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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
storm gordon september 5
Shipping News

U.S. Energy Operations Begin Recovering After Tropical Storm Gordon

HOUSTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Energy companies and port operators along the U.S. Gulf Coast took steps on Wednesday to resume operations after Tropical

September 5, 2018
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ship anchorage
Shipping News

Dirty Secrets: Tainted Bunker Fuel Sparks Calls for Tighter Quality Control in Shipping

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Sept 5 (Reuters) – A wave of contaminated fuel that has clogged and damaged engines on hundreds of oil tankers and

September 5, 2018
Total Views: 188

Christophe de Margerie LNG carrier
Shipping News

Three New Arc7 LNG Carriers Headed for Russia’s Yamal LNG Terminal

By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers capable of plowing through the Arctic ice have completed sea

September 5, 2018
Total Views: 412

Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Storm Gordon Halts Some Energy Production in U.S. Gulf
Shipping News

Storm Gordon Halts Some Energy Production in U.S. Gulf

HOUSTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Two more oil producers pulled employees out of Tropical Storm Gordon’s path, and oil companies cut 9 percent of U.S.

September 4, 2018
Total Views: 29

French Navy Ready to Act if Scallop War Clashes Erupt Again
Shipping News

French Navy Ready to Act if Scallop War Clashes Erupt Again

PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The French Navy is ready to intervene if clashes between French and British fishermen over access to scallop-rich seabeds erupt

September 4, 2018
Total Views: 26

Greek Seamen End Strike After Reaching Deal on Wage Increase
Shipping News

Greek Seamen End Strike After Reaching Deal on Wage Increase

ATHENS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Greek seamen on Tuesday called off a strike that had kept ferries and passengers stranded in ports around the country, after

September 4, 2018
Total Views: 14

Friday, August 31, 2018
Gulf Of Mexico Hurricane
Marine Weather

What Are The The Top 5 Deadliest Hurricanes On Record?

by Ava Meyer (Reuters) – Puerto Rico has raised the official death toll from Hurricane Maria to nearly 3,000 following a study ordered by the governor of

August 31, 2018
Total Views: 501

yamal lng
News

Russia’s Yamal LNG Exports Accelerate in Time for Winter

Liquefied natural gas exports from Novatek's Yamal terminal in the Arctic have come on stream faster than expected over the summer and exceeded volumes from

August 31, 2018
Total Views: 154

Thursday, August 30, 2018
Gibraltar Eco Wave Power Plant
Environment

Wave Energy – Scientists Still Looking For A Killer App

by Sophie Hares (Reuters) – Energy from the ocean breakers that pound Mexico’s Pacific Coast could soon be turned into electricity as an Israeli joint

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 140

Dead Pacific Sea Turtles
Environment

300 Pacific Ocean Sea Turtles Dead Off Mexican Coast

by Jose Cortes (Reuters) – About 300 endangered sea turtles were found dead off the southern coast of Mexico on Tuesday, trapped in fishing nets,

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 56

U.S. Warns Russia Against Blocking Commercial Ship Passage Into Ukraine
Defense

U.S. Warns Russia Against Blocking Commercial Ship Passage Into Ukraine

by Lesley Wroughton (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Thursday called on Russia to cease what it called “harassment of international shipping”

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 22

Rotor Sails installation final
Environment

Maersk Tankers Tests Sails Aboard Ship

by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen (Reuters) – Maersk Tankers is testing the use of wind power to fuel its ships, a new technology it says can cut fuel

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 441

Russian Navy guided missile cruiser Varyag
Defense

Russian Navy To Hold Drills Off Syria

by Tom Balmforth, Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Russia will begin a major naval exercise in the Mediterranean on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 56

Cosco container ship
Finance

Profit Falls 98 Percent For Cosco

by Brenda Goh (Reuters) – China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd on Thursday said first-half profits fell 97.8 percent as it grappled with higher costs

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 46

uss porter collision persian gulf oil tanker
Shipping News

Franco-British Scallop Dispute Flares Up

by Geert De Clercq (Reuters) – French and British fisherman pledged talks to quell a high-seas dispute over access to the scallop-rich seabed in the

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 27

Wednesday, August 29, 2018
M/V Meganisi
Collision

Venezuela’s Main Oil Port Partially Operating After Tanker Allision

by Marianna Parraga (Reuters) – Venezuela’s main oil port of Jose is operating partially after a tanker collided with a dock at the weekend, curtailing

August 29, 2018
Total Views: 77

MAersk Drill-Ship
Offshore

Maersk Drilling Is Ready To Stand On Its Own Says CEO

By Nerijus Adomaitis (Reuters) – Drilling rig contractor Maersk Drilling will provide strong competition for its peers when it is spun off from the

August 29, 2018
Total Views: 70

el-venizelo-ferry-fire-greece
Ship Fires

Ferry Ignites With 1,016 POB In Greece

by Alkis Konstantinidis (Reuters) – A passenger ferry with 1,016 people onboard returned safely to the port of Piraeus in the early hours on Wednesday

August 29, 2018
Total Views: 70

Tuesday, August 28, 2018
oil and gas refinery
Environment

Refiners Struggle As Low Sulphur Upgrade Costs Approach $1 Billion Per Plant

by Toby Sterling (Reuters) – Global energy trader Gunvor Group has put on hold plans to upgrade its Rotterdam refinery that intended to make the plant

August 28, 2018
Total Views: 124

Greek Shipowner Olympiakos Piraeus
Finance

Greek Shipowner Denies Drug Trafficking Charges

by Constantinos Georgizas (Reuters) – Greek shipping tycoon Vangelis Marinakis, the owner of Olympiakos Piraeus and Nottingham Forest soccer

August 28, 2018
Total Views: 99