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EXPLAINER-Olympics-Kiteboarding comes of age as Formula One of the Games

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 4, 2024

Kiteboarding, billed as the fastest Olympic sport, makes its Games debut Sunday. The foiling kitesailors will be racing around the course, trying to stay clear of wipeouts and avoid crashing. The discipline, which includes separate races for women and menā€¦

Olympic-Eights Gold leaves British cox jumping with joy but not in water

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 3, 2024

Harry Brightmore, coxswain of Britainā€™s men's 8s team on the last day of rowing was ecstatic about the victory. However, he took care not to slip into the water before the ceremony. Brightmore, 30, led his team to victory. They dominated the race and cruised home in front of the Netherlands.

Olympics-Rowing-Florijn and Zeidler wins single sculls golds, Romania and Britain win eights

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 3, 2024

Karolien Flijn, a Dutch rower, won the final of women's single-sculls in 7:17.28. Emma Twigg from New Zealand took silver while Lithuanian Viktorija Senkute was awarded bronze. Oliver Zeidler, a German world champion and neutral athlete from Belarus, won the men's delayed race.

The first cargo to be shipped from Mexico's Altamira Liquefied natural gas facility is for domestic consumption

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

New Fortress Energy, a U.S.-based energy company, plans to ship the first LNG cargo to a Mexican port this month. The gas will be used to generate electricity. After long delays, the LNG plant located at Altamira off Mexico's Atlantic Coastā€¦

Olympics-Sailing-Spain sail to men's skiff gold after Dutch women survive scare to triumph

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

Spain's Diego Botin, along with Florian Trettel won the Olympic gold medal in men's sailing skiff on Friday. The Netherlands' Odile Van Aanholt, and Annette Duetz took the overall win for the women's race despite an error made under pressure.

Olympic Rowing-New Zealand's sculls lead the rowing gold rush in Paris Games

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

New Zealand, Romania and Netherlands won all the gold medals as the Olympic double sculls & fours competitions attained their climax in Paris on Thursday morning, after a thrilling race at Vaires-sur-Marnes Nautical Stadium. The Kiwi team of Brooke Francisā€¦

Norwegian Cruise raises its FY profit forecast on the back of resilient sea-holiday demand

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 31, 2024

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings raised Wednesday its profit projection for the full year for a record third time in this calendar year. The company attributed it to a sustained holiday demand on ships and higher prices for itinerary. In premarket tradingā€¦

Dutch fly in women's final pairs

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 31, 2024

The Netherlands' Ymkje Claevering and Veronique meester sped into the final of the Olympic women's pair rowing event at Vaire-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium with the best time on Wednesday, as the hot weather from Tuesday gave way to cloudy skies.

The Russian Navy begins major drills that involve the majority of its fleet

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 30, 2024

Russian media reported that the Russian Navy began planned exercises on Tuesday. The exercise involved a large part of their fleet, as well as some 20,000 people and 300 vessels, according to Russian news agencies citing information from the Defence Ministry.

Olympics-Canoeing-Gestin and Prigent provide home cheer with superb slalom runs

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 27, 2024

On Saturday, French canoeists Nicolas Gestin (left) and Camille Prigent (right) gave rain-soaked fans a lot to cheer about. They performed some blistering slaloms at the Olympic Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Gestin won the heats for men's single slalom while Prigentā€¦

The rowing weight classes are disappearing as the Olympics nears.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 27, 2024

The men's and woman's lightweight double-sculls event will begin on Sunday, marking the beginning of a new era. Weight classes are scheduled to disappear from Olympic rowing after the Paris Games. The discipline was introduced in 1996 and hasā€¦

The British medal machine is put to the test by new events in France

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 26, 2024

Mark Robinson, the leader of Britain's sailing squad, said that new events will be introduced in 2024 and present a new challenge to defend their Olympic crown. The British team has won more medals than any other nation since 1900, when sailing made its debut at the Olympic Games.

Houthi leader warns of a response to Israeli airstrikes in Yemen's Hodeidah

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 25, 2024

In a Thursday televised address, the leader of the Iran-backed Houthi group said that a response to Israeli airstrikes in Yemen's Hodeidah was coming. A drone fired on a crowd near Yemen's Hodeidah port, killing nine and injuring 87 people, just a day after the Houthi attacked Tel Avivā€¦

Venezuela awards licenses to BP and Trinidad's NGC in order to develop offshore gas projects

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 24, 2024

Venezuela granted a license for a long time to British energy company BP and the state-owned National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago to develop Venezuela's side of a large gas field which extends into Caribbean waters. There are approximatelyā€¦

EU wheat prices ease as Black Sea supplies hang over the market

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 24, 2024

Euronext's front-month wheat futures eased Wednesday, as the Black Sea export supply competed with Euronext and traders looked for more information about the losses from a wet harvest in Western Europe. The price of September wheat traded onā€¦

EU Wheat drifts as Black Sea Supply Hangs Over Market

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 24, 2024

Euronext Wheat Futures were not much changed on Wednesday, as export competition by Black Sea supplies curbed prices. Traders also sought to learn more about the extent of damage caused by a wet harvest in Western Europe. The September wheatā€¦

Georgia investigates an alleged plot against the ruling party's founder

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 24, 2024

Georgia's State Security Service said Wednesday that it was investigating an assassination plot against former Prime Minister Bidzina ivanishvili. She is the honorary chairperson of the ruling party. In a Facebook post, the State Security Serviceā€¦

UN representative to Yemen says the threat of Houthi to Red Sea shipping has grown.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 23, 2024

Hans Grundberg, the U.N.'s Special Envoy for Yemen, told the U.N. Security Council that recent developments in the Red Sea suggest the threat of international shipping by Yemen's Houthis has grown. Grundberg, in a briefing about the situationā€¦

Black Sea CPC blend oil exports will fall by 9% in August

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 23, 2024

Two sources familiar with the plans said that the Black Sea CPC blend oil exports through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium system (CPC) are expected to drop to 4.9 million tons in August, from the 5.4 millions planned for July. Calculations showedā€¦

One person killed after a Ukrainian drone strikes a ferry in russian port, according to regional governor

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 23, 2024

Veniamin Kodratyev, the regional governor of the southern Krasnodar Region in Russia, said that a Ukrainian drone attacked a ferry in Port Kavkaz and killed a person. The RIA news agency, citing a source from emergency services, reported thatā€¦