Crunch time for US port fee threat as final Washington hearings begin | IMO wonders how to start its fight against flagging fraud | Strategic slowdown across businesses as uncertainty stalks Singapore Maritime Week

Baltic and Arctic are newest AIS interference hotspots | Former Singapore PM warns of geopolitical choppy waters for shipping | Shadow fleet tankers remain in recycling limbo as sanctions prevent sales

China-Taiwan conflict fears could spark war risk insurer exodus | Gambia’s dark fleet gambit sees detentions and sanctions surge | EU sets stage for collaborative maritime strategy

US port fee plan open to legal challenge | e-fuel production subsidies could price out developing countries study finds | Maximum pressure ramps up as Ofac sanctions Chinese teapot refinery

Plans to levy China-built ships would have hit 30% of arrivals last year | Syria’s online seaborne trade reaches new highs | Shipping still far behind net zero trajectory, marine insurer data shows

Caught between profits and patriotism: Li Ka-shing family port deal draws Chinas glare | Suezmax and LR rates rise amid the ongoing geopolitical ‘noise’ | Trade wars and ceasefires can both boost dry bulk in eyes of United Maritime

Escalation in Red Sea threat expected after US air strikes | Beijing ups political rhetoric over CK Hutchison port sale | Europe is hydrogen’s next best hope if the IMO fails, says analyst

Geopolitical tensions at Panama Canal still very high despite sale of ports | IMO green rules possible without Trump’s America | Beijing casts shadow over CK Hutchison’s blockbuster port sale as national interest concerns raised

Ofac targets ‘shadow fleet’ tankers, STS operators, and Iran’s oil minister in latest sanctions | Over half of LPG cargoes claiming Iraqi origin may actually be Iranian | Zim’s view on US port fee plan and why spot rates are falling

US could face trade ‘apocalypse’ if Trump port fee plan isn’t killed | Spoofing goes haywire as gas tanker visits Hindu temple | EU entities on hook for what non-EU subsidiaries do on Russia sanctions

Why Trump may be about to apply ‘maximum pressure’ to shipping’s fake flag problem | US port fees a ‘game changer’ for global shipbuilding dynamics | Are spot rates sinking due to alliance reshuffle or US tariff chaos?

Elon Musk, the DOGE effect and the risks to US shipping trades | Sanctioned ships laden with Russian diesel descend on Syria’s Baniyas | Tanker and containership left ablaze after collision

More tankers turn to China’s Dongying as covert hub for sanctioned tonnage | State actors’ were behind recent tanker explosions but unknowns make risk assessment impossible | The long view from Long Beach

Red Sea returns not enough to move dial on traffic volumes | Port fees on Chinese ships could put some US exporters ‘out of business’ | Agility required in unpredictable times, says Torm’s Meldgaard

Why Trump 2.0 tariffs could be worse for container lines than round one | CK Hutchison’s blockbuster port sale — a triple win for MSC, CK and Trump | Is Trump’s obsession with a US shipbuilding renaissance laudable, or a futile quest?

CK Hutchison agrees $22.8bn deal to sell off Hutchison Ports stake | If US taxes Chinese ships, liners could pull capacity from US ports | Why a US withdrawal from world stage would be bad for shipping