The conflict has triggered a sharp repricing across tanker freight, but the response has not been uniform. Crude and clean tankers both rallied as disruption risk centred on the Middle East Gulf forced charterers and owners to reassess exposure to the …
Tanker freight behaviour diverges after the conflict shock Read More »
Events in the Middle East are once again reminding the world of a fundamental truth: global supply chains are not abstract systems. They are physical, exposed, and deeply intertwined with the wider world economy. Disruption in one region now reverberat…
BIMCO: Geopolitics, supply chains – and the human face of global trade Read More »
Capesize The market began the week with strong upward momentum, briefly pushing the BCI 182 5TC to the cusp of $39,000, supported primarily by strength in the Atlantic basin. Early gains were driven by a firm C3 market and a tightening ballaster list, …
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Since 13 April, the challenge for vessels to enter or leave the Middle East Gulf has been complicated significantly. While in the first 1.5 months of the conflict the full focus was on the Strait of Hormuz, the targeted US blockade on Iranian or Iran-r…
Transit or no transit – that’s the question Read More »
AXSMarine AIS-derived crossing data, collected continuously from 1 March through 21 April 2026, documents how the Strait of Hormuz has functioned – and who has been willing to use it – in the weeks since the conflict began. From Stillness t…
The Strait After the Ceasefire. Seven Weeks of Data from the Gulf’s Only Maritime Exit Read More »