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Monday, February 12, 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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NASA Satellite Shows ‘Ship Tracks’ Over Atlantic, Pacific Oceans
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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
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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
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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
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Coal Buyers Spooked by Indonesia’s New Protectionist Shipping Rules

By Bernadette Christina Munthe JAKARTA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Buyers of Indonesian coal are holding back orders of the fuel after the government issued

February 8, 2018
Total Views: 50

Gulf Coast Shipping Boom: U.S. Oil Exports Pour Into Worldwide Markets
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Gulf Coast Shipping Boom: U.S. Oil Exports Pour Into Worldwide Markets

By Catherine Ngai, Libby George and Florence Tan NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Reuters) – In the two years since Washington lifted a 40-year ban

February 8, 2018
Total Views: 90

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
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California Move Meant to Challenge Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb 7 (Reuters) – California will block the transportation through its state of petroleum from new offshore oil

February 7, 2018
Total Views: 46

Arctech Helsinki Delivers Fourth and Final Multi-Functional Icebreaker to Russia’s SCF Group
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Arctech Helsinki Delivers Fourth and Final Multi-Functional Icebreaker to Russia’s SCF Group

Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has delivered the fourth icebreaker in a four-vessel series for Russian shipping company SCF Group (Sovcomflot). The

February 7, 2018
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