By Elizabeth Elkin and Isis Almeida (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping commodities like grains, metals and coal has fallen as soaring energy prices in Europe throttle global economic growth. Manufacturers…
https://gcaptain.com/energy-crunch-in-europe-hits-demand-for-commodity-ships/
By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Costs for shipping energy are surging as Europe’s scramble for supplies creates a shortage of vessels to carry essential fuels this winter. Ships are carrying liquefied…
https://gcaptain.com/surging-shipping-costs-threaten-next-energy-crunch/
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied Russia had anything to do with Europe’s energy crisis, saying that if the European Union wanted more gas it should lift sanctions preventing the opening of the…
https://gcaptain.com/putin-to-europe-if-you-want-gas-then-open-nord-stream-2/
By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) Oil producers in Guyana are boosting exports to European buyers seeking alternatives to Russian crude, according to vessel monitoring data. Government bans on Russian oil since…
by John Konrad (gCaptain) Two FSRUs (Floating Storage Regasification Units) arrived this week at the Dutch port of Eemshaven’s new terminal and has already starting unloading it’s first LNG Tanker,…
https://gcaptain.com/first-lng-tanker-docks-at-new-dutch-floating-terminal/
By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) Energy traders and power utilities are storing more liquefied natural gas at sea, an unusual move to hoard supply for winter as the market faces a…
https://gcaptain.com/traders-hoard-lng-at-sea-before-eus-long-winter/
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Germany secured a commitment on Tuesday from major gas importers to keep two floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals fully supplied from this winter in a bid…
https://gcaptain.com/germany-secures-gas-supply-via-floating-lng-units/
By Jack Wittels, Laura Malsch and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The Rhine River fell to a new low on Friday, further restricting the supply of vital commodities to parts of inland…
https://gcaptain.com/drought-hit-rhine-river-adds-to-europes-energy-crisis/
By Scott DiSavino July 11 (Reuters) – The United States, the world’s top natural gas producer, wants to send more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe to help its allies break their…
By Todd Gillespie (Bloomberg) Water levels on Europe’s Rhine River are again dwindling — and this time it’s at the risk of the continent’s efforts to boost its energy security….
https://gcaptain.com/low-river-levels-may-deepen-europes-energy-crunch/