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Thursday, July 9, 2020
offshore drilling rig
Offshore

Wave of North American Oil and Gas Bankruptcies to Continue at $40 Oil

By Liz Hampton July 9 (Reuters) – A wave of oil and gas bankruptcies in North America is likely to continue this year as oil prices remain depressed and

July 9, 2020
Total Views: 89

Desperate Times for Seafarers Stranded by Pandemic
Shipping News

Desperate Times for Seafarers Stranded by Pandemic

By Michael Hogan and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen HAMBURG, July 9 (Reuters) – Jens Boysen disembarked one of the world’s largest container ships on

July 9, 2020
Total Views: 132

offshore wind farm
Offshore

Japan to Develop Offshore Wind Farms at 30 Sites in 10 Years, Nikkei Says

TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) – Japan will craft new rules and support infrastructure in a drive that aims to build offshore wind farms at 30 sites during the

July 9, 2020
Total Views: 36

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Forecasters Raise Atlantic Hurricane Outlook to 20 Named Storms
Shipping News

Forecasters Raise Atlantic Hurricane Outlook to 20 Named Storms

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) –After a frenzied start, the Atlantic hurricane season could turn out to be the most active since 2005, when a record 28

July 7, 2020
Total Views: 58

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Conduct South China Sea Drills as China Watches
Defense

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Conduct South China Sea Drills as China Watches

By Tim Kelly TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) – Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are conducting exercises in the contested South China Sea within sight of Chinese

July 7, 2020
Total Views: 93

IMO greenhouse gas emissions
Shipping News

EU Lawmakers Agree to Include Shipping Emissions in EU Carbon Market

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS, July 7 (Reuters) – European lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to include international carbon emissions from the maritime sector in

July 7, 2020
Total Views: 90

Monday, July 6, 2020
Maersk ship
Shipping

Maersk Expands In-Land Logistics with Customs Broker Acquisition

COPENHAGEN, July 6 (Reuters) – Maersk said on Monday it had agreed to buy Sweden-based customs broker KGH Customs Services for 2.6 billion Swedish crowns

July 6, 2020
Total Views: 88

Friday, July 3, 2020
containership ship bunkering
Shipping News

Bunker Market Facing Tougher Q3 as Supply Rises

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, July 3 (Reuters) – Global supply of fuel oil, used by ships and power plants, is expected to grow in the third quarter,

July 3, 2020
Total Views: 117

cargo ship thailand
Shipping News

Djibouti Ramps Up Crew Change Efforts for Seafarers

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – Djibouti has carried out the first crew change of merchant sailors in its territory and is ready to get home

July 3, 2020
Total Views: 248

Thursday, July 2, 2020
ship emissions
Shipping News

Major Clean Energy Innovation Needed to Meet Net Zero Target, IEA Says

By Nina Chestney LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) – A global goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 will not be met without a huge acceleration in

July 2, 2020
Total Views: 51

Pirates Kidnap Nine from BW Offshore FPSO Off Nigeria
Piracy

Pirates Kidnap Nine from BW Offshore FPSO Off Nigeria

OSLO, July 2 (Reuters) – Pirates attacked an oil production vessel off Nigeria in the early hours of Thursday and kidnapped nine Nigerian nationals, the

July 2, 2020
Total Views: 224

U.S. Seeks Seize Iranian Gasoline from Four Tankers Headed to Venezuela
Shipping News

U.S. Seeks Seize Iranian Gasoline from Four Tankers Headed to Venezuela

By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors late on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard

July 2, 2020
Total Views: 59

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port
Shipping News

Thrown for a LOOP: Crude Exports in Surprising Surge at U.S. Offshore Port

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) – Crude exports from the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) are hitting a record high even as U.S. crude

July 1, 2020
Total Views: 93

tanker deck
Shipping

Oil Barrels Come Off the Water as Floating Storage Boom Fades

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) – Tens of millions of barrels of crude and oil products stored on tankers at sea due to the coronavirus crisis

July 1, 2020
Total Views: 110

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
cma cgm containership
Shipping

CMA CGM to Impose Emergency Surcharge at Cape Town Port

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, June 30 (Reuters) – CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping line, will impose emergency congestion

June 30, 2020
Total Views: 37

Friday, June 26, 2020
Satellites Reveal Major New Gas Industry Methane Leaks
Shipping News

Satellites Reveal Major New Gas Industry Methane Leaks

By Shadia Nasralla LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) – Last fall, European Space Agency satellites detected huge plumes of the invisible planet-warming gas

June 26, 2020
Total Views: 199

tanker
Shipping

Top Oil Pricing Agencies Launch New U.S. Crude Benchmarks

By Julia Payne and Devika Krishna Kumar LONDON/NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) – After U.S. crude futures took an historic plunge into negative territory in

June 26, 2020
Total Views: 90

Hapag-Lloyd Container-ship BOSTON EXPRESS
Shipping News

Hapag-Lloyd to Halt Waste Shipments to China

FRANKFURT/BEIJING, June 26 (Reuters) – German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd said it had notified customers it will stop accepting cargoes of solid

June 26, 2020
Total Views: 119

Thursday, June 25, 2020
Eleonora Maersk Los Angeles Record
Shipping News

Maersk Heads Zero-Carbon Drive with $60 million Research Center

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN, June 25 (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipper, A.P. Moller-Maersk, will team up with industry majors

June 25, 2020
Total Views: 132

Tanker Quarantined in Antwerp with COVID-19 Outbreak Onboard
Shipping News

Tanker Quarantined in Antwerp with COVID-19 Outbreak Onboard

June 25 (Reuters) – The Belgian port of Antwerp has quarantined a Maltese-flagged oil tanker until at least July 4 after more than half of its crew

June 25, 2020
Total Views: 59