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 partners,...
https://gcaptain.com/south-korea-weighs-buying-more-u-s-energy-if-trump-wins-election/
By Thomas Seal (Bloomberg) — Dock foremen and women in British Columbia issued a strike notice for Monday, Nov. 4., setting up disruption at Canada’s biggest and third-biggest ports. The Int...
https://gcaptain.com/port-showdown-in-bc-dockworker-strike-threatens-canadas-west-coast-trade/
(Bloomberg) — The Environmental Protection Agency has given its blessing for a proposed Texas oil port capable of exporting 1 million barrels of oil a day, even as the terminals...
(Bloomberg) — One of the dirtiest corners of the global oil market is staging a spectacular rally, boosted by surging demand from ships sailing longer voyages to avoid unrest in...
https://gcaptain.com/dirty-fuels-big-comeback-hsfo-prices-spike-as-ships-reroute-from-red-sea-risks/
By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Tankers carrying sanctioned liquefied natural gas from Russia are gathering off the country’s far eastern coast, a sign of the difficulties in finding buy...
https://gcaptain.com/sanctioned-russian-lng-tankers-frozen-out-as-west-tightens-grip/
(Bloomberg) — A new rule aimed at cutting pollution from shipping in the Mediterranean is set to help prop up Europe’s ailing diesel demand. The regulation will result in an increase of...
https://gcaptain.com/europes-ailing-diesel-demand-to-see-boost-from-new-rule-on-shipping-pollution/
By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) — Albanian prosecutors ordered that containers filled with suspected hazardous industrial waste be seized after the cargo was forced to return to Europe from Southe...
https://gcaptain.com/albania-seizes-smuggled-hazardous-waste-containers-that-set-off-global-outcry/
By Ellen Milligan (Bloomberg) The UK plans to step up its naval activity in the Pacific, including more joint fishing patrols, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to show support for...
https://gcaptain.com/britain-plans-to-challenge-chinas-pacific-dominance-and-why-it-matters/
By Prejula Prem (Bloomberg) Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, larger than any other in Africa or Europe, has shipped its first seaborne gasoline cargo as a vital fuel-producing unit continues to ram...
https://gcaptain.com/africas-largest-oil-refinery-ships-first-cargo-dangote/
(Bloomberg) — The Mississippi River is suffering from low waters for the third straight autumn, a crucial time of year when American farmers rely on the route to deliver their...
https://gcaptain.com/mississippi-river-drying-up-again-at-the-worst-time-for-u-s-farmers/
(Bloomberg) — A dark-fleet oil tanker that was recently involved in a crash in Southeast Asia is now on its way to China. Ceres I, an aging very-large crude carrier...
https://gcaptain.com/dark-fleet-oil-tanker-ceres-1-involved-in-collision-heads-to-china/
(Bloomberg) — Russia is facing a deficit of ice-class cargo vessels for its gigantic Northern Sea Route project as the nation cannot build the fleet on its own, according to...
https://gcaptain.com/how-russias-ice-class-ship-shortage-could-sink-its-arctic-ambitions/