The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have met representatives from Gulf States to address the ongoing conflict and its direct impact on seafarers and shipping in the Gulf. The meeting comes four weeks...
Clean tanker rates for Europe-bound cargoes from the US Gulf surged to multiyear highs in March, driven by stronger US refined product exports and tightening vessel availability, market analysts said. Platts assessed the rate to carry a 38,000 metric ton clean cargo...
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, was down for a second session on Tuesday, falling 1.1% to a near three-week low of 1,995 points. The capesize index, which typically transport 150,000-ton...
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a husband cannot evade his legal obligation to financially support his wife and minor child living with her merely because another child from the marriage is in his custody. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, while deciding a revision...
At a grand government venue in Islamabad earlier this year, Pakistan’s top leadership gathered to استقبال a visitor whose presence signalled more than just a business meeting. Zachary Witkoff, CEO of World Liberty Financial—a crypto platform co-founded by US President...