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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Carnival Sensation cruise ship
Cruise Ships

Carnival Halts Asia Cruises As China’s Covid Zero Policy Bites

By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) Costa Cruises, a unit of cruising giant Carnival Corp. that targets the nascent Chinese market, is canceling all future Asia

October 25, 2022
Total Views: 2809

Monday, October 24, 2022
Costa Cruises Pulls Asia Trips Amid China’s Covid Zero Policy
Cruise Ships

Costa Cruises Pulls Asia Trips Amid China’s Covid Zero Policy

By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) — Costa Cruises, a unit of Carnival Corp. that aimed to cater to the Chinese market, is canceling all future Asia departures

October 24, 2022
Total Views: 1685

tanker at sea
Shipping

For the First Time in Four Years There’s No U.S. Crude Going to France

By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — For the first time in four years, there’s no US crude getting exported to France as a workers strike in the European

October 24, 2022
Total Views: 15570

Sunday, October 23, 2022
Representative Elaine Luria Shipyard
Navy

Top US Shipbuilding Advocate Faces Difficult Election

Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), a veteran US Navy ship driver who is one of the nation’s strongest advocates for US shipbuilding, is facing stiff

October 23, 2022
Total Views: 2763

Saturday, October 22, 2022
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
Shipping

Russian Oil Logistics In Chaos With Weeks Until Sanctions Bite

By Serene Cheong Oct 22, 2022 (Bloomberg) –Traders, tanker companies and the world’s most powerful governments are becoming increasingly fixated

October 22, 2022
Total Views: 9897

‘Serious’ Mississippi River Woes Prompts Limits In Key US Port
Shipping

‘Serious’ Mississippi River Woes Prompts Limits In Key US Port

By Kim Chipman (Bloomberg) –“Serious concerns” over critically low water levels in the Mississippi River system led port authorities to limit vessel

October 22, 2022
Total Views: 6771

Friday, October 21, 2022
cosco shipping
Ports

German Chancellor Tries to Quell Dispute Over Port Deal with China’s COSCO

By Arne Delfs and Birgit Jennen (Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denied reports that he has already reached a decision over the disputed sale

October 21, 2022
Total Views: 1137

Thursday, October 20, 2022
shipping containers
Shipping

Flexport Receives $200 Million to Grow Trade Financing

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Flexport Inc.’s trade financing arm received $200 million from KKR & Co. to expand the digital freight company’s

October 20, 2022
Total Views: 1358

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
File photo of an oil tanker at sea
Shipping

EU’s Sanctions Against Russia Risk Ensnaring More Oil Tankers

By Alberto Nardelli, Christopher Condon and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — The European Union’s latest sanctions on Russian petroleum could end up

October 18, 2022
Total Views: 1475

Bulk carrier inspection
News

Ukraine Grain Backlog Eases With Faster Ship Inspections

By Áine Quinn (Bloomberg) A logjam of vessels shipping Ukrainian crops eased at the weekend as inspections sped up, but the backlog remains high with just

October 18, 2022
Total Views: 1669

Monday, October 17, 2022
lng carrier
Shipping

China Halts LNG Sales to Foreign Buyers to Ensure Own Supply

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China told its state-owned gas importers to stop reselling LNG to energy-starved buyers in Europe and Asia in order to

October 17, 2022
Total Views: 1397

Sunday, October 16, 2022
China NATO
Navy

NATO And China Face-Off At Arctic Summit

By Danielle Bochove (Bloomberg) A senior NATO official confronted a Chinese diplomat over China’s failure to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine,

October 16, 2022
Total Views: 3988

Saturday, October 15, 2022
wheat bulk ship
Shipping

Soaring Dollar Leaves Food Piled Up In Ports As World Hunger Grows

(Bloomberg) –Food importers from Africa to Asia are scrambling for dollars to pay their bills as a surge in the US currency drives prices even higher for

October 15, 2022
Total Views: 11524

A bulk carrier departs the Port of Odessa prior to the war. Image courtesy VolodymyrT / Shutterstock.com
Shipping

Watch Commodities As China Heads for Pivotal Week

(Bloomberg) Commodities are entering a crucial period as earnings season gathers pace, Europe firms up its energy-crisis response, and China’s political

October 15, 2022
Total Views: 946

Friday, October 14, 2022
Liverpool Dockworkers Plan Two More Weeks of Strikes
Ports

Liverpool Dockworkers Plan Two More Weeks of Strikes

By Eamon Akil Farhat (Bloomberg) — Dock workers at the Port of Liverpool are planning two more weeks of strikes after a pay dispute escalated into a

October 14, 2022
Total Views: 1127

Hapag-Lloyd Among Shortlisted Bidders for GCT Terminals in New York and New Jersey
Ports

Hapag-Lloyd Among Shortlisted Bidders for GCT Terminals in New York and New Jersey

By Gillian Tan, Kiel Porter and Kamaron Leach (Bloomberg) — Ports America, Terminal Investment Ltd., Carrix and Hapag-Lloyd AG are among shortlisted

October 14, 2022
Total Views: 1559

Thursday, October 13, 2022
Midwest Drought Points to Little Relief for Mississippi River Shipping
Shipping

Midwest Drought Points to Little Relief for Mississippi River Shipping

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) — A drought is spreading across the US Midwest, drying up the Mississippi River and its tributaries that serve as a

October 13, 2022
Total Views: 2150

Ships bridge silhouetted with Antarctic Icebergs on the Horizon
Shipping

Russia Sanctions Spur Demand for Ice-Class Oil Tankers

By Serene Cheong and Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) — The cost of oil tankers that can navigate icy waters has surged ahead of looming European Union

October 13, 2022
Total Views: 1523

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Liverpool Dockers Strike as Peel Ports Issues Redundancies
Ports

Liverpool Dockers Strike as Peel Ports Issues Redundancies

By Eamon Akil Farhat (Bloomberg) — Dock workers in the Port of Liverpool resumed a strike over pay Tuesday as their employer Peel Ports Ltd. issued

October 12, 2022
Total Views: 1424

An inland tug and barges moves along a river under a bridge
Shipping

Barge Shipping Whack-a-Mole: Closures on Ohio River as Mississippi Bottleneck Improves

By Brian K. Sullivan, Joe Deaux and Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) — The Mississippi River isn’t out of the woods as falling water levels along its

October 12, 2022
Total Views: 4658