Hormuz Still Strained as Reopening Plans Begin and Shipping Risk Stays High
The latest Hormuz escalation is still centered on impaired commercial passage rather than any clear return to normal movement. Maritime security advisories…
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Panama Port Fight Escalates as CK Hutchison Pushes Its Claim Beyond $2 Billion
CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Company has expanded its international arbitration claim against Panama to more than $2 billion after the cancellation of…
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Russia’s Export Arteries Take a Direct Hit
Ukraine’s latest strike campaign has knocked out at least 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity, according to current calculations based on halted…
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London Moves From Tracking the Shadow Fleet to Interdiction
The UK has formally authorised its armed forces and law-enforcement officers to board sanctioned Russian shadow-fleet vessels transiting through UK waters, in…
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War-Driven Congestion Starts Infecting Container Networks
Container disruption tied to the Gulf conflict is no longer limited to suspended calls, emergency surcharges, or isolated reroutings. Current carrier updates…
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Ship Passage by Permission in Hormuz
Iran has now put its position on Hormuz transit into more formal language, telling the United Nations Security Council and the International…
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Flex LNG Locks In Fresh Multi-Year Cover for Flex Aurora
Flex LNG has announced a new time charter agreement for the 2020-built LNG carrier Flex Aurora, giving the vessel a firm minimum…
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African Bunkering Hubs Surge as Cape Rerouting Rewrites Fuel Stops
Ship-refuelling companies and ports along Africa’s coastline are seeing stronger bunker demand as more vessels route around the Cape of Good Hope…
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Bahrain Takes the Hormuz Fight to the Security Council
Bahrain has formally circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution that would authorize states to use “all necessary means” to protect commercial…
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China Expands Ocean Mapping Along Future Submarine Lanes
China is carrying out an extensive undersea mapping and monitoring effort across the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic oceans using a large network…
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Primorsk and Ust-Luga Go Dark After Ukrainian Drone Strikes
Russia’s two main Baltic petroleum export outlets, Primorsk and Ust-Luga, suspended crude oil and fuel exports from Sunday after drone attacks, according…
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Fredriksen Reloads in Newcastlemaxes with up to 8 new dry bulk builds
John Fredriksen’s private investment arm, Seatankers Management, has returned to the large dry bulk newbuilding market with an order for four firm…
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Hormuz Risk Turns Structural as Iran Signals a Prolonged Closure
Iran has signaled that the Strait of Hormuz could remain closed for an extended period if U.S. threats against Iranian energy infrastructure…
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Ras Laffan Hit Hard as Qatar Confirms Years of Lost LNG Capacity
Qatar has confirmed that missile attacks on Ras Laffan Industrial City caused severe damage to two LNG trains and one gas-to-liquids facility,…
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Panama Draws a Harder Line in the Canal Port Fight
Panama’s dispute with Hutchison over the Balboa and Cristóbal canal ports has entered a sharper public phase after President José Raúl Mulino…
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IMO Pushes a Safe Passage Plan for Ships and Seafarers West of Hormuz
The International Maritime Organization has moved from broad concern to a specific safe-passage proposal for merchant shipping trapped west of the Strait…
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Washington Targets the IMO Net-Zero Framework as Fleet Planning Enters a New Uncertainty Phase
The U.S. has taken an openly hostile position toward the IMO Net-Zero Framework, opposing the draft rules that would combine a global…
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Jones Act Pause as Fuel and Fertilizer Cargoes Get a 60-Day Opening
The White House said on March 18 that the United States will suspend Jones Act requirements for 60 days, temporarily allowing foreign-flagged…
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Ras Laffan and Gulf Energy Hubs Move Into the Strike Zone
Over the past several days, Gulf energy infrastructure has been directly targeted in a way that goes beyond tanker risk or general…
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Bunker Market Buckles as War Distorts Supply, Premiums, and Refuelling Access
The bunker market across Asia has entered a more stressed phase as the war in the Middle East continues to distort fuel…
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