A review of Poten's Daily Market Report, which monitors spot freight rates on many of the key tanker trade routes, shows eyewatering numbers. Across the board, tanker rates have reached levels never seen before (see Chart 1, below).
On Sunday, Iran hit another tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, extending a fast-paced run of attacks on the "shuttle" shipping trade between Gulf oil producers and the STS transfer zone in the Gulf of Oman. Vanguard Tech has identified…
The Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operations center (UKMTO) has reported an attempted attack on a tanker at a position south of Mokha, Yemen, the latest in a string of strikes widely attributed to Yemen's Houthi rebel group.
Oman’s Maritime Security Centre has issued a series of new instructions regarding the passage and presence of ships transiting its territorial waters. The new regulations are grounded in a Royal Decree (30/2026) published at the beginning of the year, before…
October 1, 2026 · 2 days ago ATPI Energy Travel and Qatar Airways In offshore energy, travel is rarely just about getting from one place to another. Projects span continents.
October 1, 2026 · 2 days ago The Gate LNG terminal on Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte is bringing a massive 180,000-cubic-meter (cbm) storage tank online. Strengthening energy security across Northwest Europe, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal has finished its three-year expansion…
