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A potentially significant new capesize tradelane is taking shape in Central Africa, with plans to move as much as 100m tonnes of iron ore a year from landlocked Central African Republic through Cameroon’s deepwater port of Kribi. Drewry estimates that if the proposed CAR-Kribi corridor reaches anything close to its pl…
The U.S.–Iran and Russia–Ukraine wars are more than regional or military conflicts. They are exposing weaknesses in the global energy and economic system and demonstrating that energy security can no longer be seen as independent of financial security, transportation, military security, strategic autonomy, and even ti…
Refinery production figures, export contracts and tanker routes are now off-limits to public reporting in Russia, under a decree Putin signed Monday, Reuters reported. The Kremlin points to unfriendly actions by Washington and its allies as the reason, and the restrictions took effect on signing, with the government g…
Thailand’s Regional Container Lines has returned to CSSC Huangpu Wenchong for another four containerships, adding a new 3,100 teu class to its rapidly expanding orderbook at the Guangzhou-based builder. RCL signed for four of Huangpu Wenchong’s in-house Honghu-series ships, taking its programme at the yard to 16 vesse…
Evangelos Marinakis-led Capital Group has emerged as the buyer of Exmar’s first suezmax newbuilding in a resale deal reported at more than $106m. Greek shipping and financial sources place Capital behind the 157,000 dwt hull HN5112, currently under construction at South Korea’s DH Shipbuilding for delivery in 2027. Th…
Brazil has opened a formal review of its container demurrage rules, putting one of the country’s more contentious liner charging issues back on the regulatory agenda. Waterway regulator ANTAQ has launched a public call for evidence covering container demurrage under Resolution 62/2021. The exercise is based on a preli…
Crude oil exports from the Middle East have risen to 12.8 million barrels daily this month, preliminary data from Kpler cited by Reuters has suggested. The rebound was led by Saudi Arabia, which redirected oil flows from the west to the east, where it loads the crude on tankers in the Gulf of Oman via ship-to-ship tra…
Saudi Aramco has restarted its East-West pipeline (Petroline) less than two weeks after attacks knocked out the 7 million bpd system, restoring at least some of the route that has carried the bulk of Saudi crude around the Strait of Hormuz since the war began. Pumping has resumed at reduced rates, with Aramco reported…
November WTI crude oil futures spent the week trading a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz against the risk that shipping conditions have not normalized. The contract fell to $88.67 Tuesday after reports that Iran could reopen the Strait within seven days, then recovered to $96.78 Thursday as the diplomatic st…
Rio Tinto has offloaded the final two ships from its eight-strong owned newcastlemax fleet, with Turkey’s Yasa Shipping taking the 2013-built RTM Drake and RTM Tasman. Yasa’s own fleet records now list the ships as the 205,437 dwt Yasa Drake and 205,432 dwt Yasa Pioneer, respectively. Both were built by Hanjin Heavy I…
Only nine commodity carriers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, eight of them exiting the waterway, Reuters reported in its now regular update on tanker numbers in the strait. The Thursday total is a further decline on already depressed numbers that have now gone from double to single digits, with the 10…
Capacity for ship-to-ship transfers of crude oil off the coast of Oman has reached its limits after Saudi Arabia diverted its flows from the port of Yanbu amid Houthi attacks, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed trading sources and analysts. The report said Saudi Arabia has sold some 60 million barrels of crude, to b…
Germany’s Offen Group is looking to return to containership newbuildings after more than a decade away, with the Hamburg tonnage provider linked to up to four ships at China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International. Shipbroking and market sources have Offen in discussions with the CSSC-controlled yard for two firm plus two …
A new international body has been launched in Beijing to coordinate the development of green shipping corridors and accelerate cooperation across shipping, ports, fuels and regulation. The International Green Shipping Corridor Alliance was inaugurated during the 2026 Global Sustainable Transport Forum and brings toget…
Italian fabricator and shipyard Rosetti Marino has been awarded a new contract for offshore operations in the North Sea, valued at between €250m and €300 million by Ineos. The project involves an EPC contract to build a platform for the Hejre development project off the coast of Denmark. Rosetti Marino's scope of work…
