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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
‘Perfect Trips’: Venezuela and Iran Swap Jet Fuel for Gasoline
Shipping

‘Perfect Trips’: Venezuela and Iran Swap Jet Fuel for Gasoline

By Deisy Buitrago and Marianna Parraga CARACAS/MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Venezuela is shipping jet fuel to Iran in return for vital

February 23, 2021
Total Views: 6210

Australia Launches Livestock Carrier Inspection Campaign
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Australia Launches Livestock Carrier Inspection Campaign

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has launched a inspection campaign that will target all livestock carriers departing the country after recent

February 23, 2021
Total Views: 5646

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Maersk Backs Plan for Large Green Ammonia Plant in Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Shipping group Maersk said on Tuesday it was among a group of companies backing a plan to build Europe’s

February 23, 2021
Total Views: 2078

Maersk Updates on Transpacific Ships’ Return to Service After Cargo Losses
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Maersk Updates on Transpacific Ships’ Return to Service After Cargo Losses

Maersk is providing updates on its two ships that lost a significant number of containers overboard in the Pacific Ocean recently. First up is Maersk Essen

February 23, 2021
Total Views: 8645

Monday, February 22, 2021
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GasLog to Go Private in Merger Deal with BlackRock

Greece-based LNG shipping company GasLog (NYSE: GLOG) has entered into an agreement to merge with a unit of the world’s largest asset management firm

February 22, 2021
Total Views: 2380

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Shipping

Shipping Snarls Force Global Trading to Look Outside the Box

By Enda Curran (Bloomberg) — An ongoing surge in the cost of shipping goods around the world is prompting manufacturers and their customers

February 22, 2021
Total Views: 2155

Israel Investigates Ships As Source Of Mystery Offshore Oil Spill
Accidents

Israel Investigates Ships As Source Of Mystery Offshore Oil Spill

By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is trying to find the ship responsible for an oil spill that drenched much of its Mediterranean

February 22, 2021
Total Views: 3248

Friday, February 19, 2021
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Container Rates Buck Usual Post-Chinese New Year Slump

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are determined to keep container spot rates at their highly elevated levels for as long as possible, as

February 19, 2021
Total Views: 4224

Crowley Integrates Naval Architecture Subsidiary Jensen Maritime Into Shipping Unit
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Crowley Integrates Naval Architecture Subsidiary Jensen Maritime Into Shipping Unit

Florida-based Crowley says it has fully integrated its naval architecture subsidiary Jensen Maritime into a new engineering services group under the Crowley

February 19, 2021
Total Views: 2031

UK Hails Biggest Drug Bust as Cocaine Worth $250 Million Found in Shipment of Bananas from Colombia
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UK Hails Biggest Drug Bust as Cocaine Worth $250 Million Found in Shipment of Bananas from Colombia

LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – British police have seized over 2 tonnes of cocaine in one of the country’s largest ever drug busts after they

February 19, 2021
Total Views: 8603

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Ports

No LNG Carriers Loading at Texas Export Terminals

By Sergio Chapa and Michael Tobin (Bloomberg) — Right now there are no liquefied natural gas tankers docked and loading at any of the six U.S. export

February 19, 2021
Total Views: 2544

Thursday, February 18, 2021
freeport LNG
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Texas Mandate to Bar Natural Gas Exports During Power Crisis Likely Unenforceable

By Jennifer Hiller Feb 18 (Reuters) – The Texas oil and gas regulator on Thursday alerted state natural gas producers of a directive to reserve their

February 18, 2021
Total Views: 1884

An undated image provided in a U.S. Department of Justice complaint for forfeiture released May 9, 2019 shows the North Korean vessel Wise Honest.
Shipping

U.S. Charges North Koreans in Broad Conspiracy Involving Maritime Cryptocurrency Market

The United States has charged three North Korean hackers for participating in a criminal conspiracy to steal more than $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency

February 18, 2021
Total Views: 1537

Danaos Sees ‘Outstanding Turnaround’ as Liner Profitablity Boom Continues
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Danaos Sees ‘Outstanding Turnaround’ as Liner Profitablity Boom Continues

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers and containership owners are in the midst of the richest vein for the liner sector in over a

February 18, 2021
Total Views: 1838

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Shipping

IMO and WISTA Launch ‘Women in Maritime’ Survey

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA International) have launched an

February 18, 2021
Total Views: 2070

Texas Energy Freeze Stretches Into Sixth Day
Offshore

Texas Energy Freeze Stretches Into Sixth Day

By Jennifer Hiller and Arpan Varghese HOUSTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Texas’s freeze entered a sixth day on Thursday, as the biggest energy-producing

February 18, 2021
Total Views: 990

Spire AIS Global Ship Voyage Data
Shipping

European Maritime Safety Agency Signs Satellite AIS Contract with Spire

European Maritime Safety Agency has selected San Francisco-based satellite data analytics company Spire Global to provide the agency with global satellite

February 18, 2021
Total Views: 1246

More Cargo Loss for Transpacific as Maersk Ship Loses Hundreds of Containers in Storm
Shipping

More Cargo Loss for Transpacific as Maersk Ship Loses Hundreds of Containers in Storm

A Maersk Line containership has lost a significant number of containers overboard while en route from China to Los Angeles, the latest in series of container

February 18, 2021
Total Views: 32159

port of los angeles
Ports

U.S. Steps Up Heat on Container Carriers to Ease Port Congestion

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — U.S. regulators stepped up the heat on ocean shipping companies and the seaport terminals some of them operate, seeking

February 18, 2021
Total Views: 6927

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
port of long beach
Shipping

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to Issue Demand Orders to Ocean Carriers and Terminal Operators on Detention & Demurrage Practices

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is ordering ocean carriers and marine terminal operators to supply information to determine if legal obligations related

February 17, 2021
Total Views: 5044
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