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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Shipping

Russian Oil Transfers at Sea Shift Away From Spanish Enclave

(Bloomberg) — The transfer of Russian crude between tankers at sea has shifted away from Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, amid mounting pressure

June 28, 2023
Total Views: 1337

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Shipping

Russia’s Crude Shipments Slump on Halt at Major Export Terminal

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s seaborne crude oil flows to international markets slumped last week but maintenance work, rather than output cuts,

June 27, 2023
Total Views: 1842

Monday, June 26, 2023
Shipping

Philippines’ Seafarer Workforce Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels

By Manolo Serapio Jr. (Bloomberg) — The Philippines, one of the world’s top suppliers of maritime labor, expects its seafarer deployment recovering to

June 26, 2023
Total Views: 1468

Shipping

Titan Disaster Probes Face Tricky Test of Criminal Liability

By Joel Rosenblatt and Teresa Xie (Bloomberg) — US and Canadian officials are looking into what went wrong in a commercial deep-sea adventure and

June 26, 2023
Total Views: 3723

Saturday, June 24, 2023
Shipping

Shipping Billionaires’ Family Office Retools Team After Windfall

By Tara Patel (Bloomberg) –The family office of the billionaire Saade shipping clan is rearranging top management as it deals with a pandemic

June 24, 2023
Total Views: 9072

Friday, June 23, 2023
Accidents

US Navy Detected Titanic Submersible’s Implosion Days Ago

(Bloomberg) — As multiple ships scoured the North Atlantic this week for the missing submersible headed to the Titanic wreck site, the US Navy had

June 23, 2023
Total Views: 10384

Thursday, June 22, 2023
A tanker transits the Suez Canal. Shutterstock/Anatoly Menzhiliy
Shipping

Flotilla of Saudi Oil Tankers Near the Suez Shrinks a Little

(Bloomberg) — A cluster of Saudi Arabian oil tankers that are idling in the Red Sea is showing tentative signs of shrinking, suggesting whatever issue

June 22, 2023
Total Views: 1724

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are stacked at Gwangyang port in Gwangyang, South Korea, June 14, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS
Shipping

South Korea Early Exports Hint at Budding Global Recovery

(Bloomberg) — South Korean exports offered an early sign of improvement in global trade after their first year-on-year gain since last summer.

June 21, 2023
Total Views: 723

Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Marine Weather

June Storms Raise Alarm for Atlantic Hurricane Season

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Bret is nearing the Caribbean, while a second system looks to be gathering strength behind it,

June 20, 2023
Total Views: 3930

Energy

Woodside Greenlights $7.2 Billion Mexico Deepwater Oil Project

(Bloomberg) — Woodside Energy Group Ltd. gave the go-ahead for a $7.2 billion oil field off Mexico, the Australian producer’s first major fossil fuel

June 20, 2023
Total Views: 1364

Monday, June 19, 2023
File photo of an oil tanker at sea
Shipping

Last Oil Tanker Waiting to Load Kurdish Crude Sails Empty

By Anthony Di Paola (Bloomberg) — A last tanker that had been waiting in the Mediterranean Sea for nearly three months to load Kurdish crude

June 19, 2023
Total Views: 6977

offshore wind farm
Offshore

Big Oil’s Renewables Retreat Opens Door for Others

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Big Oil won’t be missed by its renewable power competitors. Shell Plc’s pivot away from wind farms and solar parks

June 19, 2023
Total Views: 1915

Sunday, June 18, 2023
Environment

The World’s Oceans Shattered Heat Records in April And May

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) –The world’s oceans were the warmest on record in April and May, a development that could mean more severe

June 18, 2023
Total Views: 3408

Italy And The Mediterranean Are Awash In Yachts
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Italy And The Mediterranean Are Awash In Yachts

By Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) –There are more superyachts off the coast of Italy than anywhere else in the world right now, and from recent headlines

June 18, 2023
Total Views: 4780

Saturday, June 17, 2023
Shipping

Saudi Crude Tankers Cluster Near Red Sea Coast In Rare Move

(Bloomberg) –Supertankers holding more than 20 million barrels of Saudi Arabian crude are clustered off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the most since the

June 17, 2023
Total Views: 22939

Shipping

Abandoned Superyacht Sells For $67.6 Million

By Stephanie Baker and Jim Wyss (Bloomberg) –Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt bought the Alfa Nero superyacht that was ditched in Antigua in March

June 17, 2023
Total Views: 13680

Friday, June 16, 2023
Shipping

Tanker Rates from Nigeria Soar as Owners Steer Clear

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping oil from Nigeria surged the most in more than a year at the end of a week in which some owners

June 16, 2023
Total Views: 2904

River at low levels because of drought
Shipping

Summer Just Started, But the Rhine River is Already Starting to Dry Up

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — The German summer may officially be just two weeks old but the Rhine river — a vital artery for the country and

June 16, 2023
Total Views: 14012

Shipping

Iranian Oil Is Quietly Flooding Into the Global Market Again

(Bloomberg) — Iran is shipping the most crude in almost five years, fortifying its re-emergence on the geopolitical stage while posing risks

June 16, 2023
Total Views: 4652

Thursday, June 15, 2023
Shipping

Nation’s Supply Chain Threat Diminishes With West Coast Port Deal

By Laura Curtis and Jordan Fabian (Bloomberg) — Workers and employers announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract that will cover

June 15, 2023
Total Views: 1192