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GMS Week 35 – Sanctions Loom, Hulls

The sanctions package hanging over last week’s market has now landed. Washington broadened its economic campaign against Iran this week, extending the reach of secondary sanctions and placing shipping firmly within the latest measures. For a recycling market already...

Briety Shipping Inc v Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd

In Briety Shipping Inc v Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd [2026] EWHC 1714 (Comm), the High Court held that a bespoke hire rate formula for an LNG time charterparty did not entitle the owner to additional hire when the relative value of the reference indices...

IMO: Six months of uncertainty for seafarers in Strait of Hormuz

Thousands of seafarers have been stuck in the Persian Gulf since the current conflict in the Middle East began on 28 February this year. To date, at least 70 attacks on international shipping have been verified by IMO, with 19 seafarers killed. With maritime security...

Four shipowners co-order vessels in record-breaking VINGA series: “The right time to invest”

Four shipping companies from Sweden, Norway, and Canada see a bright future in the European intermediate tanker market and are ordering four new VINGA ships — taking the series, developed by Furetank, to a remarkable 26 vessels. The new investment was announced on...

Why Navies Need Purpose-Built Tools for Adversarial and Commercial Traffic

Two Missions, Same Waters, Different Questions A frigate operating in the Baltic and a coast guard cutter in the same waters are asking different questions of the maritime picture in front of them. The frigate wants to know about the vessels that are not what they...

Europe’s gas stores are running low — and prices could top 100 euros this winter

Europe is struggling to fill its natural gas stores ahead of winter, raising the risk that competition with Asia for supplies will push prices above 100 euros (around $117) per megawatt-hour for the first time since its energy crisis four years ago. European benchmark...

GMS Week 35 – Sanctions Loom, Hulls

Briety Shipping Inc v Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd

IMO: Six months of uncertainty for seafarers in Strait of Hormuz

Four shipowners co-order vessels in record-breaking VINGA series: “The right time to invest”

Why Navies Need Purpose-Built Tools for Adversarial and Commercial Traffic

Europe’s gas stores are running low — and prices could top 100 euros this winter

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