Shipping News

Explore the latest developments in the shipping industry, including market trends, fleet management, and the impact of global trade on maritime logistics.


Thursday, August 16, 2018
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Kenya to Revive National Shipping Line in Partnership With MSC

By Helen Nyambura (Bloomberg) — Kenya plans to revive a state-owned shipping line with the help of the Mediterranean Shipping Co., President Uhuru

August 16, 2018
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Mega Oil and Gas Projects Are Back

By Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — Investors are about to find out whether the world’s largest oil companies have learned their lesson from $80

August 16, 2018
Total Views: 47

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Shipbuilding Contract Signed for Unmanned, Zero-Emission Container Ship ‘Yara Birkeland’
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Shipbuilding Contract Signed for Unmanned, Zero-Emission Container Ship ‘Yara Birkeland’

The world’s first autonomous and electric container ship is one step closer to reality with a shipbuilding contract now in signed and sealed for the vessel.

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 214

BP Offloads Last 2 Stranded Oil Cargoes to Shandong Refiner – Sources
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BP Offloads Last 2 Stranded Oil Cargoes to Shandong Refiner – Sources

BEIJING, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Oil major BP on Tuesday offloaded about 1 million barrels of Angolan crude from supertanker ‘Olympic Light’ to an

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 34

WATCH: Meet the Shannon, RNLI’s New Class of Waterjet-Propelled, Self-Righting, All-Weather Lifeboats
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WATCH: Meet the Shannon, RNLI’s New Class of Waterjet-Propelled, Self-Righting, All-Weather Lifeboats

When the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution was given the chance to design their dream lifeboat, they came up with the Shannon: a

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 251

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IMO’s 2020 Fuel Rule to Hit Truckers Where It Hurts: The Diesel

By Erin Douglas (Bloomberg) — Every time Chuck Paar makes the over 500-mile round trip from his home in Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania, to Buffalo and

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 49

Shipping Company Confirms Two Casualties from VLCC Explosion Off Oman
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Shipping Company Confirms Two Casualties from VLCC Explosion Off Oman

The Shipping Corporation of India has confirmed two casualties as the result of an explosion on one their VLCCs off the coast of Oman on Tuesday. In an update

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 53

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Trade Spat Threatens U.S. LNG Exporters

By Rachel Adams-Heard and Ryan Collins (Bloomberg) — This winter could be a bleak one for America’s natural gas exporters as the

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 13

El Coquí arrives in Puerto Rico
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New Fuel Rules Push Shipowners to Go Green with LNG

By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Tough new rules on marine fuel are forcing shipowners to explore liquefied natural gas

August 15, 2018
Total Views: 43

Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Oil Spill Reported After Tugboat Capsizes Near Vancouver, Canada
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Oil Spill Reported After Tugboat Capsizes Near Vancouver, Canada

The Canadian Coast Guard and other agencies are responding to a tugboat which sank overnight on the Fraser River near Vancouver. The Coast Guard reports that

August 14, 2018
Total Views: 69

Indian VLCC Suffers Explosion Off Oman
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Indian VLCC Suffers Explosion Off Oman

Update: SCI Confirms Two Casualties from VLCC Explosion A VLCC belonging to the Shipping Corporation of India suffered an explosion in a cargo tank on Tuesday

August 14, 2018
Total Views: 254

MSC Containership Loses 13 Containers Overboard Off South Africa
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MSC Containership Loses 13 Containers Overboard Off South Africa

The South African Maritime Safety Authority has issued an urgent warning to vessels east of South Africa to be on the lookout for cargo containers that

August 14, 2018
Total Views: 260

yamal lng second train
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SCF Tanker Loads First LNG Cargo from Yamal LNG’s Second Train

Russian shipping company SCF Group says its ice-class LNG carrier Pskov has loaded the first cargo of LNG from Yamal LNG’s second train in the Russian

August 14, 2018
Total Views: 40

A containership in port
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Clarksons First Half Profit Falls Amid Challenging Trading In Shipping, Offshore Markets

Integrated shipping services firm Clarskson Plc saw its profit drop in the first half of 2018 after a challenging trading environment across the shipping and

August 14, 2018
Total Views: 20

IMO’s Low Sulphur Fuel Regs Seen Cutting Demand for Canadian Oil
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IMO’s Low Sulphur Fuel Regs Seen Cutting Demand for Canadian Oil

By Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) — As if pipeline bottlenecks weren’t enough, Canadian heavy oil producers are facing a new barrier to marketing

August 14, 2018
Total Views: 69

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More Ships Installing Scrubbers Ahead of 2020 – JBC

SINGAPORE, Aug 14 (Reuters) – An increase in the number of ships adding cleaning systems to their smokestacks will mean vessels will continue to burn a

August 14, 2018
Total Views: 160

Monday, August 13, 2018
Migrants are seen resting on board the MV Aquarius rescue ship
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Italy Refuses Safe Harbor To Migrant Ship M/V Aquarius

Antonio Denti (Reuters) – Italy on Monday denied safe harbor to 141 people rescued by the humanitarian ship M/V Aquarius off the coast of Libya last

August 13, 2018
Total Views: 122

Sunday, August 12, 2018
U.S. Soybean Cargo Docks in Chinese Port After Weeks at Sea
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U.S. Soybean Cargo Docks in Chinese Port After Weeks at Sea

BEIJING, Aug 12 (Reuters) – A ship carrying soybeans from the United States docked in the port of Dalian on Saturday, more than a month after it arrived

August 12, 2018
Total Views: 54

sabine pass lng exports
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Cheniere Signs 25-Yeara LNG Deal with Taiwan’s CPC

Aug 11 (Reuters) – U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Cheniere Energy Inc said on Friday it had signed a 25-year deal to supply Taiwan’s CPC

August 12, 2018
Total Views: 13

Friday, August 10, 2018
barents sea drilling
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Viking Supply Ships Sells Three Icebreaking AHTS

Viking Supply Ships announced Friday it has sold three icebreaking AHTS Tor Viking, Balder Viking and Vidar Viking to the monarchy of Canada as the weak

August 10, 2018
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