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Thursday, November 21, 2024
Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26) conducts a Maritime Cooperative Activity with Philippine Navy’s Gregorio del Pilar-class patrol ship, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS 16), in the South China Sea, July 31, 2024.
Defense

U.S. Sets Up Task Force to Back Philippines in South China Sea

The U.S. military is supporting Philippine operations in the South China Sea via a special task force, a U.S. embassy official said on Thursday, an initiative

November 21, 2024
Total Views: 1065

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during his visit in Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Energy

Biden Climate Official: Record Oil Production Powers U.S. Shift to Clean Energy

(Bloomberg) — Record oil and gas production under President Joe Biden has enabled the US to smoothly transition toward cleaner energy and fight climate

November 13, 2024
Total Views: 1388

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event at Dorton Arena, in Raleigh, North Carolina
Energy

With Trump’s White House Return, Will Fossil Fuels Outshine the Renewable Boom?

Nov 6 (Reuters) – Donald Trump‘s return to the White House will refocus the nation’s energy policy onto maximizing oil and gas production

November 6, 2024
Total Views: 884

Monday, November 4, 2024
Tankers at a terminal at night
Energy

South Korea Weighs Buying More U.S. Energy If Trump Wins Election

By Sam Kim (Bloomberg) South Korea is considering a plan to boost energy imports from the US if Donald Trump wins the election and steps up pressure on trade

November 4, 2024
Total Views: 996

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Chevron's Anchor asset in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Offshore

BSEE Tightens Safety Rules as Breakthrough Tech Promises to Unlock Billions in Deepwater Oil Reserves

HOUSTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) rolled out new rules for U.S. offshore drillers

October 30, 2024
Total Views: 1350

Monday, October 28, 2024
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mitchell Parcell, a V-22 tiltrotor crew chief assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Montana, observes the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Luzon Strait Oct. 8, 2024.
Defense

Philippines Banks on U.S. Backing in South China Sea—No Matter Who Wins in November

MANILA, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The Philippines is confident in the continuity of U.S. policies in the Asia-Pacific region after the U.S. presidential

October 28, 2024
Total Views: 786

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
LNG carrier in dense fog
Shipping

US Will Continue to ‘Tighten the Screws’ on Russia LNG Flows

(Bloomberg) — The US will continue to “tighten the screws” on Russian liquefied natural gas exports to deprive Moscow of funds for its war in

October 22, 2024
Total Views: 941

Tuesday, October 8, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen stacked in Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), as port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike, in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Shipping

Higher Fences for Trade Will Mean More Debt And Slower Growth

(Bloomberg Markets) — A hot war in Ukraine, a trade war between China and the US, and Donald Trump’s threat of sweeping tariff increases raise the

October 8, 2024
Total Views: 585

Friday, October 4, 2024
STS cranes at APM Terminals' Port Elizabeth Terminal, at the Port of New York and New Jersey. Photo: Mihai_Andritoiu/Shutterstock
Shipping

US Port Strike Throws Spotlight on Big Union Foe: Automation

NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) – A strike by dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast that disrupted much of the nation’s ocean shipping

October 4, 2024
Total Views: 2182

FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are stacked for storage at Wando Welch Terminal operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S. May 10, 2018. Picture taken May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
Shipping

U.S. Port Strike Leaves Cargo Backlog in Its Wake

Oct 4 (Reuters) – U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports were reopened on Friday after dockworkers and port operators reached a

October 4, 2024
Total Views: 1149

ILA picketers wearing orange safety shirts and carrying ILA signs with port cranes in the background
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: 786

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Crew members look out from the MV Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller as it berths at a PSA International port terminal in Singapore,
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: 1656

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

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: 3774

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
QUICKSINK exercise in the Gulf of Mexico in 2022. Courtesy Air Force Research Laboratory
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: 3097

Friday, September 13, 2024
Aerial top view of a containership underway
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: 1847

Thursday, September 12, 2024
Tropical Storm Francine pictured September 9, 2024. Satellite image courtesy NOAA NHC
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: 466

Friday, September 6, 2024
Asya Energy, called LNG Rivers at the time, in 2017 off the coast of Las Palmas, Spain. (Source: With permission by Alan Soutar)
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: 1224

Friday, August 23, 2024
Russian Oil Tankers. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
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: 1522

Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26) conducts a Maritime Cooperative Activity with Philippine Navy’s Gregorio del Pilar-class patrol ship, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS 16), in the South China Sea, July 31, 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: 9857

Thursday, August 15, 2024
The Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal courtesy Georgia Ports Authority
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: 2018