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Daily Briefing 10 February 2025
Why China presents a bigger risk to freedom of navigation than the Houthis | Baltimore bridge litigation could reach Supreme Court, US insurance lawyer warns | Yes, a tariff war would matter for shipping

Daily Briefing 7 February 2025
Maersk chief doubles down on integrator strategy | Shipowners face unlimited liability for alternative fuel spills, lawyers warn | Vehicle carrier sector on road to normalisation following four-year bull run

Daily Briefing 6 February 2025
US reimposes ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions on Iran | What a second round of ‘maximum pressure’ Iran sanctions means for shipping | Protectionism will have ‘direct impact’ on marine insurers, argues IUMI

Daily Briefing 5 February 2025
Chinese retaliatory tariffs could harm dry bulk tonne-miles | Trump tariff workarounds will lessen impact of trade war escalation | Trump 2.0 tariff bazooka is looking more like a damp squib

Daily Briefing 4 February 2025
Trump trade war 2.0: What are the pros and cons for shipping? | Red Sea traffic holds steady | Is freedom of navigation under threat?

Daily Briefing 3 February 2025
Dead identities: over 25 ships using scrapped IMO numbers | Seizing the Panama Canal again would be Operation Bad Idea | Clubs and owners braced for Trump trouble over sanctions

Daily Briefing 31 January 2025
Brokers and sellers face conundrum as aframax S&P market spikes after US sanctions | The EU’s business-friendly policy pitch is positive for shipping, if it works | Syria’s seaborne trade remains unchanged under new regime

Daily Briefing 30 January 2025
Why would US invade Panama? US Senate hearing gives rationale | Cable-cutting ships in Baltic Sea are ‘no accident’ says Finnish maritime expert | Diplomats downplay prospect of Baltic shipping tax, but security costs are under review

Daily Briefing 29 January 2025
Maritime convention scrutinised to arrest dark fleet dangers for coastal states | Eagle S insurance questions go unanswered as detained cable-cutting tanker ‘loses $70,000 daily’ | Slow but steady renewal round sees P&I clubs make rate hikes stick

Daily Briefing 28 January 2025
Owners withdraw vintage tankers from sale on ‘dark fleet’ concerns | Shipping starts to test Red Sea waters | Bad weather, not sabotage, caused cable damage insists seized ship’s owner

Daily Briefing 27 January 2025
Russian ‘spy ship’ fraudulently using IMO of laid up vessel | Slithering through uncertainty: Shipping in the Year of the Snake | Shipping must be predictable if it wants to borrow

Daily Briefing 24 January 2025
Trump tariffs could see 70% drop in Chinese exports to US | No short-term Suez return expected for vehicle carrier sector | Non-dom ‘exile’ Tsakos hits out at UK as government reconsiders tax reforms

Daily Briefing 23 January 2025
Crimea caller sails for Libya in Russian power play | Houthis say Galaxy Leader’s crew released | Russian ‘spy ship’ gathering intelligence on UK’s underwater infrastructure

Daily Briefing 22 January 2025
China’s shipbuilders ride order boom to new heights, but geopolitical headwinds loom | Big questions remain on IMO carbon price and fuel standard | Galaxy Leader crew to be released soon, says Houthi leader

Daily Briefing 21 January 2025
Houthis announce partial stop to Red Sea attacks | Red Sea shipping return inches closer but freight rate plunge feared | Trump 2.0, China-US relations and shipping’s ‘parallel’ fleets

Daily Briefing 20 January 2025
USTR investigation concludes China unfairly dominates shipbuilding and shipping | Cansi rebuts US allegations against Chinese shipbuilding and warns of trade disruption | Good news from Gaza, but shipping needs to wait and see
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