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March 19, 2025
PYLOS (GREECE), March 19, 2019 - On Wednesday, the Olympic community paid tributes to World Sailing Vice-President Line Markert after she, her partner and their son died in a plane accident in Switzerland. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
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March 18, 2025
The benchmark wheat price on Euronext dropped on Tuesday. This was due to the continued strength of the euro, and a more subdued market in Chicago. Traders were watching U.S.-Russian negotiations aimed at a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. Euronext's…
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March 17, 2025
The oil prices rose on Monday as the United States pledged to continue attacking the Houthis in Yemen until they stop their attacks on shipping. Meanwhile, Chinese economic data fueled hopes of higher demand. Donald Trump, the President of the United States…
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March 15, 2025
Peter Burling, the skipper of New Zealand's SailGP team, took two victories out of four races in the sunny and breezy conditions of Los Angeles Harbour on Saturday. New Zealand, which won the first race in Dubai, took the top spot on the final day with 31 points.
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March 14, 2025
Thyssenkrupp said it is pursuing a plan to spin off a minority stake of its warship division. The newly created holding will be listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company said it was in talks with the German Government about a possible…
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March 10, 2025
Vitol CEO Russell Hardy stated on Monday that the recent slowdown in economic growth, both in China and worldwide, has had a negative impact on oil demand. Benchmark oil prices fell to a three-year-low of $68.33 per barrel last week, and traded below $70 on Monday.
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March 10, 2025
European traders reported on Monday that Algeria's state grain agency OAIC had issued a tender for the international purchase of milling wheat. The deadline to submit price offers for the tender is March 12th, with all offers valid until March 13th.
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March 10, 2025
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency announced on Monday that Britain's Coastguard was responding to reports about a collision involving a cargo vessel and a tanker off England's Northeastern Coast. The agency reported that a helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft and lifeboats…
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March 10, 2025
Ferretti, the Italian yacht manufacturer, plans to acquire a company or asset this year. The Chief Executive did not specify whether it would be a brand name, a yard, or something else. Alberto Galassi, CEO of the company, told journalists that there were three files.
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March 7, 2025
These are the most popular stories from the Wall Street Journal. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch their accuracy. SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded in the space on Thursday, just minutes after it lifted off from Texas. The FAA halted air traffic in some parts of Florida.
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March 6, 2025
Ship tracking data revealed that U.S. crude oil exports to India reached their highest level in two years last month, as refiners sought alternatives to Russian tankers and producers after the U.S. tightened sanctions. Kpler's ship tracking data showed that the U.S.
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March 5, 2025
The Royal Navy of Britain said Wednesday that it had monitored a Russian merchant ship and a warship this week as they traveled through the English Channel to the North Sea. The Royal Navy stated that HMS Somerset "watched each move" while Russia's…
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February 27, 2025
Subsea 7 - a Norwegian energy services group that plans to merge its Italian rival Saipem - announced on Thursday that its core profit increased 53% in the last year, as per its previous guidance. Subsea 7 announced adjusted earnings before taxes…
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February 26, 2025
The CEO of Italy's Saipem group stated on Wednesday that the rationale behind a merger of Italy's Saipem with Norway's Subsea 7 was to combine fleets to better serve customers and reduce costs. On Sunday, the two companies announced their intention…
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February 26, 2025
The fund manager announced on Wednesday that Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners had agreed to purchase an offshore wind project from COBRA Group and Flotation Energy in Britain. Morecambe is a 480 megawatt offshore wind project located in the Eastern Irish Sea, off the coast of Lancashire.
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February 25, 2025
ANA Holdings, a Japanese airline, said it would place a record-breaking order of up to 77 planes to replace its fleet and capitalize on the growing travel demand. ANA reported that the order, which was its biggest ever in terms aircraft numbers…
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February 25, 2025
Airbus, a European aerospace and planemaker, announced on Tuesday that it would build the French Air and Naval Force's communications network under a contract worth up to 480 million euro ($502.46million). Airbus Defence and Space and Naval…
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February 25, 2025
The sun glares into the navigation room of Transocean Barents semi-submersible drill rig, which is anchored in Romania’s Constanta port. The Mighty Barents, also known as the Mighty Barents, will be traveling 160 kms to the sea in a few weeks and will begin drilling the 10 wells of Neptun Deep.
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February 25, 2025
Thyssenkrupp will hold an extraordinary general assembly to complete a spin-off in the warship division in this calendar year. This was revealed by Chief Executive Miguel Lopez in a podcast published on Tuesday. Lopez, speaking on a podcast by the German newspaper WAZ…
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February 24, 2025
At a Rome bilateral summit, the United Arab Emirates announced that it plans to invest 40 billion dollars in Italy. The two countries did not give a timeframe. Since taking office as Italian Prime Minister in 2022 Giorgia Mello has sought to strengthen ties with Gulf nations…
