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Monday, June 10, 2024
The drilling ship Noble Globetrotter II off the coast of Varna, Bulgaria
Offshore

Offshore Consolidation Continues as Noble Corp Offers $1.6 Billion for Rival Diamond Offshore

June 10 (Reuters) – Offshore rig contractor Noble said on Monday it would buy smaller rival Diamond Offshore Drilling in a cash-and-stock deal

June 10, 2024
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Cars, made in Morocco and intended for export, wait to be shipped at Tanger Med Port, on the Strait of Gibraltar, east of Tangier, Morocco June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Abdelhak Balhaki
Shipping

Morocco’s Tanger Med Port Expects to Exceed Nominal Container Capacity

TANGIER, June 10 (Reuters) – Morocco’s Tanger Med port expects to top its nominal processing capacity of nine million containers this year,

June 10, 2024
Total Views: 1027

Yahya Sarea, the Houthi military spokesperson delivers a statement, during a rally to show continued support to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, on the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 15, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Shipping

U.S. CENTCOM Confirms Houthi Missile Strikes Damaged Two Ships

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, June 9 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi damaged two commercial vessels in missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden in the

June 10, 2024
Total Views: 76244

Sunday, June 9, 2024
HMS Diamond. Photo courtesy UK Royal Navy.
Defense

UK Dismisses Statement By Yemen’s Houthis Saying They Attacked British Destroyer

CAIRO, June 9 (Reuters) – Britain’s defense ministry said on Sunday a statement by Yemen’s Houthis that they had fired ballistic missiles

June 9, 2024
Total Views: 2477

Saturday, June 8, 2024
Smoke rises from Marlin Luanda, merchant vessel, at the location given as Gulf of Aden.
Shipping

Two Vessels Catch Fire After Missile Strikes Off Yemen’s Aden

CAIRO, June 9 (Reuters) – Two ships caught on fire after being hit by projectiles off Yemen’s Aden, two UK maritime agencies reported on Sunday.

June 8, 2024
Total Views: 11149

British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender in the Bosphorus Strait. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
Defense

Chinese Fighter Jets Approached Dutch Ship ‘Unsafely’, Netherlands Says

AMSTERDAM, June 8 (Reuters) – Chinese air force jets circled a Dutch frigate and approached a Dutch helicopter in the East China Sea in a way

June 8, 2024
Total Views: 7019

Friday, June 7, 2024
Yahya Sarea, the Houthi military spokesperson, prepares to deliver a statement, during a pro-Palestinian rally saying they launched an attack on the "Pacific 01" ship in the Red Sea with missiles, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 15, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Shipping

Houthis Say They Targeted Two Vessels in the Red Sea

By Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab CAIRO, June 7 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis on Friday said they targeted two vessels in the Red

June 7, 2024
Total Views: 1432

An aerial view shows the Vladimir Arsenyev tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel//File Photo
Shipping

Russian Tanker Group Sovcomflot Expects Sanctions to Cut 2024 Revenues

ST PETERSBURG, June 7 (Reuters) – Russia’s leading tanker group Sovcomflot FLOT.MM said western sanctions and changing market conditions may

June 7, 2024
Total Views: 1065

Port of Antwerp-Brugges container terminal
Ports

Bunker Spill Closes Antwerp Dock and Lock

Authorities at the port of Antwerp have closed a dock and are using drones to monitor the fallout from an oil spill that occurred while a ship was

June 7, 2024
Total Views: 1494

Thursday, June 6, 2024
Chinese container ship NewNew Polar Bear in a convoy on the Northern Sea Route during an eastbound voyage in October 2023. (Source: Rosatomflot)
Shipping

Russia’s Rosatom and Chinese Firm to Establish Year-Round Arctic Shipping Route

ST PETERSBURG, June 6 (Reuters) – Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese shipping company

June 6, 2024
Total Views: 3768

Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Shipping

Safety Dangers From Sanctioned Tanker Fleet Growing

ATHENS, June 6 (Reuters) – Safety dangers are growing from ageing and unregulated vessels, leading ship management firm V.Group told Reuters,

June 6, 2024
Total Views: 592

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
containership underway
Shipping

Libra Group Makes $2 Billion Exit from Container Shipping

By Jonathan Saul ATHENS, June 5 (Reuters) – Libra Group exited the container shipping market this week after selling close to 100

June 5, 2024
Total Views: 1085

Yantian Express photo provided by Hapag-Lloyd.
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd CEO Says Demand Surge May Be Short-Lived

By Elke Ahlswede BERLIN, June 5 (Reuters) – Hapag-Lloyd Chief Executive Rolf Habben Jansen said on Wednesday that demand for container

June 5, 2024
Total Views: 1529

Tuesday, June 4, 2024
oil tanker
Shipping

Crude Oil Tanker Market Grappling With Ageing Fleet

ATHENS, June 4 (Reuters) – The crude oil tanker market is grappling with an ageing fleet of vessels which need to be replaced, posing a challenge as

June 4, 2024
Total Views: 1020

Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Environment

Sanctioned Tankers Pose Rising Environmental Risk in Mediterranean

ATHENS, June 4 (Reuters) – Unregulated tankers sidestepping Western sanctions are posing a bigger risk to the Mediterranean region and

June 4, 2024
Total Views: 675

French frigate escort. Photo: EUNAVFOR
Shipping

Houthi Red Sea Attacks Decline in Last Week as Navies Act, Greece Says

ATHENS, June 4 (Reuters) – Closer international cooperation between naval missions in the Red Sea has reduced the number of attacks by

June 4, 2024
Total Views: 1571

Monday, June 3, 2024
tanker loading
Shipping

Biden Administration Buys Back 3 Million Barrels for Strategic Petroleum Reserve

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. is buying another 3 million barrels of oil for

June 3, 2024
Total Views: 2165

Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
Shipping

OPEC+ Extends Deep Oil Production Cuts into 2025

By Ahmad Ghaddar, Alex Lawler and Maha El Dahan LONDON/DUBAI, June 2 (Reuters) – OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to extend most of its deep oil output

June 3, 2024
Total Views: 603

offshore rig
Offshore

South Korea President Approves Exploration of Potentially Huge Offshore Oil and Gas Prospects

By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL, June 3 (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gave the green light on Monday to conduct exploratory

June 3, 2024
Total Views: 695

Sunday, June 2, 2024
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Offshore

S.Korea’s Yoon Says Vast Amount Of Oil, Gas Reserve Possible Off East Coast

SEOUL, June 3 (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Monday the possibility of a vast amount of oil and gas reserve in the

June 2, 2024
Total Views: 2116