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Sunday, May 20, 2018
U.S. China Trade War
Interesting

U.S., China Putting Trade War “On Hold”

By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. trade war with China is “on hold” after the world’s

May 20, 2018
Total Views: 36

Friday, May 18, 2018
bulk carrier
News

China Retreats from U.S. Sorghum Probe Amid Global Market Chaos

By Hallie Gu and Tom Polansek BEIJING/CHICAGO, May 18 (Reuters) – China dropped its anti-dumping probe into imports of U.S. sorghum on Friday,

May 18, 2018
Total Views: 42

shipping containers
Shipping News

German Company’s Million Missing Shipping Containers Puzzles Prosecutors

MUNICH, May 17 (Reuters) – Managers of insolvent P&R Group are being investigated after it was discovered the investment firm sold nearly one million

May 18, 2018
Total Views: 77

oil tanker photo
Shipping News

Dallas Company Secures Permits to Expand Crude Export Hub at Texas’ Port of Brownsville

By Jarrett Renshaw and Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) – Jupiter MLP LLC, a Dallas-based logistics company, has secured permits to expand

May 18, 2018
Total Views: 35

Thursday, May 17, 2018
IMO greenhouse gas emissions
News

Shipping’s 2020 Low Sulphur Fuel Rules Explained

By Libby George and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) – New rules coming into force from 2020 to curb pollution produced by the world’s ships

May 17, 2018
Total Views: 824

maersk ship
News

Maersk Warns on Trade Risks as Disappointing Q1 Earnings Hit Share Price Hard

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, May 17 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk missed first-quarter profit expectations on Thursday and warned that

May 17, 2018
Total Views: 88

Awassi Express live export ship
News

Australia Toughens Welfare Standards for Live Animal Exports After Death of 2,400 Sheep

By Colin Packham SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) – Australia will require ships carrying live cattle and sheep exports to have an independent observer to

May 17, 2018
Total Views: 65

Wednesday, May 16, 2018
msc ship in port
News

World’s No. 2 Shipping Line MSC Stops New Bookings for Iran

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) – The world’s No. 2 container shipping line MSC said on Wednesday it would stop taking new bookings for Iran due to the

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 75

maersk tankers
News

Maersk Tankers to Wind Down Customer Agreements in Iran

COPENHAGEN, May 16 (Reuters) – Danish oil product tanker operator Maersk Tankers said on Wednesday it would wind down its customer agreements in Iran by

May 16, 2018
Total Views: 34

Tuesday, May 15, 2018
bulk carrier ship
Shipping News

From Trading Titan to Penny Stock: Noble Group Faces Crunch as Creditors, Investors Circle

By Anshuman Daga and Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) – Just seven years ago, Noble Group was a $11 billion-plus Asian commodity powerhouse,

May 15, 2018
Total Views: 51

Shipping’s Financiers Turning the Tide On Controversial Shipbreaking Practices
News

Shipping’s Financiers Turning the Tide On Controversial Shipbreaking Practices

By Jonathan Saul and Simon Jessop LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) – The shipping industry has long been criticized by campaigners for allowing vessels to be

May 15, 2018
Total Views: 176

Polar Pioneer barents sea statoil
News

Arctic Oil “Undrillable” Amid Global Warming, UN’s Ex-Climate Chief

By Alister Doyle OSLO, May 15 (Reuters) – An architect of the Paris climate agreement urged governments on Tuesday to halt oil exploration in the Arctic,

May 15, 2018
Total Views: 49

Monday, May 14, 2018
hapag-lloyd containership. photo REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
News

Hapag-Lloyd Delays Recovery Hopes to Second Half of Year

FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) – German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd reported a higher net profit and operating result in the first quarter of 2018

May 14, 2018
Total Views: 70

Sunday, May 13, 2018
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier is seen during its launching ceremony in Dalian.REUTERS/Stringer
Defense

China’s Secretive Home-Built Aircraft Carrier Sets Out for Sea Trials

BEIJING, May 13 (Reuters) – China’s first domestically developed aircraft carrier left its northeastern port to begin sea trials on Sunday, state

May 13, 2018
Total Views: 45

Bosphorus strait
News

Turkey’s Proposed ‘Kanal Istanbul’ Alarms Villagers and Environmentalists

By Ali Kucukgocmen SAZLIBOSNA, Turkey, May 13 (Reuters) – When residents of Sazlibosna, a village near Istanbul, tried to attend a public meeting

May 13, 2018
Total Views: 128

Explosion Damages Ship Carrying Wheat to Yemen
News

Explosion Damages Ship Carrying Wheat to Yemen

LONDON/ADEN, May 11 (Reuters) – An explosion has damaged a Turkish vessel carrying wheat to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled port of Saleef, with varying

May 13, 2018
Total Views: 56

Friday, May 11, 2018
maersk ship
News

Top Container Shipping Lines Reviewing Iran Operations

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) – The world’s top two container shipping groups Maersk Line and MSC are reviewing their Iran operations

May 11, 2018
Total Views: 105

Jin Shyang Yih 668
Shipping News

Data-Bait: Using Tech to Hook Globe’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Fishing Cheats

By Thin Lei Win ROME, May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In 2016, a Thai-flagged fishing vessel was detained in Seychelles on suspicion that it had

May 11, 2018
Total Views: 91

Thursday, May 10, 2018
U.S. Military Seeks Rules for Drilling in Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Shipping News

U.S. Military Seeks Rules for Drilling in Eastern Gulf of Mexico

By Timothy Gardner and Jessica Resnick-Ault WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) – An expansion of oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico would

May 10, 2018
Total Views: 30

bulk carrier
Shipping News

More Vessels Carrying U.S. Sorghum to China Switch Destinations

BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) – Three ships carrying livestock feed grain, sorghum, from the U.S. to China switched their destinations on Thursday to Japan

May 10, 2018
Total Views: 52