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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Tuesday, February 13, 2018
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Interesting

Looking to Export, America’s Busiest Oil Terminal Tests Loading of First Supertanker

By Javier Blas and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — The flood of crude leaving the U.S. could be about to get a major boost: the nation’s top imports

February 13, 2018
Total Views: 77

Monday, February 12, 2018
TUI Cruises Orders New Ship at Meyer Turku
Cruise Ships

TUI Cruises Orders New Ship at Meyer Turku

TUI Cruises, part of Europe’s largest tourism group TUI Group, announced plans on Monday to order a newbuild cruise ship to be built at the Finnish Meyer

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 88

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Shipping News

Two Decades of Liner Shipping Consolidation Has ‘Destroyed’ Shareholder Value, Says Report

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A new report estimates that over the past 21 years the container industry has “destroyed” about $110bn of

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 132

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Trump Defense Plan Puts Navy on Path to 355 Ships

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s $686 billion defense request for the coming fiscal year would propel the Navy toward a new goal

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 76

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Disabled MOL Prestige Arrives in Seattle After Fire

The disabled MOL Prestige is now safely moored at the Port of Seattle more a week after an engine room fire knocked out power to the vessel and severely

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 93

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Amazon Threat Has Maersk Racing to Stop Clients from Encroaching on Shipping Business

By Christian Wienberg and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest container shipping line is trying to stop customers like

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 104

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Shipping News

WTO Outlook Indicator: Global Trade Growth to Stay Above-Trend

By Tom Miles GENEVA, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Global trade in goods will continue growing above trend during the second quarter, the World Trade

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 22

Standoff on High Seas as Cyprus Accuses Turkey of Blocking Exploratory Drillship in Eastern Mediterranean
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Standoff on High Seas as Cyprus Accuses Turkey of Blocking Exploratory Drillship in Eastern Mediterranean

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Cyprus on Sunday accused the Turkish military of obstructing a ship contracted by Italian oil company

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 119

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Booming Asian Gas Demand Ripples All the Way to Norway

By Mathew Carr and Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Asia’s rapacious thirst for liquefied natural gas is sucking supplies from surprising places. China

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 45

U.S. Economy Is at Risk Amid Immigration Curbs, Maersk CEO Says
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U.S. Economy Is at Risk Amid Immigration Curbs, Maersk CEO Says

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — The chief executive officer of the world’s biggest shipping company says curbs on immigration backed by

February 12, 2018
Total Views: 41

Friday, February 9, 2018
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Port of Los Angeles Handled a Record 9.3 Million TEUs in 2017

The Port of Los Angeles last year broke its own record for the most cargo moved annually by a Western Hemisphere port. The Port of Los Angeles reported Friday

February 9, 2018
Total Views: 57

Ship Queue Grows as Truck Strike Slows Argentina Grain Exports
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Ship Queue Grows as Truck Strike Slows Argentina Grain Exports

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Some 93 cargo ships were waiting to load soy and corn from Argentina’s main exporting hub of Rosario on Friday,

February 9, 2018
Total Views: 48

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IMO Moves to Ban Carriage of High Sulphur Marine Fuel Ahead of 2020 Low Sulphur Requirement

The International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for regulating global shipping, has agreed to move forward with a proposed ban

February 9, 2018
Total Views: 57

Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Back in Port After Taking on Water Off Newfoundland
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Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Back in Port After Taking on Water Off Newfoundland

The Canadian Coast Guard patrol cutter CCGS Cygnus arrived safely into St. John’s today following reports that it was taking on water a few hundred

February 9, 2018
Total Views: 166

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Shipping News

How Soaring US Oil Exports to China are Transforming the Global Oil Game

By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Bit by bit, the U.S. petroleum industry is turning world oil markets inside out. First, sharp drops in

February 9, 2018
Total Views: 61

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Shipping News

Maersk Misses Profit Forecasts But Remains Hopeful on Global Shipping Turnaround

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk’s move to focus on transport and jettison oil was tested on Friday as

February 9, 2018
Total Views: 30

Thursday, February 8, 2018
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Trump’s Offshore Oil Drilling Plan Draws Protest in California

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb 8 (Reuters) – Environmental activists in California on Thursday protested a Trump Administration proposal to

February 8, 2018
Total Views: 45

NASA Satellite Shows ‘Ship Tracks’ Over Atlantic, Pacific Oceans
Shipping News

NASA Satellite Shows ‘Ship Tracks’ Over Atlantic, Pacific Oceans

The above satellite image was captured on by a NASA satellite on January 16, 2018 and shows criss-crossing cloud bands caused by ships in the

February 8, 2018
Total Views: 344

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Samsung Heavy ‘Cruising’ to 2018 Order Target with $750 Million Order for Eight Containerships

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries says it has been awarded an order to build eight New-Panamax containerships for an undisclosed Asian owner.

February 8, 2018
Total Views: 21

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Shipping News

Two Brightoil Employees Charged in Singapore Bunker Fuel Theft

SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Two employees of Brightoil Petroleum (Singapore) Pte Ltd were charged in court in the city-state this week for their alleged

February 8, 2018
Total Views: 84