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Monday, September 21, 2026
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
Featured

Hormuz Shuttles Keep Oil Flowing, But At a High Cost

A new shuttling system is reshaping the Middle East oil market, as producers seek to keep exports flowing despite the escalating regional conflict. The

September 21, 2026
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Port Gladstone
Featured

Capesize Bulker Remains Aground Off Australia After Refloating Attempts Fail

Australian authorities have launched an investigation after the 182,066-dwt bulk carrier Cape Falcon ran aground off the Port of Gladstone,

September 21, 2026
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
News

Two More Tankers Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Attacks Mount

Two more tankers have been struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with two seafarers injured, extending a string of attacks against commercial shipping

September 21, 2026
Total Views: 2007

U.S. Sanctions Law Puts Russia’s Arctic Yamal LNG Fleet in Crosshairs
Shipping

U.S. Sanctions Law Puts Russia’s Arctic Yamal LNG Fleet in Crosshairs

A new U.S. sanctions law could put the specialized fleet that keeps Russia’s Yamal LNG project operating in the Arctic under unprecedented pressure,

September 21, 2026
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Sunday, September 20, 2026
QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran
Shipping

Qatar Energy Chief Says Bessent ‘Wrong’ About Hormuz Future

By Kevin Whitelaw and Annmarie Hordern Sep 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) —Qatari Energy Minister Saad Al-Kaabi said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is

September 20, 2026
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Saturday, September 19, 2026
port of deluth
Shipping

US Tariffs Threaten Great Lakes Shipping Tied To Canada Trade

By Brendan Murray Sep 19, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The American Century often draws a crowd when the ship pulls into the Port of Duluth-Superior to load

September 19, 2026
Total Views: 8278

Pipelines run down the deck of Hin Leong's Pu Tuo San VLCC supertanker in the waters off Jurong Island in Singapore
Shipping

World Running Short Of Supertankers Threatens Long-Haul Oil Flow

By Yongchang Chin, Sherry Su, Nathan Risser and Alex Longley Sep 19, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The soaring cost of moving oil around the world is making

September 19, 2026
Total Views: 1652

Friday, September 18, 2026
General cargo ship on the horizon at sunset
News

AI Error Nearly Triggered U.S. Intercept of Chinese Ship, CNN Reports

A false intelligence report produced with the help of artificial intelligence nearly led the U.S. military to intercept and board a Chinese ship in the Middle

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 3492

container ship underway at sea
Featured

Shipping’s New Normal: Slower Trade, Higher Costs, Bigger Profits

By Lori-Ann LaRocco – It’s a good time to be an ocean carrier or tanker owner. The slower trade caused by bottlenecks stemming from the U.S. war with

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 1732

lng tanker
Shipping

Another Tanker Suffers Failure as Crew Suspect Cyber Attack

A liquefied natural gas tanker bringing fuel from the US to Europe suffered a systems failure that the crew reported as a suspected cyber attack, according to

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 6357

Ukraine coast guardsman manning a deck gun with an oil tanker in the background
Shipping

London’s Marine Insurers Widen Black Sea High Risk Zone as Shipping Attacks Surge

London's marine insurance market has widened the area in the Black Sea it deems as ?high risk as the Ukraine-Russia conflict escalates, according to an

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 817

Two tankers with Saudi oil exit Red Sea over weekend, data shows
News

Three Tanker Attacks Hit Hormuz as Saudi Oil Is Forced Back Toward Strait

A new burst of attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is hitting just as Saudi Arabia is being forced to send more oil back through the

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 1450

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
News

U.S. Sanctions Crypto Exchange Tied to Iran’s Hormuz Transit Payments

The United States has sanctioned an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange that Treasury says was used to move payments collected from ships transiting the Strait of

September 18, 2026
Total Views: 687

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Aerial photo of an oil tanker at anchor. Stock Photo: Nickeo23/Shutterstock
News

Authorities Investigating Cyber Breaches Aboard Two U.S.-Bound Ships

US Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded two commercial vessels bound for the United States in the Gulf of Mexico last month after indications that hackers

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 2641

smoke pollution coming from a container ship
Environment

Shipping’s Fuel Transition Hinges on a Number Nobody Has Agreed On Yet

International shipping is being asked to decarbonise before it knows what it will

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 850

The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20), a polar-class ice breaker, transits Southeast Alaskan waters Nov. 24, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Defense

USCGC Healy’s Breakdown Exposes America’s Thin Arctic Icebreaker Fleet

The U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to end icebreaker Healy’s planned high-latitude mission has left the service leaning more heavily on its newest

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 1907

IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez speaks during a meeting at the International Maritime Organization in London.
News

IMO Sounds Alarm as Attacks on Merchant Ships Spread Across Global Trade Routes

The head of the International Maritime Organization is calling on governments to stop attacks on merchant shipping as conflicts increasingly spill into some of

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 865

Handysize gas tanker
News

Foreign Tanker Voyages Went Unreported Under Jones Act Waiver, Bloomberg Finds

Foreign-flagged tankers moved more than $40 million worth of petroleum products between U.S. ports without appearing in the federal government’s public Jones

September 17, 2026
Total Views: 1983

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
MV dali after alliding with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore
News

From Dali to Titan, NTSB Finds the Same Safety Problems Repeating

The Dali bridge collapse, the implosion of the Titan submersible and the deadly fire aboard the Grande Costa D’Avorio are among 49 marine casualties

September 16, 2026
Total Views: 2631

OOCL Portugal container ship transiting the Suez Canal in Egypt.
News

Container Shipping Returns to Suez Despite Rising Red Sea Risks

Container carriers are accelerating their return to the Suez Canal, with COSCO’s OOCL Portugal making a milestone transit even as Houthi advances around Bab

September 16, 2026
Total Views: 3629