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Daily Briefing 7 October 2026
Orderbook doubles, scrapping stalls: why dry bulk is not worried about 2027 yet | Global crude exports have recovered from Hormuz crisis, but can it last? | Middle East Gulf product loadings rebound but lag crude recovery amid refinery outages
Daily Briefing 6 October 2026
Tanker rates, already higher than most imagined possible, just spiked again | Greece ‘more and more confident’ it can sink the NZF | Dynacom-operated tanker hit in Hormuz as Iran maintains closure demands
Daily Briefing 5 October 2026
Could VLCC boom rewrite the ship investment rules? | Russia absorbs shadow fleet tankers at record pace as EU seizures reshape sanctions battle | Shipping at ‘unique moment in history’ as conflicts fail to derail demand
Daily Briefing 2 October 2026
Some tanker bosses see boom lasting for years, not months | Deferred scrapping leaves container sector with growing pool of elderly boxships | UK sanctions target Russia's emerging LNG shadow fleet as gas carriers added to blacklist
Daily Briefing 1 October 2026
Tankers bypass Hormuz transfer bottleneck as direct India deliveries emerge | Malaysia rejects responsibility for shadow fleet STS transfers beyond port limits | September newbuilding wave highlights container shipping’s supply-side risk
Daily Briefing 30 September 2026
VLCCs resume Yanbu liftings as Saudi pipeline comes back online | Ten years of NOx Tier III limits have done little to improve air quality | Bunker prices are escalating as Hormuz crisis drags on
Daily Briefing 29 September 2026
‘30-for-30’ tariff deal to lift China-US long haul at expense of Asean rerouting | Hormuz crisis evolves into even greater money maker for tanker owners | Zodiac expands fleet strategy into LNG shipping with Hanwha Ocean order
Daily Briefing 28 September 2026
Why are spot container rates to the US more than double rates to Europe? | Abu Dhabi emerges as container shipping’s Hormuz shuttle operator | Iran’s ship attacks show strategy of disruption not discrimination
Daily Briefing 25 September 2026
Russia, China and Europe vie for influence as Arctic shipping surges | Saudi tanker transits through Hormuz hit war-time high after pipeline attack | Product tankers join the party as MR rates in Asia hit multiyear highs
Daily Briefing 24 September 2026
How would US diesel export restriction impact tanker shipping rates? | Europe wants IMO to write a new AI rulebook for shipping | ‘Struggle’ to secure Black Sea breach cover in London right now, says Markel
Daily Briefing 23 September 2026
Crude tanker rates steady near record highs, FFAs fall, and stocks retreat | Landside bottlenecks, not ships, are the real constraint says Maersk, as Red Sea return gathers pace | Blacklisted ships continue Hormuz transits despite Iranian threats as attacks broaden beyond designated vessels
Daily Briefing 22 September 2026
Trafigura launches tanker spin-off Volare Shipping with $500m Oslo IPO | Arctic crude traffic surges as sanctioned tankers head for China | Marine insurance premiums hit all-time high
Daily Briefing 21 September 2026
Shipping stocks, led by tanker names, pile on more gains in September | LPG tanker calls to Ukraine’s Danube ports slump as security fears reshape import routes | Freedom of navigation under fire as Iran strikes tanker in Hormuz
Daily Briefing 18 September 2026
Grain exports grind to a halt as attacks empty Ukraines Black Sea ports | MOL to keep ships out of Hormuz and braces for crisis to drag into next year | Gabon relaunches ship register under new management as clean-up of shadow fleet legacy begins
Daily Briefing 17 September 2026
VLCC asset values surge on record freight earnings | China opens $10.8bn Pinglu Canal to deepen Asean trade links | Netherlands flags failure to stop fraudulent registration as fake fleet heads to Middle East
Daily Briefing 16 September 2026
With Yanbu exports in peril, VLCC spot rates continue to spike | Chinese shipowners lead bulk carrier boom in Russian Northern Sea Route transits | Gulf states embed security apparatus into Hormuz tanker operations as shuttle fleet strategy becomes permanent
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