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Thursday, June 21, 2018
Indonesia Questions Captain After Ferry Sinks in Lake; At Least 192 People Missing
Shipping News

Indonesia Questions Captain After Ferry Sinks in Lake; At Least 192 People Missing

By Fergus Jensen TIGARAS, Indonesia, June 21 (Reuters) – Indonesian police on Thursday questioned the captain of a ferry that sank without trace in a

June 21, 2018
Total Views: 118

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Enterprise Expects to Load First Supertanker at Texas City Terminal Later This Month
News

Enterprise Expects to Load First Supertanker at Texas City Terminal Later This Month

NEW YORK, June 20 (Reuters) – Seaway Crude Pipeline Company LLC, a joint venture between Enterprise Products Partners LP and Enbridge Inc, plans to load

June 20, 2018
Total Views: 79

tanker loading
Shipping News

U.S. Shale Producers Warn Chinese Tariffs Would Hit Energy Exports

By Ernest Scheyder and Collin Eaton HOUSTON, June 20 (Reuters) – China’s proposed tariffs on U.S. petroleum imports, part of a mounting trade war

June 20, 2018
Total Views: 83

The oil tanker Caspian Galaxy sits anchored near Amuay beach, in Punto Fijo
News

Venezuelan Oil Exports Sink Amid Seizures and Shipping Backlog

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, June 20 (Reuters) – Venezuelan PDVSA’s oil exports fell 32 percent in the first half of June compared with May,

June 20, 2018
Total Views: 39

Siemens UK Boss Says Clarity Needed on Post-Brexit Trade
Shipping News

Siemens UK Boss Says Clarity Needed on Post-Brexit Trade

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) – The United Kingdom needs to urgently clarify how trade with the European Union will work after

June 20, 2018
Total Views: 32

maersk ship
News

Maersk Taps New Finance Chief

COPENHAGEN, June 20 (Reuters) – Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk has chosen Carolina Dybeck Happe as its new Chief Finance Officer, it said on

June 20, 2018
Total Views: 31

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
offshore wind farm under construction. DJ Mattaar / Shutterstock
News

House Set to Debate Offshore Wind Energy Bills in U.S. Waters

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) – A U.S. House committee will kick off debate next week on three new bills aimed at boosting offshore wind energy leases in

June 19, 2018
Total Views: 29

cargo containers
Shipping News

China Accuses U.S. of Initiating Trade War as Trump Issues New $200 Billion Threat

By Michael Martina and Eric Beech BEIJING/WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on

June 19, 2018
Total Views: 44

cargo ship thailand
Shipping News

Deutsche Bank Sells $1 Billion Ship Loan Portfolio

By Arno Schuetze FRANKFURT, June 19 (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank is selling a $1 billion portfolio of legacy shipping loans to an entity owned by funds

June 19, 2018
Total Views: 1173

Monday, June 18, 2018
Employees working at cargo ship Kypros Land which is loading soybeans to China
Shipping News

Cargill Aims to Cut Shipping Emissions 15 Percent by 2020

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) – Cargill Inc aims to cut carbon emissions from its international shipping unit by as much as 15 percent

June 18, 2018
Total Views: 43

Chemical tanker, Oil tanker. Photo: By Matej Kastelic / Shutterstock
Shipping News

China’s Tariffs on U.S. Oil to Disrupt $1 Billion Per Month Business

By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) – China’s threat to impose duties on U.S. oil imports will hit a business that has soared in

June 18, 2018
Total Views: 51

cargo ship
News

Deutsche Bank Said to Offload $1 Billion Ship Loan Portfolio

By Arno Schuetze and Jonathan Saul FRANKFURT/LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank has found a buyer for the bulk of its bad ship loans as it seeks

June 18, 2018
Total Views: 1216

Ship Fire Port Kembla Australia
Ship Fires

Port Kembla Reopens After Bulker Blaze

by Nick Ford (Reuters) – A fire in the hold of a bulker ship on Monday briefly closed Australia’s Port Kembla, the second-largest coal export port in

June 18, 2018
Total Views: 125

Sunday, June 17, 2018
Humanitarian Boat Turned Away by Italy Arrives in Spain
News

Humanitarian Boat Turned Away by Italy Arrives in Spain

By Luis Felipe Fernandez and Jordi Rubio VALENCIA, Spain, June 17 (Reuters) – A migrant rescue boat turned away by Italy and Malta arrived at the

June 17, 2018
Total Views: 112

Saturday, June 16, 2018
M/V Lifeline, run by the German NGO Mission Lifeline
Defense

Italy Bans Two Dutch Migrant Rescue Vessels

by Philip Pullella (Reuters) A heated exchange erupted after interior minister Matteo Salvini told more foreign NGOs operating migrant rescue ships in the

June 16, 2018
Total Views: 47

Friday, June 15, 2018
Spain To Offer Maritime Migrants Free Healthcare
Defense

Spain To Offer Maritime Migrants Free Healthcare

By Rodrigo de Miguel (Reuters) – Spain’s new socialist government promised on Friday it would restore free healthcare for undocumented migrants, a

June 15, 2018
Total Views: 36

Chinese Jiangkai II class frigate
Defense

China Fire Missiles In South China Sea As Tensions Heighten

by Christian Shepherd (Reuters) – China’s navy carried out drills in the South China Sea to simulate fending off an aerial attack, state media said on

June 15, 2018
Total Views: 62

Russian Navy guided missile cruiser Varyag
Defense

Russian Navy Put On High Alert

  by Anton Zverev (Reuters) – Sources close to the Russian military said on Thursday that Russian naval forces in the Black Sea had been put on

June 15, 2018
Total Views: 72

Trade routes of Rinko Corp
Shipping News

Tiny Japan Shipping Shares Jump On North Korea Detente Hopes

by Yoshiyuki Osada (Reuters) – Shares of small Japanese shippers jumped this week after the historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North

June 15, 2018
Total Views: 403

Rolls-Royce CEO Sets Ambitious Goals
Engineering News

Rolls-Royce CEO Sets Ambitious Goals

by Sarah Young (Reuters) – Rolls-Royce said it would exceed its 2020 guidance as it announced new ambitious mid-term goals, sending its shares to

June 15, 2018
Total Views: 173