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Working together to combat cargo fires

Safetytech Accelerator is leading a pioneering programme to understand and control the growing risks associated with shipboard fires. Its Cargo Fire & Loss Innovation Initiative (CFLII) is a robust approach to testing new technology involving partners from across...

Sweden Detains the Hui Yuan: Environmental Enforcement as a Shadow Fleet Pressure Tool

On April 12, 2026, the Swedish Coast Guard intercepted and detained the Panama-flagged bulk carrier HUI YUAN approximately 19 nautical miles southeast of Ystad, on suspicion of discharging coal residues into the Baltic Sea. The vessel had departed Ust-Luga, Russia,...

Shipping Interrupted: Tracking the Impact of Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz

March was not a normal month for oil markets. The US-Israeli strikes on Iran and ensuing de facto closure of the Strait has dramatically impacted the month’s tonne-mile data. Against that backdrop, the scale of the decline is perhaps less surprising than the question...

What Does AIS Have to Do with $100+ Oil, $400k/day Tankers, and Gasoline Up 25%+?

At first glance, these outcomes appear to be driven purely by geopolitics and physical disruption. However, a critical, but less visible factor sits underneath: the breakdown of trust in maritime information, specifically AIS. WHAT IS AIS? AIS (Automatic...

MEPC 84: US flags ILUC blind spot in IMO’s biofuel assessment

The US urges the IMO to rethink how it assesses deforestation risk in crop-based marine biofuels. The US has proposed a region-based approach to the IMO’s indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk assessment. It has submitted this proposal to the IMO’s Intersessional...

Singapore’s low-sulfur marine fuel arbitrage arrivals from the West to drop further in April

Singapore’s low sulfur fuel oil arrivals from the Western markets are set to decrease for a third straight month in April, partly weighed down by unviable arbitrage economics due to persistently high freight rates, while the ongoing war in the Middle East continues to...

Working together to combat cargo fires

Sweden Detains the Hui Yuan: Environmental Enforcement as a Shadow Fleet Pressure Tool

Shipping Interrupted: Tracking the Impact of Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz

What Does AIS Have to Do with $100+ Oil, $400k/day Tankers, and Gasoline Up 25%+?

MEPC 84: US flags ILUC blind spot in IMO’s biofuel assessment

Singapore’s low-sulfur marine fuel arbitrage arrivals from the West to drop further in April

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