Strong owner balance sheets and prolonged healthy earnings have reduced the pressure to sell, allowing owners of modern tonnage to demand increasingly higher prices

Higher costs have been a key deterrent for buyers despite global supply constraints with the Middle East Gulf conflict showing no signs of slowing

But accused seafarers have left country and shadow fleet tanker now scrapped

A search for 10 missing crew members on board the cargoship continues more than 48 hours after the collision occurred

Rising arbitrage windows leave room for freight rates to grow as Europe contends with diesel shortages

China’s largest shipping company pushes back against US spy allegations as tensions simmer ahead of Trump-Xi summit

A US-sanctioned VLGC that spent more than three years hauling Iranian LPG has been scrapped in India, marking a rare exit from the shadow fleet and signalling growing pressure on ageing sanctioned tonnage as Iran’s LPG exports decline

The traditional shipping business formula — more disruptions equal higher profits — is paying off in epic fashion in 2026. Bad news for the Panama Canal should add to the good news for rates

The Panama Canal will reduce daily transits from September as an intensifying El Niño drives rainfall sharply below average, raising the prospect of longer delays, higher costs and renewed disruption to global trade flows

The 2000s was the ‘golden era’ for shipping stocks, with multiple segments all spiking simultaneously. Recent trading behaviour of shipping equities is starting to look similar to that earlier peak two decades ago

Disputes could arise on the back of Hormuz force majeures in the long term as buyers challenge sellers’ abilities, or lack thereof, to perform their contractual obligations

Iran and Oman have agreed on a temporary Hormuz shipping framework, but Tehran says the strait will remain effectively closed pending wider US-Iran diplomatic progress

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas’ plans for a sweeping new round of Russia sanctions face growing resistance from member states, as a Brussels power struggle and mounting Greek anger over Ukrainian attacks on merchant shipping threaten to derail consensus

Saudi-linked vessels can still secure charterers’ liability cover despite new International Group exclusions, but at a higher cost, while Riyadh explores a state-backed marine insurance scheme to shield shipping from escalating Red Sea war risks