Middle East oil exports are recovering toward pre-war levels, but soaring freight costs, tanker shortages and disruption around key shipping routes are keeping pressure on the market, according to PVM Oil Associates, part of TP ICAP Group. Middle East exports reached...

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Pakistan is seeking alternative liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments and preparing to curtail supplies to some sectors after Qatar extended force majeure notices on deliveries to Islamabad until Nov. 5, Pakistani officials said on Wednesday, amid concerns about...

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There have been two more pollution incidents arising from a similar arrangement. In both cases, an Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment (ODME) overboard discharge pipe was routed through a bunker fuel tank before terminating at the ship’s side. Although all three...

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At our recent Singapore Summit, our Chief Commercial Officer, Russ Hubbard, opened with two numbers: 88% of organizations now use AI somewhere in their business1, meanwhile 89% of organizations say it hasn’t produced a measurable return2. This sounds like a...

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Stolt-Nielsen’s 3Q26 core figures were in line with consensus but somewhat below our estimates, as higher bunker costs absorbed stronger spot rates. While the Middle East conflict has sent crude and product tanker earnings soaring, chemical tankers have captured only...

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