Lloyd's List • March 7, 2025

The long view from Long Beach

How US retreat could affect shipping over the coming decades

Lloyd's List • January 22, 2025

VLCC spot rates sink 11% despite US sanctions on Russian cargoes

Tanker charterers not panicking; high-priced deals on subs fail

Lloyd's List • January 15, 2025

VLCC spot rates surge higher as tanker stock rally takes a breather

Baltic VLCC TCE index gains another 33% on Tuesday to reach $47,916 per day

Lloyd's List • January 10, 2025

VLCC outlook: Sanctions, ‘pond full of black swans’ and China downside risk

Hope is rising that sanctions will force more crude cargoes to mainstream VLCCs in 2025

Lloyd's List • November 6, 2024

Trump victory could spur sweeping changes for tariffs and sanctions

US stock market surges on election results, but shipping stocks did not follow suit

Lloyd's List • October 17, 2024

Shipping splits into ‘parallel universes’ as global trade continues to decouple

Disruptions from global conflicts collide with record-high global trade flows

Lloyd's List • August 30, 2024

Tanker shipping’s dark fleet to keep growing until ‘margins are destroyed’

Frontline: Sanctions and regulations won’t halt dark fleet rise, overcapacity will

Lloyd's List • April 26, 2024

Ukrainian grain exports rebound as ship arrivals near pre-war levels

The number of bulker arrivals has surged and Ukraine has been able to maintain its exports.

INSIDE SHIPPING • February 27, 2024

As the crude world turns: Tanker rates, sanctions, rising US exports

The latest data on booming U.S. exports, resilient Russian flows, and how sanctions impact the price of Russian crude and freight.

FreightWaves • December 26, 2023

Top ocean shipping stories of 2023: War, drought and detours

Ocean shipping kept the world’s cargo flowing amid two wars and disruptions at both the Panama and Suez canals.

FreightWaves • December 6, 2023

America’s energy boom: Crude exports soar to record high

U.S. crude exports have never been higher. Overseas buyers are incentivizing American producers to pump more “black gold.”

FreightWaves • October 12, 2023

US pulls trigger on Russian sanctions, blacklists 2 crude tankers

The volume of Russian crude exports is growing and the price is rising, spurring the U.S. and its partners to begin sanctions enforcement.

FreightWaves • September 28, 2023

How US military equipment for Ukraine is shipped across Atlantic

A flood of tanks, military vehicles and weapons systems is flowing from the U.S. to Europe. Shipowner ARC plays a pivotal transport role.

FreightWaves • September 26, 2023

Container shipping has a Europe problem and it’s getting worse

Inflation and economic fallout from the war are curbing demand just as a tidal wave of new ship supply hits the water.

FreightWaves • September 22, 2023

How will Russian ban on diesel exports impact global energy trade?

Diesel is an essential fuel for the global economy. The world’s second-largest seaborne supplier, Russia, just halted exports.

FreightWaves • September 7, 2023

Time to start worrying again about rising cost of ship fuel

Fuel costs were overshadowed by skyrocketing freight rates amid the supply chain crisis. Now, fuel costs are much more important.

FreightWaves • September 6, 2023

Tanker shipping takes another hit from Saudi, Russian crude cuts

This was supposed to be a banner year for crude tankers, but output cuts and the Russian price cap are keeping rates under pressure.

FreightWaves • August 15, 2023

Sanctions on Russian crude and diesel exports are failing

Price caps have been breached, discounts on Russian exports are dwindling, and more money is flowing to Russian coffers.

FreightWaves • July 20, 2023

Ship fuel spreads and LNG prices fall to lowest levels in years

Spreads between high- and low-sulfur fuels are down to pandemic levels and LNG has become much more economical.

FreightWaves • July 14, 2023

Russian crude prices have breached the G-7 price cap. Now what?

Tanker shipping sanctions compliance is getting a lot more complicated as the price of Russian crude oil rises.