Transportation

The Central American nation's Maritime Authority announced on Wednesday that Panama had made progress in removing vessels from its registry if they did not meet the standards of its flag. This was a response to criticisms by the United States that it had allowed sanctioned nations to move ships under the Panamanian flag. Officials and congressmen from the United States have accused Panama for not doing enough to enforce sanctions against vessels and shipowners from countries such as Russia, Iran and Venezuela. Donald Trump, the U.S. president, has used these arguments in threatening to take over the Panama Canal. Washington...

Williams increased its dividend after narrowly exceeding Wall Street expectations for fourth quarter profits on Wednesday, thanks to gains from acquisitions as well as expansion projects. The oil and gas transport firm increased its capacity last year in order to take advantage of the expected surge in demand for data centers that consume a lot of power. Last year, the Tulsa-based Oklahoma company purchased natural gas storage assets on the U.S. Gulf Coast for $1.95 Billion from an affiliate of Hartree Partners. Williams' adjusted quarterly core profit for its Transmission and Gulf segments was $826 million, up around 10% from...

U.S. grid operators are asking regulators for more time to fulfill a federal order to upgrade existing transmission lines with devices that can increase their capability approximately 40%, according to a Reuters review of regulatory files. The hold-ups represent a possibly years-long setback for efforts to reinforce the country's weak power infrastructure, at a time recently sworn-in President Donald Trump has declared a. national energy emergency over skyrocketing U.S. electrical power need. from data centers. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in late 2021 had. bought all 6 significant regional grid operators outside of Texas. to develop systems that regularly update...

The U.S. Justice Department announced on Tuesday that a neo Nazi leader who was accused of planning to attack Baltimore's electricity grid had been found guilty of conspiracy to damage an energy facility. Brandon Russell, 29 of Orlando, Florida, and an associate, were arrested by the FBI in February 2023, after a confidential informant foiled their plot. The Justice Department stated that evidence presented at the trial revealed that Russell had conspired between November 2022 until that month to attack transformers in electrical substations, "in furtherance his racially- or ethnically-motivated violent extremist views." Russell posted links on open-source maps of...

Jim Teague said that Enterprise Products Partners did not receive enough interest from customers to commercialize the Sea Port Oil Terminal project (SPOT), the crude export project of the pipeline operator. Teague stated in a conference call following the earnings report that "in order to build SPOT we know what we require is volumes, fees, and terms... If we can't accomplish these within a reasonable time frame, we will move forward." Enterprise's Spot in 2022 was the first project of its kind to be licensed by the U.S. maritime regulator as a deepwater terminal that can load up to two...

Pipeline operator ONEOK, and midstream company MPLX LP have entered into a joint-venture to build a 400,000 barrel per day (bpd), liquefied petrol gas (LPG), export terminal in Texas. The investment total is $1.4 billion. Both companies will invest the same amount to jointly own and operate the Texas City Logistics export terminal (TCX), which is due to be finished in early 2028. MPLX is responsible for the construction and operation of the facility. The agreement includes ONEOK constructing and operating a 24 inch pipeline from its Mont Belvieu storage facility, Texas, to ONEOK's new export terminal. ONEOK owns 80%...

Some U.S. officials and lawmakers are citing a nearly 50-year-old treaty signed between the United States of America and Panama as a way to justify Trump's threat to take back the Panama Canal, provided they can prove that the waterway's operations are threatened. Some, however, believe that obstacles would arise if the U.S. tried to use the 1997 Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty - which went into effect in 1999 - to claim the canal. The treaty guarantees the canal will remain neutral and available to ships from any country. Since 1999, the Panama Canal Authority has controlled the 82-km waterway....

Three officials with knowledge of the situation say that Japan may offer support for a $44billion gas pipeline in Alaska to appease U.S. president Donald Trump and avoid potential trade friction. Sources said that officials in Tokyo believe Trump will bring up the project, which is a key part of the U.S. security and prosperity, at his first meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ishiba in Washington, as early as next week. The overall cost of gas is causing Japan to doubt the viability the 800-mile pipeline that would link fields in Alaska to a southern port where the gas...

