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Friday, February 6, 2015
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News

Asian LNG Trading at Discount to Europe for First Time Since 2011

"Anyone now with supply going West to East, would be fair to put the cargoes in the West. This will help the (Asia) price stabilise a bit and maybe pick up," a

February 6, 2015
Total Views: 33

Thursday, February 5, 2015
Oil Tankers Run Gauntlet in Nigeria’s ‘Pirate Alley’
Shipping News

Oil Tankers Run Gauntlet in Nigeria’s ‘Pirate Alley’

A pirate attack that killed a supertanker crewman off the coast of Nigeria this week has highlighted a growing threat off oil-rich West

February 5, 2015
Total Views: 49

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News

There is a Limit to Capex Cuts as Oil Reserves Continue to Deplete

Capex can't be cut

February 5, 2015
Total Views: 33

Wednesday, February 4, 2015
West Coast Port Talks Hit Snag -Source
Ports

West Coast Port Talks Hit Snag -Source

Shipping companies and terminal operators for 29 U.S. West Coast ports appeared to have hit a snag on Wednesday in protracted labor negotiations with the

February 4, 2015
Total Views: 40

Danish Bulker Owner Copenship Files for Bankruptcy
News

Danish Bulker Owner Copenship Files for Bankruptcy

Privately-owned shipping company Copenship has filed for bankruptcy in Copenhagen after losses in the dry bulk market, its Chief Executive Michael Fenger told

February 4, 2015
Total Views: 190

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Finance

GC Rieber Shipping Says Two HitecVision Companies Default on Debt Obligations

Norway's GC Rieber Shipping ASA said on Wednesday that two companies owned by private equity fund HitecVision V, LP, had defaulted on debt

February 4, 2015
Total Views: 62

Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Iran is Dodging Around Sanctions to Sell Thousands of Tons of Fuel Oil
News

Iran is Dodging Around Sanctions to Sell Thousands of Tons of Fuel Oil

Iran is sidestepping Western sanctions and managing to sell hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fuel oil every month through companies based in the U.S.-allied

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 92

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News

Vopak to Start Up Malaysian Oil Storage Facility

World's largest independent storage company Vopak will start operations at the first commercial crude oil tank farm in southeast Asia in March, a top company

February 3, 2015
Total Views: 249

Monday, February 2, 2015
Exmar FLRSU Pacific Rubiales
News

Colombian Floating LNG Startup Uncertain Says Pacific Rubiales

Pacific Rubiales, forced by low oil prices to delay the start-up of its Colombia liquefied natural gas plant, said it was impossible to predict when exports

February 2, 2015
Total Views: 22

brent delta platform
News

Shell Plans to Start Decommissiong North Sea Brent Delta Platform

Oil company Shell intends to start a 10-year process to dismantle and remove one of Britain's oldest and biggest oil platforms, Brent Delta, the company said

February 2, 2015
Total Views: 115

Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge suez canal ship shipping capesize bulk carrier
News

Baltic Dry Index Slides to Lowest Level since 1986

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, continued its slide on Monday, hitting a new

February 2, 2015
Total Views: 30

Saturday, January 31, 2015
Odebrecht Sees Cuba’s Mariel Port Expanding Sooner with Better U.S. Ties
News

Odebrecht Sees Cuba’s Mariel Port Expanding Sooner with Better U.S. Ties

Cuba's improved relations with the United States could lead to a more rapid expansion of the port upon which the country has staked much of its economic

January 31, 2015
Total Views: 62

Friday, January 30, 2015
Greek Government Unlikely to Target Shipping Industry
Shipping News

Greek Government Unlikely to Target Shipping Industry

While Greece's new leftist government seems set on a collision course with the European Union, it is likely to steer clear of confronting the country's

January 30, 2015
Total Views: 61

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News

Rosneft Pulls the Plug on 2015 Arctic Drilling Plans

Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft will not be able to resume drilling in the Kara Sea this year after Western sanctions halted its cooperation with

January 30, 2015
Total Views: 15

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News

Marquette Transportation Up For Sale For More Than $1 Billion

Marquette Transportation Company, a U.S. towboat operator, is exploring a sale that could value it at more than $1

January 30, 2015
Total Views: 89

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News

After 2014 Failure, Statoil Will Not Drill in the Barents Sea in 2015

Norwegian energy firm Statoil will not drill exploration wells in the Arctic Barents Sea this year after a failed campaign in 2014, exploration chief Tim

January 30, 2015
Total Views: 52

Thursday, January 29, 2015
Vale’s Giant ‘Valemax’ Bulkers Dock at Five Chinese Ports – Exec
News

Vale’s Giant ‘Valemax’ Bulkers Dock at Five Chinese Ports – Exec

Brazilian miner Vale's mega-ships have been able to dock at five ports in China, the firm's head of investor relations said on Thursday, as a ban that had been

January 29, 2015
Total Views: 37

Baltic Dry Index Death Spirals to Near 30-Year Low
News

Baltic Dry Index Death Spirals to Near 30-Year Low

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, spiralled downwards to its lowest level in nearly

January 29, 2015
Total Views: 92

stolt basuto ship
News

Stolt-Nielsen Q4 Profit Misses Forecasts, Sees Difficult Tanker Market

Shipping firm Stolt-Nielsen reported fourth quarter earnings below forecasts on Thursday and said it was concerned about the outlook for the chemical tanker

January 29, 2015
Total Views: 55

Wednesday, January 28, 2015
cove point lng dominion energy
News

House Passes Bill to Pressure U.S. Regulators on LNG Exports

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday to speed permits for exports of natural

January 28, 2015
Total Views: 27