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Monday, July 25, 2022
Energy Crisis Spokesman
Shipping

Shipping’s New ESG Rules Could Starve Millions

by John Konrad (gCaptain) A new report found that more than 75% of ships will not meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new Environmental

July 25, 2022
Total Views: 6796

Saturday, July 23, 2022
Tanker docks at marine terminal
News

Shrinking Oil Tanker Fleet May Deepen The Energy Crisis

by John Konrad (gCaptain) A dwindling oil tanker fleet could deepen the global energy crisis over the next three years as energy companies try to increase

July 23, 2022
Total Views: 11098

Monday, July 18, 2022
Russian FSRU LNG FPSO
News

Russia’s Gazprom Declares Force Majeure

By Julia Payne (Reuters) Russia’s Gazprom has declared force majeure on gas supplies to Europe to at least one major customer, according to a letter from

July 18, 2022
Total Views: 7532

Sunday, July 17, 2022
Nord Stream Facility
Offshore

German Says Gas Prices May Have Stalled

By Alexey Anishchuk (Bloomberg) –The risk of a cutoff in Russian gas supplies appears to be fully priced by the market, the head of Germany’s top

July 17, 2022
Total Views: 2584

Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Gazprom sign
Ports

Russia’s LPG Exporters Open Black Sea Port of Poti 

by Jan Harvey (Reuters) Russian exporters will start shipping supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Bulgaria via Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti

July 12, 2022
Total Views: 1198

Monday, July 11, 2022
Post Maintenance Shutdown, Nord Stream Gas Flow To Germany Is Unknown
Offshore

Post Maintenance Shutdown, Nord Stream Gas Flow To Germany Is Unknown

By Vera Eckert BONN, July 11 (Reuters) – Germany is in the dark about how much gas Russia will pump through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline after

July 11, 2022
Total Views: 1692

Germany Offshore Wind Farm
Environment

Wind, Solar And Pipelines All Fail Germany

By Rachel Morison (Bloomberg) Short-term German power prices more than doubled as calm weather and the expected halt of gas flows on the Nord Stream pipeline

July 11, 2022
Total Views: 45053

LNG terminal in Barcelona, Spain
News

The ESG Hypocrisy Of Shipping LNG To Europe

Is shipping LNG from Africa to Europe a proper Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) step towards sustainability or is it a new form of colonialism? By

July 11, 2022
Total Views: 3006

Friday, July 8, 2022
a ship passes below a bridge on the Rhine River
Maritime News

Low River Levels May Deepen Europe’s Energy Crunch

By Todd Gillespie (Bloomberg) Water levels on Europe’s Rhine River are again dwindling — and this time it’s at the risk of the continent’s efforts

July 8, 2022
Total Views: 3255

Sunday, March 13, 2022
A bunker vessel prepares to supply fuel to Hin Leong's Pu Tuo Shan VLCC supertanker in the waters off Jurong Island in Singapore
Shipping

Oil Resumes Decline Following A Tumultuous Week

By Rob Verdonck and Serene Cheong Mar 13, 2022 (Bloomberg) –Oil resumed its decline after Iran carried out a missile strike in Iraq following the

March 13, 2022
Total Views: 5571

Sunday, February 27, 2022
Russian FPSO MARSHAL VASILEVSKIY Transiting the Suez Canal
Shipping

Energy Firms Snap Up Russian Gas as Europe Seeks Alternatives

By Elena Mazneva, Feb 27, 2022,(Bloomberg) –European leaders talking up plans to wean the continent off Russian natural gas are facing a harsh

February 27, 2022
Total Views: 4275

Sunday, November 28, 2021
Christophe de margerie
Weather

Europe’s Energy Crisis Is About To Get Worse As Winter Arrives

By Rachel Morison (Bloomberg) –Energy prices in Europe are repeatedly breaking records even before winter really kicks in, and one of the most

November 28, 2021
Total Views: 3046

Thursday, November 18, 2021
panama canal lng transit record
Shipping

LNG Tanker Rates Surge to Record as Asia Buys More US Gas

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Spot freight rates for liquefied natural gas tankers in the Asia-Pacific have surged to record highs as a steady flow of U.S.

November 18, 2021
Total Views: 2165

Monday, November 15, 2021
lng carrier
Shipping

Norway October Trade Surplus at Record High as Gas Sales Soar

OSLO, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Norway’s trade surplus rose to a record high in October as revenues from its offshore petroleum fields soared,

November 15, 2021
Total Views: 775

Sunday, October 24, 2021
La Nina Threatens To Worsen Energy Crisis
Weather

La Nina Threatens To Worsen Energy Crisis

By Bloomberg News, Oct 24, 2021 (Bloomberg) – A weather phenomenon that typically delivers harsher winters is on the way and expected to add to

October 24, 2021
Total Views: 4148

Tuesday, October 12, 2021
LNG TANKER - Sunrise
Offshore

Energy Crunch Stokes Inflation, Economic Recovery Concerns

By Muyu Xu and Shivani Singh BEIJING, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Authorities from Beijing to Delhi scrambled to fill a yawning power supply gap on Tuesday,

October 12, 2021
Total Views: 889

Friday, October 8, 2021
yantian port china
Shipping

China’s Energy Crisis Is Hitting Everything From iPhones to Milk

By Jeff Sutherland and Tom Hancock (Bloomberg) — The hit from China’s energy crunch is starting to ripple throughout the globe, hurting everyone from

October 8, 2021
Total Views: 3324

oil tanker
Offshore

US Crude Oil Tops $80 for First Time Since 2014 as Energy Crisis Threatens Supplies

By Julia Fanzeres (Bloomberg) — U.S. crude futures topped $80 a barrel for the first time since November 2014 as a global energy crisis boosts demand at

October 8, 2021
Total Views: 1212

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
ship loading coal
Shipping

China Power Crisis to Kick Off Global Race for Coal

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s power crisis looks set to spur it to import more coal from a wider range of producers, putting it into

September 29, 2021
Total Views: 3090
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