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Thursday, April 2, 2020
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Oil Posts Biggest Single-Day Gain After Trump Touts Saudi-Russia Oil Deal

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) – Crude prices posted their biggest-one day gains on record on Thursday after President Donald Trump said

April 2, 2020
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EU Antitrust Regulators Halt Hyundai, Daewoo Deal Probe

BRUSSELS, April 2 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have halted their investigation into world No. 1 shipbuilding group Hyundai Heavy Industries’

April 2, 2020
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Florida Agrees to Let Holland America Cruise Ships Dock
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Florida Agrees to Let Holland America Cruise Ships Dock

April 2 – Florida officials on Thursday said they were prepared to allow two Holland America cruise ships with coronavirus patients aboard dock at a port

April 2, 2020
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
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BP Says Workers in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska Test Positive for Coronavirus

By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Yareth Rosen NEW YORK/ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 1 (Reuters) – Several workers on a BP Plc oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of

April 1, 2020
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China’s Ports Brace for Second Hit as Virus Spread Wipes Out Exports
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China’s Ports Brace for Second Hit as Virus Spread Wipes Out Exports

By Muyu Xu and Shivani Singh BEIJING, April 1 (Reuters) – China’s ports and shipping firms are bracing for a second wave of supply chain

April 1, 2020
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South Africa Says Ports Remain Open Despite Lockdown

JOHANNESBURG, April 1 (Reuters) – South Africa’s ports remain open to all types of cargo despite a nationwide 21-day lockdown though essential

April 1, 2020
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Oil Storage at Sea Approaching 2009’s Record Levels

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) – Oil traders are storing as much as 80 million barrels of oil on tankers at sea, with further ships being

April 1, 2020
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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Cruise Ship with Coronavirus Outbreak Sails to Uncertain Florida Welcome

March 31 (Reuters) – A Dutch cruise ship that has been in limbo since cases of the coronavirus were confirmed onboard faces an uncertain welcome at its

March 31, 2020
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‘Sailors Do Not Need to Die,’ Warns Captain of Coronavirus-Hit U.S. Aircraft Carrier

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – The captain of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, in a blunt letter confirmed

March 31, 2020
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Abu Dhabi’s Gulf Marine Services Reaches Debt Restructuring Deal

DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Marine Services (GMS) said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with its syndicate of banks to

March 31, 2020
Total Views: 240

Monday, March 30, 2020
Navy Hospital Ship Joins Frontline of U.S. Coronavirus Battle
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Navy Hospital Ship Joins Frontline of U.S. Coronavirus Battle

By Stephanie Kelly and Daniel Trotta NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) – In a hopeful image that captured the spirit of a national mobilization against the

March 30, 2020
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Tanker Rates Double as Oil Contango Spreads

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, March 30 (Reuters) – Supertanker freight rates are on the rise for a second time this month as producers, refiners and

March 30, 2020
Total Views: 478

Coronavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Allowed to Transit Panama Canal
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Coronavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Allowed to Transit Panama Canal

By Elida Moreno and Dave Graham PANAMA CITY, March 28 (Reuters) – A cruise ship stuck off Panama’s Pacific coast after four passengers died and

March 30, 2020
Total Views: 111

Friday, March 27, 2020
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Four Die on Holland America Cruise Ship

PANAMA CITY, March 27 (Reuters) – Four passengers have died on board the MS Zaandam, a cruise ship currently off the coast of Panama with dozens of

March 27, 2020
Total Views: 148

Containership Runs Aground on Lower Mississippi
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Containership Runs Aground on Lower Mississippi

A 334-meter containership has run aground on the Lower Mississippi River near Poydras, Louisiana.  The U.S. Coast Guard reports that watch standers at

March 27, 2020
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Global Oil Storage to Fill Rapidly as Consumption Plunges: Kemp

By John Kemp LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – Global oil storage is filling up rapidly as the coronavirus pandemic reduces consumption by tens of millions of

March 27, 2020
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Britain Suspends IMO 2020 Fuel Checks Due to Coronavirus

LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – Britain has suspended checks on ships for compliance with low sulphur fuel regulations as part of wider measures that cut

March 27, 2020
Total Views: 169

Thursday, March 26, 2020
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Nigeria Imposes Port Restrictions to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

LAGOS, March 26 (Reuters) – Nigeria will only allow cargo vessels that have been at sea for more than two weeks to dock in its ports to prevent the

March 26, 2020
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The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is pictured as it enters the port in Da Nang, Vietnam
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More Sailors Test Positive for COVID-19 Aboard U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – All 5,000 personnel aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt will be tested for the coronavirus after the number

March 26, 2020
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South African Port Closures Add to Commodity Market Turmoil

By Helen Reid and Zandi Shabalala JOHANNESBURG/LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) – South Africa’s main export terminals will close to mineral exports from

March 26, 2020
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