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Equinor data chief predicts ‘big gains’ for LNG trading from AI Companies see potential for linking elements of value chain, but are cautious on handing over control of some business …

Lomarlabs launches maritime cluster to push start-ups through the valley of death New alliance has been founded by Lomarlabs, C-Job, Marin and Alpha Marine Consulting

VLCC owners bank ‘massive premiums’ as S&P deals surge and asset prices spike Buyers are making ‘zero effort’ to negotiate down asking prices, analysts say

Shipping enters investment-grade territory for first time, says Clarksons Securities Record profit, surging asset values and lower debt are all contributing to the stronger rating, analysts explain

Equinor data chief predicts ‘big gains’ for LNG shipping from AI Companies see potential for linking elements of value chain, but are cautious on handing over control of some business …

Oaktree offers Torm shares worth $318m as it cuts stake to half Investor to sell 9m shares of its 20% holding

Great Eastern tightens grip on kamsarmax sector as BW Dry Cargo sheds tonnage Deal follows collapsed December sale to Greek buyers, with BW Japan fetching well above that price

Wotton Kearney hires Kennedys shipping and commodities duo in Singapore Law firm adds Asia maritime dispute resolution team that will work across the region

‘Merchants of chaos’: Experts say Houthis not likely to limit targets to Saudi ships after land grab Militant group’s new positions allow it to use less-sophisticated weaponry to attack shipping

Asian bulker owners recycle veteran ships as scrap prices hold firm Hai Phuong Shipping and Asia Mulia Transpasifik call time on their oldest handymaxes

Crude tanker stocks approach record highs as rates frenzy drives market Seven New York-listed tanker owners strike 52-week highs on high-volume trading

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd shift more services to Red Sea despite Houthi advance Four services from Asia moved from Cape of Good Hope routes

Over 100 ships now hit or seized in Middle East war after violent week Only the first week of conflict saw as many ships damaged or destroyed

Tanker markets brace for impact as Saudi pipeline hit dents Yanbu premium Oil prices jumped and could rise further with tankers next to suffer

Why Saverys is pouring ‘a lot of money’ into green ammonia CMB.Tech chief executive Alexander Saverys explains the focus on the hydrogen-based fuel

Strait of Hormuz watchdog adds more vessels to Iran blacklist amid warning to class and insurance Imitating its adversaries, Iran sanctions disobedient vessels to hurt their trading and raise their …

Six dead and 129 missing after Indonesian ferry disaster Deadly loss of Virgo Transport 8 in Indonesia comes less than a week after died in a fire aboard a Filipino …

Hapag-Lloyd and DP World expand African port tie-up Africa’s growing importance to the container trade is driving investment by liner and terminal operators

Vladimir Putin calls on emerging nations to build an insurance system to challenge 127-years of western supremacy Russian president looks to alternative programmes after oil exports and revenues hit by …

‘This may never happen again’: VLCC surge pushes shipping rates to all-time highs Eye-watering rates come even as tonnage builds up in Gulf of Oman as few ships willing to …

Oman seeks protection after shadow fleet suezmax spill Authorities say bad weather has affected salvage efforts after grounding and oil leak

Indian Coast Guard rescues 21 crew after bulker collision Ships collide off the outer anchorage at Kandla

Braemar boosts derivatives reach with new power desk in Dubai Desk head hired from Tradition Financial Services as part of a strategic growth plan

Procopiou family strikes for tankers and VLACs worth $1.1bn in newbuilding spree Dynacom Tankers Management and Akrotiri Tankers sign fresh deals at the Hengli Group and New Times Shipbuilding

Strait of Hormuz turmoil triggers Omani push for alternative LNG supply lines LNG carrier transits through the Strait of Hormuz remain a rarity

Ropax sinks leaving six dead and 129 missing Deadly loss of Virgo Transport 8 in Indonesia comes less than a week after died in a fire aboard a Filipino ropax

Brand new bulker caught hauling cocaine in Turkish drug bust Barnacles were not the only unwelcome discovery beneath the CSPC Pisces’s waterline.

Container ship giant HMM to bet big on tankers, gas carriers and offshore South Korean line eyes 110 bulk ships by 2030 as it hedges against container shipping volatility

Shell and Wartsila report in on first vessel trials of new methane abatement kit Catalyst-based exhaust gas treatment technology set to cut methane slip by at least 80%

LNG supply unlikely to catch up with sector’s fleet growth until late 2028, Vortexa says But tonnage length expected to exert pressure on legacy steam turbine ships to leave trading …

One seafarer killed and another missing in new round of tit-for-tat Hormuz strikes US reportedly strikes back after Iranian strike disables Panamanian-flagged tanker, forcing the crew to evacuate

Saudi Arabia shuts down damaged key pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz East-West pipeline suspended as a 'precautionary measure' following drone attacks from Iraq

Sea influence: White House lobbying by shipping balloons under Trump Federal filings show shipping company lobbyists contacted Trump’s executive offices about port fees, shipbuilding revival and the Jones Act

Wavelength podcast: The Gulf crisis could be so much worse Plus, news from the chairman of the closed-door IMO decarbonisation talks

Petros Panagiotidis reinvents third US-listed spin-off as pure-play LPG firm New Nasdaq shop called AI Okto will take over two small gas carriers from parent Toro Corp

South Korean and Chinese container ships reach UK via Northern Sea Route First Korean boxship to pilot Arctic passage due in UK tonight

Procopiou hunts for new insurance for Russia-linked LNG fleet Company is looking for new service providers before UK sanctions begin in January

Cosco and Hapag-Lloyd accelerate return to Red Sea as traffic recovers More carriers test the Suez route despite the continuing Houthi threat