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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
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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: 588

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: 2189

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: 1153

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: 795

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: 1658

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: 3779

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: 3104

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: 1852

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: 1530

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: 9873

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: 2022

Thursday, August 8, 2024
Euronav Flags U.S. Election, China Economy as Risks to Shipping Momentum
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: 539

Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Yangshan Port south of Shanghai, China.
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: 901

Saturday, July 27, 2024
Photo of Antony Blinken during his diplomatic visit to Loas
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: 1196

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
A GE Haliade-X Turbine Stands in the Vineyard Wind 1 Project Area South of Martha’s Vineyard. Credit: Eric Haynes
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: 2247

Friday, July 12, 2024
FILE PHOTO: An oil and gas drilling platform stands offshore in Alabama, October 5, 2013. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo
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: 1369

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Tropical Storm Beryl approaches the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico in a composite satellite image July 7, 2024. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS
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: 812