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Saturday, August 14, 2021
OTC in Houston
Offshore

Schlumberger Withdraws From OTC As Houston Hospitals Near Capacity

By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – Top oilfield services firm Schlumberger NV on Thursday said it had withdrawn staff from next

August 14, 2021
Total Views: 7788

MINERVA_SYMPHONY Tanker Black Sea
Oil Spill

Russia Opens Criminal Investigation Over Black Sea Tanker Spill

by Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) Russian investigators were conducting searches at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) after last Saturday’s oil spill near

August 14, 2021
Total Views: 2316

Covid-19 Isolation Ship
Ports

Indonesia Turns Ferry Into COVID-19 Isolation Center

By Abdul Rahman Muchtar (Reuters) – A vehicle with a flashing siren and “Makassar COVID Hunter” written on the side pulls up to

August 14, 2021
Total Views: 1217

Friday, August 13, 2021
bulk ship
Shipping

Higher Vessel Rates Lift Baltic Dry Index to 11-Year High

Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rallied to its highest

August 13, 2021
Total Views: 695

angshan Deep-Water Port
Ports

Maersk Diverts Ships After Ningbo Terminal Shuts For COVID

by Muyu Xu (Reuters) – Ports and shipping companies are diverting vessels from a container terminal in China’s busiest marine transportation hub

August 13, 2021
Total Views: 1453

Thursday, August 12, 2021
Grain ship in argentina
Shipping

100-Year Drought Impacting Argentina’s Grain Exports

By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 (Reuters) – A once-a-century drought has lowered the water level of Argentina’s main grains transport river,

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 1020

A member of staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat poses in front of a section of the screen showing the southern Indian Ocean to the west of Australia, during a search for missing flight MH370, at their headquarters in London
Shipping

Inmarsat to Drive Growth with Industry-Leading L-band Upgrade

By Paul Sandle LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – British satellite operator Inmarsat said it would launch a major upgrade to its L-band services to offer faster

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 582

China Medical Swab Test
Ports

Major Container Ports in China See Worsening Congestion After COVID Cases

BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Congestion off China’s top two container ports Shanghai and Ningbo is worsening following the shutdown of a

August 12, 2021
Total Views: 1856

Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Biden Says His Administration is Working to Relieve Bottlenecks that Threaten Economic Recovery
Shipping

Biden Says His Administration is Working to Relieve Bottlenecks that Threaten Economic Recovery

By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his administration is working to relieve

August 11, 2021
Total Views: 1311

tanker underway at sea from the bridge
Shipping

White House Calls on OPEC and Its Allies to Pump More Oil

By Trevor Hunnicutt Aug 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s top aides are pressuring OPEC and its allies to boost oil output to

August 11, 2021
Total Views: 1020

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise Navigating In Ice
Environment

Greenflation Hits Shipping

by Sujata Rao (Reuters) From container ships to cardboard, tighter environmental regulations are stoking shortages and price spikes as

August 11, 2021
Total Views: 1859

Monday, August 9, 2021
Bidders Line Up for Israel’s Haifa Port with Final Sale in Sight
Shipping

Bidders Line Up for Israel’s Haifa Port with Final Sale in Sight

By Jonathan Saul and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Four investment groups are looking to acquire the Israeli port of Haifa estimated to be

August 9, 2021
Total Views: 1796

New UN Report on Climate Change Sounds ‘Code Red for Humanity’
Environment

New UN Report on Climate Change Sounds ‘Code Red for Humanity’

By Nina Chestney and Andrea Januta Aug 9 (Reuters) – The United Nations panel on climate change told the world on Monday that global

August 9, 2021
Total Views: 803

cruise ships in miami
Cruise Ships

Judge Rules Norwegian Cruise Line Brands Can Require Proof of Vaccines in Florida

By Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe Aug 8 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has allowed Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. to demand that passengers show written proof of

August 9, 2021
Total Views: 1247

Saturday, August 7, 2021
Iran Says It Seeks Gulf Security
Navy

Iran Says It Seeks Gulf Security

Kirsten Donovan (Reuters) Iran on Saturday rejected as psychological warfare accusations that it was behind a deadly attack on a tanker off Oman’s

August 7, 2021
Total Views: 2088

Friday, August 6, 2021
Russian Arctic Cable Layer
Offshore

Russia Starts Arctic Cable Laying Project

By Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) – Russia on Friday begins laying its first undersea fiber optic communications cable through the Arctic as part of a

August 6, 2021
Total Views: 2228

Norwegian Cruise Line Posts Massive Loss
Cruise Ships

Norwegian Cruise Line Posts Massive Loss

by Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, whose Encore ship is set to mark the company’s return to sailing from U.S. ports over

August 6, 2021
Total Views: 1598

Thursday, August 5, 2021
port of rotterdam storage
Shipping

Fincantieri to Study Use of Green Hydrogen in Ports and Shipping

MILAN, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Europe’s biggest utility Enel has agreed to work with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to find ways to use green hydrogen

August 5, 2021
Total Views: 766

mercer street
Maritime Security

U.N. Security Council to Discuss Deadly Tanker Attack on Friday

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Britain will discuss a deadly tanker attack off the coast of Oman during a closed-door United Nations

August 5, 2021
Total Views: 583

A Sea Of Shipping Containers
Shipping News

China-U.S. Box Rates Sail Past $20,000

By Roslan Khasawneh and Muyu Xu (Reuters) Container shipping rates from China to the United States have scaled fresh highs above $20,000 per 40-foot box

August 5, 2021
Total Views: 2649