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Shipping markets rarely announce the top with any clarity. More often, the argument about whether the peak has arrived only really starts when freight rates are still climbing, asset values are making less and less conventional sense and owners are sufficiently confident to keep buying ships at prices that would have …
Record-high fuel prices and a record number of newly available affordable models have pushed electric vehicle sales in the European Union to an all-time high this year, Transport & Environment, a European advocacy group for clean transport and energy, said in a report on Monday. Between January and August, sales of ba…
Dubai-based Grace Energy Shipping-linked interests are cashing in on the surge in tanker asset values, with brokers reporting the sale of the 2011-built suezmax Vendavel for $94.5m, close to double its acquisition price a little over two years ago. S&P sources list the 149,999 dwt New Times Shipbuilding-built tank…
LNG traffic at the Strait of Hormuz appears to be ticking up despite increased threats to shipments in the chokepoint in recent days. At least three LNG carriers have transited the Strait of Hormuz outbound since the end of last week, tanker-traffic data compiled by Bloomberg and Kpler showed on Monday. The increase i…
Russia has stepped up attacks on commercial vessels and port infrastructure in and around Ukraine’s Odesa region, with Moscow claiming strikes on several cargo ships in the northwestern Black Sea over the weekend. Russia’s defence ministry said its forces struck four dry cargo vessels across Chornomorsk Port, the Bug …
Crude oil prices fell in early trading, though Brent remained above $100, after a report from Kpler revealed that flows out of the Strait of Hormuz are now above pre-war levels. The same firm made headlines last week after saying tanker traffic via Hormuz was close to pre-war levels, despite Houthi attacks on Saudi en…
China this week announced it will suspend all fuel exports this month to keep its domestic market supplied. Also this week, President Donald Trump demanded that Germany and France release 120 million barrels of diesel from their storage or get hit with a U.S. diesel export ban. Europe is running out of options to stay…
Macquarie has disclosed a $99m senior debt facility for George Youroukos-led Technomar covering the refinancing of seven containerships. The Australian financial group said the funding was provided to shipowning entities within the Athens-based Technomar Group, although it did not identify the seven vessels, disclose …
Akastor has completed the sale of the Skandi Peregrino for $21.6m, bringing the curtain down on subsidiary DDW Offshore’s vessel-owning business. The Oslo-listed oil services investment company said DDW has received the sale proceeds and now owns no ships. The buyer vehicle is Norway’s Anchor Australia, set to be fold…
Tajikistan announced that it is now receiving oil and petroleum products from Iran, opening a potential new energy source for a country whose fuel supplies have long been dominated by Russia. The deliveries began in late August, Tajikistan's Energy and Water Resources Ministry told the Asia-Plus news agency, following…
Physical oil markets tighten sharply as Dated Brent surges above $120 despite ICE Brent slipping toward $101. Friday, October 02, 2026 The European diesel stock release, droned tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, and China reinstating its refined product export ban have all played their part in this week’s extremely vola…
Ocean Network Express is consolidating its Asian regional management in Singapore, folding its Hong Kong-based East Asia headquarters into a new Asia Pacific operation from April 1, 2027. The Japanese containerline said the new Asia Pacific regional headquarters will combine its current East Asia operation in Hong Kon…
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company has suffered its second VLCC strike in four days, while a separate projectile attack at Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port briefly disrupted loading operations, piling fresh security pressure on two of the Middle East’s key oil export routes. Maritime security firm Vanguard Tech identified the latest …
Venezuela’s oil exports fell nearly 9% in September to 1.08 million barrels per day as soaring tanker costs forced traders to demand steeper discounts and delayed cargoes leaving the country. Global trading houses, including Vitol and Trafigura, pressed PDVSA for better terms as freight costs chew into margins, and ta…
Canada is fast-tracking a proposed 1 million-barrel-per-day oil pipeline to the Pacific coast, giving Alberta another route to Asian buyers and another way around its overwhelming dependence on the U.S. market. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Ottawa will list the project as one of national interest, send…
