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Thursday, March 8, 2018
U.S. Fund Manager to Launch First ETF for Shipping Futures
News

U.S. Fund Manager to Launch First ETF for Shipping Futures

By Jonathan Saul and Maiya Keidan LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) – U.S.-based fund manager Breakwave Advisors is launching the first exchange-traded fund

March 8, 2018
Total Views: 51

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Australian Beachgoers Find World’s Oldest Message in a Bottle 132 Years After Being Tossed from German Ship
Interesting

Australian Beachgoers Find World’s Oldest Message in a Bottle 132 Years After Being Tossed from German Ship

MELBOURNE, March 7 (Reuters) – The oldest known message in a bottle was found on an Australian beach 132 years after being thrown from a German ship in

March 7, 2018
Total Views: 74

‘Lady Lex’ Found: Five Facts on the Discovery of the WW2 Warship USS Lexington
Shipping News

‘Lady Lex’ Found: Five Facts on the Discovery of the WW2 Warship USS Lexington

March 7 (Reuters) – The wreck of the USS Lexington, an American warship sunk in a Pacific naval battle during the Second World War, has been found by a

March 7, 2018
Total Views: 525

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Offshore Oil Rig At Night
Offshore

Pemex Invites Partners Offshore

  by Marianna Parraga (Reuters) – Mexico’s state-run Pemex [PEMX.UL] might bring partners into two heavy crude oilfields in the Gulf’s shallow

March 6, 2018
Total Views: 89

Newly-appointed Commander of First Escort Division of JMSDF Ryoko Azuma salutes to soldiers in Yokohama
Navy

Japan’s Navy Appoints First Female Squadron Commander

by Nobuhiro Kubo (Reuters) – Japan’s navy on Tuesday appointed the first woman to command a warship squadron, including the flagship Izumo helicopter

March 6, 2018
Total Views: 162

Port Of Djibouti Warship
Ports

Djibouti Signs New Container Terminal Deal

by Omar Mohammed (Reuters) Djibouti’s Doraleh Container Terminal Management Company has signed a deal with Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL)

March 6, 2018
Total Views: 74

Monday, March 5, 2018
car carrier
News

Trump Threatens to Tax European Auto Imports

By David Shepardson and Mike Stone WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump kept up pressure on trading partners on Saturday,

March 5, 2018
Total Views: 14

ship bunkering
Shipping News

Distillate Demand Boost from Shipping Sulphur Rules to Be Brief- IEA

LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – A sharp increase in demand for distillates following new shipping fuel rules will fade quickly, the International Energy

March 5, 2018
Total Views: 25

offshore oil rig Statoil
Offshore

As Norway’s Wealth Fund Goes Green, Domestic Firms Struggle to Keep Up

By Alister Doyle Environment Correspondent OSLO, March 5 (Reuters) – Many Norwegian companies lag high standards for reporting their impact on the

March 5, 2018
Total Views: 39

Friday, March 2, 2018
auger tension leg platform
Offshore

How Shell Hid a ‘Whale’ Well Before Placing Mexican Oil Bet

By Ron Bousso and Marianna Parraga LONDON/HOUSTON, March 2 (Reuters) – The gasps in the audience were clearly audible at the auction of

March 2, 2018
Total Views: 87

Antarctic Sea Ice Forces Research Ship to Turn Back
News

Antarctic Sea Ice Forces Research Ship to Turn Back

OSLO, March 2 (Reuters) – Thick sea ice has forced a scientific research ship to abandon a trip to an Antarctic ice shelf from which a massive iceberg

March 2, 2018
Total Views: 120

North Korea oil transfers at sea
News

At U.N., China Delays U.S. Bid to Blacklist Ships, Companies Over North Korea

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, March 2 (Reuters) – China delayed a U.S. request for a United Nations Security Council committee to blacklist 33

March 2, 2018
Total Views: 42

Thursday, March 1, 2018
Indonesia Seizes Luxury Yacht, Questions Crew in Malaysian 1MDB Scandal
Shipping News

Indonesia Seizes Luxury Yacht, Questions Crew in Malaysian 1MDB Scandal

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA, March 1 (Reuters) – Indonesian police on Thursday questioned the captain and crew of a luxury yacht seized in

March 1, 2018
Total Views: 34

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
offshore oil platform in gulf of mexico
Shipping News

U.S. Interior Committee Votes for Lowering Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Royalties

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. Department of the Interior committee voted on Wednesday to recommend to Secretary Ryan Zinke

February 28, 2018
Total Views: 34

Maldives Denies Link to North Korean Oil Transfer at Sea
News

Maldives Denies Link to North Korean Oil Transfer at Sea

COLOMBO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Maldives on Wednesday denied a Japanese foreign ministry statement that said a Maldives-flagged vessel was used to illegally

February 28, 2018
Total Views: 42

cargo ship at sea
Shipping News

State Owners Sell Germany’s HSH Nordbank, Once the World’s Largest Shipping Bank, to Buyout Groups

By Arno Schuetze and Jan Schwartz HAMBURG, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A consortium of buyout groups will pay around a billion euros for Germany’s HSH

February 28, 2018
Total Views: 1331

Schlumberger’s Exit From Seismic Seen as a Problem for Oil Firms
News

Schlumberger’s Exit From Seismic Seen as a Problem for Oil Firms

OSLO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The decision by Schlumberger , the world’s largest oil services firm, to exit the offshore seismic segment was a

February 28, 2018
Total Views: 54

hapag lloyd 2017 results
Shipping News

Hapag Lloyd Triples Operating Profit in 2017

FRANKFURT, Feb 28 (Reuters) – German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd on Wednesday reported its 2017 operating profit more than tripled, citing higher

February 28, 2018
Total Views: 35

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
auger tension leg platform
Shipping News

U.S. Democrats Warn Against Cut to Offshore Oil Royalties

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Top Democrats on the Senate and House natural resources committees urged the Interior Department on

February 27, 2018
Total Views: 21

North Korea oil transfers at sea
News

Japan Suspects North Korea of Another Sanctions Breach at Sea

TOKYO, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Japan has discovered another North Korean tanker it suspects of transferring goods with a vessel in defiance of U.N. Security

February 27, 2018
Total Views: 62