Navy's guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam responds as smoke rises from Marlin Luanda, at the location given as Gulf of Aden. Handout via REUTERS
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Biden Adviser Sees Limited Inflation Impact From Red Sea Attacks

By Tony Czuczka Jan 28, 2024 (Bloomberg) –President Joe Biden’s energy security adviser said the impact of Houthi rebel attacks on commercial

January 28, 2024
Total Views: 1617

Saturday, January 27, 2024
The LNG tanker "Clean Ocean" is pictured during the first U.S. delivery of liquefied natural gas to LNG terminal in Swinoujscie. Cezary Aszkielowicz via REUTERS
Shipping

Gas-Addicted Europe Trades One Energy Risk For Another

By Anna Shiryaevskaya, Ruth Liao and Stephen Stapczynski Jan 27, 2024(Bloomberg) –Europe, long-reliant on Russian natural gas, has nearly severed

January 27, 2024
Total Views: 4751

Friday, January 26, 2024
The Indian Navy approaches the M/V Lila Norfolk in the Indian Ocean, January 5, 2023. Photo courtesy Indian Navy
Shipping

Amid Red Sea Crisis, Ships Now Face Rise in Somali Piracy

(Bloomberg) — Piracy off Somalia’s coast has increased since maritime security was disrupted by Houthi militants’ attacks on ships in the Red Sea in

January 26, 2024
Total Views: 8263

A tanker transits the Suez Canal. Shutterstock/Anatoly Menzhiliy
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Saudi Keeps Sending Oil Through Houthi-Menaced Red Sea

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, is continuing to send tanker loads of crude and fuels through the southern Red Sea, where

January 26, 2024
Total Views: 5371

Thursday, January 25, 2024
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Biden’s Natural Gas Plan Could Potentially Derail LNG Export Projects

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Jennifer Jacobs and Ruth Liao (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is set to unveil plans within days for intensifying

January 25, 2024
Total Views: 2832

Wednesday, January 24, 2024
File photo of an LNG carrier in the Suez Canal
Shipping

Qatar Delays LNG Cargoes to South Europe Amid Red Sea Crisis

(Bloomberg) — Qatar, one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas exporters, is delaying some shipments to Europe as the crisis in the Red Sea

January 24, 2024
Total Views: 1932

Tuesday, January 23, 2024
A view of the turbines at Orsted's offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023.
Offshore

Europe’s Offshore Wind Ambitions Face Huge Supply Chain Challenge

By John Ainger (Bloomberg) — Europe’s offshore wind sector faces a herculean effort to build the infrastructure needed to meet the continent’s

January 23, 2024
Total Views: 2168

Satellite View of Saudi Arabia and north eastern Africa. Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, The Gulf of Suez, the Dead Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.
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‘World’s Most Ambitious’ Trade Route Stalls in Middle East Turmoil

(Bloomberg) — A far-reaching plan to channel Europe–Asia trade through the Middle East is at risk of stalling before it even gets started. The

January 23, 2024
Total Views: 2548

Monday, January 22, 2024
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Cruise Ships

The World’s Largest Cruise Ship is a Climate Liability

(Bloomberg) — When Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas embarks on its first official voyage on Jan. 27, the journey is sure to make waves.

January 22, 2024
Total Views: 61338

Drone Attacks Menace Russia’s Key Route for Exporting Oil
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Drone Attacks Menace Russia’s Key Route for Exporting Oil

(Bloomberg) — A new front opened in Russia’s war on Ukraine that highlights the vulnerability of oil exports from the nation’s western ports, after

January 22, 2024
Total Views: 3379

Saturday, January 20, 2024
A tanker transits the Suez Canal. Shutterstock/Anatoly Menzhiliy
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The Oil Market Is Making Plans For Red Sea Chaos To Last Weeks

By Alex Longley, Sherry Su and Bill Lehane Jan 20, 2024 (Bloomberg) –The oil market is bracing for a weeks-long disruption to shipping in the

January 20, 2024
Total Views: 2411

Friday, January 19, 2024
Biden Administration Faces Few Good Options Against Houthis
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Biden Administration Faces Few Good Options Against Houthis

By Iain Marlow (Bloomberg) — US officials acknowledge that airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen won’t deter the group from attacks that have

January 19, 2024
Total Views: 2637

Photos released by the Indian Navy show damages to the M/V Genco Picardy. Photo courtesy Indian Navy
Shipping

Houthi Missiles Do Far More Damage to Trade Than Ships

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Houthi attacks on merchant shipping in and around the southern Red Sea are causing widespread disruption to global trade

January 19, 2024
Total Views: 2178