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

The US was viewed as a reliable trading partner and guarantor of global security until very recently. That reputation is in tatters. If America does not change course, it will have major long-term implications for global trade, warned speakers at TPM25

A coherent rulebook should not be too much for which to ask

We are faced with the unhappy prospect of an organised campaign against the shipping industry, mounted by persons unknown for reasons unknown

You might just miss the rules once they are gone

Clerc and Habben Jansen are right to warn against an immediate Chicken Licken response. But just because the sky isn’t falling yet doesn’t mean it couldn’t

A second military intervention would be detrimental to shipping, not to mention the US economy

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and be unsurprised by anything in between

The IMO is building towards majority support for a flat carbon levy on shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions. Countries should follow the science and vote it into law

Two cheers at best for developments in Damascus

From geopolitics to climate change and sanctions, this year’s Lloyd’s List Outlook Forum focused on the big issues

Western shipowners and underwriters may have to kiss goodbye to a once-lucrative revenue stream for the medium to long term

The swift and aggressive response to Yi Peng 3 is insightful and suggests a co-ordinated decision by Nato allies

Future of car carrier and those on board need not rest on settlement to Gaza war

There was no reason to believe America’s heartland would give the fortunes of our industry a second thought last Tuesday. And guess what? It didn’t

Asking the boxship giant to pay its way is one thing. Singling it out for a fiscal punishment beating is another

Accountants book prepaid premiums as an asset. And there’s a reason for that

There is no obvious answer for the dilemmas that arise when fixed-premium providers of unknown financial standing purport to cover for tankers carrying Russian crude

The dark fleet poses a threat to shipping safety, but it may take a big, messy and very public European disaster to get that threat on to the political radar

The fact that a majority of governments now back a carbon levy for shipping is not enough. To create a global policy architecture to decarbonise the maritime sector will require a strong story to sell domestically and internationally

More than 100 containerships were stuck off east and Gulf coast ports in autumn 2022 amid the supply chain crisis. These ship queues will return if the ILA goes on strike next week — and the blame game will begin

Keeping trade flowing is a moral endeavour, and shipping’s insurers deserve credit

Moral culpability for this casualty rests with the damn fools crazy enough deliberately to set a suezmax on fire. But television audiences might not have seen things like that

The Houthis like to paint themselves as the legitimate government of Yemen. Legitimate governments do not typically run the risk devastating oil spills

If anything has to take a hit, let it be a company’s bottom line rather than its seafarers

As Maersk U-turns on LNG and methanol projects fold, the industry is asking what has changed. This is about the inherent uncertainty and nervousness in an industry that still does not have any confidence in what happens next and is defaulting to lowest cost and optionality as a default

Lloyd’s-backed insurers have failed to answer questions over whether they provided cover for a 25-year-old, hit-and-run tanker, a dark fleet poster child intercepted by Malaysian authorities as it fled the scene of a collision and is now detained

Holy grails are wonderful things. But as anyone who has read The Da Vinci Code knows, they can be that little bit hard to find