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Monday, August 17, 2020
Ocean Princess Tanker
Finance

Ocean Tankers Seeks To Reclaim $19 Million From Lim Family

by Jessica Jaganathan (Reuters) – The court-appointed manager of Singapore Ocean Tankers is seeking to reclaim about $19 million from the Lim family

August 17, 2020
Total Views: 106

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Oil tanker is docked in Venezuela
Shipping

How Venezuela Lost Three Supertankers to Its Chinese Partner

By Luc Cohen and Roslan Khasawneh NEW YORK/SINGAPORE, Aug 11 (Reuters) – A shipping joint venture between Venezuela and China has fallen apart in the

August 11, 2020
Total Views: 55

Tuesday, August 4, 2020
ship emissions
Shipping

Shipping’s Share of Global Carbon Emissions Increases

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Carbon emissions from shipping rose in the six-year period to 2018 and accounted for 2.89% of the world’s

August 4, 2020
Total Views: 258

Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Oil Tankers’ Strange Trips Reveal a Stubborn Glut of Diesel
Shipping

Oil Tankers’ Strange Trips Reveal a Stubborn Glut of Diesel

By Ryan Hesketh, Prejula Prem and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — For clues about how glutted the global diesel market remains, just look at the bizarre

July 29, 2020
Total Views: 70

Thursday, July 23, 2020
container port
Shipping

Strong Demand Sees Carriers Pile Back Capacity Into East – West Trades

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Due to continued increased demand, THE Alliance is extending its Asia – North Europe ‘extra loader’ programme with

July 23, 2020
Total Views: 48

Monday, July 20, 2020
Oil tanker in Ningbo Zhoushan port
Shipping

Oil Tanker Titans to Get Little Joy From OPEC+ Opening the Taps

By Ryan Hesketh (Bloomberg) –At almost any other moment in history, the promise of oil producers pouring millions of barrels of crude to the global

July 20, 2020
Total Views: 25

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
COVID-19 Cases Confirmed on Two U.S.-Flagged Ships -Hapag-Lloyd
Shipping

COVID-19 Cases Confirmed on Two U.S.-Flagged Ships -Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd has announced positive COVID-19 cases on board two of its U.S.-flagged ships. The German container shipping group said the cases were confirmed on

July 15, 2020
Total Views: 168

tanker at sea
Shipping

Gunvor CEO Says Oil Trading and Shipping Thrived Amid Coronavirus Crash

By Andy Hoffman and Laura Hurst (Bloomberg) –The billionaire CEO of Gunvor Group told staff the firm thrived during the oil market meltdown caused by the

July 15, 2020
Total Views: 55

Friday, July 10, 2020
Containership Demolition Increasing Despite Falling Scrap Prices
Shipping

Containership Demolition Increasing Despite Falling Scrap Prices

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – With the containership charter market in the doldrums, demolition sales have picked up, with reports of a number of

July 10, 2020
Total Views: 294

Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Carriers Accused of ‘Profiteering from the Crisis’ Get Benefit of the Doubt for Now
Shipping

Carriers Accused of ‘Profiteering from the Crisis’ Get Benefit of the Doubt for Now

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – After better-than-expected first-quarter results, ocean carriers have upgraded their financial guidance, despite the

July 8, 2020
Total Views: 47

Monday, July 6, 2020
CMA CGM Reorganizes Transpacific Trade Network
Shipping

CMA CGM Reorganizes Transpacific Trade Network

French shipping group CMA CGM says it is simplifying its transpacific trade network by removing APL from the trade and naming CMA CGM as the group’s

July 6, 2020
Total Views: 170

Maersk ship
Shipping

Maersk Expands In-Land Logistics with Customs Broker Acquisition

COPENHAGEN, July 6 (Reuters) – Maersk said on Monday it had agreed to buy Sweden-based customs broker KGH Customs Services for 2.6 billion Swedish crowns

July 6, 2020
Total Views: 65

Saturday, July 4, 2020
container ship terminal
Shipping

Wild Swings in Freight Rates the New Normal Amid Uneven Recovery

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) –Sharp swings in container freight rates are likely to continue this quarter as shipping companies struggle to gauge demand amid

July 4, 2020
Total Views: 78

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
cosco shipping
Shipping

Ocean Alliance Takes the Lead on Asia-Europe Market Share

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The Ocean Alliance has overtaken the 2M alliance, adding the market share lead on the Asia-Europe tradelane to its

July 1, 2020
Total Views: 144

tanker deck
Shipping

Oil Barrels Come Off the Water as Floating Storage Boom Fades

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) – Tens of millions of barrels of crude and oil products stored on tankers at sea due to the coronavirus crisis

July 1, 2020
Total Views: 92

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
cma cgm containership
Shipping

CMA CGM to Impose Emergency Surcharge at Cape Town Port

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, June 30 (Reuters) – CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping line, will impose emergency congestion

June 30, 2020
Total Views: 23

Monday, June 29, 2020
Oil Tanker Bridge
Shipping

Oil Tanker Market May Take Trump’s Sanctions In Stride This Time

By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration’s plan to add as many as 50 oil tankers to an already long list of sanctioned vessels would be

June 29, 2020
Total Views: 72

Friday, June 26, 2020
tanker
Shipping

Top Oil Pricing Agencies Launch New U.S. Crude Benchmarks

By Julia Payne and Devika Krishna Kumar LONDON/NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) – After U.S. crude futures took an historic plunge into negative territory in

June 26, 2020
Total Views: 68

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
U.S. Coast Guard Searching for Man Overboard from Tanker Off Cape Hatteras
Accidents

U.S. Coast Guard Searching for Man Overboard from Tanker Off Cape Hatteras

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a crew member of a tanker approximately 400 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Watchstanders at the Coast

June 24, 2020
Total Views: 100

Tuesday, June 23, 2020
container shipping
Shipping

Reversal of Fortune for Box Carriers as Charter Rates Tumble

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carrier optimism is being driven by higher freight rates and cheaper fuel – but tumbling charter hire costs are

June 23, 2020
Total Views: 59
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