Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ Coast Guard Awards $315 Million Kodiak Pier Contract to Support Arctic Fleet Expansion—The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to Tutor Peri...

+ Traders Push for Discounts for Venezuelan Oil as Shipping Costs Soar—Global oil trading firms Vitol and Trafigura are pushing for steeper d...

+ Shipping Magnate Worth $13.5 Billion Rides AI Boom With Nvidia—Maria Angelicoussis, the magnate behind Greece’s biggest shipping fort...

+ Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Ready for Maritime Truce if Russia Agrees—resident Volodymyr Zelenskiy told leaders at the United Nations on Wed...

+ Container Shipping Faces 2027 Pressure as Huge Orderbook Hits the Water—The container shipping market is still benefiting from geopolitical di...

+ Trump Takes Aim at Shipping’s Net-Zero Plan at UN—President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General ...

+ Seafarer Killed in Hormuz Attack as Trump Pushes Iran Deal at UN—An Indian seafarer has been killed and another crew member injured aft...

+ Transforming the River Port, LLC Shipyard – Expanding What’s Possible—Bardex to deliver new 25,000Te OmniLift® Shiplift for River Port, LLC....

+ US, Korea Hail ‘Significant Progress’ on $350 Billion Trade Deal—Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hailed “signific...

+ Death Toll from Capsized Ship in Indonesia Rises to 20 as Search Continues for 115 Missing Passengers—The official death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank i...

+ IMO Uncertainty Puts Shipping’s 2030 Fuel Target at Risk—Shipping is running out of time to meet a key 2030 target for zero-emi...

+ New York Leads Lawsuits Challenging $1.4 Billion Offshore Wind Buyouts—New York is leading a coalition of states in two new lawsuits challeng...

+ Trump Pushing for Diesel Export Ban Amid Surging Fuel Prices—By Josh Wingrove and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) President Donald ...

+ Russia’s Arctic Port Murmansk to Use Fertilizer Equipment to Start Shipping Grain—Russia's Arctic port of Murmansk will use equipment typically used to ...

+ The Other Hormuz: Black Sea Blockade Threatens a Food Supply Shock—Tue Vuong had secured four cargoes of wheat harvested from fertile lan...

+ FMC Change Could Revive Older Detention and Demurrage Claims—A potentially significant change at the US Federal Maritime Commission...

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+ Crude Oil Inventories Surge, Defying Market Expectations—The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported a significant...

+ European countries urge for joint policy action to tackle soaring oil prices—European leaders have called for joint policy action, including relaxe...

+ Urals Oil Prices Fall—Russian Urals crude fell to around $107 a barrel, down from above $120...

+ The Commodities Feed: Brent drops below $100—Energy – Saudi pipeline restart weighs on oil prices Oil prices fell s...

+ Oman crude drops slightly as Brent falls below $100—The official price of the Oman Crude for November delivery dropped by ...

+ Oil falls below $100 after Trump reports talks with Iran—Oil prices fell on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said Amer...

+ Oil hovers below $100 as Trump signals progress in Iran talks—Oil prices sat below the $100-a-barrel level on Wednesday, as investor...

+ Crude Stock Surprises with Unexpected Increase, Defying Forecasts—The American Petroleum Institute (API) has released its latest report ...

+ War is reshaping LNG beyond winter—If LNG leaders went to Gastech 2026 in Bangkok looking for signs of di...

+ US refiners may maximize distillate output at expense of petchems—US production of aromatics from refineries could get squeezed as refin...

+ US Natgas Prices Hit 11-Week High—US natural gas prices climbed above $3.0/MMBtu, reaching their highest...

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+ China: Trade surplus due to competitiveness—Chinas trade surplus is not driven by subsidies or an undervalued exch...

+ Iran war, energy trade, sanctions could be key topics at Trump-Xi summit: analysts—US President Donald Trump may raise key energy issues with Chinese Pre...

+ Nothing can harm eurozone growth (it seems)—This PMI report must be music to Europe’s ears. It is the figure most ...

+ U.S. Manufacturing PMI Surges, Signals Robust Sector Expansion—The latest Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report has d...

+ UK warned over ballooning debt costs and slower growth ahead of Budget—The UK has been warned over ballooning debt costs and slower economic ...

+ Oil, not El Niño, is driving Singapore inflation—Energy remains the main inflation story Singapores CPI inflation edged...

+ German Services Sector Returns to Growth—The SP Global Germany Services PMI rose to a 7-month high of 52.9 in S...

+ Engagement set to boost economic ties—Continued high-level engagement between China and the United States wi...

+ Fed’s Barkin says US economy firming but inflation risks persist—US economic conditions are firming, with continued consumer spending a...

+ US Mortgage Applications Fall for 3rd Week—The volume of mortgage applications in the US fell by 1.5% in the thir...

+ Eurozone Output Growth Hits Three-and-a-Half-Year High—The SP Global Eurozone Composite PMI rose to 53.1 in September 2026, u...

+ Rubio says Iran deal would require hard work over time—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that any agreement with...

+ India’s private sector growth accelerates in September flash PMI—India’s private sector showed stronger growth momentum at the end of t...

+ Fed’s Perli says Treasury bill purchases will adapt to evolving market conditions—The Federal Reserve is maintaining a flexible stance on its reserve ma...

+ China’s outbound direct investment rises 11.1 percent in 2025—China’s outbound direct investment flows climbed 11.1 percent to $213....

+ Bessent emerges as frontrunner for Trump’s “AI czar” role – report—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is a leading candidate for President ...

+ UK Manufacturing Sector Remains Solid in September—The SP Global UK Manufacturing PMI rose to 52.0 in September 2026, up ...

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