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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Stock photo of a tanker at sea
Shipping News

U.S. Set to Sanction Dozens of Tankers Over Venezuela-Iran Oil Trade

By Saleha Mohsin (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is preparing sanctions on as many as 50 oil and fuel tankers as part of an effort to cut off

June 9, 2020
Total Views: 103

New Breed of Gas Ships Emerges to Capture Growing Markets
Shipping News

New Breed of Gas Ships Emerges to Capture Growing Markets

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) –The new Saga Dawn liquefied natural gas tanker shuttling between Singapore and Humen in eastern China is a sign that

June 9, 2020
Total Views: 132

Monday, June 8, 2020
a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Shipping News

Europe’s Rhine River Faces Low Water Heading into Dry Season

By Jack Wittels and William Wilkes (Bloomberg) –Germany’s Rhine River is entering dry summer months with water levels at their lowest in two decades,

June 8, 2020
Total Views: 240

johan sverdrup offshore field
Offshore

Norway’s Equinor Sets Maritime Climate Ambitions

Norwegian energy firm Equinor is seeking to halve its global emissions from maritime shipping by 2050 and will work towards developing and promoting

June 8, 2020
Total Views: 140

cma cgm ship
Shipping News

CMA CGM Expects 15% Contraction in Second Quarter

By Antonio Vanuzzo and Tara Patel (Bloomberg) –There will be little change to global supply chains in the aftermath of the coronavirus, at least in the

June 8, 2020
Total Views: 49

BP to Cut 15% of Workforce by Year-End
Offshore

BP to Cut 15% of Workforce by Year-End

By Shadia Nasralla and Ron Bousso LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) – BP will cut about 15% of its workforce in response to the coronavirus crisis and as part of

June 8, 2020
Total Views: 58

port of long beach
Shipping News

U.S. Economy is Still Far From Smooth Sailing, Port Chief Says

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — The U.S. economy is unlikely to snap back quickly and may not return to normal until 2021, according to the chief of one

June 8, 2020
Total Views: 62

Sunday, June 7, 2020
Cristobal Slows as it Approaches Louisiana Coast
Shipping News

Cristobal Slows as it Approaches Louisiana Coast

HOUSTON, June 7 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Cristobal on Sunday slowed its advance through the Gulf of Mexico, bringing a coastal storm surge, high winds

June 7, 2020
Total Views: 69

Friday, June 5, 2020
USCG Medevacs Burned Crew Member of Maersk Ship in Atlantic
Shipping News

USCG Medevacs Burned Crew Member of Maersk Ship in Atlantic

The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a crew member of a Maersk containership who sustained burns in some kind of engine room explosion approximately 275 miles off

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 187

President Trump Threatens EU Auto Tariffs Over Lobsters
Shipping News

President Trump Threatens EU Auto Tariffs Over Lobsters

By Jordan Fabian and Jenny Leonard (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on cars made in the European Union and on unspecified

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 194

Ocean Shipping Shrinks as Pandemic Pummels Retailers
Shipping News

Ocean Shipping Shrinks as Pandemic Pummels Retailers

By Jonathan Saul, Lisa Baertlein and Sonya Dowsett LONDON/LOS ANGELES/MADRID, June 5 (Reuters) – The $1 trillion container shipping industry is in a

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 82

cma cgm vasco de gama
Shipping

CMA CGM Sees Shipping Bottom Out in Q2 After Demand Plunge

PARIS, June 5 (Reuters) – CMA CGM expects activity in the shipping sector to bottom out during the second quarter as countries emerge from

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 100

Chevron Oil Cargo Tangled in U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela
Shipping News

Chevron Oil Cargo Tangled in U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela

HOUSTON, June 5 (Reuters) – A Chevron Corp crude oil cargo has become embroiled in U.S. sanctions on shipping companies for violating restrictions on

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 225

jones act container ship
Shipping News

100 Years of the Jones Act – Here is to Another 100 Years!

Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D.  – June 5, 2020 marks the centennial of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly referred to as the Jones Act. 

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 1653

Offshore Wind Turbines At Sea
Offshore

Wind Turbine Inventor Sees Unlimited Potential in Floating Wind Farms

By Will Mathis (Bloomberg) — The turbine inventor Henrik Stiesdal is small in the shadows of gigantic curves of steel, watching workers weld towers that

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 262

Fire Fighters Injured Battling Blaze on Car Carrier in Jacksonville
Shipping News

Fire Fighters Injured Battling Blaze on Car Carrier in Jacksonville

Several fire fighters have been injured while responding to a fire on board a vehicle carrier off Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. Coast Guard Sector

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 228

Thursday, June 4, 2020
stellar banner refloating
Shipping News

Giant Ore Carrier Stellar Banner Refloated Off Brazil

Salvors in Brazil have refloated the stricken Stellar Banner more than three months after the VLOC ran aground.   The refloating comes following the removal

June 4, 2020
Total Views: 1389

Fatal Ship Elevator Accident Highlights Importance of Safety Management Procedures
Shipping News

Fatal Ship Elevator Accident Highlights Importance of Safety Management Procedures

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau is highlighting the importance of applying existing safety management procedures after a containership’s crew

June 4, 2020
Total Views: 402

Harvey Peak Intensity
Shipping News

Energy Industry Faces Hurricane Challenges Amid Pandemic

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, June 4 (Reuters) – As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in

June 4, 2020
Total Views: 36

offshore wind farm under construction. DJ Mattaar / Shutterstock
Offshore

Subsidy-Free Wind Farm Gets Green Light in the North Sea

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Swedish energy company Vattenfall AB is going ahead with building one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms and

June 4, 2020
Total Views: 72