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Friday, February 2, 2018
bulk carrier bow
Shipping News

Noble Group Says Proposed Deals to Sell Four Ships Fall Through

SINGAPORE, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Crisis-wracked commodity trader Noble Group said on Friday said proposed agreements to sell four dry bulk carrier vessels

February 2, 2018
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dry bulk ship, bulker
News

Baltic Index Falls 10% This Week; Capesize Index Down 17%

Feb 2 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, ended the week over 10 percent lower on Friday, as rates fell across all vessel

February 2, 2018
Total Views: 22

Sanchi Oil Spill East China Sea
Oil Spill

Sanchi Oil Spill Drifts Toward Japan

by Osamu Tsukimori (Reuters) – Clumps of oil have washed up on the shores of southern Japan and there are fears they may be leaking from an Iranian crude

February 2, 2018
Total Views: 58

Thursday, February 1, 2018
Singapore Arrests Former Keppel Execs in Brazil Bribery Probe
News

Singapore Arrests Former Keppel Execs in Brazil Bribery Probe

SINGAPORE, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Several former executives of Keppel Corp have been arrested by Singaporean authorities in a probe related to charges its

February 1, 2018
Total Views: 45

bulk carrier at anchor
Shipping News

Baltic Dry Index to Become Tradable After Benchmark Changes

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Changes to the Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index has created the possibility of it becoming a

February 1, 2018
Total Views: 103

sanchi tanker response
Shipping News

Chinese Salvage Team Trying to Remove Bunker Fuel from Sunken Sanchi Oil Tanker

BEIJING, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Chinese salvage crews are still trying to remove 1,900 tonnes of bunker fuel, the heavy oil used in ship engines, from a

February 1, 2018
Total Views: 68

Ship and Marine Finance Image
Finance

Baltic Index Approaches 6-Month Low

by Arpan Varghese (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index extended its slide to a fourth straight session to touch a near six-month

February 1, 2018
Total Views: 35

auger tension leg platform
News

Shell Makes Historic Mexico Comeback to Rule Deep Gulf Waters

By Adam Williams (Bloomberg) — In the span of a few hours, Royal Dutch Shell Plc became the new king of Mexico’s deep waters. The super major

February 1, 2018
Total Views: 36

Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Search Called Off for Missing Quicksilver CEO Lost at Sea
Shipping News

Search Called Off for Missing Quicksilver CEO Lost at Sea

BORDEAUX, France, Jan 31 (Reuters) – France’s coastguard on Wednesday called off searches for the head of the U.S. firm that owns the Quiksilver

January 31, 2018
Total Views: 65

offshore oil platform
News

Israel, Lebanon Clash Over Offshore Oil and Gas Tender

By Lisa Barrington and Dan Williams BEIRUT/TEL AVIV, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Israel described as “very provocative” on Wednesday a Lebanese

January 31, 2018
Total Views: 81

offshore rig
Shipping News

Here Are the Potentially Lucrative Areas Up for Grabs in Mexico’s Deepwater Oil Auction

MEXICO CITY, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The Mexican government is seeking to auction off development rights to 29 deepwater oil and gas blocks in its territorial

January 31, 2018
Total Views: 25

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Christophe de Margerie first cargo
News

Commentary: The U.S. Risks Losing an Arctic Cold War

By Peter Apps Jan 30 (Reuters) – Last August, a Russian tanker sailed direct from Norway to South Korea through the Arctic Ocean, the first time such a

January 30, 2018
Total Views: 86

Alaska Becomes Latest State to Request Limits on U.S. Offshore Drilling
Shipping News

Alaska Becomes Latest State to Request Limits on U.S. Offshore Drilling

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Alaska Governor Bill Walker said on Tuesday he has asked U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to

January 30, 2018
Total Views: 34

crude oil Pipeline
News

New Pipeline Scrambles American Crude Imports & Exports

by Devika Krishna Kumar (Reuters) – The Diamond Pipeline has scrambled crude oil flows around the U.S. Gulf Coast and Midwest since it opened in

January 30, 2018
Total Views: 35

Monday, January 29, 2018
ship-oil-spill-roro
Environment

China To Invest In Offshore Oil Spill Research

by Chen Aizhu (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Transport is planning to establish a laboratory specializing in treating oil spills at sea, the first of

January 29, 2018
Total Views: 94

Rhine River Flooding Hamburg
Ports

Rhine Reopens To River Shipping After Flood

HAMBURG (Reuters) – Germany’s Rhine river was reopened to shipping today after waters fell, following its closure for the past week as rain and melting

January 29, 2018
Total Views: 86

Sunday, January 28, 2018
Kiribati Ferry Rescue
Lifesaving Incidents

Eight Survivors Recovered From Missing Kiribati Ferry

by Stephen Coates (Reuters) – New Zealand military planes on Monday were scouring a section of the Pacific Ocean for more survivors from the missing

January 28, 2018
Total Views: 34

A rescue ship works to extinguish the fire on the burning Iranian oil tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea
Ship Fires

Bodies Of Three Sanchi Crew Members Identified

(Reuters) – The bodies of three of the crew of the Sanchi, the tanker involved in the worst oil ship disaster in decades off the coast of China, have

January 28, 2018
Total Views: 100

Friday, January 26, 2018
sanchi oil spill
News

Authorities Trying to Determine How Sanchi’s Spill Could Spread

Jan 26 (Reuters) – The worst tanker oil spill in decades is unfolding across hundreds of miles of the East China Sea after an Iranian oil tanker carrying

January 26, 2018
Total Views: 83

Despite Sanctions, North Korea Exported Coal to South and Japan via Russia -Intelligence Sources
Shipping News

Despite Sanctions, North Korea Exported Coal to South and Japan via Russia -Intelligence Sources

By Guy Faulconbridge, Jonathan Saul and Polina Nikolskaya PARIS/LONDON/MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) – North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which

January 26, 2018
Total Views: 73