The Panama Canal will keep the 48-foot Neopanamax draft after postponing an October cut, but daily slots fall to 32…
Category: Maritime Industry
Seafarer Protection First: Practical Controls After a Week of Fatal and Retaliatory Tanker Strikes
A 6 September operator brief sets practical crew-protection controls after Sidr fatalities and the 5 September US–Iran tanker strike exchange…
Black Sea Grain Corridors Stay High Risk After Deadly Summer Attacks
July’s Black Sea ship attacks and dual-coast terminal damage have left grain liftings sharply lower and made crew protection, war-risk…
Kharg Island Strike Widens Commercial Risk Deep into Iran Oil Export Hub
CENTCOM's 5 September disabling of tanker Downy off Kharg Island extends the wartime tanker battlespace roughly 300 miles northwest of…
Early September Hormuz Traffic Remains Depressed After Twin Supertanker Attacks
By 4 September, Hormuz commodity traffic stayed well below recent averages as operators digested the 1 September twin VLCC strikes…
After Sidr Fatalities, Operators Face Harder Crew-Safety and Manning Decisions
Following confirmation of two Filipino seafarer deaths on Bahri Sidr, owners and managers on 3 September faced intensified pressure to…
US Claims of Heavy Hormuz Oil Flows Clash with Ship-Tracking Data
On 3 September analysis highlighted a sharp gap between US claims of large escorted oil flows through Hormuz and Kpler/Lloyd's…
Five Commodity Ships, Zero Liquid Tankers: Hormuz Traffic Halves After Clearance Claims
On 31 August, preliminary Kpler figures showed only five commodity vessels crossing Hormuz — none of them liquid tankers —…
Weekend Hormuz Traffic Slumps as Operators Go Dark After Fresh Attacks
Visible weekend commodity traffic through Hormuz fell sharply toward single-digit daily counts, with small LPG and dark AIS movements dominating…
Over 90 Seafarers Held as Gulf of Aden Piracy Surges Amid Dual Chokepoint Crisis
IMO-linked reporting shows more than 90 seafarers held after a renewed Gulf of Aden / Somalia piracy wave — including…
