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Saturday, January 10, 2026
BRICS Plus countries arrives for joint maritime drills in South African waters
Defense

Iran and Russia Join Naval Drills Off South African Coast

By Antony Sguazzin Jan 10, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Warships from Iran and Russia have joined naval exercises being held off the coast of South Africa,

January 10, 2026
Total Views: 1215

Mexico has not increased oil shipments to Cuba amid Venezuela situation
Shipping

Mexico Oil Shipment Reaches Cuba, Increasing Tensions With US

By Gonzalo Soto Jan 9, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A tanker carrying between 85,000 and 90,000 barrels of oil arrived in Havana from Mexico amid growing

January 10, 2026
Total Views: 2123

Friday, January 9, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum host a meeting with oil industry executives, at the White House
News

Trump Presses Big Oil to Pour $100 Billion Into Venezuela—Executives Signal Caution

Major US oil executives expressed caution to Donald Trump about reentering Venezuela, even as the president pressured their companies to spend at least $100

January 9, 2026
Total Views: 2240

Thursday, January 8, 2026
A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland, California
News

October Surprise: U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks to 15-Year Low on Import Collapse

(Bloomberg) — The US trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in October to the smallest since 2009 on a sharp pullback in imports, notably pharmaceuticals.

January 8, 2026
Total Views: 1613

UK Sees Ship Seizure as Show of Europe’s Role in US Security
Shipping

UK Sees Ship Seizure as Show of Europe’s Role in US Security

British support for the US operation to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker demonstrated the importance of the transatlantic security partnership, UK Defence

January 8, 2026
Total Views: 1005

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Aerial photo of an oil tanker at anchor. Stock Photo: Nickeo23/Shutterstock
News

Falling Tanker Rates Lift U.S. Crude Exports

Falling tanker rates are improving the export outlook for US crude, and prices for light sweet barrels, in particular, are getting a

January 7, 2026
Total Views: 648

Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Oil tanker on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas. REUTERS/Issac Urrutia
Featured

Chevron Sends 11 Tankers to Venezuela as U.S. Enforces Oil Blockade

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — A small fleet of ships booked by Chevron Corp. is sailing to Venezuela as the company emerges as the only exporter of

January 6, 2026
Total Views: 16913

U.S. President Donald Trump reads about tariffs on steel and aluminum, as Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
Shipping

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Could Come As Soon As Friday

The US Supreme Court scheduled Friday as an opinion day, indicating that date will be the first chance for a ruling on President Donald Trump’s global

January 6, 2026
Total Views: 644

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

Russia Oil Cargo Earlier Linked to Reliance Discharges Elsewhere

By Rakesh Sharma (Bloomberg) — Two tankers carrying Russian Urals crude, both of which had signaled India’s Sikka port as their destination last week,

January 6, 2026
Total Views: 456

A satellite image shows the Skipper tanker, in north of Guadeloupe
Energy

Venezuelan Oil Shunned by China as Offers Get More Expensive

Chinese buyers shunned offers for Venezuelan crude this week, as a US blockade on the South American producer constrains exports and pushes up

January 6, 2026
Total Views: 3117

Monday, January 5, 2026
Christophe de Margerie LNG carrier
Shipping

Russia Leans on Lone Ice-Class LNG Carrier to Keep Sanctioned Arctic Project Alive

Russia has used a single icebreaker ship to continue exporting liquefied natural gas from a US-sanctioned project in the Arctic through the winter,

January 5, 2026
Total Views: 1886

FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows the very large crude carrier (VLCC) Skipper, which British maritime risk management group Vanguard said was believed to have been seized on December 10, as well as another vessel, off Port Jose, Venezuela, November 18, 2025
Shipping

Venezuela Oil Ship Logjam Highlights Deeper US Blockade Pain

Venezuelan oil exports — measure by ship loadings — fell to a 17-month low in December amid a US naval blockade designed to bring the illicit oil trade to

January 5, 2026
Total Views: 1427

Sunday, January 4, 2026
A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers
Shipping

Rubio Says Oil ‘Quarantine’ Gives US Leverage Over Venezuela

By Jen Judson Jan 4, 2026, 9:06 AM (Bloomberg) –Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US would use an oil “quarantine” to get what it wants

January 4, 2026
Total Views: 828

Saturday, January 3, 2026
Chevron-chartered oil tanker Ionic Anax is seen near the Bajo Grande port in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo after loading for export
Energy

Trump Sees US Oil Producers Spending Billions In Venezuela

By Kevin Crowley, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Lucia Kassai Jan 3, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said US oil companies will spend billions of

January 3, 2026
Total Views: 1120

Aerial view of the vessel Boracay, off the coast of Saint-Nazaire
Shipping

Ships With Russian Oil Signal India’s Reliance Plant As Destination

(Bloomberg) –At least three tankers carrying Russian crude are indicating Reliance Industries Ltd.’s plant on India’s west coast as their next

January 3, 2026
Total Views: 844

US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say
Shipping

More Venezuela-Bound Oil Ships U-Turn Amid US Blockade

By Bloomberg News Jan 2, 2026 (Bloomberg) –More oil tankers are turning away from Venezuela as the US threatens to seize vessels transporting oil

January 3, 2026
Total Views: 937

Maduro Captured, Indicted After US Airstrikes on Venezuela
News

Maduro Captured, Indicted After US Airstrikes on Venezuela

President Nicolás Maduro has been charged in the US after he was captured and flown out of Venezuela, following a series of airstrikes that mark an

January 3, 2026
Total Views: 1018

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
A resident stands at an embankment near a sunflower oil spill from a port terminal that was hit by recent Russian missile and drone attacks
Defense

Russia and Ukraine Trade Strikes on Black Sea Ports

Russia and Ukraine struck each other’s Black Sea ports overnight, damaging infrastructure including an oil

December 31, 2025
Total Views: 2370

Tuesday, December 30, 2025
An LNG tanker at a port in Yantai, China
Shipping

Global 2025 LNG Exports Saw Biggest Jump in Three Years

Global exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 likely saw the biggest jump in three years, as new supply came online in North

December 30, 2025
Total Views: 592

Monday, December 29, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida
Defense

Trump Claims U.S. Hit Venezuelan Drug Dock in First Known Land Attack

President Donald Trump said the US struck a facility inside Venezuela, in what would be a significant escalation in its campaign against alleged drug

December 29, 2025
Total Views: 1931