Lloyd's List

Iranian crew on board the US-seized container vessel Touska were safely returned to Iran yesterday as Pakistan continues to facilitate talks between Iran and the US lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

Iran escalates aggression on shipping as ‘Project Freedom’ underway lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

FREE TO READ: Shipping prepares for Hormuz exit amid confused US plan to move vessels and renewed Iran threats lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

Both the Red Sea and Hormuz crises have caused serious disruption to container shipping, but the impact of the latter remains “highly localised” lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

The Baltic Exchange has denied allegations that it has not met its statutory and contractual obligations in benchmarking freight rates, made by Swiss commodity trader Mercuria Energy lloydslist.com/LL1157063/Balt…

Petros Pappas-led Star Bulk, which is partnering with Diana Shipping in its bid to take over Genco, received a similar brush-off from Genco last year, it emerges lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

The week in newbuildings: Orders valued at a combined $7.2bn signed at shipyards in Asia and Europe lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

LA UN investigation has uncovered a rapidly expanding Libyan fuel‑smuggling empire, shifting from tankers into containerised flexi‑tanks that are misdeclared as paint solvent or metal scrap lloydslist.com/LL1157058/Liby…

BIMCO has published a charterparty clause designed to provide standard terms for the maritime transport of liquefied carbon dioxide lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

Coal’s ‘last stand’ keeps bulker markets buoyant as energy security fears reshape demand lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

Global vehicle carrier fleet capacity is set to expand significantly again in 2026, at levels comparable to the record growth seen in 2025 lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

IMO politics on the Net-Zero Framework appear unchanged on the big questions, as debate shifts to how much of its finished text is open to revision lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

The Hormuz crisis is rewriting the rules of the sea, with international maritime law unravelling, shadow fleets multiplying and a recession looming lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

FREE TO READ: Hormuz crisis at two months - a tale of four shipping markets lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

Aggregate marine insurance exposure to the Strait of Hormuz crisis sits at around $20bn for hull war risk and billions of dollars more for cargo lloydslist.com/LL1157047/Lloy…

Costamare has secured contracted revenue of $2.8bn from 16 containerships it is constructing for long-term charter to Chinese giant Cosco Shipping lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

Demand for secondhand boxships remains high with several notable transactions being reported recently in the post-panamax and feeder segments lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

Banks are at risk of secondary sanctions if they support Chinese private refiners that continue to buy the vast majority of Iranian oil lloydslist.com/LL000000/US-ta…

FREE TO READ: Net-Zero Framework on knife edge at MEPC84 as countries line up for and against carbon pricing lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…

A very large crude carrier with a history of loading sanctioned oil using deceptive shipping practices has been chartered to lift crude from Iraq lloydslist.com/articles/2026/…