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Tanker Shipping & Trade 4th Quarter 2025

First European-built CO2 carrier hits the water; Energy expansion, tariffs and sanctions redraw routes; First FSIU designs and Southern European storage unveiled; Project demonstrates capture offloading and reuse of CO2; Dark-fleet pricing distorts values and reveals divergence

Tanker Shipping & Trade 3rd Quarter 2025

VLCC S&P market heating up; CO2 shipping and trade: New tank designs and strategies; Middle East repositions as CO2, hydrogen and tankers intersect; AI and decarbonisation reshape fleet decisions; Fleet diversifies with changes in offshore economics

Tanker Shipping & Trade 2nd Quarter 2025

Opinion: Geopolitical and regulatory pressures; Wall-wash testing: Time to ditch this most risky of practices?; Rope abrasion: Anticipating the risk and avoiding the damage; Regulations: Understanding IMO’s new emissions rulebook

Tanker Shipping & Trade 1st Quarter 2025

Understanding the LNT A-BOX containment system; Prime Tankers on ballast water, operations and regulations; New ways to tackle underwater radiated noise; Supply constraints a drag on chemical tanker market

Tanker Shipping & Trade October/November 2024

bp outlines its trajectory for global oil trades; How crude oil demands are reshaping the tanker trades; Adapting time charters to aid FuelEU compliance; Is the EU ETS an expensive white elephant?

Tanker Shipping & Trade August/September 2024

S&P market hots up despite ‘ageing fleet’ concerns; Did the sulphur cap actually increase emissions?; Dynacom’s Evangelos Adam on GHG pricing; New regulations, entrants and technologies are reshaping the sector

Tanker Shipping & Trade June/July 2024

“So many loopholes” – can ship recycling ever be ‘responsible’?; Posidonia: Key takeaways from this year’s event; Methanol Butterworthing: A new approach to traditional tank cleaning, Arbitration agreements in international commercial contracts; Ammonia: Can the ‘toxic’ option really find popular favour?

Tanker Shipping & Trade April/May 2024

Product tanker and VLCC investments skyrocket; Hafnia’s CEO talks growth and ambitions; Maran Tankers employs AI to slash emissions; How the MR2 fleet transitioned to methanol power

Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2024

Formula One meets shipping – the future of tanker design; From A-to-Z: safely navigating the EU Emissions Trading Scheme; AI will transform shipping; but has the process already begun?; The impact of Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping; The technology breathing new life into old vessels

Tanker Shipping & Trade December/January 2023/2024

IMO’s new secretary-general, on the path that led to shipping’s top seat; Three companies, three methods of financing – is there a ‘best’?; Recognising excellence and innovation across the tanker sector; The Panama Canal – is the shipping icon still fit for purpose?

Tanker Shipping & Trade October/November 2023

Reducing the risk of expensive stranded assets; Academic theory pinpoints key date for decarbonisation; How the right sample bottle
can avoid a costly dispute; Greece usurped as China leads global fleet tonnage

Tanker Shipping & Trade August/September 2023

Shuttle tankers: meeting the challenge of CII; Tackling the problem of Russia’s ‘dark fleet’; Are you ready for next year’s Line Management Plan?; Tracking the real-world progress of shipping’s decarbonisation efforts; Contamination casts a shadow over Houston bunkers

Tanker Shipping & Trade June/July 2023

Tanker awards: Showcase event recognises innovation and excellence; Sector top 10: Deep-dive analysis of the LR1 sector; Ballast water: Latest standards remain clouded in confusion; Flags and registries: Marshall Islands ups the ante in battle against emissions

Tanker Shipping & Trade April/May 2023

Methanol, ammonia, hydrogen – shipping’s great leap of faith; The ‘dark’ vessels flouting Russian sanctions; Neglected for so long, wind power is back with a bang; Successfully navigating the new inspection regime

Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2023

Second-hand tanker trades are masking a fall in newbuildings; Why low investment is good news for MR1 owners; The troublesome impact of CII regulations on chemical tankers; Pushing the boundaries on emissions reductions

Tanker Shipping & Trade December/January 2022/23

Innovation, discussion, and the recognition of excellence; Maintaining value and relevance in the years ahead; Who will pay for shipping’s clean fuels?; A new approach to vessel inspections

Tanker Shipping & Trade October/November 2022

How to keep charterers coming back for more; The tanker crews that went above and beyond; How incremental growth will unlock decarbonisation; Understanding OCIMF’s new inspection regime

Tanker Shipping & Trade Industry Leaders 2022

Spotlighting the most influential people in tanker shipping and trade

Latest News

UK intercepts and detains Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker

The United Kingdom has, for the first time, intercepted, boarded and detained what it called a "sanctioned ...

