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Friday, May 11, 2018
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: 57

Wednesday, May 9, 2018
maersk drilling rig
News

Maersk Likely to Shelve Plans to List Drilling Division – Sources

By Clara Denina , Jonathan Saul, Dasha Afanasieva and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON/COPENHAGEN, May 9 (Reuters) – Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk

May 9, 2018
Total Views: 33

Tuesday, May 8, 2018
tanker curacao
News

Curacao Faces ‘Potential Crisis’ from Venezuela-Conoco Row, Prime Minister Says

CARACAS, May 8 (Reuters) – A legal dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA could leave Curacao’s economically important

May 8, 2018
Total Views: 24

tanker aerial
News

Iran Oil Exports to Europe, Asia At Risk with Trump’s Decision

By Jessica Resnick-Ault, Jane Chung and Osamu Tsukimori NEW YORK/SEOUL/TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) – Iran’s exports of oil to China, Europe and other

May 8, 2018
Total Views: 39

u.s. withdraws from iran nuclear deal
Multimedia

President Trump is Withdrawing the United States from the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international agreement aimed at

May 8, 2018
Total Views: 130

Monday, May 7, 2018
Iranian crude oil supertanker "Delvar" is seen anchored off Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong
News

Iran Says New Sanctions Would Not Stifle its Oil Industry

By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) – The Iranian oil industry will continue to develop even if the United States pulls out of the 2015 nuclear

May 7, 2018
Total Views: 40

msc ship in port
News

Abu Dhabi Ports Signs 30-Year Deal with MSC to Build Terminal

By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI, May 7 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi Ports has signed a 30-year concession agreement with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to

May 7, 2018
Total Views: 153

Saturday, May 5, 2018
sanchi tanker fire
News

Split Verdict Over ‘Sanchi’ Tanker Collision with Chinese Freighter -Iran TV

DUBAI, May 5 (Reuters) – A committee investigating a collision between an Iranian tanker and a Chinese freighter has come to diverging conclusions over

May 5, 2018
Total Views: 130

argentine grain exports
News

Ship Runs Aground Causing Delays on Argentina’s Parana River Near Rosario

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES, May 4 (Reuters) – Around 60 ships faced delays on Friday near Argentina’s grains hub of Rosario after a vessel on

May 5, 2018
Total Views: 70

Friday, May 4, 2018
KARMATE
Collision

Greek Naval And Turkish Cargo Ship Collide

by Michele Kambas (Reuters) – A Greek gunboat was nudged by a Turkish cargo vessel early on Friday while on patrol for unauthorized migrant crossings in

May 4, 2018
Total Views: 55

Thursday, May 3, 2018
China Installs Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles on South China Sea Outposts -Report
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China Installs Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles on South China Sea Outposts -Report

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) – China has installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three of its outposts in the South

May 3, 2018
Total Views: 56

Peak Pegasus
Shipping News

Ship Carrying U.S. Sorghum to China Changes Course to South Korea

BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters) – A vessel carrying 58,503 tonnes of sorghum from the United States switched its destination from China to South Korea early on

May 3, 2018
Total Views: 51

thunder horse platform
News

In U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Robots and Drones Take on Dangerous Offshore Oil and Gas Work

By Liz Hampton HOUSTON, May 3 (Reuters) – At BP’s massive Thunder Horse oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a dog-sized robot called Maggie

May 3, 2018
Total Views: 235

Wednesday, May 2, 2018
dry bulk vessel
News

Trade Rows Spell Gain, and Pain, for U.S. Grain Exporters

By Karl Plume and P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters) – Global grain marketers have seized upon trade tensions between the United States and

May 2, 2018
Total Views: 31

cargo containers
News

Turkmenistan Seeks to Tap into East-West Cargo Flows with New Caspian Sea Port

TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, May 2 (Reuters) – Turkmenistan on Wednesday opened a new $1.5 billion cargo and passenger seaport on the Caspian Sea aiming

May 2, 2018
Total Views: 53

Monday, April 30, 2018
Marathon oil texas city refinery. Photo: Marathon Petroleum
Offshore

Marathon to Become Top U.S. Refiner with $23 Billion Acquisition of Andeavor

By John Benny – April 30 (Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp agreed to buy rival Andeavor for more than $23 billion in a deal creating one of

April 30, 2018
Total Views: 111

Tug Towing Iceberg
Interesting

The Guy Who Raised the Costa Concordia Wants to Wrangle Icebergs to Help Cape Town’s Water Crisis

By Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG, April 30 (Reuters) – Marine salvage experts are floating a plan to tug icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa’s

April 30, 2018
Total Views: 244

Thwaites Glacier.Credit: NSF photo
News

Scientists Study Antarctic Glacier, Hoping to Crack Sea Level Risks

OSLO, April 30 (Reuters) – Britain and the United States launched a $25 million project on Monday to study the risks of a collapse of a giant glacier in

April 30, 2018
Total Views: 52