Indian refining companies are looking for tankers for hire to carry oil out of the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Bloomberg report citing unnamed sources. Two shipping companies have won tenders for Persian Gulf oil, the sources told Bloomberg, while another two submitted bids but their tenders …
Greek tanker newcomer Akrotiri Tankers has returned to New Times Shipbuilding for a second suezmax, continuing a rapid expansion of its Chinese newbuilding programme. Shipbroking sources place the latest order at $84.4m for a 157,000 dwt crude tanker scheduled for delivery in June 2029. The contract takes Akrotiri’s s…
Harry Vafias-led Imperial Petroleum has reportedly sold its remaining suezmax, the 2008-built Suez Protopia, for $82m. VesselsValue identified Imperial Petroleum as the seller in its September 30 transaction data. The buyer has not been disclosed. VesselsValue estimates the Samsung Heavy Industries-built 160,391 dwt t…
Three oil tankers have been hit by unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz this week, shipping intelligence and security companies say. Three Liberia-flagged tankers with their transponders switched off were transiting the Strait on Tuesday and Wednesday when they were hit by projectiles, shipping in…
Greek feeder specialist Contships Logistics has launched a potentially 30-ship newbuilding programme in China as the Nikolas Pateras-led owner shifts its fleet renewal drive towards fresh tonnage. Wholly owned CLC Newbuildings has signed a letter of intent with Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group covering 10…
The Premier Alliance is preparing to send one of its Asia-Europe strings back through the Suez Canal this month, adding fresh momentum to the container sector’s retreat from lengthy Cape of Good Hope diversions and sharpening concerns over how much vessel capacity a fuller Red Sea return could release back into the ma…
The paradox confronting modern chartering desks is becoming increasingly clear: the more data and technology everybody gets, the harder it becomes to differentiate. That was one of the central themes to emerge from the Chartering Spotlight at last week’s Splash Singapore, where charterers, operators and technology pro…
The key OPEC+ producers are set to leave their current crude oil output quotas unchanged for November at a meeting this weekend, anonymous sources familiar with the plans told Reuters on Wednesday. The Gulf producers in OPEC+ have been producing and exporting much lower volumes sin ce the Iran war crippled traffic thr…
Athens-based Erasmus Shipinvest has returned to CSSC Huangpu Wenchong for another pair of 1,900 teu containerships, taking its firm programme with the Guangzhou-based builder to eight ships. The John Su-led owner signed the latest contract with the yard and China Shipbuilding Trading this week. The two ships are follo…
The tanker S&P market continues to deliver eye-catching prices. A sale has raised eyebrows among brokers who report a non-eco suezmax selling for $90m — a price difficult to imagine only weeks ago. The deal involves Greek shipping heavyweight George Procopiou’s Dynacom Tankers, selling the 150,000 dwt Karolos (bui…
COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard has completed the first of at least two conversions turning supramax bulk carriers into containerships, according to Alphaliner. The 53,000 dwt Pu Tuo Hai, a 2007-built Diamond 53 bulker, entered the Guangzhou yard on June 10 and emerged a little over three months later as the 2,528 teu Sing…
India’s Great Eastern Shipping has contracted to acquire a 157,000 dwt newbuilding suezmax, adding a yard-built ship to a fleet renewal drive that has so far been dominated by secondhand transactions. The Mumbai-listed owner disclosed the deal late on Monday, saying the tanker will be constructed by an unnamed leading…
India needs to boost domestic oil and gas exploration to enhance its energy security amid supply disruptions that drive energy prices higher, according to a senior official at state-owned exploration and production company Oil India Limited (OIL). “Disruptions to global supply chains and major energy corridors can hav…
Malaysian fabricator OceanMight has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction contract from Shell for fixed offshore structures linked to several field developments off Malaysia. Parent company KKB Engineering said OceanMight received a letter of award covering the SK408 Teja and Pepulut developments as we…
Saudi Arabia has restarted crude oil loadings at the Yanbu port on the Red Sea after the East-West pipeline resumed partial service, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing vessel-tracking data and trade sources. Saudi Arabia shut down the East-West onshore pipeline for two weeks following drone attacks that damaged pumpi…