The CMA CGM NOTRE DAME, the largest containership currently sailing under the French flag and powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), made its maiden call at Yangshan Port in Shanghai on May 22. With this vessel, CMA CGM continues the modernization of its fleet and...

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Today, pooling is widely recognised as a reliable compliance mechanism under FuelEU Maritime. In most commercial discussions, the underlying assumption is that once a pool is agreed, it will be executed. This assumption deserves closer investigation. In practice,...

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Two liquefied natural gas tankers are exiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, heading to ‌Pakistan and China, while a supertanker with Iraqi crude for China left the Gulf on Saturday after being stranded for nearly three months, shipping data showed. The US-Israeli...

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The shadow fleet is no longer a peripheral concern for compliance teams. It has grown into a structural feature of global oil markets and the exposure it creates runs deeper than most organisations have mapped. The risk extends beyond vessels themselves. It reaches...

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Operational Overview The Hormuz operating environment moved through one of its most consequential five-day windows of the conflict between May 20 and May 24, with Iranian administrative escalation, sustained U.S. enforcement, partial export recovery, and the first...

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