The tanker market rose during August, OPEC said in its latest monthly report. Dirty tanker spot freight rates were stronger in August, led by gains in VLCC rates. Spot freight rates for VLCC rose, m-o-m, across all monitored routes, recovering from the…
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The International Maritime Organisation’s 22nd Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 22) closed in London on September 4 with negotiators signalling renewed momentum towards a final agreement on the organisatio…
Fresh momentum for Net-Zero Framework gains Read More »
A practical look at how analysts can use historical vessel activity as an early trade-flow signal – and where the limits of that signal begin. Structured over time, port calls reveal whether trade-related activity is rising, falling, shifting or …
How port call activity can reveal a changing trade route Read More »
Mayun Island puts rebels inside narrowest point of Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Houthis take control of island at the centre of a major shipping chokepoint Read More »
Federal filings show shipping company lobbyists contacted president’s executive offices about port fees, shipbuilding revival and the Jones Act
Sea influence: White House lobbying by shipping balloons under Trump Read More »