A law office representing victims of the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles has submitted images with a legal filing on Wednesday that appear to show exposed wire at the base of a Southern California Edison tower that the firm declares might have added to the fatal blaze. The Eaton Fire was amongst the greatest of several wildfires that emerged on Jan. 7 and spread out rapidly in powerful Santa Ana Winds across the Los Angeles location. The wildfires are potentially the most pricey catastrophe in U.S. history. Photos and video show stimulates or flames near the energy's transmission devices have...

Brazilian and U.S. authorities agreed on Wednesday to go over routinely how Washington will deport migrants from Brazil, as some leaders in Latin America have balked at what they view as bad treatment of their citizens on repatriation flights. Brazil's foreign affairs ministry stated in a social media post that the talks will be led by authorities from the ministry and the U.S. embassy, after the ministry summoned a senior U.S. diplomat previously this week over the treatment of recent deportees that regional officials condemned as degrading. U.S. President Donald Trump, who took workplace recently, has intensified a crackdown on...

Brazil will not utilize its air force aircrafts to help with the deportation of Brazilian migrants in the United States, the South American country's top diplomat said on Tuesday, just days after a significant flare up in neighboring Colombia over the concern. On Sunday, Colombia and the United States drew back from the brink of a trade war triggered by a spat over deportation flights utilizing military aircraft consisting of U.S. aircrafts that transported shackled migrants. A day later on, Brazil summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to talk about the deportation of Brazilian migrants, after it condemned handcuffing of deportees...

The U.S. energy regulator has actually reinstated the certificate for Williams Companies' Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Line ( Transco) on Friday, the company stated on Monday, which would allow the expansion of the task. In 2015, a U.S. appeals court said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) need to have better assessed the danger of significant greenhouse gas emissions, throwing away its arbitrary and capricious approval of the Regional Energy Gain Access To (REA) expansion job. The company had actually sought a short-term emergency situation certificate with the FERC to continue running its task, in September. Williams developed REA to assist...

Russia may supply as much as 55 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas annually to Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, as Moscow diversifies its gas flows after a significant fall in exports to Europe. Since its full-scale intrusion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has lost its dominance of the European gas market, when a crucial source of earnings for Kremlin-controlled Gazprom. Putin, speaking at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, stated Russia's gas materials to Iran might ultimately reach 55 bcm per year, but it would need to start with small volumes of...

The Kremlin stated on Wednesday that Russia's concentrate on the new U.S. sanctions on the oil sector was to minimise their effect however that nothing was ruled out in relation to a possible action from Moscow. We are carefully evaluating the circumstance, Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov stated. The point is to take those measures that would minimise the repercussions of these unlawful procedures which would best serve the interests of our nation, to start with, and our companies. When asked particularly about a possible Russian reaction to the U.S. sanctions, Peskov stated: Nothing can be ruled out. Whatever is best...

Recognizing suspect ships and limiting their activities is the most effective method to protect important undersea facilities, European Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen informed Reuters on Monday. Baltic Sea nations are on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline blackouts in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The NATO military alliance, of which Finland is now a. member, has stated it will improve its presence in the region. Virkkunen, who will participate in a Baltic Sea NATO members. conference in Helsinki on Tuesday, is the EU Commission's brand-new. executive vice-president...

Robert Fico, the Slovak prime minister, invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to meet him for gas transit talks after a dispute over Kyiv’s decision to stop Russian gas deliveries. Ukraine stopped the gas flow to Europe in January after the transit agreement was terminated between Kyiv, Ukraine and Moscow. The goal was to stop the energy revenues going to Moscow for funding its almost three-year long invasion. Fico claims that the decision has caused Slovakia, which borders Ukraine to suffer from higher gas prices as well as the loss of transit fees for gas to be transported further into Europe....

