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Friday, October 4, 2024
Shipping

Global Shipping Stocks Sink After US Dockworkers Pause Strike

(Bloomberg) — Shipping stocks slumped worldwide after a strike by US dockworkers was suspended after only three days, spurring predictions of a decline

October 4, 2024
Total Views: 816

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Shipping

Maersk Shares Jump Ahead of Potential U.S. Port Strike

(Bloomberg) — AP Moller-Maersk A/S shares jumped as much as 4.9%, extending recent gains on expectations that labor talks with US port workers will fail

September 24, 2024
Total Views: 1685

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Containership Dali entangled with destroyed baltimore bridge
Incidents

U.S. Sues DALI Shipowner and Manager for $100 Million Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse

The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday against the owner and operator of the containership that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge

September 18, 2024
Total Views: 3812

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Defense

US Strategy for Anti-Ship Weapons to Counter China: Plentiful, Mobile, Deadly

SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The United States is amassing an arsenal of abundant and easily made anti-ship weapons as part of

September 17, 2024
Total Views: 3144

Friday, September 13, 2024
Shipping

U.S. Locks in Steep China Tariff Hikes

Sept 13 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Friday locked in steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports, including a 100% duty on electric

September 13, 2024
Total Views: 1881

Thursday, September 12, 2024
Marine Weather

Hurricane Disruption to Oil and Gas Output Grows, Some Energy Ports Reopen

HOUSTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) – U.S. energy producers on Thursday were assessing the extent of damage from Hurricane Francine to their U.S. Gulf of Mexico

September 12, 2024
Total Views: 483

Friday, September 6, 2024
Shipping

LNG Entities Under U.S. Sanctions to Curb Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 Project

SINGAPORE, Sept 6 (Reuters) – The United States has imposed sanctions on hundreds of entities and individuals for supporting Russia’s war effort in

September 6, 2024
Total Views: 1246

Friday, August 23, 2024
Defense

U.S. Sanctions 400 Targets for Aiding Russia’s War Effort

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on more than 400 entities and individuals for supporting

August 23, 2024
Total Views: 1556

Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Shipping

New ‘Great Game’ Unfolds in Pacific as U.S., China Vie for Backing

(Bloomberg) — Island nations scattered across the Pacific Ocean are at the center of an intensifying competition between China and the US for maritime

August 21, 2024
Total Views: 9897

Thursday, August 15, 2024
News

Possible U.S. Port Strike Could Back Up Goods for Months

LOS ANGELES, Aug 14 (Reuters) – A potential strike at U.S. seaports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico could back up cargo there for weeks or

August 15, 2024
Total Views: 2048

Thursday, August 8, 2024
Shipping

Euronav Flags U.S. Election, China Economy as Risks to Shipping Momentum

Aug 8 (Reuters) – Euronav expects a rise global sea trade this year driven by the rerouting of Red Sea shipping though a change in the U.S.

August 8, 2024
Total Views: 556

Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Shipping

U.S. Slowdown Imperils China’s Path to Export-Driven Recovery

(Bloomberg) — China’s export engine, vital for keeping the country’s growth target of around 5% within reach, is now threatened by signs of sagging

August 7, 2024
Total Views: 923

Saturday, July 27, 2024
Defense

Blinken Chides Beijing’s ‘Escalating Actions’ At Sea, Concerned Over Taiwan

By Simon Lewis VIENTIANE, July 27 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Beijing’s “escalating and unlawful

July 27, 2024
Total Views: 1212

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Incidents

GE Vernova Finds Manufacturing Defect After Vineyard Wind Turbine Accident

(Bloomberg) — GE Vernova Inc. plans to reinspect every offshore wind-turbine blade the company has ever produced, after finding a “material

July 24, 2024
Total Views: 2272

Friday, July 12, 2024
Offshore

US Sued Over ‘Failure to Examine Harms’ From Delayed Offshore Oil Decommissioning

July 11 (Reuters) – An environmental group on Thursday sued the U.S. government over its approach to examining the harm caused by aging offshore oil

July 12, 2024
Total Views: 1388

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Marine Weather

Power Outages Hinder Hurricane Beryl Recovery, Delay Port, Infrastructure Restarts

HOUSTON, July 10 (Reuters) – About 1.7 million customers remained without power in Texas on Wednesday morning, two days after Hurricane Beryl made

July 10, 2024
Total Views: 828

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
News

Dockworkers at US East and Gulf Coast Ports Halt Labor Talks

(Bloomberg) — The union representing dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast container ports has suspended labor contract negotiations set for Tuesday, citing

June 11, 2024
Total Views: 2530

Thursday, June 6, 2024
News

U.S. Seeks to Up Pressure on Houthis in Threat to Yemen-War Truce

(Bloomberg) — The US and its allies are raising the stakes in their struggle to curb ship attacks by Houthi militants in the Red Sea by increasingly

June 6, 2024
Total Views: 1053

Sunday, June 2, 2024
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin leaves after a US-China bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. REUTERS/Idrees Ali
Defense

Conflicting US-China Defense Strategies Dominate Singapore Forum

By Philip J. Heijmans, Peter Martin and Josh Xiao Jun 2, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Global defense leaders descending on Singapore this weekend confronted

June 2, 2024
Total Views: 1044

Friday, May 31, 2024
News

Houthis Say US and UK Carried Out Deadliest Strike Yet on Yemen

(Bloomberg) — Houthi militants said the US and UK killed at least 16 people with airstrikes on Yemen on Thursday, in the deadliest assault on the group

May 31, 2024
Total Views: 3552