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Saturday, March 5, 2022
lng ship bunkering in fog
Ports

Germany To Build LNG Terminal ‘ASAP’ to Reduce Russian Gas Dependence

By Stefan Nicola (Bloomberg) Germany is partnering with Nederlandse Gasunie NV and RWE AG to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the country as

March 5, 2022
Total Views: 10658

Friday, March 4, 2022
Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions
Ports

Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) Europe’s surging demand for coal is reviving an infrequent trade lane for shipments from South African mines. The fossil fuel

March 4, 2022
Total Views: 8143

Bulker carrying bauxite unloading at a port in Yantai
News

China Is Shipping Stockpiles Of Metal To Europe

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) Commodities traders are racing to capture a rare profit from shipping aluminum out of China as the war in Ukraine creates

March 4, 2022
Total Views: 10040

seafarer on deck with a mask
Maritime Security Incidents

Over 1,000 Mariners Are Stranded Near Ukraine

By Ann Koh and Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) About 140 ships have been trapped off the coast of Ukraine, putting more than a thousand seafarers in harm’s way.

March 4, 2022
Total Views: 3429

Thursday, March 3, 2022
oil tanker
Shipping

Russia’s Toxic Oil Sends Tanker Rates Into a Frenzy

By Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) — For clues on how toxic Russian oil has become, look no further than the trade for tankers that export it. It now costs

March 3, 2022
Total Views: 2183

Russian Navy Fleet Anchored
Navy

Russian Navy Fleet Nears Port Of Odesa

By Marc Champion (Bloomberg) With a naval fleet reported near the Ukrainian city of Odesa and the city of Kherson taken, it’s increasingly clear that

March 3, 2022
Total Views: 6669

Wednesday, March 2, 2022
All You Need To Know About Russian Yacht Arrests
News

All You Need To Know About Russian Yacht Arrests

Superyachts of incredible size have become the symbol of oligarch-sized wealth and now, with the Ruble crashing and anti-Russian sanctions proliferating…

March 2, 2022
Total Views: 22647

Olga Saminina
Ports

Meet Olga: Ukraine’s Russian Born Port Director Who Chants ‘Go home!’

By Marc Champion (Bloomberg) – Olga Saminina is the kind of person in the kind of city Russian President Vladimir Putin might have expected to welcome

March 2, 2022
Total Views: 3739

A silhouette of a ship underway in the distance at dusk
News

War Shocks Ripple Across Shipping Lanes

By Bryce Baschuk (Bloomberg) Importers from London to Warsaw will soon face higher shipping costs, longer delays and an obstacle course of sanctions to

March 2, 2022
Total Views: 3179

Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Biden Takes on Container Shipping Despite No Evidence of Wrongdoing
Shipping

Biden Takes on Container Shipping Despite No Evidence of Wrongdoing

By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden is taking on the concentrated market power of ocean shipping companies, although officials at the

March 1, 2022
Total Views: 5912

Felicity Ace seen burning in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores Islands. Picture was released Friday, February 18, 2022 by the Portuguese Navy. Photo courtesy Portuguese Navy
Ship Fires

Bentleys And Lambos Sink In Storm Aboard Burning Ship Felicity Ace

By Monica Raymunt (Bloomberg) The cargo ship that caught fire in the Atlantic while transporting roughly 4,000 Volkswagen AG vehicles to the U.S. has sunk

March 1, 2022
Total Views: 6753

destiney-cruise-ships
Cruise Ships

Bankrupt Cruise Ship Departs On Last ‘Cruise To Nowhere’

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) –Singapore will lose one of the two ships offering cruise-to-nowhere trips from the city, after Genting Hong Kong Ltd.’s

March 1, 2022
Total Views: 142350

Monday, February 28, 2022
India Ships Record Wheat As Ukraine Crisis Upends Bulk Trade
Ports

India Ships Record Wheat As Ukraine Crisis Upends Bulk Trade

By Pratik Parija (Bloomberg) India is set to benefit from the shifts in global wheat trade as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves a vital source of

February 28, 2022
Total Views: 2199

Sunday, February 27, 2022
Russian FPSO MARSHAL VASILEVSKIY Transiting the Suez Canal
Shipping

Energy Firms Snap Up Russian Gas as Europe Seeks Alternatives

By Elena Mazneva, Feb 27, 2022,(Bloomberg) –European leaders talking up plans to wean the continent off Russian natural gas are facing a harsh

February 27, 2022
Total Views: 4353

wheat bulk ship
Ports

Ukraine Port Closure Threatens Global Crop Supply

By Salma El Wardany, Áine Quinn and Abdel Latif Wahba Feb 27, 2022, (Bloomberg) –Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is rippling through global crop

February 27, 2022
Total Views: 2203

Saturday, February 26, 2022
bonga fpso shell oil production
Oil Spill

Shell Faces U.K. Showdown Over Delayed Impact From Cataclysmic Bonga Oil Spill

By Katharine Gemmell, Feb 26, 2022(Bloomberg) –A group of Nigerians want a trial against Royal Dutch Shell Plc in the U.K. for what they allege was a

February 26, 2022
Total Views: 2382

Friday, February 25, 2022
Ships Shelled in Black Sea as Invasion Sparks Shipping Chaos
Shipping

Ships Shelled in Black Sea as Invasion Sparks Shipping Chaos

By Alex Longley, Archie Hunter and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought turmoil to commodities markets as the conflict

February 25, 2022
Total Views: 20676

USS Independence LCS
Navy

Failing US Navy Warship Still Can’t Perform Mission

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The U.S. Navy’s troubled fleet of Littoral Combat Ships has “not yet demonstrated the operational capabilities it needs

February 25, 2022
Total Views: 7794

Thursday, February 24, 2022
War In Ukraine Will Magnify The Global Trade Crisis
News

War In Ukraine Will Magnify The Global Trade Crisis

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) Disruptions in global trade are about to go from bad to worse. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, energy costs

February 24, 2022
Total Views: 2037

Ports & Pipelines, These Are Ukraine’s Key Commodity Sites
Ports

Ports & Pipelines, These Are Ukraine’s Key Commodity Sites

By Áine Quinn and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) As Russian forces attack targets across Ukraine, commodity traders are watching the country’s vast network of

February 24, 2022
Total Views: 2734