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Russia Sends LNG Through Northern Sea Route

Aug 14, 2017

Russia was now pitching itself as an important transporter of European gas to Asia, reports  Sputnik quoting Danila Bochkarev, a senior fellow at the EastWest Institute in Brussels. The Russian supertanker Christophe de Margerie is en route to South Korea…

VLGC Asset Values to Fall in Sync with Freight Outlook: Drewry

Aug 14, 2017

Given the weak freight rate outlook for LPG shipping over the next twelve months, Drewry believes there is more downside risk to the second-hand values of very large gas carriers (VLGCs), according to the latest edition of the LPG Forecaster…

US LNG Exports to Increase: EIA

Aug 10, 2017

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)'s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook projects that the United States will export more natural gas than it imports in 2017.  The U.S. has been a net exporter for three of the past four months and…

Euronav Responses to a Weaker Tanker Market

Aug 10, 2017

The Belgium-based  crude oil tanker company Euronav has taken affirmative action in response to a weaker tanker background, said a press statement from the company. The Company has a strong balance sheet with low leverage and access to…

ENI, Anadarko to Build LNG Terminals in Mozambique

Aug 10, 2017

Italy's ENI and U.S. oil and gas firm Anadarko signed agreements with the Mozambique government on Thursday to build two liquefied natural gas terminals in the southern African country. The terminals will be built in Cabo Delgado province…

Petrobras Authorized to Export Idle LNG Cargoes

Aug 09, 2017

Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA has been authorized to export idle liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the spot market, according to the Wednesday issue of the official gazette.According to the text, Petrobras has been given the green light to export up to 6…

Good, Bad or Ugly? China's Commodity Imports Conundrum

Aug 09, 2017

Were China's commodity imports in July a continuation of the trend of robust growth, a pause from the recent strength, or early signs of a slowdown? When numbers aren't unequivocally pointing in the same direction it often becomes possible to interpret them in different ways…

Milaha Plans Base in Oman after Trade Hit by Diplomatic Rift

Aug 07, 2017

Qatar Navigation (Milaha), a top Doha-based shipping and logistics group, said it was shifting its regional trans-shipment hub from Dubai to the Omani port of Sohar after a diplomatic crisis in the region disrupted Qatar's trade. Milaha…

Markets Under Pressure: FSL Trust Reports a $24.1M Charge

Aug 03, 2017

Citing declining vessel values and 'volatile industry conditions,' FSL Trust Management Pte. Ltd., as trustee-manager of First Ship Lease Trust, announced the Trust has taken an impairment charge of $24.1 million on eight vessels, and consequently a net loss of $21…

Global Trade Recovery Lifts Diesel Demand: Kemp

Aug 02, 2017

World trade is growing again which will give a big boost to middle distillates such as diesel used in the high-power engines that move almost all freight.World trade volumes grew by 5 percent in the three months to May compared with the same period a year earlier…

Azerbaijan's Oil Shipments via Russia on the Rise

Aug 01, 2017

Azerbaijan's oil shipments via Russia jumped to 818,664 tonnes in January-July this year from 559,065 tonnes in the same period last year, state oil company SOCAR said on Tuesday.The increase was partly because SOCAR shipped no oil via the…

Hyundai Heavy Wins $600 Vitol Tanker Contract

Jul 30, 2017

The Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) won a contract worth up to $600 million from Netherlands-based energy and commodities company Vitol to build as many as eight gas tankers, Reuters reported. HHI will construct two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers with a capacity of 84…

POLB Solicits Proposals For Zero-Emissions Technology

Jul 28, 2017

The Port of Long Beach, in partnership with the Port of Los Angeles, has released a request for proposals seeking demonstrations of technologies to upgrade tugboats, crew boats, barges and other harbor craft to cleaner engines. Harbor craft…

ReCAAP, OCIMF Sign Asian Anti-Piracy MoU

Jul 25, 2017

The safety of navigation is vital to the safety, security and economic activities of all stakeholders traversing sea routes in Asia—the region with some of the busiest seas in the world.  Recognising this shared interest, the Regional Cooperation…

Nakilat Ends H12017 with $112 Mln Net Profit

Jul 24, 2017

Qatar Gas Transport Company (known as “Nakilat”, which means carriers in Arabic) recorded its financial results for the first half of the year ended June 30, 2017 with a net profit of QR 409 million ($112 million) compared to QR 501 million ($137 million) of the same period last year in 2016…

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