Kuwait Spot Fuel Sales Return as KPC Tests a Post-War Export Restart
Kuwait has taken one of its clearest commercial steps toward export normalization since the Iran war disrupted Gulf shipping, with Kuwait Petroleum…
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China’s Crude Intake Hits an Eight-Year Low as Hormuz Shock Rewrites the Buying Math
China’s crude import picture has turned sharply weaker as the Hormuz disruption reshaped both price signals and cargo availability. China’s May crude…
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Containership Orderbook Nears 40% of Fleet as Oversupply Risk Starts Casting a Longer Shadow
The containership ordering wave has moved into territory that many market participants now treat as a structural warning, not just another cyclical…
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Morgan Stanley Sees Multi-Year Vessel Shortage Across Tanker, LNG and Energy Shipping Markets
Morgan Stanley’s latest shipping call is that vessel availability across energy trades is likely to stay tighter for longer, with the bank…
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Panama Canal Demand Surges on Hormuz Disruption Just as El Niño Threat Returns
The Panama Canal is seeing another wave of demand as shipping dislocation tied to the Middle East conflict keeps redirecting cargo flows,…
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U.S.-Cleared Shadow-Fleet Scrapping Deal Opens a New Exit Path for Sanctioned Ships
The latest development in the shadow-fleet story is a narrow but potentially important U.S.-approved demolition route. Dubai-based recycler and cash buyer GMS…
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Technip Energies Lands Key Mozambique FLNG Scope as Coral Norte Moves Closer to Full Buildout
Technip Energies has secured a major role on Mozambique’s Coral Norte floating LNG project, winning a significant EPCIC contract together with JGC…
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Houthi Threats Reignite Red Sea Shipping Risk as Israel and Iran Exchange Missiles
The Houthis have moved back toward active involvement in the regional confrontation as Israel and Iran trade direct missile fire, adding a…
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Panama Canal Draft Cut for July Rekindles Drought Fears as Traffic Runs Near Full Use
The Panama Canal has moved back into drought-watch mode after announcing that the maximum authorized draft for Neopanamax vessels will be reduced…
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Iran Says Strait Stays Open, but New Fee Plan Leaves Owners Facing Fresh Uncertainty
Iran’s latest public position is that the Strait of Hormuz will remain open to navigation, but under new conditions that would include…
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Drewry’s Latest Container Index Jumps as Peak Season Demand Hits Earlier and Harder
Drewry’s latest weekly World Container Index, posted on 4 June 2026, showed a sharp acceleration in container freight pricing, with the composite…
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Ship Scrapping is Turning Into a Story of Tight Supply, Tougher Rules, and a Growing Shadow-Fleet Debate
The current ship scrapping picture is not being driven by a flood of end-of-life tonnage. It is being shaped by a shortage…
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Hormuz Shortages Rundown: LPG, Plastics, Aid Cargo and Fuel Costs Tighten While Europe Says Jet Fuel Is Still Available
The latest Hormuz supply picture is no longer a single crude-oil story. As the Strait of Hormuz remains heavily disrupted, shortages and…
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AD Ports’ $835 Million Brazil Buy Opens a New South America Grain Corridor for Abu Dhabi
AD Ports Group has agreed its largest acquisition to date by striking an $835 million deal to buy Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura,…
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COSCO Expands LNG Shipping With a $953 Million Jiangnan Order Backed by Shell Charters
COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation has moved ahead with a new LNG carrier investment worth about RMB 6.445 billion, or roughly $953 million,…
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Kpler’s $1 Billion Plus Funding Deal Signals a Bigger Push Into Maritime Intelligence, Risk, and Trade Analytics
Kpler has secured a new minority strategic growth equity investment of more than $1 billion from Sixth Street, marking one of the…
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Hormuz Oil Flows Edge Higher as “Dark Mode” Shipping Blurs the Real Supply Picture
More oil is getting out of the Strait of Hormuz again, but the market is becoming harder to read at the same…
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Delfin LNG Wins Final Investment Approval, Moving Louisiana Toward the First U.S. Floating LNG Export Project
Delfin Midstream has approved the final investment decision for Delfin FLNG 1, the first floating LNG export facility to move ahead in…
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Rising Container Rates, Gulf Disruption and Early Peak Season Pressure Reshape Shipping
Maritime logistics has tightened again over the past several days, with the latest market picture showing stress building from more than one…
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Ichthys LNG Strike Delays Australian Cargo Loadings as Labor Dispute Reopens Supply Risk
Loadings at Australia’s Ichthys LNG project were delayed after strike action by workers disrupted terminal operations and caused at least one scheduled…
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