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Record LR2 trading dirty, Market Holds Firm

A record high number of LR2s are now trading in the dirty market. While this shift first began to emerge in October 2025, the recent conflict has clearly accelerated the trend, with LR2 increasingly deployed into dirty trades as the market shows better economics. The...

Kaizen Returns To Econavis For Second Eco Boss Cap Retrofit After 2.5% Fuel Savings Verified After Six Months

EcoNavis Solutions has completed retrofit installation of its Eco Boss Cap to a second vessel operated by Thailand-based Kaizen Ship Management. The successful installation marks the first repeat order for the energy-saving propeller technology since market...

Technical fragility is a commercial risk for smaller fleet owners, says Kaiko Systems

Leading AI-powered data collection and analysis platform, Kaiko Systems, is warning that unreliable operational data is emerging as a major commercial risk in shipping, particularly for smaller fleet operators. Issues such as unsynchronised reports, missing...

COSCO Shipping resumes Middle East bookings as Iran signals conditional transit through Hormuz

Chinese shipping giant COSCO Shipping’s container liner unit ‌ began restoring services to key Middle East routes after Iran signaled that non-hostile vessel could transit the Strait of Hormuz under certain conditions. COSCO Shipping Lines said on Tuesday that it...

Engine Retrofit Capability Builds As Regulatory Uncertainty Delays Conversions

Growing regulatory uncertainty is delaying large‑scale engine retrofit decisions, even as technical capability and retrofit readiness across the industry continue to advance. In its latest Engine Retrofit Report: Applying alternative fuels to existing ships (2026...

How much can we really expect from the Iran sanction waiver?

At first glance, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)’s 30-day waiver allowing imports of Iranian oil already on water appears to be a headline solution to the crude market’s supply panic. Combined with Russian barrels, the “additional” volumes potentially...

Record LR2 trading dirty, Market Holds Firm

Kaizen Returns To Econavis For Second Eco Boss Cap Retrofit After 2.5% Fuel Savings Verified After Six Months

Technical fragility is a commercial risk for smaller fleet owners, says Kaiko Systems

COSCO Shipping resumes Middle East bookings as Iran signals conditional transit through Hormuz

Engine Retrofit Capability Builds As Regulatory Uncertainty Delays Conversions

How much can we really expect from the Iran sanction waiver?

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