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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During the Maritime Convention of the Americas, the two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement covers mutual cooperation and in particular support and collaboration for BIMCO’s events and maritime training courses held in Panama and in the...

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As previously announced via ad-hoc disclosure, Ernst Russ AG is raising its full-year EBIT guidance. The projected operating result (EBIT) is now expected in a range between EUR 45 m and 55 m (previously: EUR 34 m to 44 m). The expected revenues remain unchanged in a...

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A Croatian shipbuilder, BDOO, agreed to charter a chemical and oil product tanker it was building to Songa Shipping Pte Ltd. The tanker was subsequently named “Songa Pride” (the “Vessel”). The governing terms were a bareboat charterparty dated 11 February 2013 on an...

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A series of data-driven developments reported in March 2026 using Alphaliner proprietary datasets and AIS-supported vessel tracking highlight how geopolitical disruption, fleet expansion, and market dynamics are reshaping the container shipping landscape. The latest...

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