US sanctions two more LNG carriers in Arctic LNG 2 crackdown | Libyan port of Brega remains open for export despite oil blockade | Sounion: shipping gets away with it again

Shipment from Sevastopol reaches Egypt despite Ukrainian warning | Red Sea transits now ‘impossible’ for ships with US, UK or Israel ties | Russian Arctic LNG storage indicates commercial options have evaporated

‘Alternative solution’ unclear for Sounion salvage as operation postponed | How Eswatini created a shipping register by accident | Bab el Mandeb transits see first meaningful increase since start of Red Sea crisis

Not safe to begin towing Sounion, salvors decide | Libyan oil exports frozen as political crisis continues | Shipowner calls for CII fudges may miss the point

Sounion salvage to start today | Gap between Black Sea and Red Sea war risk rates closing | Houthis hit another crude oil tanker in Red Sea

Sounion plight sparks memories of Limburg casualty | Cosco joins carrier ordering spree with $2.2bn methanol-powered boxships | Yemen’s twisted firestarters will go it alone

Houthis say they will allow Sounion to be towed | Insurer Brit hires tugs to attend tanker burning in Red Sea | Generali leads slip on Red Sea tanker blaze cargo

Nobody taking responsibility for potential Sounion oil spill costs | Nauru rejects flag hoppers amid US crackdown on sanction-busting shipowners | Now that Panama Canal drought is over, it’s time to start preparing for the next drought

Brit’s Keel Consortium has 100% line on Red Sea blaze suezmax | Tankers and bulk carriers still run Red Sea gauntlet | Oil industry clean-up scheme will not pay out in event of Sounion spill

Containership data signals very strong August for Los Angeles-Long Beach | Sanctioned LNG carrier in ship-to-ship transfer day after designation | Houthis set fire to Delta Tankers suezmax adrift in Red Sea

US announces sanctions on LNG carriers following Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 debut | Canadian government moves to stop railway shutdown | Suezmax and aframax segments lead tanker newbuildings as orderbook surges

Shipping must pool demand for green fuels, but it will struggle to do so | Shipowners still adding more scrubbers, via newbuildings not retrofits | Ukraine seafarers still working despite war

Onboard carbon capture no more than a ‘transitory’ fix | What’s holding back e-fuels? | New York judge dismisses Economou suit against Performance Shipping

Lloyd’s-backed Maritime Mutual revealed as insurer of Iran-linked tanker Ceres I | Chief executive in sudden departure at Royal Institution of Naval Architects | VLGC rates rebound, but Panama Canal recovery could limit upside

How have shipping stocks fared in aftermath of summer sell-off? | IMO carbon price plans show gulf between states on revenue question | Industry cannot handle Li-ion batteries alone, says UK Club

One Hundred Ports: Box ports tread water as the ‘tepid 20s’ persist | One Hundred Ports: Red Sea uncertainty clouds port outlook | One Hundred Ports: Shifting port calls reveals difficulty in cutting Chinese box reliance