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Tuesday, June 11, 2024
An aerial view shows the Vladimir Arsenyev tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
Shipping

EU Proposing Sanctions on Russia Shipping Giant Sovcomflot

By Alberto Nardelli (Bloomberg) — The European Union is proposing to sanction Russia’s oil-shipping giant Sovcomflot PJSC in a move to limit the

June 11, 2024
Total Views: 947

Barbours Cut Container Terminal aerial photo. File Photo courtesy Port Houston
News

Dockworkers at US East and Gulf Coast Ports Halt Labor Talks

(Bloomberg) — The union representing dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast container ports has suspended labor contract negotiations set for Tuesday, citing

June 11, 2024
Total Views: 2511

Monday, June 10, 2024
Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Shipping

Russian Oil Transfer Near Singapore Reveals Moscow’s Efforts to Dodge U.S. Sanctions

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — The first Russian oil tanker attempting to deliver crude while under US sanctions made a secret cargo transfer onto another

June 10, 2024
Total Views: 4987

Sunday, June 9, 2024
SOUTHCHINASEA-PHILIPPINES. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Defense

Philippines Rejects ‘Absurd’ Beijing Demand Over South China Sea

By Manolo Serapio Jr. (Bloomberg) –The Philippines said it will continue to maintain and supply its South China Sea outposts without seeking

June 9, 2024
Total Views: 4263

Saturday, June 8, 2024
The 77th Cannes Film Festival - The Croisette. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Shipping

As Superyachts’ Popularity Grows, So Is Their Supersized Climate Impact

By Jessica Nix (Bloomberg) –Superyachts are the ultimate status symbol for royal families, oligarchs and billionaires from Jeff Bezos to Bernard

June 8, 2024
Total Views: 2308

Oil leaking from bulk carrier off Gibraltar after tanker collision. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Shipping

Finland Wants EU Oil-Spill Vessel To Counter Shadow Fleet Risks

By Leo Laikola (Bloomberg) –Finland called for the European Union to procure a vessel to be on standby for oil spills in the northern parts of the

June 8, 2024
Total Views: 1095

Friday, June 7, 2024
A containership docking at the Port of Cape Town
Ports

Cape Town Tells Port to Do Better After Being Ranked Last in World

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) — The Port of Cape Town was urged to do better by the city that surrounds it after ranking last globally, even as South

June 7, 2024
Total Views: 3093

container ship
Shipping

Are Geopolitical Conflicts Push Shipping Towards a Golden Era?

(Bloomberg) — If there was a universal theme at the parties, presentations and meetings in the world’s shipping capital Athens this week, it’s that

June 7, 2024
Total Views: 1315

Thursday, June 6, 2024
U.S. Seeks to Up Pressure on Houthis in Threat to Yemen-War Truce
News

U.S. Seeks to Up Pressure on Houthis in Threat to Yemen-War Truce

(Bloomberg) — The US and its allies are raising the stakes in their struggle to curb ship attacks by Houthi militants in the Red Sea by increasingly

June 6, 2024
Total Views: 1035

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
A Russian state flag flies on the top of a diesel plant in the Irkutsk Oil Company-owned Yarakta Oil Field in Irkutsk Region. Picture REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Shipping

Russia Oil Revenue Rise as Nation Adapts to Sanctions

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s oil proceeds to the state budget increased almost 50% in May from a year ago, as its crude prices rose and the nation adapted to

June 5, 2024
Total Views: 1097

Tuesday, June 4, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen on the Maersk's Triple-E giant container ship Majestic Maersk, one of the world's largest container ships, as it sails in the Strait of Gibraltar towards the port of Algeciras, Spain January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo
Shipping

Maersk Sees Deeper Impact to World Trade From Red Sea Disruption

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, a bellwether for global trade, said the world’s supply lines are more impacted than

June 4, 2024
Total Views: 2953

Monday, June 3, 2024
Stock photo of a tanker at sea
Shipping

Russian Oil Finds New Site for Ship-to-Ship Transfers

(Bloomberg) — Under pressure from Greece’s navy, traders of Russian oil have found a new place to switch cargoes of crude in the Mediterranean sea, a

June 3, 2024
Total Views: 5602

Swirling Global Uncertainties Make It a Great Time to Be a Greek Shipowner
Shipping

Swirling Global Uncertainties Make It a Great Time to Be a Greek Shipowner

(Bloomberg) — Sandwiched between the world’s great global powers in a time of deepening global tensions, Greek shipowners are still finding a way to

June 3, 2024
Total Views: 800

Sunday, June 2, 2024
An EUNAVFOR warship escorts a merchant vessel in the Red Sea
Shipping

Ships Diverted From Red Sea Send Ripple Effects Across The Globe

By Brendan Murray Jun 2, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Never has it been so cheap to inflict a world of economic pain. That stark point was underscored last

June 2, 2024
Total Views: 4519

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin leaves after a US-China bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. REUTERS/Idrees Ali
Defense

Conflicting US-China Defense Strategies Dominate Singapore Forum

By Philip J. Heijmans, Peter Martin and Josh Xiao Jun 2, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Global defense leaders descending on Singapore this weekend confronted

June 2, 2024
Total Views: 1019

Saturday, June 1, 2024
Sea Trials at sunset in the Atlantic ocean of a new Virginia class submarine
Navy

Here’s Why the US Navy Needs More Virginia-Class Submarines Now

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) My first job after graduating from the US Naval Academy in the late 1970s was as the anti-submarine warfare

June 1, 2024
Total Views: 11285

Friday, May 31, 2024
A fighter jet is launched from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower against what they describe as Houthi military targets in Yemen. Handout via REUTERS.
News

Houthis Say US and UK Carried Out Deadliest Strike Yet on Yemen

(Bloomberg) — Houthi militants said the US and UK killed at least 16 people with airstrikes on Yemen on Thursday, in the deadliest assault on the group

May 31, 2024
Total Views: 3534

Gulf Of Mexico Hurricane
Marine Weather

Gulf of Mexico is August-Level Hot as Hurricane Season Nears

(Bloomberg) — Water temperatures across the Gulf of Mexico have reached or exceeded levels usually found in August when the region is at its

May 31, 2024
Total Views: 4083

Thursday, May 30, 2024
US-Navy-Constellation-class-frigate-rendering
Defense

U.S. Navy ‘Botched’ Design Oversight of $22 Billion Frigate, GAO Report Finds

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The US Navy mishandled oversight of a $22 billion frigate program to replace the much-criticized and more vulnerable

May 30, 2024
Total Views: 2467

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
File photo of a containership in port
Shipping

The $10,000 Shipping Container Looms in Latest Trade Strains

Companies transporting goods from Asia face costs of as much $10,000 for an urgent full-size shipping container over the next month — about double current

May 29, 2024
Total Views: 5319