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Monday, March 27, 2023
offshore wind farm
Shipping

France Selects Builder for its Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

By Francois de Beaupuy (Bloomberg) — A group of companies led by Electricite de France SA won a government tender to build the country’s largest

March 27, 2023
Total Views: 2192

Sunday, March 26, 2023
Wind turbines off of Block Island
Offshore

Dolphin Deaths Spur Calls for Wind Power Halt in New Jersey

By Elise Young (Bloomberg) –A spate of whale and dolphin deaths along New Jersey’s shore is prompting Republican lawmakers to call for a halt to

March 26, 2023
Total Views: 6024

Aging Shadow Fleet Carrying Russian Oil Poses Disaster Risk
Shipping

Aging Shadow Fleet Carrying Russian Oil Poses Disaster Risk

By Asad Zulfiqar Mar 26, 2023(Bloomberg) –The oil tanker Turba normally should have been melted down by now.  The 26-year-old vessel hasn’t

March 26, 2023
Total Views: 25919

Saturday, March 25, 2023
LNG terminal in Barcelona, Spain
News

Spain Urges LNG Importers To Cut Ties With Russia

By Stephen Stapczynski (Bloomberg) Spain, the biggest European buyer of liquefied natural gas from Russia, is urging importers not to sign new contracts with

March 25, 2023
Total Views: 2067

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Offshore

Nigeria’s Unsold Crude Glut: What’s Behind It?

By Bill Lehane (Bloomberg) Nigeria is struggling to find buyers for its oil as strikes in the French refining sector and seasonal maintenance at plants

March 25, 2023
Total Views: 4582

Friday, March 24, 2023
offshore wind farm
Offshore

Policy Shift Causes Developers to Hit the Brakes on Irish Offshore Wind Projects

By Peter O’Dwyer (Bloomberg) — Developers have started to pause large investments in Irish offshore wind parks after the government introduced

March 24, 2023
Total Views: 5654

Denmark Salvaging Unknown Object Near Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Offshore

Denmark Salvaging Unknown Object Near Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Denmark is salvaging an unidentified object found next to a Russian gas pipeline that was damaged in a blast last

March 24, 2023
Total Views: 9848

Thursday, March 23, 2023
Crystal Cruises Left Passengers Out $100 Million. Can That Same Debt Win Them Back?
Cruise Ships

Crystal Cruises Left Passengers Out $100 Million. Can That Same Debt Win Them Back?

By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) — When Genting Hong Kong’s American luxury line Crystal Cruises shutdown suddenly in February last year it

March 23, 2023
Total Views: 4733

Aerial view of a container ship
Shipping

Global Goods Trade Softening from 2022’s Record Level

By Bryce Baschuk (Bloomberg) — International commerce soared to a record of $32 trillion in 2022, but goods trade growth is expected to increase by only

March 23, 2023
Total Views: 713

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Deep Sea Mining Loses its Biggest Corporate Backer
Offshore

Deep Sea Mining Loses its Biggest Corporate Backer

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) — A growing number of countries are calling to delay plans to strip-mine the seabed for metals to make electric car

March 22, 2023
Total Views: 3507

Monday, March 20, 2023
FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind container cranes at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 14, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
Ports

West Coast Port Labor Talks Strained Over Lunch Breaks

By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — Negotiations over a new labor contract for West Coast dockworkers are under increasing strain as their employers say a

March 20, 2023
Total Views: 5965

The container ship Ever Given reaches the port of Rotterdam
Shipping

Evergreen Employees Get Another Windfall

By Low De Wei and Cindy Wang (Bloomberg) — Soon after giving its employees a bumper 50-month bonus, Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp. is handing out

March 20, 2023
Total Views: 8109

Rising Rates Are Reshaping Once-Lucrative Commodity Trades
Shipping

Rising Rates Are Reshaping Once-Lucrative Commodity Trades

By Archie Hunter (Bloomberg) — Higher interest rates are forcing commodity traders to rethink some deals and push up prices, in the latest example of

March 20, 2023
Total Views: 1291

Sunday, March 19, 2023
Oil, Gas And Shipping Are Key Charts To Watch In Global Commodity Markets This Week
Shipping

Oil, Gas And Shipping Are Key Charts To Watch In Global Commodity Markets This Week

By Sophie Caronello Mar 19, 2023(Bloomberg) –Here are some notable charts to monitor in commodities markets over the coming days. Oil & Gas Oil

March 19, 2023
Total Views: 1319

What’s Included In The UN High Seas Biodiversity Treaty?
Environment

What’s Included In The UN High Seas Biodiversity Treaty?

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) –An agreement reached this month on the language of a landmark United Nations treaty to preserve marine biodiversity

March 19, 2023
Total Views: 1629

Saturday, March 18, 2023
Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
Shipping

Tanker Giants Sprout From Nowhere To Keep Russian Oil Moving

By Elizabeth Low Mar 18, 2023 (Bloomberg) –At a downtown office block in Mumbai, packing tape peels off a black door whose handle appears to have

March 18, 2023
Total Views: 16645

Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Shipping

Black Sea Grain Initiative Extended

By Megan Durisin and Áine Quinn Mar 18, 2023(Bloomberg) –The agreement allowing Ukraine to export crops out of key Black Sea ports was renewed for

March 18, 2023
Total Views: 1343

Friday, March 17, 2023
Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi in Istanbul. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Shipping

Ukraine Grain Deal Renewal Still Unresolved a Day Before Expiration

By Megan Durisin, Áine Quinn and Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) — The extension of the deal that’s bolstered Ukraine’s crop exports is still clouded

March 17, 2023
Total Views: 668

Wind turbines off of Block Island
Offshore

Republican Lawmakers Critical of East Coast Offshore Wind Plans

By Josh Saul (Bloomberg) — Four Republican lawmakers criticized offshore wind farms planned for waters off the East Coast at a New Jersey

March 17, 2023
Total Views: 1572

Thursday, March 16, 2023
Stock photo of an lng carrier at sunset
Shipping

Repsol Scraps Bid to Ship Canadian Gas to Europe Over Rising Costs

By Brian Platt (Bloomberg) — Spanish energy firm Repsol SA has abandoned the idea of expanding a liquefied natural gas terminal on Canada’s east

March 16, 2023
Total Views: 2489