Should be posted in the thread about increased Black Sea risks . But could not due to 3 consecutive post restrictions imposed on the user.
Strange that ,there is not much interests in here about this , what seems remote area where seafarers are dying and comercial ships are attacked on a daily basis by both sides out of which one is using US and NATO made drones and missiles.
A Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo vessel has sunk off Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa, a week after Ukrainian officials said it
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Should be under CREW WELLBEING thread but can not post due to 3 consecutive entries ban.
Should be under UKMTO Reports Tanker Struck in Red Sea thread. Can not post due to 3 consecutive ppst restriction.
Impossible to post in relevant threads due to 3 consecutive posts restrictions.
Commercial shipping came under fire at both ends of the Middle East’s most disrupted maritime corridor on Tuesday, with US forces disabling a containership in the Gulf of Oman while a separate attack in the Bab el-Mandeb left six people dead. US...
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Gamble or …?
From buying 35 VLCCs in a single month, to MSC moving to acquire a 50% stake, and then becoming a key provider of emergency tanker capacity for ADNOC, Sinoko...
May not a fluke. Others are cashing as well:
Bruton fixes its second 300,000-dwt newbuilding at a historically high time-charter rate, lifting the average net rate on its first two VLCCs to $101,000 per day as tanker earnings and asset values remain elevated The strength of the VLCC market is...
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August 21, 2026, 12:36pm
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Shipping news of the week:
Shipping is betting on more ships thanks, in no small part, to the disruption created by fewer reliable routes. That contradiction ran through much of Splash’s coverage this week. Panama, Hormuz, the Houthis, Somali pirates and the Black Sea were...
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