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Monday, April 11, 2022
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Traders Reroute Coffee Ships Away From Russia

By Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) – Traders are diverting coffee shipments that were initially expected to go to Russia, and some have stopped selling to

April 11, 2022
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Sunday, April 10, 2022
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LNG Tanker Takes $2M U-Turn In Pursuit Of Higher Gas Prices

By Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) Hefty April premiums for natural gas in Europe prompted LNG tanker British Listener to make an abrupt U-turn in the Pacific Ocean

April 10, 2022
Total Views: 43113

Saturday, March 26, 2022
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Turkey Defuses Mine After Russia Warns of Strays from Ukraine Ports

By Yoruk Isik and Azra Ceylan RUMELIFENERI, Turkey, March 26 (Reuters) – Turkey’s military deactivated a mine on Saturday that had

March 26, 2022
Total Views: 3891

Sunday, March 20, 2022
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Germany Announces Energy Deal With Qatar

March 20 (Reuters) – Germany and Qatar are negotiating a long-term energy partnership, government officials from both sides said Sunday, as

March 20, 2022
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Yemen Houthis Attack Saudi Refinery In The Red Sea Port Of Yanbu
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Yemen Houthis Attack Saudi Refinery In The Red Sea Port Of Yanbu

RIYADH, March 20 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group fired missiles and drones at Saudi energy and water desalination

March 20, 2022
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Russia Strikes Ukraine With Cruise Missiles From Ships In The Black Sea And Caspian Sea

March 20 (Reuters) – Russia struck Ukraine with cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea,and launched hypersonic missiles

March 20, 2022
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Australia Bans Exports Of Alumina and Aluminum Ores To Russia

By Thomas Biesheuvel, Mar 20, 2022 (Bloomberg) –Australia, the world’s biggest exporter of alumina, announced a ban on shipments to Russia in a move

March 20, 2022
Total Views: 2856

Saturday, March 19, 2022
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UN Fails To Update Treaty Aimed At Protecting Marine Life

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) –The United Nations Friday failed to finalize a landmark treaty to preserve the biodiversity of the high seas – the 60% of

March 19, 2022
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
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Russian Super-Yacht Arrests Continue In Spain

By Thomas Gualtieri (Bloomberg) The Spanish government has taken control of a yacht linked to the top executive of a major Russian defense conglomerate, as

March 16, 2022
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Seafarers Feel Unsafe Entering Russian Ports

by John Konrad (gCaptain) This week the Financial Times (FT) reported that, according to estimates, 55 to 60 percent of Ukraine’s 80,000 seafarers are

March 16, 2022
Total Views: 9840

Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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Oil Tanker Traders Go Underground To Buy Cheap Russian Crude

By Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) –Away from the public eye. That’s where Russian crude is going as buyers tread carefully in their dealings with the pariah

March 15, 2022
Total Views: 27138

Sunday, March 13, 2022
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Threatens The Already Fragile Global Food System

By Elizabeth Elkin, Allison Smith and Sybilla Gross Mar 13, 2022,(Bloomberg) –The global food system is under threat as Russia’s invasion of

March 13, 2022
Total Views: 2182

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Turkey, Greece Agree To Improve Ties Amid Ukraine Conflict

ISTANBUL, March 13 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis agreed in talks on Sunday to

March 13, 2022
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Saturday, March 12, 2022
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Italy Seizes Russian Billionaire Melnichenko’s Superyacht Over Sanctions

By Emilio Parodi BERGAMO, Italy, March 12 (Reuters) – Italian police have seized a superyacht owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich

March 12, 2022
Total Views: 7926

Friday, March 11, 2022
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Will Russia’s Tanker Fleet Come To A Halt?

Russia’s large fleet of European tankers is starting to stall. Will they shift to the Pacific, where Russian flagged ships don’t appear to be suffering

March 11, 2022
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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Russian Oligarch Fails To Pay Superyacht Crew

By Jonathan Browning (Bloomberg) Alisher Usmanov’s superyacht will languish in a dock in Hamburg after its crew and captain walked after European Union and

March 9, 2022
Total Views: 64388

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Ernest Shackleton’s Ship Endurance Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice

By Michael Holden (Reuters) – The wreckage of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship “Endurance,” which was

March 9, 2022
Total Views: 12438

Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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More Russian Oil Deeply Discounted As Load Port Ban Risk Alarms Buyers

By Tsuyoshi Inajima (Bloomberg) A cargo of Russian Sokol oil from the Far East was offered at a steep discount as the nation’s invasion of Ukraine and the

March 8, 2022
Total Views: 3348

Saturday, March 5, 2022
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Hong Kong Mortuaries Use Reefer Containers As Covid Deaths Spike

By Linda Lew (Bloomberg) –Hong Kong’s mortuaries are so overwhelmed they’re deploying mobile refrigeration units to store bodies, as scenes

March 5, 2022
Total Views: 3944

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U.K. Union Refuses to Handle Incoming Russian Oil

By Archie Hunter, Rachel Graham and Jack Wittels Mar 5, 2022 (Bloomberg) –A British labor union instructed workers at the Stanlow oil refinery not

March 5, 2022
Total Views: 3395