Asia

SINGAPORE, Sept 26 (Reuters) – The cost of chartering a supertanker to load Middle Eastern crude oil for Asia has rebounded from a 19-month low

HOUSTON, June 21 (Reuters) – Offshore oil and gas exploration spending will increase more than 20% globally this year and the growth will continue

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Asia-North European carriers are being obliged to discount rates at the time of year – the build-up to the peak

By Yongchang Chin (Bloomberg) –The extreme heat that’s been scorching Asia in recent weeks has produced one clear beneficiary — Russia. As

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) Asian nations counting on offshore wind farms to meet clean energy goals are facing an increasing shortage of ships for installing the

By Siddharth Cavale and Corina Pons (Reuters) – Major clothing and shoe companies are moving production to countries closer to their U.S. and European

By Chisaki Watanabe and Ichiro Suzuki (Bloomberg) — Untapped offshore wind is luring Japan’s biggest commodity houses to invest in projects in Taiwan

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, April 30 (Reuters) – Taiwan is becoming the next battleground for the world’s top offshore wind developers as

By Michael Schuman (Bloomberg View) — Any horror aficionado knows that the only good zombie is a dead zombie. Don’t risk trying to bring one back to

By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Emi Urabe (Bloomberg) — Japan’s Jera Co. said it’s in talks with other LNG companies to create an alliance of buyers that

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Liz Hampton SINGAPORE/HOUSTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Oil traders in Asia are running the numbers on importing Alaskan crude,

  By Sam Whelan in Shenzhen, The Loadstar The waves of port congestion that regularly beset Asian container terminals can be overcome through an industry

  By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers are set to slide further next week, after falling to their

ReCAAP reports a 22% increase in the total number of piracy and armed robbery incidents in Asian waters in

Genting Hong Kong Ltd., the largest shareholder in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., ordered a 1,682-passenger-cabin cruise ship from Meyer Werft for 707.2

The World Bank lowered its economic growth forecasts for 2013 and 2014 for China and most of developing East Asia. It cited slower growth in the world’s

The Bloomberg consensus forecast for Asia’s 2014 GDP growth has slipped steadily during the past four months from 6.9% at the beginning of May 2013

By Wayne Arnold and Choonsik Yoo HONG KONG, Aug 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. economy may have stopped sneezing, but Asia’s exports are still laid up with

U.S. private equity and investment funds are betting Asia's shipping industry, hit by a restructuring wave that has already swept Europe and the United States,

New Singapore office and equipment will allow Crowley to better service customers in the region.