Oil is increasingly getting more expensive before it even reaches a refinery. Freight now accounts for roughly a fifth of the cost of a crude cargo, turning the tanker market into a major driver of the price buyers pay. At the center of the squeeze is the very large crude carrier, or VLCC, the supertanker that can mov…
Saudi Arabia’s workaround for the Strait of Hormuz now carries a war-risk insurance bill nearly as expensive as sending tankers through Hormuz itself. Quoted premiums for Saudi-linked tankers calling at the Red Sea port of Yanbu have tripled to around 3% of a vessel’s value from less than 1% in early July, according t…
Russia has begun commercial crude exports from Rosneft’s Vostok Oil project, putting barrels on the water from its new Arctic terminal after years of sanctions, investor exits, and construction delays. Three ice-class tankers loaded about 250,000 metric tons of crude from the Bukhta Sever terminal on the Taimyr Penins…
Saudi Arabia has sold almost 100 million barrels of crude to Asian buyers via the Strait of Hormuz since the middle of last week, when it pivoted to the chokepoint it wanted to avoid with the East-West pipeline to the Red Sea. With the pipeline out of service, the Kingdom has sold 100 million barrels of crude, which i…
The U.S. government is ready to support Argentina’s key LNG project by lending up to $6 billion to the project led by Argentina’s energy group YPF in partnership with Italy’s Eni and Emirati energy firm XRG. As part of a newly launched Andes-Atlantic Corridor, a joint U.S-Argentinian initiative to strengthen and moder…
Crude oil prices took a dip today amid reports that there was willingness for peace in the Middle East on both sides of the conflict. The dip partially offset gains made earlier in the week, keeping oil benchmarks elevated. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $102.20 per barrel, and West Texas Intermedi…
Offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7 has received an extension for work on the Sakarya Phase 3 Black Sea gas development offshore Turkey from Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Centre (TP-OTC). The additional scope covers towing and mooring line installation and connection activities related to the com…
V.Group has appointed Shubpreet Singh as chief executive of V.Ships, promoting from within as the shipmanagement giant reshuffles its senior leadership. Singh, a master mariner, has most recently been leading the execution of V.Ships’ strategy after previously heading the group’s Northern Europe and Americas business.…
Ship-to-ship transfers and pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, where available, have become the primary export route for most Middle Eastern oil. Oil producers in the region have demonstrated what some see as remarkable adaptability to the new circumstances. In fact, it is a matter of survival. And it comes at a…
Uzbekistan is intent on establishing logistics lily pads on the shores of the Caspian and Black Seas to advance Tashkent’s Middle Corridor trade agenda. A statement published by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s office on September 21 revealed that Uzbek and Georgian officials have already signed an agreement to establis…
Angeliki Frangou-led Navios Maritime Partners has been linked to another four containership newbuilds at South Korea’s HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC), in a deal worth around $500m. HJSC disclosed this week that it had signed up an unidentified Oceania-based owner for four containerships, with the contract w…
Only three commodity vessels moved through the Strait of Hormuz in the past day, preliminary tanker-tracking data by Kpler showed on Wednesday, as the oil market weighs the potential resumption of U.S.-Iran talks against continued disruptions in the Middle East. The three commodity vessels, which included one Panamax …
Singapore shipmanager Synergy Marine Group has joined forces with Cochin Shipyard to pursue shipbuilding, repair and conversion work in India, adding another international partner to the state-controlled yard’s expanding network. The two companies signed an MoU in Kochi covering joint business development across newbu…
The troubled MSC Hermes III remains afloat and drifting unmanned in the South China Sea after all 25 crew abandoned the vessel yesterday. A fresh HYDROPAC navigational warning describes the 20-year-old containership as a “derelict” vessel adrift near 11°45’N 112°15’E, around 300 km east of Vietnam. The warning is curr…
Pacific International Lines (PIL) chief executive Lars Kastrup will step down next April, bringing to a close a tenure that has coincided with one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the Singapore liner’s history. Wan Chee Foong, currently managing director, corporate strategy at Temasek International, will join PIL a…