CMA CGM Opens Sea Road Rail Gulf Corridors Outside Hormuz
CMA CGM has formally reopened import and export bookings for key Gulf markets using a set of named multimodal corridors designed to…
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Digital Fog Moves Closer to the Engine Room
New maritime cybersecurity research published this week disclosed a chain of vulnerabilities in a widely used maritime IoT platform that, according to…
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Washington Hardens Hormuz Transit Rules for U.S.-Flag Ships
MARAD has issued a new U.S. maritime security advisory for the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman that gives…
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Singapore’s Ammonia Bunkering Race Gets a New Japanese Push
Singapore’s ammonia bunkering plans picked up again on March 17 after Sumitomo Corporation, K Line, and NYK Bulkship (Asia) said they had…
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IMO Says Escorts Are No Safety Fix as Emergency Council Meets on Gulf Shipping
The International Maritime Organization has convened an Extraordinary Council session in London for March 18 and 19 to address the impact of…
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Procopiou Deepens His Hengli Crude Tanker Push
George Procopiou’s latest VLCC move is not just another tanker order. It is a strong signal that one of shipping’s most active…
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War Planning Widens as Fujairah Disrupts and Gulf Infrastructure Comes Under Fire
The latest escalation in the Gulf is no longer only a shipping-lane story. It is increasingly affecting the infrastructure that helps keep…
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Selective Passage Replaces Normal Shipping in Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is no longer behaving like a normal commercial corridor with elevated risk. It is starting to look more…
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Washington Opens an At Sea Sanctions Valve and Eyes a Jones Act Escape Hatch
The U.S. is now testing two very different levers to cool an overheated oil and fuel market. One is external: Treasury has…
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Norway Blocks Norwegian-Flagged Ships From Hormuz Transit
Norway has now moved past caution and into prohibition: the Norwegian Maritime Authority said on March 12, 2026 that Norwegian-flagged vessels may…
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Hormuz Shock Sends Oil Security Into Emergency Mode
The market is no longer dealing with a normal geopolitical premium. The IEA now says the Middle East war has created the…
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Reserve Release Floodgates Open as Governments Race to Calm Oil Markets
A coordinated emergency draw from strategic oil stocks is now live, with the International Energy Agency lining up the largest release in…
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Explosive Sea Drones Turn Tanker Security Into a Close Range Problem
Over the last two weeks, the Gulf threat picture has shifted again: explosive uncrewed surface vessels are now being cited alongside missiles,…
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Inferno in the Gulf – Tankers on Fire, Container Ship Hit, and Fuel Tanks Burning
A single 24 hour window has turned Gulf risk from “elevated” to “actively expanding,” with attacks now touching three layers of the…
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The Container Fleet Power Play That Just Got Real
A major shift is underway in who controls the steel behind container supply. Ocean Network Express is moving to nearly 49% ownership…
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Antwerp Bruges Vessel Traffic Squeezed as Pilot and Control Actions Trigger Queue Build
Strike-driven constraints are now showing up as a hard nautical bottleneck at Antwerp-Bruges, not just slower terminal work. With pilot availability and…
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Ships Hit Again Near Hormuz on Day 12 as Projectile Strikes Force Fresh Route Pauses
Day 12 delivered a sharp escalation for commercial traffic near the Strait of Hormuz: three separate vessels were struck by projectiles within…
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Oil Whiplash Rewrites Voyage Economics in Real Time
Over the last 48 hours, crude went from fear-driven highs to a sharp pullback, and maritime feels that swing immediately because it…
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Europe Takes Every Arctic LNG Cargo as the 2027 Ban Clock Ticks
Europe just absorbed the entire February export stream from Russia’s Arctic Yamal LNG, even as EU law now sets a full LNG…
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Hormuz Closure Drives Bunker Prices to Record Highs
When Hormuz stops functioning as a reliable corridor, bunker markets reprice faster than almost anything else in shipping. In early March 2026,…
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