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Thursday, December 10, 2020
Boxed Out: China’s Exports Pinched by Global Run on Shipping Containers
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Boxed Out: China’s Exports Pinched by Global Run on Shipping Containers

By Stella Qiu, Shivani Singh and Roslan Khasawneh BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Dec 10 (Reuters) – China’s world-beating economic rebound from the coronavirus

December 10, 2020
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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Fidelity Calls for Urgent Action to Help Stranded Seafarers

By Alastair Marsh (Bloomberg) — Fidelity International is calling for urgent action to address the humanitarian crisis and supply-chain risks caused

December 9, 2020
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Port of Long Beach November Volumes Jump 30%
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Port of Long Beach November Volumes Jump 30%

The Port of Long Beach has reported its busiest November on record as retailers make the final push before the holidays. Dockworkers and terminal operators

December 9, 2020
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Gigantic Iceberg Threatens to Crash Into South Atlantic Island
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Gigantic Iceberg Threatens to Crash Into South Atlantic Island

By Cassandra Garrison Dec 9 (Reuters) – An enormous iceberg is heading toward South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic, where scientists say a

December 9, 2020
Total Views: 7548

maersk arctic
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Ships Make Record Number of Sailings Through Arctic in 2020

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Ships sailing through the Arctic region’s busiest lane along the Siberian coast made the highest number

December 9, 2020
Total Views: 3076

Tuesday, December 8, 2020
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Labor Group Seeks Help for Hundreds of Thousands of Seafarers Stranded by COVID

By Matthew Lavietes NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of thousands of seafarers around the world are stranded at sea due to

December 8, 2020
Total Views: 2583

Maersk belfast tanker
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Maersk Tankers Sells 14 Product Tankers for $422 Million

Maersk Product Tankers has announced an agreement for the sale of 14 product tankers, a portion of which will be bareboat chartered back to the company. The

December 8, 2020
Total Views: 5744

AFIF Hapag-Lloyd
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Hapag-Lloyd Raises 2020 Earnings Forecast

German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd has raised its earnings forecast on a better-than-expected fourth quarter. The company said it now expects EBITDA

December 8, 2020
Total Views: 964

ship breaking in Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Virus Slows Safety Reforms at Bangladesh Shipbreaking Yards

By Naimul Karim DHAKA, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The coronavirus pandemic has slowed efforts to make safer the often hazardous job of

December 8, 2020
Total Views: 2137

U.S. Targets North Korea Coal Shipments with New Sanctions
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U.S. Targets North Korea Coal Shipments with New Sanctions

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The United States has blacklisted six companies, including several based in China, and four ships accused of illicit

December 8, 2020
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Monday, December 7, 2020
ONE Apus Update: Photos Show Cargo Carnage as Containership Arrives in Kobe
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ONE Apus Update: Photos Show Cargo Carnage as Containership Arrives in Kobe

The MV ONE Apus sailed into Japan’s Osaka Bay on Tuesday giving us a first good view of the devastation on board the ship after it lost nearly 2,000

December 7, 2020
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oil tanker at sea
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NYSE-Listed SEACOR Holdings to Go Private in $1 Billion All-Cash Deal

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based SEACOR Holdings has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to take the company private in a deal that values

December 7, 2020
Total Views: 2725

Tanker Rescues Two People Clinging to Wood Plank in Torres Strait
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Tanker Rescues Two People Clinging to Wood Plank in Torres Strait

A passing tanker transiting the Torres Strait off the coast of Australia helped rescue two people clinging to a wood plank after their vessel sank. The

December 7, 2020
Total Views: 6675

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China’s Exports Surge in Year-End Rush as Pandemic Fuels Demand

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s exports jumped in November by the most since early 2018, pushing its trade surplus to a monthly record high

December 7, 2020
Total Views: 1319

container ship underway at sea
Environment

Investors Sought for ‘Green Ammonia’ Plant Upgrade in Norway

By Andrew Noël (Bloomberg) — Yara International ASA plans to convert a plant in Norway to produce green ammonia in a bet the chemical will become a

December 7, 2020
Total Views: 1065

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Iranian Fuel Flotilla Sailing to Venezuela

By Fabiola Zerpa, Ben Bartenstein and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) — Iran is sending its biggest fleet yet of tankers to Venezuela in defiance of U.S.

December 7, 2020
Total Views: 2131

Friday, December 4, 2020
Stena Line Says Role in UK Vaccine Delivery Going Well
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Stena Line Says Role in UK Vaccine Delivery Going Well

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Ferry firm Stena Line’s role in the roll-out of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is going well, and the firm is prepared

December 4, 2020
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ONE Apus Update: Ship Returning to Japan After Losing Record Number of Containers
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ONE Apus Update: Ship Returning to Japan After Losing Record Number of Containers

The owners and managers of the containership that lost a record number of containers overboard as it sailed across the Pacific Ocean towards Long Beach have

December 4, 2020
Total Views: 91048

Thursday, December 3, 2020
Trump Admin Rule Eliminates Environmental Reviews of LNG Marine Transport
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Trump Admin Rule Eliminates Environmental Reviews of LNG Marine Transport

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday issued a rule to exclude environmental reviews for marine transport of liquefied

December 3, 2020
Total Views: 5886

bulk ship in egypt
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China to Allow Australian Coal Cargoes Ashore Despite Ban

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China is set to allow a shipment of Australian coal into the country, according to a person familiar with the matter,

December 3, 2020
Total Views: 4494