Marinakis' CCEC confirms tie-up with CMA CGM to break into LNG bunker vessel segment

The JV has ordered a 20,000-m³ vessel in China that will be deployed under a long-term charter to ...

Oil slick reported off Oman near tanker hit by US forces as US and Iran vie to move oil past blockades

US President Trump’s claims of "a secret mission" moving millions of barrels of Arabian oil over the past ...

Indian Navy recovers unexploded missile warhead on Greek-owned VLCC struck off Oman

Olympic Life was en route from Fujairah to Kochi when it reported an explosion in its hull on 26 May

Shipowners look to LNG to bridge a wider gap

Policy delays and rising compliance costs position LNG firmly as shipping’s leading pragmatic fuel of choice ...

Greek joint venture doubles US LNG purchase agreement with Venture Global

The deal covers a 20-year period starting in 2030, equivalent to approximately 1.3Bm m³ of LNG

Svitzer selects electric TRAnsverse tugs for future port operations

Svitzer head of innovation and group operations, Thomas Bangslund, explained why Svitzer selected the ...

Double delivery boosts Viking’s river cruise offerings

Neptun Werft delivers two more newbuild river cruise ships for Viking in time for the European summer sailing ...

Tanker Shipping & Trade August/September 2022

Changes in oil trade benefit Suezmax and Aframax tankers; Fishing the ’data lake’ of shipping intelligence; Donsø highlights regional strides towards decarbonisation; Early intervention key to long-term protection of tankers

Tanker Shipping & Trade June/July 2022

Recognising innovation and excellence across the sector; How decarbonisation can ward off corporate raiders; Why can’t the scrubber industry shake its ’dirty’ tag?; The tech behind LNG dual-fuel VLCC, Yuan Rui Yang

Tanker Shipping & Trade April/May 2022

How Russian warmongering has disrupted the tanker sector; New regulations and their impact on tanker shipping; Ammonia as a marine fuel is viable and credible; Owners seek shelter in the S&P market

Tanker Shipping & Trade February/March 2022

China changes disrupting the chemical carrier market; How Singapore became the world’s premier maritime hub; The growth of bunkering options in Europe and Asia; Place recycling at the heart of vessel design

Tanker Shipping & Trade December/January 2021/22

Prospero, TST’s Tanker of the Year; Celebrating the stakeholders at the forefront of tanker innovation; Baltic Exchange Council’s Denis Petropoulos on his maritime career; Turkey benefits from a surge in retrofits

Tanker Shipping & Trade October/November 2021

Are new detection techniques to blame for over-cleaning?; An ‘end to the trend’ for tankers?; Anglo-Eastern Univan’s Bjorn Hogland explains where it all began; Action, not words, will avoid a PR disaster

Tanker Shipping & Trade August/September 2021

Area report: Scandinavia: Market-leading projects keep Scandinavia one-step ahead; Ballast water: Has IMO taken its eye off the ball?; Mooring technology: The legal ramifications of mooring incidents; Tanker crewing:Retaining and attracting crew in a difficult market

Tanker Shipping & Trade Industry Leaders 2021

Spotlighting the most influential people in tanker shipping in the last 12 months.

Tanker Shipping & Trade June/July 2021

Market analysis: Will domestic production in China displace imports?; Fuels and lubes: Optimising oil condition monitoring; Hybrid and electric: Factors shaping the design of shuttle tankers; Vessel inspection services: The practicalities and goals of TMSA3, Element 14

Tanker Shipping & Trade April/May 2021

Market analysis:The real impact of the Suez blockage; Tanker pools: A ’one-stop shop’ for security and cashflow; Area report - Greece and Cyprus: Charterers, owners, end-users - who really pays for green shipping?; Green tanker technology: How a modular bulk carrier is changing the face of shipping