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Sunday, October 22, 2023
Brazil drought reduces Amazon river port water levels to 121-year record low. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
Shipping

Historic Amazon Drought To Get Worse

By Beatriz Amat (Bloomberg) –There is no relief in sight for a historic drought in Brazil’s Amazon that has been disrupting river transport,

October 22, 2023
Total Views: 3630

Saturday, October 21, 2023
bonny nigeria lng. photo REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye
Shipping

Nigeria Turns To Tiny Tankers To Replace Big Broken Oil Pipeline

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) —Nigeria is turning to a fleet of tiny river-going tankers to boost its oil production because one of its key oil

October 21, 2023
Total Views: 2815

Mexico Asks China For Help Stopping Fentanyl Shipments
News

Mexico Asks China For Help Stopping Fentanyl Shipments

By Matthew Bristow (Bloomberg) Mexican diplomats and law enforcement officials visited China last week for talks over how to curb the smuggling of chemicals

October 21, 2023
Total Views: 2861

Friday, October 20, 2023
Port of Djibouti with container handling cranes in background
Ports

Djibouti Rejects Ethiopia’s Red Sea Port Plan

By Simon Marks (Bloomberg) — Djibouti joined Eritrea and Somalia in rejecting an appeal from Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to grant his country

October 20, 2023
Total Views: 11804

US Navy amphibious transport dock ship in the Middle East transiting the Suez Canal
News

LNG Tanker Departs Suez Canal Empty To Avoid War Risk Insurance Premium

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) A liquefied natural gas vessel left an export terminal in Egypt either unloaded or only partially loaded, raising concerns

October 20, 2023
Total Views: 11926

Navy officer looking through binoculars out to into the Baltic
Navy

Latvia Asks If NATO Halt Russian Baltic Shipping

By Aaron Eglitis (Bloomberg) NATO should consider a halt to Russian shipping in the Baltic Sea if evidence emerges that the Kremlin is behind the damage to a

October 20, 2023
Total Views: 2303

Thursday, October 19, 2023
A ship passes by a beach in the Aqaba Gulf in front of Tiran island which transferred into Saudi Arabia in 2017 off the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt July 12, 2018. Picture taken July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Shipping

Tanker Sails to Israeli Red Sea Port to Avoid Conflict

By Sherry Su (Bloomberg) — An oil tanker is hauling a cargo of crude toward an Israeli Red Sea port that’s seldom used for crude deliveries after the

October 19, 2023
Total Views: 2998

An inland vessel passes a river bed that is almost dry due to low water levels of the Waal River in Nijmegen, Netherlands August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Shipping

Rhine Barge Rates Soar as Chokepoint Water Level at Seasonal Low

By William Wilkes and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping fuel along the Rhine river has surged as dropping water levels curb barges’

October 19, 2023
Total Views: 1380

Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Bulk carrier Aroyat arrives to the sea port of Chornomorsk. Photo REUTERS/Stringer
Shipping

Ukraine’s Risky Shipping Bet Pays Off

By Áine Quinn and Kateryna Chursina (Bloomberg) — A steady stream of ships is hauling grain and metals from Ukraine a month after the first inbound

October 18, 2023
Total Views: 4996

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a wind turbine size comparison chart while attending a meeting with governors, labor leaders, and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Offshore

Biden’s 2030 Offshore Wind Target Seems Increasingly Unlikely

By Will Wade and Jennifer A Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — When President Joe Biden in 2021 laid out a target of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind

October 18, 2023
Total Views: 1290

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
FILE PHOTO: An oil and gas drilling platform stands offshore in Alabama, October 5, 2013. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo
Offshore

Oil Industry Titans Turn on Trump

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Oil industry leaders contributed top dollar to President Donald Trump in 2020. But now oil and gas titans are

October 17, 2023
Total Views: 42635

The oil tanker Minerva Virgo, docked at the oil terminal, is seen after leaving a Russian port around the time that nation invaded Ukraine in late February. REUTERS/Bjoern Kils/File Photo
Shipping

Russia’s Crude Oil Shipments Are Creeping Up Again

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s oil flows are steadily climbing again after months of careful adherence to a pact with Saudi Arabia to keep barrels off the

October 17, 2023
Total Views: 1009

Monday, October 16, 2023
tanker at sea
Shipping

Tanker Rates Have Surged Since Hamas Attacked Israel

By Alex Longley and Devika Krishna Kumar (Bloomberg) — The cost of transporting oil has surged on almost every mainstream trade route in the week since

October 16, 2023
Total Views: 2414

smoke pollution coming from a container ship
Shipping

EU’s Carbon Price on Shipping Threatens Growth, Nation’s Say

By John Ainger (Bloomberg) — The European Union’s looming rules to put a carbon price on shipping emissions threaten economic growth by benefiting

October 16, 2023
Total Views: 1230

Sunday, October 15, 2023
Philippines resupply mission in the South China Sea.REUTERS/Adrian Portugal
Defense

China’s Navy Must Stop Dangerous Moves At Sea, Philippines Says

By Cecilia Yap Oct 15, 2023 (Bloomberg) –The Philippines asked China to stop “dangerous maneuvers and aggressive actions” in the South China

October 15, 2023
Total Views: 3254

Vizhinjam-Banner. Photo Credit: ADANI GROUP
Ports

India’s New Mega Port Hopes To Attract The World’s Biggest Ships

By P R Sanjai (Bloomberg) –When Zhen Hua 15 — a heavy load cargo carrier sailing from the East China sea — unloaded at Vizhinjam port on

October 15, 2023
Total Views: 5055

Saturday, October 14, 2023
New York City Prison Barge. Image (c) Robert Almeida/gCaptain
News

Ecuador Presidential Hopeful Wants Violent Prisoners Put To Sea

(Bloomberg) –With Ecuador now under siege by organized crime gangs headquartered in violent prisons, presidential candidate Daniel Noboa is suggesting a

October 14, 2023
Total Views: 4165

Friday, October 13, 2023
A support vessel is seen next to a wind turbine at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain
Offshore

Orsted Slumps as US Wind Cost Ruling Stokes Writedown Fear

By Todd Gillespie and Allegra Catelli (Bloomberg) — Orsted A/S shares dropped to a six-year low after New York regulators rejected a cost adjustment for

October 13, 2023
Total Views: 3808

tanker at sea
Shipping

Exxon Saddled With US-Sanctioned Oil Tanker

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. is the current charterer of a tanker that was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department on Thursday for a previous breach

October 13, 2023
Total Views: 10579

Wind turbines off of Block Island
Environment

Wind Farm Impacts on Whale Habitat Is Still a Mystery, Scientists Say

(Bloomberg) — The US should direct more study of how offshore wind farms affect water flows and a food source for critically endangered whales near the

October 13, 2023
Total Views: 905