Author: Erick Parel

Our Drunken Sailors Are Back: New Vehicle Sales Surge in March, after Rising in January & February, Best Q1 since 2019

Energy News Beat GM’s Q1 sales soar, with EV sales +94%, Hyundai-Kia and Honda sales soar, Toyota’s nearly flat, Ford’s dip, Stellantis still in death spiral. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Sales of new vehicles jumped by 13.3% year-over-year in March, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 17.8 million, the highest March sales since 2021, and […]

BW Offshore gets $36m in court case settlement

Energy News Beat MarineTraffic / Kyksin D. Floater specialist BW Offshore and Prio Comercializadora, previously known as Petro Rio, have settled an arbitration case dating back to 2021. In September 2021, Prio, then Petro Rio, filed a request for arbitration concerning the charter and services agreement for the FPSO Polvo against BW Offshore. At the […]

TotalEnergies terminates Shelf Drilling jackup deal

Energy News Beat MarineTraffic / Ejvind John Olldag United Arab Emirates-based jackup rig pure-play Shelf Drilling has received a contract termination from French giant TotalEnergies. The company said it received a contract termination notice for the 2014-built Shelf Drilling Winner. The jackup was contracted to the Danish arm of the French major. Under the notice […]

U-Ming orders capsize brace in China

Energy News Beat U-Ming Taiwanese owner and operator U-Ming Marine Transport is expanding its fleet with a brace of capsize bulker newbuilds in China. The subsidiary of the Far Eastern Group has signed up for 180,000 dwt vessels at Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, with delivery expected in 2028. U-Ming said it is paying between $75m and […]

Pankaj Khanna plots expansion as he rings Nasdaq closing bell

Energy News Beat “Everything is on the table,” commented a pumped-upPankaj Khanna in conversation with Splash yesterday on expansion plans following his ringing of the closing bell at the Nasdaq in New York, sealing long-held dreams to get his company listed.  The CEO of Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp merged with lifestyle brand portfolio company MGO […]

Trump targets Russian interests moving stolen Ukrainian grain to fund the Houthis

Energy News Beat Government of Ukraine The Trump administration has targeted Russian interests over grain theft from Ukraine used to support funding for the Houthis in Yemen.  The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday added additional persons and companies to its sanction list as these were identified as entities supplying weapons, sensitive goods […]

Taiwan takes action against armada of cable cutters

Energy News Beat Shan Mei 7 Following reports of cable breakage and to strengthen the safety of Taiwan’s waters and key infrastructure, ships from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau are now required to go through longer port visit application processes to the island with the paperwork expected to take up to a month per […]

APM Terminals acquires the Panama Canal Railway Company

Energy News Beat Maersk At a time when Panamanian transport infrastructure is making regular headlines, Maersk’s ports arm APM Terminals has acquired the Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC) from Canadian Pacific Kansas City and the Lanco Group/Mi‑Jack for an unspecified sum.  PCRC operates a 76 km single-line railway adjacent to the Panama Canal that mainly […]

Stena unveils roro concept design

Energy News Beat Stena Line has unveiled a new concept roro vessel design. Dubbed the Stena Futuro, the vessel’s designers claim the ship can slash energy usage by at least 20%. “The mission is to develop the most efficient and competitive vessel possible for a specific cargo capacity, using today’s available technology. The goal is […]

After Spiking by 2,600% or Whatever, Newsmax Stock Plunges 80%, Straight into our Imploded Stocks, All in 3 Days

Energy News Beat For humans and AI trading the stock, it’s just a spectacularly fun video game. For observers, it proves this market is dangerously nuts. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The craziness of this situation is hard to convey with a straight face. “Craziness” is probably the understatement of the year. It shows just how nuts […]