Lloyd's List • July 28, 2026

3D chess: The interwoven tanker effects of Iranian, Houthi and Ukrainian attacks

In tanker markets, trio of geopolitical crises interact with each other

Lloyd's List • July 21, 2026

Red Sea crisis redux: Could Bab el Mandeb be the next tanker chokepoint?

The geopolitical chaos continues to mount for tanker shipping

Lloyd's List • May 20, 2026

Russia scores more Hormuz upside with yet another US sanctions pass

The winners: Russian exporters, Chinese and Indian importers, shadow fleet operators

Lloyd's List • March 30, 2026

The Daily View: Parallel fleets and Tehran’s ‘toll booth’

War with Iran could take parallel-fleet trend to a whole new level

Lloyd's List • February 12, 2026

Effect of geopolitics on shipping poised to escalate, so ‘buckle up’

Geopolitics has played a role in shipping since cargo moved in barrels and sacks on sea galleons, but never at the scale it does today.

Lloyd's List • January 12, 2026

What to look out for in tankers in 2026

A podcast on the 2026 outlook for crude and products tankers

Lloyd's List • December 17, 2025

‘All the shareholders’ wishes are coming true’ yet VLCC stocks are down

Shares of VLCC owners have been pulling back amid an epic spot-rate rally

Lloyd's List • October 22, 2025

Crude tankers firing on all cylinders as oil in transit soars

Sanctioned barrels responsible for oil in transit surge

Lloyd's List • July 23, 2025

How new EU sanctions could change tanker trades beyond Russia

The latest round of EU sanctions on Russia could shake up tanker markets

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.”