Russian energy giant Gazprom plans to cut personnel numbers at its central office in St. Petersburg, a company spokesperson said on Monday, as the company faces serious headwinds from the loss of its markets in Europe. State news firm TASS cited a media outlet called 47news as saying that Gazprom's head Alexei Miller was alerted in a letter about strategies to cut the central office workforce by around 40%, to 2,500 from 4,100. Approached , the company spokesperson validated the report. Gazprom's overall headcount stands at 498,000. It sustained an annual loss of practically $7 billion in 2023, its very...

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which exports Kazakhstan's oil via the Black Sea, was seen pumping 64.4 million metric lots of oil in 2024 in a most current estimate, further downgrading its exporting prospects, according to an investor. It had initially prepared to export more than 70 million heaps (1.5 million barrels per day) of oil in 2024, up from a. record high of 63.5 million loads in 2023. However, the consortium stated in May it expected its oil. exports to fall 7% except an initial target owing to lower. loadings from Tengiz, a crucial field. The plans might have...

The Baltic states are working with Poland to protect the energy facilities they need as they decouple their power grids from Russia, Lithuania's energy minister told Reuters, following damage to undersea cable televisions in the area. Polish and baltic state-run power grid operators are working on an arrangement to guarantee the smooth running of the decoupled system, and how to repair it if needed, Zygimantas Vaiciunas said in an interview on Tuesday. The goal is to have a common list, and settle on what procedures require to be taken, and settle on sources of financing them. And to implement it...

Poland is ready to supply Ukraine with electrical power, Minister of Climate and Environment Paulina HennigKloska stated on Tuesday, describing threats that Slovakia might cut off power materials to its neighbour. Poland will have the ability to increase electricity sales to Ukraine, however only if Ukraine asks for it, Hennig-Kloska told public broadcaster TVP Information. Our operator is ready, it is just a matter of whether Ukraine will desire or have to utilize it. Fico's behaviour is against Europe, she added. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said recently that his celebration would think about cutting electricity supplies to Ukraine, decreasing...

Taiwan's coast guard has said that it believes a ship damaged an undersea communications cable television over the weekend, however that bad weather condition avoided its workers from boarding the vessel to investigate. The coast guard had actually said on Saturday that a ship registered both to Cameroon and Tanzania was thought of harming an undersea communications cable television northeast of the island. Late Monday, the coast guard stated that it had actually been not able to board the ship since of poor weather condition which the vessel had continued to Busan, South Korea. They stated that all 7 crew...

Slovakia's coalition government will go over vindictive procedures to take versus Ukraine after it stopped the flow of Russian gas through its area to Slovakia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated on Thursday. Fico said in a video message posted on Facebook that his Smer party would consider cutting electrical power materials to Ukraine, reducing help to Ukrainian refugees, and requiring the renewal of gas transits or payment for losses he said Slovakia had actually suffered due to the ending of Russian gas flows. Russian gas exports by means of Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine came to a stop on...

Finland's national power grid operator stated on Thursday it had actually asked a Helsinki court to take the Eagle S oil tanker in a bid to secure the company's. claim for damages associated with the breakdown of the undersea. Estlink 2 electricity interconnector. The cable in between Finland and Estonia was damaged on Dec. 25. together with 4 telecoms lines, and Finnish authorities the next. day boarded the tanker, which carries Russian oil, on suspicion. that it triggered the damage by dragging its anchor along the. seabed. Baltic Sea nations are on high alert after a string of. outages of...

The owner of an oil tanker taken by Finland on suspicion of breaking an undersea power line and 4 telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea last week is seeking the release of the ship, an attorney representing the company stated on Monday. Finnish cops and coast guard authorities boarded the Cook Islands-registered Eagle S on Thursday and brought it to a. area near a Finnish port where team members are being. questioned. Baltic Sea countries have actually been on high alert after a string of. failures of power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines because. Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022....