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Tankers & Gas

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Dark fleet tactics evolve as tankers take on multiple interchangeable digital identities

A Lloyd’s List investigation shows how vessels move seamlessly between identities using only digital information

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The Houthis are still calling the shots in the Red Sea

The segments of the shipping industry that were either forced to reroute or freely chose to are not relying on naval escorts or diplomatic negotiations to decide on whether they will return, but are waiting for a signal from the Houthis themselves

Red Sea Risk Piracy and Security

Türkiye lists ‘respectable P&I clubs’ for Turkish Straits transits

List includes all International Group affiliates and best-known fixed premium outfits

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Hengli Heavy looks to hire 30,000 for new China shipyard

Construction of the new yard was completed in just five months, highlighting the Chinese builder’s aggressiveness in capacity expansion. However, the ambitious project faces challenges

Tankers and Gas Shipbuilding

The Daily View: An end to freedom

Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping

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Product Tankers

The Houthis are still calling the shots in the Red Sea

The segments of the shipping industry that were either forced to reroute or freely chose to are not relying on naval escorts or diplomatic negotiations to decide on whether they will return, but are waiting for a signal from the Houthis themselves

Red Sea Risk Piracy and Security

Tanker stocks sink as sanctions-fuelled rally loses steam

Middle East Gulf-China forward freight agreements for VLCCs declined by 6% on Thursday, and tanker stock investors are becoming less confident in future upside from US sanctions

Tankers and Gas Finance

James Fisher orders newbuilding tanker quartet in fleet renewal push

UK shipowner James Fisher and Sons has ordered four ‘state-of-the-art’ dual-fuel tankers for an undisclosed price at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard

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LPG

Iranian gas cargo discharged in Bangladesh after China U-turn

Amid reports that Chinese buyers are hesitant of running afoul of US sanctions, a VLGC likely carrying Iran-origin LPG to China made an unusual U-turn after spending two weeks at anchor in December

Sanctions Tankers and Gas

Hengli Heavy looks to hire 30,000 for new China shipyard

Construction of the new yard was completed in just five months, highlighting the Chinese builder’s aggressiveness in capacity expansion. However, the ambitious project faces challenges

Tankers and Gas Shipbuilding

Trafigura carries first co-load of ammonia and LPG from US to Europe

Trafigura and ammonia maker CF Industries said they can lower costs and reduce emissions by co-loading ammonia and LPG on the same vessel

Technology and Innovation Tankers and Gas

Eletson’s battle with fund that became foe is cautionary tale for our times

For an investment of around $5m, an opportunist Canadian hedge fund has laid siege to a fleet worth hundreds of millions

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LNG

LNG order spree down to compliance today, not promise of supply tomorrow

DNV global decarbonisation director Jason Stefanatos said LNG provides compliance with policies such as FuelEU today, rather than relying on supply of ammonia and methanol, which is seemingly always around the corner

Decarbonisation Tankers and Gas

Record number of LNG-fuelled vessels delivered in 2024

A total of 515 alternatively fuelled vessels were ordered in 2024, which represents a 38% year-on-year increase on 2023’s orders 

Decarbonisation Tankers and Gas

APAC gas and LNG contracting to stay high in 2025

Middle Eastern sellers will offer strong competition with the US, where new tariffs on China could mean unintended consequences, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie says

Tankers and Gas Political and Trade

Chinese builder Hengli Heavy ousts star executive amid expansion road map

Hengli Heavy Industry has sacked deputy general manager Zhang Tao, who was recruited from competitor Yangzijiang Shipbuilding with a high salary. The move comes at a critical time, as the privately owned builder seeks to go public and aggressively expand its production capacity

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