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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
cargo ship
Shipping News

Greek Shipowners Agree to Pay 75 Million Euros Annually to State

ATHENS, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Greek shipowners will pay at least 75 million euros ($85.37 million) annually to the state budget, the prime minister’s

February 27, 2019
Total Views: 47

a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Shipping News

Thyssenkrupp Improves Logistics After Rhine Low Water Crisis

By Tom Käckenhoff DUISBURG, Germany, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp will spend a mid double-digit million euro sum over five years to safeguard against

February 27, 2019
Total Views: 45

ship emissions
Environment

Fujairah Offers Clean Fuel Well Ahead Of IMO Deadline

by Roslan Khasawneh (Reuters) – The port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has begun offering cleaner marine fuel oils that comply with

February 27, 2019
Total Views: 63

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
helge-ingstad-salvage-norway
Accidents

Salvage Cranes Start Work On Norwegian Frigate KNM Helge Ingstad

(Reuters) – Two crane barges early on Tuesday began raising KNM Helge Ingstad, the submerged Norwegian navy frigate which collided with an oil

February 26, 2019
Total Views: 859

Port Of Diego Garcia Aerial
Ports

Dispute Over Chagos Islands Is A Bilateral Matter Says A UK Foreign Minister

by Kylie MacLellan (Reuters) – Britain will consider the view of the World Court on control of the Chagos Islands but the dispute is with Mauritius and

February 26, 2019
Total Views: 247

port of Hodeidah, Yemen
Ports

What’s Wrong With The Peace Deal In Yemen’s Main Port?

by Aziz El Yakhoubi (Reuters) – Yemen’s warring parties have failed to leave the main port city of Hodeidah more than two months after agreeing to a

February 26, 2019
Total Views: 62

Containership Companies Cleared In U.S. Investigation
News

Containership Companies Cleared In U.S. Investigation

by Vera Eckert (Reuters) – The world’s two biggest container shipping companies on Tuesday said they have been cleared in an investigation of the

February 26, 2019
Total Views: 60

Monday, February 25, 2019
China’s LNG Imports Rise To Record High
Shipping News

China’s LNG Imports Rise To Record High

by Meng Meng (Reuters) – China’s liquefied natural gas imports in January rose to a record as an increase in residential heating demand during the

February 25, 2019
Total Views: 41

Yantian Express photo provided by Hapag-Lloyd.
Shipping News

Hapag-Lloyd Operating Profit Rises 32 Percent

by Vera Eckert (Reuters) – Container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd said volume growth and a modest recovery in freight rates in the second half of 2018

February 25, 2019
Total Views: 24

Bay Of Bengal India Fishing Boats
News

Warming Waters Heat Up Fishing Costs Along India’s Coast

by Colin Daileda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Thankachan Polayalil has been a fisherman for 42 of his 65 years, long enough to remember when fish were visible

February 25, 2019
Total Views: 71

Sunday, February 24, 2019
Sahand Destroyer. Photo: Iranian Army
Navy

Iran Fires Missile From Submarine In Gulf War Games

by Raissa Kasolowsky (Reuters) – Iran successfully tested a cruise missile on Sunday during naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s state

February 24, 2019
Total Views: 84

Friday, February 22, 2019
US Coast Guard Officer Suspected Of Terror Plot Faces Charges
USCG

US Coast Guard Officer Suspected Of Terror Plot Faces Charges

By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) – A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant accused of amassing a cache of weapons and plotting to attack Democratic politicians and

February 22, 2019
Total Views: 70

Sahand Destroyer. Photo: Iranian Army
Navy

Iran Conducts Large Scale 100 Vessel War Game

by Robin Pomeroy (Reuters) – Iran on Friday began large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf, which will feature its first submarine cruise

February 22, 2019
Total Views: 49

Thursday, February 21, 2019
Russian Navy guided missile cruiser Varyag
Defense

Despite Putin’s Swagger, Russian Navy Struggles To Modernize

by Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin calls improving the Russian navy’s combat capabilities a priority. The unfinished husks of three

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 224

Maersk Shares Sink As Trade War Looms
Finance

Maersk Shares Sink As Trade War Looms

by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipping company, A.P. Moller-Maersk, warned trade headwinds would slow growth

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 723

Rio-Arauca-tanker
Ports

Crews To Abandon Two Venezuelan Tankers Stuck On Portugal

by Catarina Demony (Reuters) – The crew of Venezuelan oil tanker, the Rio Arauca, that has been stuck in the middle of the river Tagus in Lisbon for

February 21, 2019
Total Views: 103

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Ship and Marine Finance Image
Shipping News

Hedge Funds Hunt for Shipping Debt in New Market Push

By Jonathan Saul and Maiya Keidan LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – A growing number of hedge funds are moving into shipping debt, an asset class few have

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 67

p&o ferry spirit of france
Shipping News

DP World Buys Back Britain-Based P&O Ferries for $421 Million

DUBAI, Feb 20 (Reuters) – DP World has bought back British ferry and shipping freight operator P&O Ferries for 322 million pounds ($421 million),

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 104

UAE Eases Qatar Shipping Ban Amid Continuing Dispute
Shipping News

UAE Eases Qatar Shipping Ban Amid Continuing Dispute

By Alexander Cornwell, Lisa Barrington and Eric Knecht DUBAI/DOHA, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has eased a ban on the shipping of goods

February 20, 2019
Total Views: 84

Tuesday, February 19, 2019
bulk carrier ballast water
Shipping News

Dry Bulk Market Prospects Worsen After Brazil Dam Disaster, Golden Ocean Says

OSLO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The prospects of dry bulk shippers carrying iron ore from mines to smelters have worsened due to the accident at Vale’s

February 19, 2019
Total Views: 61