Using satellite tracking technology, we have compared China’s real time demand for seaborne crude oil from the Middle East in recent weeks against the same period last year. The coronavirus has coincided with Chinese New Year, so we have compared…
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Attempts to contain Covid-19 – the new World Health Organization designation for coronavirus – have been drastic and in many cases effective. However, those very same measures of containment and restriction are having unintended and severe consequences…
As sometimes happens with boats in the maritime world, the recent repower of a tug shone a light on a pair of well known independent companies. The tug Gretchen H. (ex Harry Olsen, Polar Breeze) was built by Rodriguez Shipbuilding of Coden Alabama in 1…
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France and Australia reaffirmed their commitment to a A$50 billion ($34 billion) submarine deal on Friday, seeking to defuse tensions after French shipbuilder Naval Group raised concerns over the capability of Australian contractors.Australia…
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that it has awarded more than $280 million in discretionary grant funding through the new Port Infrastructure Development Program. This funding is designed…
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