Workers carry a rope line to fasten a decommissioned ship at the Alang shipyard in Gujarat, India 24 SEPT 2026 A fight over whether Indian shipbreaking yards using the controversial beaching method should qualify under European environmental rules is widening, with steelmakers, recyclers, trade unions and environmental groups now urging …
Read More »BIG THREE, IN THE SHIP REGISTRY BUSINESS THERE’S THE BIG THREE AND EVERYONE ELSE.
23 SEPT 2026 The ship registry industry is undergoing a sea change. As business booms with the global fleet reaching approximately 112,500 vessels and 2.44 billion deadweight tons in 2025, growth is consolidating around the most trusted and capable flags. These have evolved into sophisticated, round-the-clock regulatory service organizations built …
Read More »IRAN KEEPS UP PRESSURE, HITTING ANOTHER TANKER AS US ASSERTS HORMUZ IS OPEN
The latest series of Iranian attacks included El Gaia struck last week and evacuated with the aid of the Omanis 22 SEPT 2026 Iran hit another tanker on September 21 in the Strait of Hormuz, causing injuries to two seafarers and maintaining its assertion to have control over the waterway. …
Read More »TWO MORE TANKERS HIT IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS ATTACKS MOUNT
22 SEPT 2026 Two more tankers have been struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with two seafarers injured, extending a string of attacks against commercial shipping through the strategic waterway. UK Maritime Trade Operations said Monday that military authorities reported an inbound tanker was struck by an unknown projectile …
Read More »WORLD RUNNING SHORT OF SUPERTANKERS THREATENS LONG-HAUL OIL FLOW
20 SEPT 2026 The soaring cost of moving oil around the world is making some long-distance crude trades uneconomical, threatening to disrupt flows at a time when fuel markets have never been tighter. The jump is being driven by a shortage of available supertankers. In some parts of the world, …
Read More »THREE TANKER ATTACKS HIT HORMUZ AS SAUDI OIL IS FORCED BACK TOWARD STRAIT
19 SEPT 2026 A new burst of attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is hitting just as Saudi Arabia is being forced to send more oil back through the waterway after losing its main bypass route. UK Maritime Trade Operations has issued three attack warnings covering incidents …
Read More »IRAN EXPLOITS ATTACK ON SMALL PRODUCT TANKER TO ASSERT HORMUZ CONTROL
18 SEPT 2026 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy continues its campaign of attacking vessels and exploiting the incidents to assert that it has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. While it continues to exaggerate the claims in its propaganda warfare, it appears to have an effect, as the …
Read More »TURKISH OWNER AND CREW FILE WAR CRIMES COMPLAINT OVER UKRAINIAN SHIP ATTACK
17 SEPT 2026 A Turkish shipowner, along with the family of a crewmember who was killed in a Ukrainian attack and the surviving crewmembers, took the unusual step of filing a war crimes complaint. According to Turkey Today, the filing was made in The Hague with the International Criminal Court, …
Read More »HORMUZ ROUTE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD HAVE HANDED ENTRY AND EXIT CONTROL TO IRAN
16 SEPT 2026 The deal would have given substantial concessions to Iran – but the diplomatic process is now holed beneath the waterline. Several different developments taking place in recent days indicate that diplomacy and negotiation are not going to bring warfare in the Gulf to an end anytime soon, …
Read More »OMAN SAYS ‘EL GAIA’ BEING TOWED TO PORT; TWO CREW MISSING
15 SEPT 2026 The tanker El Gaia sits off Oman with smoke and flames visible near the stern following an onboard fire. Omani authorities said Tuesday that the Panama-flagged tanker El Gaia is being towed to port after a fire aboard the vessel was brought under control, while two crew members remain …
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