The shadow fleet have had a profitable run over the past few years, but nascent overcapacity and a potentially significant shift in transatlantic enforcement will be weighing heavily on their prospects during 2026

Politics sometimes does open the door to the chocolate

NYK’s reluctance is understandable. But owners will be back sooner rather than later

So much tonnage is going to hit the water in the next couple of years, dragging out a Red Sea return is unlikely to be enough to stave off market decline

Things are looking up in Somalia. But the West needs to make sure hope wins big

An attempted hijacking or kidnap on Hellas Aphrodite ultimately failed, and shipping’s best management practices worked, but this problem isn’t going away

The case for free trade needs to be made ‘one louder’

Tempers are frayed among officials and industry leaders alike

Cable links should not be weak links

This week the shipping industry has been wondering how they make London great again. The answers may not be that complicated

Pragmatism is called for when writing the rules. That doesn’t mean rigging them to help fossil fuels

An inclination to skirt rules in shipping is partly a question of regulatory consistency but also down to dramatically diverging perceptions of risk

Even if you can legally take the bookings, the moral imperative is clear: keep your ships away

If Western governments are going to tie shipowners’ hands behind their backs, at least make the playbook clear and congruous

Delhi is dilly-dallying on facing down Donald

However much a booking pays, it might not be enough

If littoral states aren’t bound to offer ships assistance, they won’t do so

After 17 previous goes, Brussels may even be starting to get things right

Sorry, shipowners, but underwriters do have the right to decline cover

Bogus registries have no more validity than forged passports and should be treated the same way

After the last few days of craziness, shipowners and marine insurers have earned their Friday evening after-work drink

Tanker spot rates doubled, premiums for Israel port calls up threefold. And hundreds dead

Raise your game or have it raised for you

Three years after the Russian invasion, many of the subsequent changes to our industry look set to become permanent

Bookings data and liner company reports confirm that US imports are falling fast as a result of Trump’s tariffs. The US stock market is behaving as if the inevitable economic damage will somehow be averted

The second version of the USTR proposals is still unfair and stupid. But not necessarily unworkable

US-flag tonnage is already more protected than its equivalent in any other rich country. It’s just about to get more protected still

As a feat of diplomacy, the IMO’s agreement on climate is remarkable. As a workable policy for shipping it still leaves much to be desired

US imports will be slammed by historically severe tariffs, and US exports by retaliatory tariffs. Then, unless sanity prevails, the Trump administration will hammer both trades with port fees

Lee Hsien Loong’s speech to Singapore Shipping Week warned the industry of a return to the law of the jungle. And rightly so

Shipping is getting climate regulations whatever happens at IMO. It should care about whether they actually work

The industry is utterly dependent on China-built tonnage and nothing is going to change that overnight