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Wison New Energies Successfully Offloads Sanctioned Zhoushan Yard to Chinese State-Owned Entity
Chinese energy technology firm Wison New Energies has closed the book on its increasingly fraught cooperation with Russia.

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Russian Navy Warship Holds Artillery Firing Drills In Sea Of Japan
Feb 17 (Reuters) – The Russian Navy’s large landing ship, Admiral Nevelskoy, conducted artillery firing drills in the Sea of ??Japan, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Monday, citing the press service of...

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Greek Inquiry Into 2023 Migrant Shipwreck Finds Coast Guard Breached Maritime Rules
By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Greece’s Ombudsman has found that the coast guard failed to follow maritime rules in one of the Mediterranean’s worst shipwrecks in 2023, raising the...

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Severe Cyclone Makes Landfall Near Australia’s Iron Ore Hub
Severe Cyclone Zelia has made landfall near Australia’s iron ore export hub, bringing heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts, with the system threatening big mines and crucial rail links as it tracks inland.

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Russia Pitches Sanctioned Arctic LNG Cargoes to Indian Buyers
Russian officials have held meetings with Indian buyers this week in an effort to sell liquefied natural gas from a flagship export facility sanctioned by the US.

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Global Marine Fuel Sales Jump in 2024 on Red Sea Diversions
Global marine fuel sales jumped in 2024 after attacks by Yemen's Houthis starting in late 2023 prompted most shipping companies to divert vessels around southern Africa rather than through the Red Sea, according to data and analysts.

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Russia Emergency Services Work to Prevent Oil Spill from Grounded Bulk Carrier
An emergency response team in Russia’s Pacific port of Nevelsk is preparing to pump out fuel from a Chinese bulk carrier that ran aground over the weekend, according to regional authorities.

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Suez Canal Chief Expects Traffic Recovery to Start by End-March
Suez Canal Authority chief Osama Rabie said he expects traffic through the Egyptian waterway to gradually return to normal by late March and fully recover by mid-year, as long as the Gaza ceasefire holds up.

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Parts Of Russia’s Sakhalin On High Alert After Cargo Ship Runs Aground
Feb 9 (Reuters) – A district in Russia’s Sakhalin region has been put on high alert after a Chinese cargo ship ran aground off the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, the governor of...

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Trump Unleashes Chaos At NOAA, US Weather And Climate Agency
By Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K Sullivan Feb 8, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The email arrived in US government workers’ inboxes just after 1 a.m. East Coast time on Friday, with the subject...

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Dorange Becomes Youngest Sailor To Complete Vendee Globe
Feb 9 (Reuters) – At 23-years-old, Violette Dorange became the youngest sailor to finish the after completing the gruelling solo round-the-world yacht race on Sunday. Dorange completed the race in 25th place...

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Baltic States Switch To European Power Grid, Ending Russia Ties
By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans VILNIUS, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia’s electricity grid to the EU’s system on Sunday, severing Soviet-era...