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Monday, August 29, 2022
Germany Offshore Wind Farm
News

Denmark And Germany Agree To Offshore Wind Link

by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen (Reuters) Germany has secured a power link to a planned offshore wind hub in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea that will help reduce

August 29, 2022
Total Views: 1645

Sunday, August 28, 2022
U.S. Warships Transit Taiwan Strait, First Since Pelosi Visit
Navy

U.S. Warships Transit Taiwan Strait, First Since Pelosi Visit

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the

August 28, 2022
Total Views: 2446

Saturday, August 27, 2022
Russia’s Burning Of Excess Gas Is An Environmental Disaster
Offshore

Russia’s Burning Of Excess Gas Is An Environmental Disaster

MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Russia is wasting large volumes of natural gas by burning it in a huge orange flare near the Finnish border at a

August 27, 2022
Total Views: 4428

The container ship MSC Danit is seen the day after U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) marine casualty investigators boarded the container ship, off the Port of Long Beach, California, U.S. October 17, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
Oil Spill

Amplify Energy Corp To Pay $13 Mln To Settle Charges Over California Oil Spill

Aug 26 (Reuters) – A Texas oil company agreed to plead guilty to criminal negligence charges and pay nearly $13 million for a crude oil spill

August 27, 2022
Total Views: 1474

Ukrainian Sailors Allowed To Leave Country To Help Crew Grain Ships
Shipping

Ukrainian Sailors Allowed To Leave Country To Help Crew Grain Ships

KYIV, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Merchant sailors will be allowed to leave Ukraine if they receive approval from their local military administrative body, the

August 27, 2022
Total Views: 6361

Friday, August 26, 2022
China PLAN Military news
Navy

China Moves To Erase Taiwan Strait Line

By Yimou Lee and Greg Torode (Reuters) For nearly 70 years an imagined line running down the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China has helped keep the

August 26, 2022
Total Views: 4541

USCGC Oliver Henry
USCG

US Coast Guard Can’t Bunker In Solomon Islands 

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) A United States Coast Guard vessel was unable to enter Solomon Islands for a routine port call because the Solomon Islands

August 26, 2022
Total Views: 15153

China Oil tanker at PDVSA's Jose Antonio Anzoategui industrial complex
Defense

China Defense Firm Ships Venezuelan Oil

by Chen Aizhu (Reuters) China has entrusted a defense-focussed state firm to ship millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil despite U.S. sanctions, part of a deal

August 26, 2022
Total Views: 3161

Thursday, August 25, 2022
bulk carrier at sea
Shipping

Baltic Dry Index Falls Sharply as Capesize Rates Plunge 30%

Aug 25 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index .BADI registered its worst fall in three months on

August 25, 2022
Total Views: 1126

Cuba Boosts Fuel Imports and Reshuffles Shipping After Terminal Fire
Shipping

Cuba Boosts Fuel Imports and Reshuffles Shipping After Terminal Fire

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Cuba is using a combination of ship-to-ship transfers and floating oil storage to ease fuel scarcity

August 25, 2022
Total Views: 1031

offshore oil rig
Offshore

Mo Money Mo Problems: Guyana Faces Challenges Managing Newfound Offshore Oil Wealth

By Gram Slattery GEORGETOWN, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Ever since Exxon Mobil found vast deposits of oil off Guyana’s coastline in 2015,

August 25, 2022
Total Views: 1626

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
bulk carrier
Shipping

Capesize Rates Drag Baltic Dry Index Down Further

Aug 24 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell on Wednesday, as rates for the capesize vessel segment dropped to their

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 1192

two tankers conduct ship-to-ship transfer
Shipping

Sanctions-Hit Russia Sending Fuel Oil to Asia Using Ship-to-Ship Transfers

MOSCOW, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russia is exporting more fuel oil to Asia and using ship-to-ship transfers to

August 24, 2022
Total Views: 2783

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Seized Russian Superyacht Auctioned Off in Gibraltar
Shipping

Seized Russian Superyacht Auctioned Off in Gibraltar

By Joan Faus and Graham Keeley MADRID, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A $75-million superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian steel billionaire was

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 6003

Insurers Cover Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports
Shipping

Insurers Cover Grain Ship from Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports

By Noor Zainab Hussain Aug 23 (Reuters) – Broker Marsh and Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot said on Tuesday they have provided coverage for a

August 23, 2022
Total Views: 698

Monday, August 22, 2022
A Sea Of Shipping Containers
Ports

Plan to Improve German Rail Transport Could Worsen Congestion

BERLIN, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Germany is set to make rail transport for power plants and refineries a priority this week to ensure supply, even

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 1059

People sit at a beach cafe with the Britain's biggest container port Felixstowe seen behind
Ports

Felixstowe Strike: Disruption at Britain’s Busiest Container Port

LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – More than 1,900 workers at Britain’s biggest container port, Felixstowe, have begun eight days of strike action that

August 22, 2022
Total Views: 1852

Sunday, August 21, 2022
Workers At UK’s Biggest Container Port Felixstowe Due To Begin 8-Day Strike
Ports

Workers At UK’s Biggest Container Port Felixstowe Due To Begin 8-Day Strike

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – More than 1,900 workers at Britain’s biggest container port are due on Sunday to start eight days of strike

August 21, 2022
Total Views: 2050

Nord Stream Facility
Offshore

Nord Stream 1 Pipeline To Shut For Three Days In Latest Fuel Blow To Europe

By Christoph Steitz and Thomas Escritt FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia will halt natural gas supplies to Europe for three days at

August 21, 2022
Total Views: 1790

Saturday, August 20, 2022
Two More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine
Shipping

Two More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine

ANKARA/KYIV, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Two more ships carrying grain have left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 1621