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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Grain warehouses heavily damaged by a Russian drone attack are seen at a compound of a port on the Danube, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine August 16, 2023. Press Service of the Operational Command South of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Ports

UK Warns Russia’s Black Sea Port Attacks Put Global Food Security at Risk

(Bloomberg) — An increase in Russian attacks on Ukrainian port infrastructure in recent weeks threatens food shipments to destinations from Gaza to

October 23, 2024
Total Views: 880

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
LNG carrier in dense fog
Shipping

US Will Continue to ‘Tighten the Screws’ on Russia LNG Flows

(Bloomberg) — The US will continue to “tighten the screws” on Russian liquefied natural gas exports to deprive Moscow of funds for its war in

October 22, 2024
Total Views: 941

Monday, October 21, 2024
LNG carrier
Shipping

Belgium Quietly Resumes Controversial Russian LNG Transfers as 2025 Ban Looms

(Bloomberg) — Belgium is resuming transshipments of Russian liquefied natural gas destined for Asia after a summer lull — a practice that’s been used

October 21, 2024
Total Views: 2449

Sunday, October 20, 2024
A drone view of three berths able to load vessels with oil is seen after their construction at Westridge Marine Terminal, the terminus of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Shipping News

Canadian Crude Oil Embarks on a Rare Tanker Trip to Alaska

By Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) A tanker of Canadian crude was shipped from Vancouver to Alaska for the first time in at least 10 years as the recently expanded

October 20, 2024
Total Views: 2083

Satellite image of hurricane oscar over Bahamas
Marine Weather

Tiny But Dangerous: Hurricane Oscar’s Path Threatens Cuba Amid Power Blackout

By Brian K. Sullivan and Jim Wyss (Bloomberg) Hurricane Oscar made landfall on Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas and is forecast to strike in eastern Cuba on

October 20, 2024
Total Views: 1663

Saturday, October 19, 2024
FILE PHOTO: The second Aframax-sized oil tanker sold to Venezuela is seen in Bushehr coast, Iran June 8, 2022. Picture taken June 8, 2022. Sadra Company/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
News

Oil Escape Route – How Iran Is Sneaking Oil Past the Strait of Hormuz

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) An oil terminal Iran built to bypass the vital strait of Hormuz appears to have partially filled with crude — offering Tehran a

October 19, 2024
Total Views: 2681

Friday, October 18, 2024
lng ship bunkering in fog
Featured

Mysterious Dubai Firm Takes Control of Russian LNG Ships in Apparent Effort to Skirt Sanctions

(Bloomberg) — A newly established company in Dubai has taken over three liquefied natural gas tankers, in what appears to be Russia’s latest effort to

October 18, 2024
Total Views: 12229

Thursday, October 17, 2024
A US. Air Force B-2 Spirt assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base receives fuel in the sky over northwest Missouri on August 29, 2018.
Defense

From Missouri to Yemen: How Stealth Bombers Unleashed U.S. Firepower on Houthi Rebel Strongholds

By Tony Capaccio and Patrick Sykes (Bloomberg) — US B-2 stealth bombers struck weapons-storage sites linked to Houthi rebels in Yemen, the latest effort

October 17, 2024
Total Views: 5687

Aerial of Liquified Natural Gas LNG carrier moored to a small gas terminal
Shipping

LNG Tanker Glut is Softening Blow for Consumers Facing High Gas Prices

(Bloomberg) — Ships that carry liquefied natural gas are being built faster than new supplies of the fuel can come to market, helping to lower transport

October 17, 2024
Total Views: 420

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf.REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi//File Photo
Environment

Iran Suffers an Oil Leak Near Top Persian Gulf Export Terminal

(Bloomberg) — Iran suffered an oil leak just a few miles from Kharg Island, its top export terminal in the Persian Gulf, according to the semi-official

October 16, 2024
Total Views: 4710

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewed by Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. October 15, 2024.
Shipping

Trump Defends Costly Tariffs on Foreign Goods

By John Micklethwait and Nancy Cook (Bloomberg) — Former US President Donald Trump said his policies would inspire growth despite adding to the debt as

October 15, 2024
Total Views: 1751

A labourer works at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China June 15, 2017.
Shipping

China’s Car and Ship Exports Hit Record Despite Slowing Trade

(Bloomberg) — China’s exports of both cars and ships hit records in September even as broader shipments slowed, underscoring the rapid changes in the

October 15, 2024
Total Views: 916

Monday, October 14, 2024
FILE PHOTO: The second Aframax-sized oil tanker sold to Venezuela is seen in Bushehr coast, Iran June 8, 2022. Picture taken June 8, 2022. Sadra Company/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
News

US Deepens Iran Sanctions After Israel Attack

By Daniel Flatley (Bloomberg) The US broadened the scope of its sanctions on Iran’s oil and gas sectors in response to a ballistic-missile attack on Israel,

October 14, 2024
Total Views: 838

Friday, October 11, 2024
A CMA CGM containership underway in the Suez Canal
Shipping

China Seeks Carbon Data From Ships as Trading Scheme Grows

(Bloomberg) — Authorities in China have started to ask some overseas shipowners to report on their carbon emissions, highlighting greater scrutiny of the

October 11, 2024
Total Views: 1145

Thursday, October 10, 2024
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
News

Russian Sanctions Fail To Curb Blacklisted Oil Tankers

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) Moscow’s use of the tankers sanctioned for their involvement in the Russian oil trade is accelerating, with close to one-third of

October 10, 2024
Total Views: 1086

Ukrainian coast guard patrols the "grain corridor" in the Black Sea. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Shipping

Russian Attacks Spark Surge in War Insurance for Ukraine Grain Ships

By Áine Quinn and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The cost of insuring vessels that transit Ukraine’s shipping corridor in the Black Sea jumped this week

October 10, 2024
Total Views: 820

Masive hurricane wave breaks on shore with a lighthouse in the background
News

Insurance Companies Dodge Bullet With Milton

By Gautam Naik (Bloomberg) After fearing the worst from Hurricane Milton, investors in catastrophe bonds appear to have sustained losses well below those

October 10, 2024
Total Views: 782

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Close in photo of Maersk ship loaded with containers
Shipping

Court Blocks Top Africa Port Deal as Maersk Contests Award

(Bloomberg) — A South African court temporarily blocked a deal between the nation’s state-owned logistics firm and a company owned by Filipino

October 9, 2024
Total Views: 2681

Tuesday, October 8, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen stacked in Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), as port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike, in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Shipping

Higher Fences for Trade Will Mean More Debt And Slower Growth

(Bloomberg Markets) — A hot war in Ukraine, a trade war between China and the US, and Donald Trump’s threat of sweeping tariff increases raise the

October 8, 2024
Total Views: 588

Monday, October 7, 2024
Ukraine Says Russian Missile Hits Second Grain Ship
Shipping

Ukraine Says Russian Missile Hits Second Grain Ship

By Kateryna Chursina, Olesia Safronova and Aliaksandr Kudrytski (Bloomberg) — Russia targeted a ship loaded with Ukrainian grain with a ballistic

October 7, 2024
Total Views: 1943