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How Europe is Redrawing its Energy Map
Oil Price
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August 30, 2025
The European Union has signed a deal to import $750 billion worth of liquefied natural gas, oil and nuclear fuels from the United States by 2028. The agreement, announced on July 27 by U.S. President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula...
Thor Industries: Stretched Valuation, Tough Quarters Ahead, Limited Long-Term Upside
Seeking Alpha
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August 30, 2025
Summary THO’s momentum is strong: +17% YTD, +14.6% last month, +37% in 3 months, aided by rising volume and beats on both EPS and revenue. Q3 net sales +3.3%; North America Towable lifted gross margin to 15.3% (+20 bps), while Europe lagged but...
Norway’s sovereign fund in rift with US over bulldozer sales
Euro Weekly News
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August 30, 2025
Caterpillar bulldozers at centre of Norwegian funds row. Credit: Another77 - Shutterstock Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere has reached out to US Senator Lindsey Graham to try to calm tensions over the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund’s...
Trump blew up America’s offshore wind industry – now he’s blowing up ours
Brisbane Times
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August 30, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Even by his own standards, Donald Trump’s assault on the wind industry, especially its...
This Bizarre Norwegian Experimental Electric Car Shows How Far EVs Have Come
InsideEVs - Florida
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August 30, 2025
Today's EVs aren't perfect. They're still too expensive, their software problems haven't all been worked out and some models still don't offer the range and charging experience consumers want. But watching this video on an obscure, early-attempt...
Norwegian company TGS awarded major seismic survey contract in Indonesia
ScandAsia
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August 30, 2025
ShareSharePin ItShare TGS ship, Titan Reform, launched in 2013 to conduct siesmic surveys. Photo: TGS Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has been awarded a large offshore streamer contract in Indonesia, covering an area of...
Travel Chaos After Landslide Splits Norway In Two
Forbes
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The motorway, old road, and railway line were all destroyed by the landslide near Levanger, Norway. NTB/AFP via Getty Images On the morning of August 30, a section of Norway’s E6 highway collapsed near Nesvatnet in Levanger after a suspected quick...
China becomes Norway's second-largest market for seafood exports: Norwegian Seafood Council
Global Times
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Norwegian salmon sold at a supermarket in China. Photo: Courtesy of the Norwegian Seafood Council Norwegian seafood exports to China have seen a further increase, with a staggering 88 percent year-on-year growth in July, making China the...
Shipping Schedule: Week Starting August 30
Bernews
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August 30, 2025
The Department of Marine & Ports Services has released the weekly shipping schedule for ship arrivals commencing on Saturday, August 30th. On Saturday the Carnival Venezia cruise ship is expected, on Sunday the Oleander container ship will arrive,...
Norwegian seafood exports to China surge as market potential deepens
China Daily Global
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China has risen to become Norway's second-largest seafood export market for the first time in July, surpassing its previous rank of sixth place last year, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council. "China has become increasingly crucial for...
Energy-focused Basalt nonprofit announces new chief executive officer
The Aspen Times - Colorado
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August 29, 2025
The Community Office for Resource Efficiency has announced the appointment of Tara Stitzlein as the new chief executive officer. Stitzlein takes the helm from John Dougherty, who was appointed by the board as the organization’s contracted CEO in...
Shipping Company fined $2M for dumping oil contaminated waste, vessel visited Port Arthur
Port Arthur News - Texas
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August 29, 2025
Published 4:02 pm Friday, August 29, 2025 WASHINGTON — A shipping company has been fined $2 million for discharged pollution for 2022 incidents that included Port Arthur. V.Ships Norway A.S. (V.SHIPS) pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating the Act...
Cruise industry sues Hawaii over hefty new cruise tax
AOL
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Cruises to Hawaii are about to get more expensive than ever, but not because cruise lines are increasing their prices. Earlier this year, Hawaii passed new legislation to extend the state’s Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT) to cruise ships and...
Green Volt Offshore Wind Farm Awards Cable Engineering Role to OWC">
Ocean News & Technology - Florida
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August 29, 2025
Leading offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn are delivering Green Volt, a 560 MW floating wind farm off the East Coast of Scotland, and are set to become Europe’s first commercial-scale floating offshore wind farm. Green Volt...
PJM tests Beilhack snowblower in Norway
International Railway Journal
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August 30, 2025
Multiple brake and acoustic tests to be carried out before machine is handed over to Norway’s infrastructure manager. AUSTRIAN measurement technology specialist PJM has carried out brakes and acoustics tests on a Schmidt Beilhack HB 1100S...
'Norwegian politics is my politics': Why Norway's election matters to foreigners
The Local - Norway
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August 29, 2025
Does the 2025 Norwegian election matter to foreign residents? From the need tackle the rise of the far-right to taking a step towards integrating in Norway, four international voters explain why the election is important to them. Norway’s...
Norwegian Cruise Line Remains Silent Over Excursion Lawsuit: Still Fails To Issue Warning Over Hazard
The Travel
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August 29, 2025
Norwegian Cruise Line has encountered some difficulties in recent months, including catching guests by surprise with refunds after cancelling 41 sailings on its Prima and Breakaway ships. NCL also suffered a complete power loss back in July,...
Fresh grads willing to go global, work beyond an office needed in energy sector: Seatrium CEO
The Straits Times
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August 29, 2025
SINGAPORE – Fresh graduates in Singapore may be struggling to find jobs in a cautious economy, but demand is growing for them to help drive the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy while ensuring current power needs are met....
Snowy peaks, orcas and an antique shop – the abandoned Norwegian fishing village that’s enjoying a revival
The Guardian
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August 30, 2025
We land on a white sand beach under jagged black mountains. A sea eagle, surprised to see humans, flaps away over the only house with a roof on it – the rest are in ruins. “Hundreds of people used to live here,” says Vidar. “In the days when you...
Millions in EU funds have gone to Israeli defence industry, investigation finds
The Irish Times
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An investigation into European Union funding programmes reveals that millions of euro have gone to Israeli companies that develop technology that can be used for military purposes such as the development of drones by Israeli entities. A small...