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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
North Korea oil transfers at sea
News

Japan Suspects North Korea of Another Sanctions Breach at Sea

TOKYO, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Japan has discovered another North Korean tanker it suspects of transferring goods with a vessel in defiance of U.N. Security

February 27, 2018
Total Views: 51

Monday, February 26, 2018
Corinth Canal Greece
Shipping News

Famously Skinny Corinth Canal Shut Due to Rockfall

ATHENS, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Greece on Monday closed the Corinth canal after a rockfall that followed heavy rain, temporarily blocking a transit route used

February 26, 2018
Total Views: 277

seadrill falls
News

Seadrill Reaches Joint Restructuring Deal with Creditors

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Tom Hals OSLO/WILMINGTON, Del., Feb 26 (Reuters) – Shipping tycoon John Fredriksen has reached an agreement with a majority

February 26, 2018
Total Views: 61

Sunday, February 25, 2018
USGS map of the February 25, 2018 earthquake, Papua New Guinea.
News

Powerful Earthquake Disrupts Papua New Guinea Oil and Gas Operations

By Charlotte Greenfield and Sonali Paul WELLINGTON/MELBOURNE, Feb 26 (Reuters) – A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s

February 25, 2018
Total Views: 60

U.S. Preparing High-Seas Crackdown on North Korea Sanctions Evaders -Sources
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U.S. Preparing High-Seas Crackdown on North Korea Sanctions Evaders -Sources

By Matt Spetalnick, Phil Stewart and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The Trump administration and key Asian allies are preparing to

February 25, 2018
Total Views: 25

Friday, February 23, 2018
oil tanker at anchor
News

U.S. Sues to Block Wilhelmsen’s Acquisition of Rival Drew Marine

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it would challenge in court the Norwegian company Wilhelmsen Maritime

February 23, 2018
Total Views: 37

saipem 12000 drillship
News

Cyprus Says Turkey Blocking Drillship in Eastern Mediterranean Drilling Standoff

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Cyprus accused Turkey on Friday of threatening to use force against a drillship chartered by Italy’s

February 23, 2018
Total Views: 71

global fishing map
News

Scientists Use AIS Data to Map Global Fishing Activity in Extraordinary Detail

Using satellite tracking, machine learning and common ship-tracking technology, scientists from UC Santa Barbara teamed up with colleagues at Global Fishing

February 23, 2018
Total Views: 145

U.S. Targets Shipping Companies, Vessels in ‘Largest-Ever’ Sanctions Against North Korea
Shipping News

U.S. Targets Shipping Companies, Vessels in ‘Largest-Ever’ Sanctions Against North Korea

By Steve Holland and Christine Kim WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it was imposing its largest package of

February 23, 2018
Total Views: 29

Thursday, February 22, 2018
cargo ship at sea
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British Ship Insurer Steamship to Set Up Dutch Subsidiary as Brexit Hedge

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – British ship insurer Steamship Mutual plans to set up a new Dutch subsidiary to ensure continued access

February 22, 2018
Total Views: 45

jack-up rig
Offshore

Borr Drilling to Acquire Paragon Offshore in Push to Consolidate Jack-Up Rig Market

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Offshore rig firm Borr Drilling , controlled by Norwegian investor Tor Olav Troeim, is proposing to

February 22, 2018
Total Views: 110

Sanchi Oil Spill East China Sea
News

Oil from Sunken Sanchi Tanker Washes Up in Japan

By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the

February 22, 2018
Total Views: 65

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Cyprus to Pursue Exploratory Drilling in Mediterranean Amid Standoff with Turkey
Shipping News

Cyprus to Pursue Exploratory Drilling in Mediterranean Amid Standoff with Turkey

ATHENS, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Cyprus said on Wednesday it would press ahead with oil and gas exploration, signalling resolve in a standoff with Turkey over

February 21, 2018
Total Views: 53

Novorossiisk port
Shipping News

Russian Oil Product Exports from Black Sea Port ‘Collapse’ Due to Managerial Conflict -Transneft

LONDON/MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Shipments of oil products from a Russian Black Sea port, hit by a managerial conflict, have “collapsed”,

February 21, 2018
Total Views: 62

Tuesday, February 20, 2018
ert platform a fatality
Offshore

Oil Worker Killed on Talos Energy Platform in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is conducting an investigation into the fatality of a third-party construction worker in an area of the Gulf

February 20, 2018
Total Views: 257

Maersk Energy Boss Sees Uptick in Offshore Oil Drilling But Profit Still Squeezed
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Maersk Energy Boss Sees Uptick in Offshore Oil Drilling But Profit Still Squeezed

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Prospects for the offshore oil drilling market are improving but profits for drillers are still under

February 20, 2018
Total Views: 29

Reshaped Maersk Looking to Compete Directly with UPS, Fedex
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Reshaped Maersk Looking to Compete Directly with UPS, Fedex

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk plans to compete directly with package delivery companies UPS and

February 20, 2018
Total Views: 51

golden ocean
Shipping News

Golden Ocean Boosts Dividend Amid Improving Dry Bulk Market

By Joachim Dagenborg OSLO, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Dry bulk shipper Golden Ocean proposed a bigger than expected dividend for the fourth quarter on the back

February 20, 2018
Total Views: 19

Monday, February 19, 2018
cargo ship
News

Australia, U.S., India and Japan in Talks to Establish Alternative to China’s Belt and Road -Report

SYDNEY, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Australia, the United States, India and Japan are talking about establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme as an

February 19, 2018
Total Views: 36

ship at anchor
News

All Aboard for Hedge Funds as Trade Tide Lifts Shipping

By Jonathan Saul and Maiya Keidan LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Forced to abandon ship after mistiming their investments five years ago, hedge funds

February 19, 2018
Total Views: 86