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Readers Speak: Smaller vessels gain favour in container ship orders
Rotterdam container throughput holds steady as transshipment drops 20%
The Port of Rotterdam recorded a 0.9% increase in total cargo throughput during the first nine months of 2026, reaching 323.2 million tonnes…
Tankers: Is a Clean Slate Coming for 15% of the Tanker Fleet?
A sudden boost of tanker supply could emerge, should the US proceed with a waiver of sanctioned tankers. In its latest weekly report, shipbr…
VLCC Tanker Rates Retreated Last Week
Clean LR2 The TC1 75kt MEG/Japan index climbed by 47 points this week to WS986, with the corresponding Baltic round-trip TCE gaining $14,800…
Faster Ballast, Slower Laden: VLCC Supply Signals Diverge
This week's Tanker Market Monitor examines divergence in VLCC sailing speeds, regional vessel supply, and freight earnings. In the Arabian G…
nOn Cyber Extortion Incident Involving 38 Maritime Companies Likely traces Back to a Single Vendor
On 12 October 2026, the cyber extortion group n0n listed a batch of 38 maritime organizations on its dark web leak site. The targets include…
Asia-US container rates mixed as extended peak season demand wanes; tanker rates stable
Rates for shipping containers from east Asia and China to the US were mixed this week while rates for liquid chemical tankers ex-US Gulf wer…
Japan to provide P&I, compensate cargo, hull cover for crude, oil products, LNG transport
Japan is set to provide protection and indemnity cover and partially compensate cargo and hull insurance payments for the transportation of …
One Singapore ship was sunk, but here's why others are still transiting the Strait of Hormuz
Vessels transit the Hormuz Strait off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on September 7, 2026. Commercial vessels are li…