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Monday, August 24, 2020
Dueling Storms Take Aim at U.S. Gulf Coast
Shipping News

Dueling Storms Take Aim at U.S. Gulf Coast

By Jennifer Hiller and Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

August 24, 2020
Total Views: 19

Sunday, August 23, 2020
petrobras carwash probe
Shipping News

Maersk Executive Charged In Petrobras Corruption Scheme

by Marcelo Rochabrun (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors pressed charges on Friday against two people for an alleged scheme to obtain confidential market

August 23, 2020
Total Views: 393

Aegean II Tanker
Piracy

Piracy: Aegean II Is Safe And Underway

by Katharine Houreld (Reuters) – The M/V Aegean II, a Panama-flagged ship boarded by Somali police, is safe and underway, the EU Naval Force said on

August 23, 2020
Total Views: 227

Migrants UK Border Force
Ports

Fate Of English Channel Migrants Entwined In Brexit Talks

by Gabriela Baczynska (Reuters) – The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back

August 23, 2020
Total Views: 89

Saturday, August 22, 2020
Waymon L Boyd Dredge Fire
Ship Fires

Rescuers Recover Two Bodies In US Dredge Explosion

by Gary McWilliams (Reuters) – The bodies of two of four workers missing after a dredging vessel caught fire and sank in Corpus Christi, Texas, harbor

August 22, 2020
Total Views: 235

Friday, August 21, 2020
Corpus Christi Dredge Explosion
Interesting

4 Missing After Dredge Hits A Pipeline And Explodes in Corpus Christi

(Reuters) – Four members of the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd are missing after a fire and explosion near the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday,

August 21, 2020
Total Views: 382

LNG Ship
News

U.S. LNG Firms To Add Export Capacity Despite Coronavirus

by Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies made small steps to add export capacity this week, even as global energy demand

August 21, 2020
Total Views: 74

Wakashio ship sinking
Oil Spill

Wakashio Deviated From Shipping Lane Before Mauritius Grounding

by Aaron Sheldrick (Reuters) – MV Wakashio, the Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off Mauritius and spilled oil over pristine waters,

August 21, 2020
Total Views: 477

Aegean II Tanker
Maritime Security Incidents

Somali Pirates Release Three Hostages From MV Aegean

by Katharine Houreld (Reuters) – Somali pirates have released three Iranian hostages held for five years, a maritime security official said on Thursday,

August 21, 2020
Total Views: 340

Mauritius To Scuttle MV Wakashio
Oil Spill

Mauritius To Scuttle MV Wakashio

by George Obulutsa (Reuters) – Mauritius said on Thursday it had started to scuttle the Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off its shores and

August 21, 2020
Total Views: 365

Thursday, August 20, 2020
Iranian Gunboats
Shipping News

Iran Says It Detained A UAE Registered Ship

by Parisa Hafezi (Reuters) – Iran seized a United Arab Emirates-registered ship violating its territorial waters this week, Iran’s Foreign Ministry

August 20, 2020
Total Views: 36

Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Soeren Skou, CEO Maersk
Finance

Maersk Forecasts A Return To Pre-COVID Container Demand In 2021

by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen (Reuters) – Shipping group Maersk on Wednesday issued full-year earnings guidance above its forecast at the beginning of the

August 19, 2020
Total Views: 132

MV Wakashio oil spill aerial photo
Oil Spill

Nagashiki Shipping Apologizes For Wakashio Oil Spill

by Yuka Obayashi (Reuters) – Japan’s, the owner of a bulk carrier that ran aground in Mauritius, causing an oil spill in one of the world’s most

August 19, 2020
Total Views: 119

Ras Lanuf O&G facility
Ports

Stored Crude Might Be Shipped From Blockaded Libyan Ports

by Aidan Lewis (Reuters) – A limited reopening of Libyan oil terminals could allow the export of some crude oil and condensate stored at Es Sider, Brega,

August 19, 2020
Total Views: 56

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Turkish drillship Yavuz
Offshore

Cyprus: EU ‘appeasement’ Of Turkey In Drillship Dispute Will ‘go nowhere’

by Michele Kambas (Reuters) – Cyprus on Monday criticized European Union partners over what it said was diffidence amounting to “a policy of

August 18, 2020
Total Views: 73

Kaombo Sul FPSO Angola
Offshore

Total Resumes Offshore Drilling For Angolan Oil

by Noah Browning (Reuters) – France’s Total has restarted oil drilling in Angola and new exploration ships will also soon resume work, the company’s

August 18, 2020
Total Views: 260

Mauritius Oil Tanker Spill Drone Photo
Environment

Mauritius Oil Clean-up Turns Focus From Ship To Shore

by Yuka Obayashi (Reuters) – A Japanese disaster relief team helping to clean up a devastating oil spill off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius

August 18, 2020
Total Views: 135

Amazon River Tribe Blocks Ports
Ports

Indigenous Tribe Blocks Amazon River Ports To Prevent The Spread Of COVID-19

by Lucas Landau (Reuters) Members of the Kayapó indigenous tribe had blocked the route in center-west Brazil on Monday, protesting against a lack of

August 18, 2020
Total Views: 51

U.S. LNG Exports: Here’s Why The Left Is Concerned About LNG
Environment

U.S. LNG Exports: Here’s Why The Left Is Concerned About LNG

by Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) – Natural gas produces half as much carbon dioxide (C02) when burned than coal, but that doesn’t make it harmless.

August 18, 2020
Total Views: 129

Monday, August 17, 2020
us oil exports
Shipping News

China’s Plans To Boost American Oil Imports

by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin (Reuters) – Oil prices steadied on Monday as news that China planned to ship large volumes of U.S. crude in August and

August 17, 2020
Total Views: 96