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April 27, 2026
Shipping data revealed a lull in activity over the last few days. However, the talks between Iran and the United States are still stalled. According to data from Kpler, and a separate satellite analysis by 'data analytics specialists SynMax'…
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March 10, 2026
Data from ship trackers revealed that a supertanker?with 2 million barrels?of Iranian crude oil onboard?sailed?through?the?Strait of?Hormuz the previous day. This vessel is one of at least five others shipping oil to?Asia?since February 28.
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March 4, 2026
Shipping sources reported that the crew of the Maltese container ship Safeen Prestige abandoned ship after it was damaged by a projectile as it sailed towards?the top of the Strait of Hormuz? on Wednesday. Vanguard, a British maritime risk management company…
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February 24, 2026
Four sources and shipping data indicate that buyers and trading houses of Venezuelan oil chartered the very large crude carriers to export the South American nation?since the Caracas-Washington deal was signed. This move will boost deliveries to India.
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February 24, 2026
Sources and data indicate that trading houses and buyers of Venezuelan oil chartered the very large crude carriers to export from the South American nation since the Caracas-Washington deal was signed. This is expected to increase shipments to India and speed up the process starting in March.
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February 14, 2026
British International Investment, the UK's development investment agency, welcomed DP World’s new chief executive on?Friday and said it would resume investments with the Dubai-based port operator. BII earlier this week halted all new investments…
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February 14, 2026
Dubai Media Office reported that DP World, the port giant in Dubai, announced Friday the 'appointment' of Essa?Kazim?as a?chairman?of its board?and Yuvraj narayan?as group chief executive?officer?. This was after mounting pressure had been placed…
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February 24, 2026
The Pentagon announced?on Tuesday that U.S. forces had intercepted a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean, after tracing it from Caribbean waters. This was the third interdiction of this kind in the region. Washington has stepped up its blockade of vessels going to or from Venezuela…
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February 4, 2026
China has called the Panama court's decision to annul CK Hutchison’s contracts to operate a pair of Panama Canal ports as "absurd, shameful and pathetic" and vowed that it would defend Chinese interests. Panama's Supreme Court annulled last…
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January 31, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission arranged for Gautam Adani to be served with a civil lawsuit alleging fraud, allowing the regulator's case against India’s second richest person to continue. In a Friday filing in Brooklyn, New York…
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August 1, 2025
Panama Ports Company said that on Friday it would communicate with the Panama Government at the appropriate time regarding the sale of two important ports it operates near to the Panama Canal. Hong Kong's CK Hutchison owns 90% of PPC. The company…
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May 5, 2025
Israel said that it conducted airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah Port Monday, one day after Iran-aligned Houthis launched a missile near Israel's primary airport. In a press release, the military claimed that it had attacked targets it considered terrorists in Hodeidah.
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April 8, 2025
U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer informed lawmakers on Tuesday that the proposed multimillion dollar fees for Chinese-built vessels docking at U.S. port may not be implemented in full and they might not be cumulative. Greer said at a…
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March 31, 2025
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which exports Kazakhstan and Russia's crude oil via the Black Sea to Europe, announced Monday that two of the terminal's three moorings points had been halted. CPC, which transports about 1% world oil and is a major route for Kazakhstan oil exports…
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March 11, 2025
The spokesperson for the Sri Lankan cabinet said that the country has not changed its position on doing business in India with the Adani Group, and it welcomes any investment opportunities offered by the conglomerate. U.S. prosecutors indicted…
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February 2, 2025
A spokesperson for the State Department said that U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio informed Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino during talks on Sunday that Donald Trump had determined that China's influence threatened the Panama Canal, and that urgent changes were required or the U.S. might act.
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December 19, 2024
Two sources familiar with this matter said that the Black Sea CPC blend oil exports via Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) pipeline will remain at 1,43 million barrels per days (bpd) for January, the same as the plan from December. Sources…
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November 28, 2024
Eight bankers claim that Indian lenders including State Bank of India are reviewing their exposure with Adani Group, and whether they should tighten up their due diligence before offering new loans, following the U.S. accusation of Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group.
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October 3, 2024
Shipping shares fell across Asia Friday, after U.S. port operators and workers reached an agreement to end the strike at docks on the East Coast and Gulf Coast much sooner than expected. Evergreen Marine, Wan Hai Lines, and Yang Ming Marine…
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July 23, 2024
Veniamin Kodratyev, the regional governor of the southern Krasnodar Region in Russia, said that a Ukrainian drone attacked a ferry in Port Kavkaz and killed a person. The RIA news agency, citing a source from emergency services, reported that…
