Hormuz crisis sees shadow gas carriers go mainstream | Stricken tanker could generate ‘one of the more significant’ oil spills in history | Red Sea traffic holds steady despite UN warnings of wider Yemen conflict

Sanctions snarl salvage effort as Russian insurer surfaces in Oman shadow tanker spill | Reinsurers impose second round of war risk cancellations on P&I clubs | Maersk planning for eventual full return to Suez Canal route as Asian exports keep boxship capacity under pressure

Hormuz crisis supply response loses steam but tanker rates hold firm | Tankers keep moving through Hormuz as diplomacy stalls | Tanker buying boom raises concerns over secondhand ship inspections, says Idwal

Gulf conflict costs marine insurers $2bn to date | Tax-free IMO plans would struggle with volatile compliance costs | Pacific Basin’s Fruergaard: brace for more disruption, not less

US quietly scraps seized Russian-linked shadow fleet tankers for scrap | South Korea joins China in race to develop Arctic shipping route | Taiwan condemns China’s shipping controls over Taiwan Strait amid Typhoon Dolphin

China’s shipbuilding dominance rolls on, but delivery may be the next test | Huge jump in boxes offloaded at wrong port as Hormuz fighting hits UK economy | Swedish seizure could prompt shadow fleet flag pivot

Hormuz deal nears, but shipping warned risk will remain ‘extreme’ | Japan proposes taking net zero out of IMO Net-Zero Framework | SeaLead winds up operations after US sanctions over Iran links

Stuck in the Middle East Gulf: seafarers reveal the human cost of a shipping war | VLCC marine insurance costs highest since 2024 | Europe can’t afford to lose CPC crude, says Okeanis boss

Black Sea now the ‘most dangerous commercial shipping environment in the world’ | Liberia defends its anti-NZF stance as countries argue over green fine print | China’s crude imports recover from 10-year low but Middle East uncertainty lingers

Tanker boom of 2026, now second-best in history, shows no signs of abating | Renewed Houthi attacks will spark contract disputes over Cape of Good Hope rerouting costs | Hormuz attacks continue as Trump claims more talks to start with Iran

Tankers signal oil majors in AIS messages to avoid Ukrainian drone attacks | Saudi Arabia's Red Sea security coalition risks promising more than it can deliver | Saudi Arabia pushes naval alliance as Red Sea risks spread north

Marine underwriters extend high-risk areas after Houthi attacks on Saudi tonnage | VLCCs lighten loads to slip through Suez as Houthi blockade bites | Marine underwriters extend high risk areas after Houthi attacks on Saudi tonnage

The price of passage through the Strait of Hormuz | Tanker stocks up double digits during a month of geopolitical chaos | Container carriers hold Red Sea line despite Houthi blockade — for now

‘Now they are hitting to kill’: Seafarers pull back from Black Sea trades | China tightens grip on iron ore shipping as Simandou fleet takes shape | Hull war insurers imposing covenants for Saudi-linked vessels

Hormuz war risk cover tops $10m for single VLCC trip | 3D chess: The interwoven tanker effects of Iranian, Houthi and Ukrainian attacks | Chinese state giants pull VLCCs from Red Sea as safety trumps commercial gains

Next chapter in Trump tariff saga: new levies with more to come | Trump passes Hormuz and Red Sea bill on to Iran as crude choke continues | Two Cosco VLCCs transit Bab el Mandeb after securing Houthi clearance