Category: Energy News Beat

Costamare continues clearout of smaller bulkers

Energy News Beat Dry CargoEurope Costamare New York-listed Greek owner Costamare has reaffirmed its dry bulk fleet renewal and focus on larger tonnage in the sector. The Konstantinos Konstantakopoulos-led company has revealed the sale of nine ships ranging between 32,400 dwt and 56,670 dwt and built between 2006 and 2012. Five bulkers have already switched […]

Germany To Replace Nuclear With Natural Gas Plants for $16B

Energy News Beat Last April, Germany shut down its last three nuclear power stations, marking the end of the country’s atomic age. Berlin has unveiled plans to spend €16 billion on 10 gigawatts (GW) of new gas-fired power plants in a major overhaul of the country’s energy grid. Germany is also abandoning its short-lived love […]

Biden claims his memory is fine, calls Egypt’s Sisi ‘president of Mexico’

Energy News Beat   The US leader has disputed a claim in a Justice Department report that his recollection of events is deteriorating US President Joe Biden has angrily denied assertions that he is unable to remember key events, despite a report by the Justice Department describing him as an “elderly man with a poor […]

Ukraine conflict, fallout of NATO expansion, relations with US: Key takeaways from Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson

Energy News Beat   HomeRussia & FSU The Russian leader spoke on a variety of burning topics in the much-anticipated interview, focusing on the Ukraine conflict Conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson has released a much-anticipated interview that he conducted with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday. The interview mainly centered on the […]

Eidesvik nets contract extension for LNG-powered PSV

Energy News Beat Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract extension for one of its LNG-powered PSVs. According to a statement by Eidesvik, compatriot energy firm Aker BP has declared an option to extend the contract for the supply vessel Viking Lady. The contract extension runs from February 2025 in direct continuation of the current […]

Himalaya’s LNG bulkers earned about $28,400 per day in January

Energy News Beat LNG-powered bulker owner Himalaya Shipping achieved average time charter equivalent earnings of about $28,400 per day in January. Tor Olav Trøim’s Himalaya said in a commercial update that the company’s six vessels trading on a fixed time charter earned $28,600 per day, gross, including average daily scrubber and LNG benefits on five […]

Spot LNG shipping rates rise for first time since November

Energy News Beat Spot charter rates for the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier fleet rose for the first time since mid-November 2023, while European prices decreased this week compared to the week before. Last week, the Atlantic rate dropped 1 percent week-on-week to $52,750 per day and the Pacific rate decreased 3 percent to […]

Our Drunken Sailors’ Credit Card Balances, Burden, Delinquencies, and Available Credit

Energy News Beat Credit cards are the dominant payment method, from reimbursed business travel to ecommerce and bar tabs. And some people use them to borrow. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Credit cards are a measure of spending, not a measure of borrowing; they’re the dominant consumer payments method in the US, having largely replaced checks and […]

Japan’s Jera inks LNG pact with Indonesia’s PLN

Energy News Beat Japan’s power firm and LNG trader, Jera, has signed a memorandum of understanding with a unit of Indonesia’s state power company PLN to collaborate on liquefied natural gas procurement. Besides LNG procurement and optimization, the MoU with PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PLN EPI) provides for collaboration in the development and operation of […]

India doesn’t trust Washington – US presidential candidate

Energy News Beat Republican hopeful Nikki Haley has claimed New Delhi is close to Moscow as it views the Biden White House as weak India has fostered close ties with Russia as it views the Biden White House as weak and does not trust it as a leader, US presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who is […]