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Saturday, November 9, 2024
Aerial view of a ship drydock in South Korea
Shipping

Asia Investors Chasing Trump Bets Zero In on Trade War Winners

By Abhishek Vishnoi and Georgina McKay (Bloomberg) – Investors across Asia have ramped up bets on potential winners from Donald Trump’s imminent return to

November 9, 2024
Total Views: 1396

Friday, November 8, 2024
Trump Comeback Means Reckoning for China as It Draws Up Stimulus
News

Trump Comeback Means Reckoning for China as It Draws Up Stimulus

(Bloomberg) — Chinese lawmakers got a head start on the US election this week as they gathered to vote on the largest fiscal package since the pandemic.

November 8, 2024
Total Views: 2326

Thursday, November 7, 2024
Freeport LNG Ship Terminal Texas
Shipping

Biden Climate Study Could Sabotage Trump’s Fast-Tracking of LNG Exports

By Ari Natter and Ruth Liao (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is racing to complete a study that could complicate President-Elect Donald Trump’s

November 7, 2024
Total Views: 1357

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
A screenshot of video posted to social media appears to show a low-flying drone and explosions at Kaspiysk’s port
Shipping

Ukraine Says Drone Strike Hits Port in First Caspian Sea Attack

(Bloomberg) — Ukraine said a drone strike hit a naval base in a port city on Russia’s Caspian Sea coast, in Kyiv’s first-ever attack on a target in

November 6, 2024
Total Views: 2153

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
port of shanghai yangshan at dusk
Shipping

Shanghai Port Steps Up with a Green Plan to Rival Singapore’s Bunkering Empire

(Bloomberg) — The government in Shanghai wants to convert the world’s busiest port into a center for greener shipping. China’s biggest city aims to

November 5, 2024
Total Views: 763

armed guards
Shipping

Russia’s Oil Fleet and the Floating Armories That Help Keep Profits Flowing

By Alberto Nardelli, Aine Quinn, Ben Bartenstein and Jonathan Browning (Bloomberg) Somewhere off the coast of Eritrea on July 20th last year, the Vernadsky

November 5, 2024
Total Views: 2278

Monday, November 4, 2024
Tankers at a terminal at night
Energy

South Korea Weighs Buying More U.S. Energy If Trump Wins Election

By Sam Kim (Bloomberg) South Korea is considering a plan to boost energy imports from the US if Donald Trump wins the election and steps up pressure on trade

November 4, 2024
Total Views: 997

Friday, November 1, 2024
Port Showdown in BC: Dockworker Strike Threatens Canada’s West Coast Trade
Ports

Port Showdown in BC: Dockworker Strike Threatens Canada’s West Coast Trade

By Thomas Seal (Bloomberg) — Dock foremen and women in British Columbia issued a strike notice for Monday, Nov. 4., setting up disruption at Canada’s

November 1, 2024
Total Views: 2127

Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
News

EPA Clears Path for Texas Deepwater Port, Fueling Controversy Over U.S. Oil Exports on Supertankers

(Bloomberg) — The Environmental Protection Agency has given its blessing for a proposed Texas oil port capable of exporting 1 million barrels of oil a

November 1, 2024
Total Views: 2233

Thursday, October 31, 2024
File Photo shows a bulk ship with containership in background
Environment

Dirty Fuel’s Big Comeback: HSFO Prices Spike as Ships Reroute from Red Sea Risks

(Bloomberg) — One of the dirtiest corners of the global oil market is staging a spectacular rally, boosted by surging demand from ships sailing longer

October 31, 2024
Total Views: 1056

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Pioneer STS LNG transfer New Energy
Shipping

Sanctioned Russian LNG Tankers Frozen Out as West Tightens Grip

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Tankers carrying sanctioned liquefied natural gas from Russia are gathering off the country’s far eastern coast, a

October 30, 2024
Total Views: 9182

port of rotterdam storage
Shipping

Europe’s Ailing Diesel Demand to See Boost From New Rule on Shipping Pollution

(Bloomberg) — A new rule aimed at cutting pollution from shipping in the Mediterranean is set to help prop up Europe’s ailing diesel demand. The

October 30, 2024
Total Views: 663

Monday, October 28, 2024
Port of Durres, Albania
Shipping

Albania Seizes Smuggled Hazardous Waste Containers That Set Off Global Outcry

By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) — Albanian prosecutors ordered that containers filled with suspected hazardous industrial waste be seized after the cargo

October 28, 2024
Total Views: 3049

Sunday, October 27, 2024
HMS Diamond. Photo courtesy UK Royal Navy.
Navy

Britain Plans to Challenge China’s Pacific Dominance – And Why It Matters

By Ellen Milligan (Bloomberg) The UK plans to step up its naval activity in the Pacific, including more joint fishing patrols, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer

October 27, 2024
Total Views: 4407

Saturday, October 26, 2024
Drone Photo Of A Product Tanker carrying Gasoline.
Featured

Africa’s Largest Oil Refinery Ships First Cargo

By Prejula Prem (Bloomberg) Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, larger than any other in Africa or Europe, has shipped its first seaborne gasoline cargo as a vital

October 26, 2024
Total Views: 15575

Friday, October 25, 2024
Barges make their way down the Mississippi River, where the water levels have reached historically record lows in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. October 23, 2022. Photo REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
Environment

The Mississippi River is Drying Up Again—And the Timing Could Not Be Worse

(Bloomberg) — The Mississippi River is suffering from low waters for the third straight autumn, a crucial time of year when American farmers rely on the

October 25, 2024
Total Views: 2603

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Supertanker Ceres I detained in Malaysia
Shipping

Dark Fleet Oil Tanker ‘Ceres 1’ Involved in Collision Heads to China

(Bloomberg) — A dark-fleet oil tanker that was recently involved in a crash in Southeast Asia is now on its way to China. Ceres I, an aging very-large

October 24, 2024
Total Views: 1482

yamal lng
Shipping

How Russia’s Ice-Class Ship Shortage Could Sink Its Arctic Ambitions

(Bloomberg) — Russia is facing a deficit of ice-class cargo vessels for its gigantic Northern Sea Route project as the nation cannot build the fleet on

October 24, 2024
Total Views: 897

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Seadrill drillship on the horizon
Offshore

Transocean and Seadrill in Merger Talks Amid Deepwater Drilling Boom

By David Carnevali, Dinesh Nair and David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. is in talks to merge with rival offshore drilling contractor Seadrill

October 23, 2024
Total Views: 3303

A GE Haliade-X Turbine Stands in the Vineyard Wind 1 Project Area South of Martha’s Vineyard. Credit: Eric Haynes
Offshore

Turbine Trouble: GE Vernova Outlines Plan to Fix Broken Blade that Sparked an Offshore Wind Firestorm in Nantucket

GE Vernova has announced plans to remove and replace some turbine blades while strengthening others at the Vineyard Wind 1 project near Nantucket,

October 23, 2024
Total Views: 2327