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Monday, January 27, 2020
Cheniere Marks 1000th LNG Cargo Shipped from U.S. Gulf Coast
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Cheniere Marks 1000th LNG Cargo Shipped from U.S. Gulf Coast

Cheniere Energy has announced it has shipped its 1000th cargo of liquified natural gas from its LNG export facilities on the U.S. Gulf coast. The milesone

January 27, 2020
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containership underway
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Antwerp Shipowner Claims Net-Zero CO2 Emissions

Antwerp-based shipowner Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) says it has achieved net-zero carbon emissions through the purchase of carbon credits to offset its

January 27, 2020
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Baltic Dry Index Falls to Over 3-Year Low

Jan 27 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell to its lowest level since April 2016, dragged down by lower vessels rates

January 27, 2020
Total Views: 151

liza fpso
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Exxon Find Boosts Guyana Oil Estimates to 8 Billion Barrels

Jan 27 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday raised its Guyana oil estimates by 2 billion barrels with disclosure of a new discovery, as it continues to

January 27, 2020
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Watch: Wild Docking in Norway
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Watch: Wild Docking in Norway

Check out this wild video out of northern Norway showing an expedition cruise ship docking during strong winds. The video was filmed on January 21 as the

January 27, 2020
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southampton port
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Trump’s ‘Massive’ U.S.-UK Trade Deal Faces Big Hurdles

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Britain is the United States’ closest ally but their long friendship may be sorely tested as the two

January 27, 2020
Total Views: 75

nuclear icebreaker convoy
Shipping

Green Groups Push for Low Sulphur Fuel Ban in the Arctic

LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Green groups on Monday called for a ban on the use of new low sulfur fuel in the Arctic region, citing research showing that

January 27, 2020
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Sunday, January 26, 2020
rc creppel
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Three Missing After Towing Vessels Collide on Mississippi River

Three people are missing after two towing vessels collided on the Mississippi River near Luling, Louisiana on Sunday. The U.S. Coast Guard says watchstanders

January 26, 2020
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Thursday, January 23, 2020
maersk containership new york
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IMO Urged to Crack Down on Dangerous Ladder Arrangements After Pilot’s Death

The International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) is calling on the International Maritime Organization to crack down on a commonly

January 23, 2020
Total Views: 380

Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Shipping News

China Tax Changes Unlikely to Boost Marine Fuel Supply Until Q2

By Roslan Khasawneh and Muyu Xu SINGAPORE, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Chinese oil refiners are unlikely to boost their output of cleaner marine fuels until at

January 23, 2020
Total Views: 74

lng carrier
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Gas Export’s Dirty Secret: A Carbon Footprint Rivaling Coal’s

By Catherine Traywick, Stephen Cunningham, Naureen Malik and Dave Merrill (Bloomberg) –In May, while President Donald Trump toured a new $10 billion

January 23, 2020
Total Views: 133

singapore
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Fuel Spread Narrows in Singapore as Low Sulphur Fuel Prices Drop

The price of low sulphur fuel oil has dropped steeply in recent weeks at the bunkering hub of Singapore in a sign that the bunker market is stabilizing

January 23, 2020
Total Views: 76

World’s First Carbon-Free Ammonia-Fueled Vessel Planned for 2024
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World’s First Carbon-Free Ammonia-Fueled Vessel Planned for 2024

A new project looking to launch the world’s first ammonia-powered supply vessel has received major funding from the European Union, setting the stage for

January 23, 2020
Total Views: 218

The Next Big Thing in Luxury Cruising is Small Ships
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The Next Big Thing in Luxury Cruising is Small Ships

By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) –One of the biggest trends in high-end cruising is extremely small. It’s the opposite, in some ways, of everything you’d

January 23, 2020
Total Views: 1012

containership ship bunkering
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IMO’s Marine Fuel Rules Sets Shipping Industry for a Comeback in 2020 -IHS

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The global shipping market is set for a recovery, benefiting from new global rules on marine fuels that

January 23, 2020
Total Views: 98

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Lawsuit Filed After Deadly Tanker Collision Near Galveston
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Lawsuit Filed After Deadly Tanker Collision Near Galveston

The owners of the MT Odfjell Bow Fortune, the 600-foot tanker that collided with a fishing vessel near Galveston, Texas on January 14, has asked a Federal

January 22, 2020
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Mumbai Maersk Containership
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Maersk Raises Bunker Surcharge as Fuel Costs Spiral

By Firat Kayakiran and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) –The world’s largest container shipping line is hiking up a fuel surcharge that it imposes to transport

January 22, 2020
Total Views: 288

IMO greenhouse gas emissions
Shipping

IMO Secretary-General Hails ‘Relatively Smooth’ IMO 2020 Transition

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim says the implementation of new International rules limiting the sulphur content of fuel used by ships has gone relatively

January 22, 2020
Total Views: 65

McDermott International
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McDermott International Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

(Reuters) – U.S. oilfield services provider McDermott International Inc said on Tuesday it would file for prepackaged bankruptcy protection under Chapter

January 22, 2020
Total Views: 126

container shipping
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Container Lines Raising Rates to Offload Clean Fuel Cost

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) –Container-shipping companies, some of the biggest polluters of the world’s oceans, are managing to pass higher costs onto

January 22, 2020
Total Views: 52