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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Thursday, August 16, 2018
u.s. china trade war
Shipping News

Trump Pushes China for Better Deal With Trade Talks Set to Resume

By Justin Sink and Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump prodded China to offer more at the bargaining table as the two countries prepared

August 16, 2018
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All-Electric Ships on the Horizon as Rolls Launches New Battery System
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All-Electric Ships on the Horizon as Rolls Launches New Battery System

By Áine Quinn (Bloomberg) — Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc has begun offering its own battery-powered ship engines in a move that signals the gathering

August 16, 2018
Total Views: 212

container ship
Shipping News

2018 May Be a Write-Off as Shocking H1 Numbers All But Sink Ocean Carriers

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Just halfway through the Q2 reporting period, some $650m of red ink has been reported by ocean carriers to add to their

August 16, 2018
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Scientists Discover Stern of World War II U.S. Destroyer Off Remote Alaskan Island
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Scientists Discover Stern of World War II U.S. Destroyer Off Remote Alaskan Island

For almost 75 years, the stern of the destroyer USS Abner Read lay somewhere below the dark of the Bering Sea off the Aleutian island of Kiska, where it

August 16, 2018
Total Views: 99

Maersk Supply Service AHTS Selected to Deploy World’s First Large-Scale Ocean Plastic Cleanup System
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Maersk Supply Service AHTS Selected to Deploy World’s First Large-Scale Ocean Plastic Cleanup System

Maersk Supply Service has signed on to support The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit that is developing technology to clean the ocean of plastic waste. For

August 16, 2018
Total Views: 171

kenya shipping line
News

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
Total Views: 94

offshore oil and gas rig
Shipping News

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: 53

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: 221

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: 35

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: 264

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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: 50

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: 58

blue lng carrier at sea
Shipping News

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: 14

El Coquí arrives in Puerto Rico
Shipping News

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: 44

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: 72

Indian VLCC Suffers Explosion Off Oman
Interesting

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: 269

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: 277

yamal lng second train
Shipping News

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: 47

A containership in port
Shipping News

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: 21

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: 73