Fuel-oil stocks at Singapore, ARA and Fujairah are about 30 percent below seasonal norms, Singapore VLSFO is just under $825/t…
Category: Maritime Industry
Somalia Asks UN Security Council to Act as Five Ships and 90-Plus Seafarers Remain in Pirate Hands
On 6 September 2026 Somalia’s foreign ministry called for coordinated international action against a renewed piracy wave off Puntland and…
EU ETS 70 Percent Surrender Deadline Falls on 30 September as EUA Prices Sit Near €83
Shipping companies have 23 days to surrender EU Allowances covering 70 percent of verified 2025 CO2 in the maritime EU…
IMO Net-Zero Talks Keep GHG Pricing on the Table but Leave Operators Without Final MARPOL Text
ISWG-GHG 22 closed in London without a clean Annex VI text. A majority still backs a central GHG price and…
Panama Holds 48-Foot Draft but Cuts Daily Transits to 32 From 15 September
The Panama Canal will keep the 48-foot Neopanamax draft after postponing an October cut, but daily slots fall to 32…
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…
