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Thursday, October 22, 2020
Hurtigruten Cancels January-March Antarctic Cruises Because of Pandemic
Cruise Ships

Hurtigruten Cancels January-March Antarctic Cruises Because of Pandemic

OSLO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Norway’s Hurtigruten has called off its remaining Antarctica cruises from January to March next year and will reduce

October 22, 2020
Total Views: 113

America’s Cup Teams Testing Second-Generation Yachts
Shipping News

America’s Cup Teams Testing Second-Generation Yachts

WELLINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The America’s Cup just got “real” for the Italian challengers hoping to face holders Team New Zealand

October 22, 2020
Total Views: 189

Profits Surge For Marine Coatings Maker Akzo Nobel
News

Profits Surge For Marine Coatings Maker Akzo Nobel

by Bart Meijer (Reuters) – Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel reported on Wednesday a better-than-expected 18% jump in third-quarter core profit

October 22, 2020
Total Views: 155

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
ocean plastic trash
Environment

Ocean Plastic Pollution Could Triple By 2040

by Joe Brock (Reuters) – The amount of plastic waste flowing into the ocean and killing marine life could triple in the next 20 years, unless companies

October 21, 2020
Total Views: 571

urkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis sails in the Bosphorus in Istanbul.REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo
Shipping News

Turkey Extends Exploration in Disputed Waters with Greece

ANKARA, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Wednesday it extended the stay of its Oruc Reis survey vessel and two other ships in a disputed area of the

October 21, 2020
Total Views: 65

Newly Discovered Hull Damage NOT to Blame for 1994 ‘Estonia’ Ferry Disaster, Report Says
Interesting

Newly Discovered Hull Damage NOT to Blame for 1994 ‘Estonia’ Ferry Disaster, Report Says

VILNIUS, Oct 21 (Reuters) – An Estonian ferry disaster that killed 852 people in 1994 was probably not caused by hull damage to the vessel that was first

October 21, 2020
Total Views: 909

Polar Research Vessel ‘Sir David Attenborough’ Heads for Sea Trials
Interesting

Polar Research Vessel ‘Sir David Attenborough’ Heads for Sea Trials

BIRKENHEAD, England, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s new polar ship, the Sir David Attenborough, will leave for sea trials on Wednesday to be put

October 21, 2020
Total Views: 361

Gassnova Norway Longship CO2 Project
Uncategorized

Ocean CO2 Storage Could Be A Hot ESG Investment For Banks & Oil Majors

by George Hay (Reuters) – If offshore wind and solar power are zero-carbon energy’s ESG golden boys, carbon capture is its problem child. Climate

October 21, 2020
Total Views: 387

ship crew-change covid19 pandemic
News

Thailand Eases Ship And Yacht Crew Travel Restrictions

by Orathai Sriring (Reuters) – Thailand on Wednesday further eased coronavirus restrictions and plans to shorten a quarantine period to (assist seafarers

October 21, 2020
Total Views: 478

Cameron Gulf Of Mexico LNG ship facility
Ports

Louisiana Cameron LNG Terminal Reopens After Hurricane Delta

by Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – The first liquefied natural gas tanker to go to Cameron LNG’s export plant in Louisiana since Hurricane Delta was set to

October 21, 2020
Total Views: 216

Tuesday, October 20, 2020
PDVSA to Offload Crude from Listing Oil Facility Off Venezuela
Interesting

PDVSA to Offload Crude from Listing Oil Facility Off Venezuela

CARACAS, Oct 20 (Reuters) – An oil tanker operated by Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela on Tuesday approached a floating oil facility

October 20, 2020
Total Views: 300

offshore rig
Offshore

Losing Control? Norway’s Offshore Oil Workers Fear for Future as Rigs Go Remote

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Oct 20 (Reuters) – A shift to operating oil rigs remotely from land, which has been accelerated by lower crude prices, has

October 20, 2020
Total Views: 140

China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2
Defense

Without Icebreakers, How Will The US Navy Defend Greenland?

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Oct 20 (Reuters) On a windy August afternoon in 2017, Akitsinnguaq Ina Olsen was relaxing in the old harbor of Nuuk,

October 20, 2020
Total Views: 795

AL_MESSILAH Livestock Ship
Shipping News

Australia Evacuates Crew From COVID19 Infected Livestock Ship

By Colin Packham SYDNEY, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Australian officials were evacuating workers from a Kuwaiti-flagged livestock ship docked off the

October 20, 2020
Total Views: 115

Indian Navy Military Sealift
Defense

What Is The Malabar Ocean Exercise?

By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) – Australia will join three-way naval exercises involving the United States, Japan and India, in a move that could provoke

October 20, 2020
Total Views: 149

Monday, October 19, 2020
U.S. Blacklists Chinese Entities Over Iran Shipping Links
Interesting

U.S. Blacklists Chinese Entities Over Iran Shipping Links

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The United States on Monday said it blacklisted two Chinese men and six Chinese entities for having dealt with Iranian

October 19, 2020
Total Views: 124

ships at anchor
Shipping News

Singapore Suspends Bunker Supply Licences of Hin Leong Unit

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Singapore has suspended the licences to sell ship fuel held by a subsidiary of defunct oil trader Hin

October 19, 2020
Total Views: 90

Ocean Princess Tanker
News

Singapore’s Ocean Tankers Wants To Return Ships To Owners

By Florence Tan and Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The court-appointed manager for Ocean Tankers Pte Ltd has applied to the Singapore court

October 19, 2020
Total Views: 1837

Sunday, October 18, 2020
fukushima-waste-water. Image via USAF
Environment

Japan To Release Fukushima’s Nuclear Waste Water Into Sea

By Kaori Kaneko (Reuters) – Nearly a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s government has decided to release over one million tonnes

October 18, 2020
Total Views: 759

Oil tanker in Ningbo Zhoushan port
Ports

China’s Zhoushan Port Plans Bunker Hub Expansion

SINGAPORE, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Sales of marine fuel from the Chinese port of Zhoushan, the country’s top supplier of shipping fuel, in first nine

October 18, 2020
Total Views: 237