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Sunday, February 23, 2025
A view of Myanmar industrial port terminal at banks of Hlaing river in Yangon.REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Ports

Russia Signs Memorandum To Build Port In Myanmar

MOSCOW, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Myanmar and its close ally Russia signed a memorandum on investment cooperation in a special economic zone in Dawei,

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Friday, February 21, 2025
Image appears to show the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major listing heavily to port
Incidents

Russia Orders Diver Inspections at Ports After Tanker Blasts

Russian authorities are tightening measures at ports, including employing divers to inspect the underside of vessels, in response to rising threats to

February 21, 2025
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Russian Cargo Ship Suffers Hull Breach in Sea of Azov, Awaiting Icebreaker Rescue
Grounding Incidents

Russian Cargo Ship Suffers Hull Breach in Sea of Azov, Awaiting Icebreaker Rescue

The 3,147 dwt Russian cargo vessel Pavel Grabovskiy is awaiting rescue in the Sea of Azov. The vessel suffered a hull breach on February 16. The cause of the

February 21, 2025
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Italy Prosecutors Open Terrorism Probe Into Oil Tanker Explosion
Incidents

Italy Prosecutors Open Terrorism Probe Into Oil Tanker Explosion

Italian prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation over an explosion last weekend that damaged an oil tanker anchored off the coast of northern Italy,

February 20, 2025
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Image appears to show the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major listing heavily to port
Shipping

Mystery Blasts Rock Mediterranean Tankers

Three oil tankers have been damaged by blasts in the last month in separate incidents around the Mediterranean, with the causes unknown, shipping and security

February 19, 2025
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tanker at sea
Shipping

More Shadow Vessels Targeted in EU’s 16th Sanctions Package

BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) – EU envoys on Wednesday agreed on a 16th package of sanctions against Russia, EU diplomats said, including a ban on

February 19, 2025
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Oil Exports From Russia’s Busiest Port Unencumbered by Sanctions
Energy

Oil Exports From Russia’s Busiest Port Unencumbered by Sanctions

Crude-oil exports from Russia’s main Pacific terminal remain robust as shippers and traders — yet again — work around a fresh batch of curbs from the US,

February 19, 2025
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Wison New Energies’ Zhoushan yard. (Source: Wison New Energies)
Energy

Wison New Energies Successfully Offloads Sanctioned Zhoushan Yard to Chinese State-Owned Entity

Chinese energy technology firm Wison New Energies has closed the book on its increasingly fraught cooperation with

February 19, 2025
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Ship-to-ship transfer of Russian LNG from Yamal LNG near Honningsvåg on February 19, 2019. (Source: Courtesy of Kystverket / Norwegian Coastal Administration)
Shipping

New Ships and Cargo Transfers Boost Russia’s Crude Oil Exports

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Russia has amassed new tankers and resorted to ship-to-ship cargo transfers to keep key oil exports flowing. But deliveries

February 18, 2025
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Monday, February 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, on the day he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington
Offshore

Trump’s New ‘Energy Dominance Council’ Aims to Supercharge U.S. Production

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing the National Energy Dominance Council, a new body within the Executive Office of the

February 17, 2025
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Saturday, February 15, 2025
A general view of commercial harbour of Syria's coastal city of Tartous.REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Defense

UK Tracks Russian Ships Carrying Ammunition From Syria

LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday it had tracked in recent days six Russian naval and merchant ships carrying ammunition used

February 15, 2025
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. visits Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Defense

Acquisition of Greenland is ‘Win-Win Situation’ Says Sen. Cruz During Expansive Hearing on Arctic Security

U.S. Senators doubled down on the importance of Greenland for U.S. security during a hearing on the Arctic. During the two-hour session of the Senate’s

February 13, 2025
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Hazira LNG (liquefied natural gas), India. Photo Courtesy Shell
Energy

Russia Pitches Sanctioned Arctic LNG Cargoes to Indian Buyers

Russian officials have held meetings with Indian buyers this week in an effort to sell liquefied natural gas from a flagship export facility sanctioned by the

February 13, 2025
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Russian Oil Tankers. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
Shipping

Russia Braces For Oil Output Cuts as Sanctions and Drones Hit

Russia may be forced to throttle back its oil output in the coming months as U.S. sanctions hamper its access to tankers to sail to Asia and Ukrainian drone

February 12, 2025
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Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
Shipping

India Is Building a Sanctions-Proof Supply Chain for Russian Oil

Oil refiners in India — eager to keep importing cheap crude from Russia — are working with merchants, shippers and other middlemen to rebuild supply chains

February 12, 2025
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Aerial of Liquified Natural Gas LNG carrier moored to a small gas terminal
Featured

Another Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ LNG Tanker Abandons Voyage After Five Months, Offloads Cargo to FSU

U.S. sanctions continue to severely hamper Russia’s efforts to deliver LNG from the designated Arctic LNG 2 plant to customers. Five months after loading

February 12, 2025
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Monday, February 10, 2025
Russia Emergency Services Work to Prevent Oil Spill from Grounded Bulk Carrier
Grounding Incidents

Russia Emergency Services Work to Prevent Oil Spill from Grounded Bulk Carrier

An emergency response team in Russia’s Pacific port of Nevelsk is preparing to pump out fuel from a Chinese bulk carrier that ran aground over the weekend,

February 10, 2025
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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Chinese cargo ship runs aground off Russia's Sakhalin Island
Grounding Incidents

Parts Of Russia’s Sakhalin On High Alert After Cargo Ship Runs Aground

Feb 9 (Reuters) – A district in Russia’s Sakhalin region has been put on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off

February 9, 2025
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The NATO flag is hoisted on the patrol ship HMS Carlskrona for the first time
Energy

Baltic States Switch To European Power Grid, Ending Russia Ties

By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans VILNIUS, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from

February 9, 2025
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Saturday, February 8, 2025
NATO ships set out to patrol Baltic after cable damaged
Incidents

Russia’s Rostelecom Says Baltic Sea Cable Damaged

By Bloomberg News Feb 8, 2025 (Bloomberg) –A Russian underwater cable in the Baltic Sea has been damaged by an unspecified external impact, Tass

February 8, 2025
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