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Tanker Market: The Switch From Clean to Dirty Tankers Is Intensifying
A significant trend is underway in the tanker market, with a switch from clean to dirty tankers underway. In its latest …
10 May 2026
Dry Bulk Shipping: Capesize Market Showing Strenght
Capesize The market strengthened convincingly over the course of the week, with momentum building steadily from an alrea…
10 May 2026
Force Majeure in the Age of Geopolitical Shock and Energy Security
As the Strait of Hormuz enters its eleventh week of effective closure with hundreds of vessels at anchor and roughly one…
10 May 2026
Tanker owners post record earnings as Hormuz disruption forces detours
Product tanker owners are posting record earnings as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz forces long-haul voyages from t…
10 May 2026
VLCC Tanker Market Showing Slight Gains
Clean LR2 The TC1 75kt MEG/Japan index remained flat around the WS550 mark this week. A voyage west also saw the TC20 90…
10 May 2026
Russian-flagged tanker linked to sanctioned LNG loading as shadow fleet expands
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker that recently shifted to a Russian flag appears to be loading fuel from a U.S.-sanc…
10 May 2026
Two months in: What container data tells us about the Hormuz crisis
When the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to commercial traffic, 53 container vessels belonging to the world’s top sh…
10 May 2026
Clay liquefaction: a sticky risk to bulk cargo safety
In early December 2025, local media and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) reported on a general cargo shi…
10 May 2026
Abrasive Reality: How Elevated Catfines Can Damage Marine Engines
A common concern of maritime chief engineers, regarding vessel engine damages, is the presence of highly abrasive “catfi…
10 May 2026
Global jet fuel exports fell to seasonal lows in April
Global seaborne jet fuel exports continued to fall month-on-month and reached seasonal lows in April. Energy flows from …
10 May 2026
Indian bio-methanol project targets bunkering demand
Indian conglomerate Thermax plans to develop a bio-methanol production plant at Deendayal Port (Kandla) in Gujarat, Indi…
10 May 2026
Xeneta Schedule Reliability Scorecard: Global schedule reliability rebounded to 36% in March
March marked the first positive trend in schedule reliability since the start of the year, but these developments should…
10 May 2026
How the U.S. military and Maersk got a ship to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
The chief executive of Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, said last week that one of its commercial …
10 May 2026
Platts launches Yanbu to Far East VLCC dirty tanker freight assessment, May 4
Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, has launched a new VLCC tanker freight assessment for the 270,000-mt Yanbu to Far Eas…
10 May 2026
ABS and HD KSOE to Set New Industry Benchmarks for Digital Shipbuilding and Vessel Intelligence
ABS and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on digi…
10 May 2026
Lloyd’s Register grants AiP to Wison New Energies for harsh environment internal turret FPSO
The AiP marks an early technical milestone for a standardised floating production concept aimed at complex offshore cond…
10 May 2026
DP World Launches End-To-End Cargo War Risk Insurance For Middle East Trade
DP World has launched a first-of-its-kind cargo war risk insurance solution to help businesses navigate disruption acros…
10 May 2026
APM Terminals Japan signs agreement to decarbonise operations In Yokohama
APM Terminals Japan, a Maersk Group company, has signed a long term offsite corporate Power Purchase Agreement (herein t…
10 May 2026
China’s semi-finished steel exports surge as trade barriers hit finished products
China’s surging semi-finished steel exports, led by slab shipments, are partially offsetting weaker finished steel expor…
10 May 2026
First Qatar LNG Shipment Moves Through Hormuz Since War Started
By Stephen Stapczynski and Weilun Soon (Bloomberg) A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Qatar appears to have tr…
10 May 2026
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