Lloyd's List • August 28, 2026

Podcast: How INSW navigates today’s historic tanker markets

A conversation with Lois Zabrocky and Jeff Pribor of INSW

Lloyd's List • August 20, 2026

Shipping stocks at decade highs amid geopolitical chaos and strong demand

Traders often brag about fresh 52-week highs. That’s nothing compared to what’s going on in shipping

Lloyd's List • August 13, 2026

Hormuz crisis supply response loses steam but tanker rates hold firm

Hormuz crisis increasingly feels more structural and less transitory

Lloyd's List • August 4, 2026

Tanker boom of 2026, now second-best in history, shows no signs of abating

Today’s tanker market doesn’t yet deserve the ‘best ever’ moniker but it’s making a run for it.

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 • June 23, 2026

VLCC rates spike yet again as ‘confusion continues to reign’ at Strait of Hormuz

VLCC rates surge, even as crude flow through Strait of Hormuz remains a relative trickle

Lloyd's List • June 19, 2026

The rise of shipping disruptions amid the shift to a multipolar world

Geopolitical disruptions could continue to support shipping rates

Lloyd's List • June 16, 2026

How strait reopening could impact VLCC rates in Middle East and Atlantic

If strait reopens, Middle East rates are predicted to exceed Atlantic rates

Lloyd's List • June 11, 2026

How the Hormuz crisis changed the equation for shipping stocks

Share momentum has stalled – but not for BWET tanker shipping ETF

Lloyd's List • May 18, 2026

Podcast: What’s next for tanker stocks?

A podcast with Chris Robertson of Deutsche Bank

Lloyd's List • May 7, 2026

Hormuz crisis slashes VLCC volumes by 36% but voyages are longer

Tonne-mile equation: fewer tonnes, more miles

Lloyd's List • April 2, 2026

Tanker cycle timing: from ‘scramble mode’ to demand destruction

Rush for cargoes has kept tanker rates very high for longer than expected

Lloyd's List • March 19, 2026

Concerns mount over rate hangover after wartime tanker boom ends

In extended strait closure, too many ships would chase too few cargoes

Lloyd's List • March 18, 2026

How ‘imaginary’ Middle East VLCC rates are having real-world effects

Skepticism rises over Middle East VLCC indexes

Lloyd's List • March 17, 2026

The Daily View: Iranians and Houthis hold the cards

Financial markets not yet pricing in reality seen by shipping

Lloyd's List • March 12, 2026

Middle East VLCC indexes are still near peak but Atlantic rates are sinking

Middle East indexes are down only 5-7% vs wartime peak, while Atlantic basin indexes are down 35-39%

Lloyd's List • March 3, 2026

Crude tanker rates in unchartered territory; VLCC index tops $420K

BALTIC Exchange indexes for VLLCs loading in the Middle East reached record highs

Lloyd's List • February 4, 2026

Shipping share performance continues to trounce broader stock market

Every shipping segment is outperforming the S&P 500 index

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 23, 2025

VLCC rates fall like ‘lead balloon’ in steepest one-day plunge in over half-decade

Largest single-day drop in TD3C index since May 1, 2020