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Friday, August 24, 2018
Maersk Sends First Containership Through Arctic Route
Shipping News

Maersk Sends First Containership Through Arctic Route

For Maersk, the trip the Northern Sea Route is a one-off trial for now. But, as climate change makes the Arctic route more accessible, there’s growing

August 24, 2018
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Thursday, August 23, 2018
tankers at anchor
News

Coffee Exporters Struggle to Find Ships for Brazil’s Bumper Crop

By Marcelo Teixeira and Marcy Nicholson SAO PAULO/NEW YORK, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Brazilian coffee exporters are struggling to find shipping capacity to

August 23, 2018
Total Views: 27

Hurricane Lane Approaching Hawaiian Islands as Category 4 Hurricane
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Hurricane Lane Approaching Hawaiian Islands as Category 4 Hurricane

By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Hurricane Lane churned toward Hawaii on Thursday, dumping torrential rain on the Big Island and threatening

August 23, 2018
Total Views: 25

Stock photo of a tanker at sea
News

Saudi-Led Coalition Foils Houthi Attacks on Merchant Vessels -Spokesman

RIYADH, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A Saudi-led military coalition foiled attacks by explosives-laden speedboats deployed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi

August 23, 2018
Total Views: 23

Congressman Duncan Hunter, a Champion of the U.S. Maritime Industry, Pleads Not Guilty to Misuse of Campaign Funds
Shipping News

Congressman Duncan Hunter, a Champion of the U.S. Maritime Industry, Pleads Not Guilty to Misuse of Campaign Funds

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) has been a major champion of the U.S. maritime industry, writing several op-eds, hosting roundtables, and leading Congressional

August 23, 2018
Total Views: 29

Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Major Hurricane Lane Barrels Toward Hawaii
Shipping News

Major Hurricane Lane Barrels Toward Hawaii

By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Hawaii residents already reeling from months of explosive eruptions from Kilauea volcano braced on

August 22, 2018
Total Views: 24

danube shipping hindered
Shipping News

Record Low Water Levels on the Danube Hinders Shipping in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Water levels on the Danube dropped to record lows on three sections of the river in Hungary on Wednesday due to a recent

August 22, 2018
Total Views: 93

Awassi Express live export ship
Shipping News

Australia Cancels Livestock Shipper’s Live Export License After Sheep Deaths at Sea

SYDNEY, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Australia’s government has cancelled the live export licence of the country’s biggest livestock shipper, Emanuel

August 22, 2018
Total Views: 55

Pantelena chemical tanker
Shipping News

Piracy Feared as Chemical Tanker Goes Missing in Gulf of Guinea

By Angus MacSwan DAKAR, Aug 22 (Reuters) – A tanker vessel with 19 crew members on board, most of them Georgians, has gone missing in pirate-plagued

August 22, 2018
Total Views: 65

Tuesday, August 21, 2018
U.S. Sanctions Russian Shipping Companies, Vessels Over North Korea Oil Transfers
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U.S. Sanctions Russian Shipping Companies, Vessels Over North Korea Oil Transfers

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on two Russian shipping companies and six vessels it said were involved

August 21, 2018
Total Views: 154

ship emissions
Shipping

Outlook for High-Sulphur Fuel Demand Jumps as More Ships Install Scrubbers -FGE

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Demand for high sulphur marine fuels is likely to see a smaller drop than previously expected by 2020,

August 21, 2018
Total Views: 32

Monday, August 20, 2018
Oil tanker is docked in Venezuela
Shipping News

ConocoPhillips, Venezuela’s PDVSA Reach $2 Billion Settlement

By Marianna Parraga and Nivedita Bhattacharjee Aug 20 (Reuters) – U.S. producer ConocoPhillips and Venezuela’s PDVSA have reached a payment

August 20, 2018
Total Views: 60

Italy Allows Docking of Ship with Migrants, Ends Standoff with Malta
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Italy Allows Docking of Ship with Migrants, Ends Standoff with Malta

By Steve Scherer ROME, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Italy will let its coastguard ship carrying 177 migrants it rescued five days ago dock in Sicily, ending a

August 20, 2018
Total Views: 28

Friday, August 17, 2018
Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Shipping News

Fuel Markets Confirm Global Growth Slowdown: Kemp

By John Kemp LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – If the global economy starts to grow more slowly, the impact will show up first in the price of refined

August 17, 2018
Total Views: 26

maersk drilling rig
Shipping News

Maersk to Spin Off Drilling Unit, Hand Total Shares to Investors

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Friday it would spin off its offshore

August 17, 2018
Total Views: 556

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
BP Offloads Last 2 Stranded Oil Cargoes to Shandong Refiner – Sources
Shipping News

BP Offloads Last 2 Stranded Oil Cargoes to Shandong Refiner – Sources

BEIJING, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Oil major BP on Tuesday offloaded about 1 million barrels of Angolan crude from supertanker ‘Olympic Light’ to an

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 38

El Coquí arrives in Puerto Rico
Shipping News

New Fuel Rules Push Shipowners to Go Green with LNG

By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Tough new rules on marine fuel are forcing shipowners to explore liquefied natural gas

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 48

Tuesday, August 14, 2018
ship emissions
Shipping News

More Ships Installing Scrubbers Ahead of 2020 – JBC

SINGAPORE, Aug 14 (Reuters) – An increase in the number of ships adding cleaning systems to their smokestacks will mean vessels will continue to burn a

August 14, 2018
Total Views: 167

Monday, August 13, 2018
Defense

Alaska Commercial Fishermen Brace For China Tariff Pain

By Yereth Rosen (Reuters) – Alaska fishermen are used to coping with fickle weather and wild ocean waves. Now they face a new challenge: the United

August 13, 2018
Total Views: 29

A dead a West Indian manatee, also known as sea cow
Environment

Mysterious Manatee Deaths Baffle Scientists

by Suman Naishadham (Reuters) – In the swampy wetlands of southern Mexico, officials and researchers are struggling to explain the deaths of dozens of

August 13, 2018
Total Views: 158