On Oct 15, 2025, I will be hosting a fireside chat with Federal Maritime Commissioner Deborah Dye on the Main Stage at the Virginia Maritime Association International Trade Symposium with a focus on ocean carrier competition, detention & demurrage enforcement & the supply chain.

Unions Push US Lawmakers to Pass SHIPS Act to Secure Shipbuilding Funding gcaptain.com/unions-push-...

Disruptions drag down global box port productivity ▶️World Bank Group’s Container Port Performance Index shows that average global container port efficiency declined between 2020 and 2024 ▶️Red Sea crisis, Panama Canal restrictions and pandemic were key factors www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Ammonia fuel’s wider environmental risks will need managing ▶️Major contributor to PM2.5 pollution ▶️85% of ammonia in the UK originates from fertilisers and livestock waste ▶️Controlling NOx and N2O is crucial to manage harm, climate impact www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Pressure builds for realigned G7 shadow fleet sanctions but US action remains uncertain ▶️Shadow Fleets Act is the second US bill this year pushing for US action ▶️Latest bill promises to produce shadow fleet targeting criteria www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

VLCC spot rates dip from peak but outlook remains bullish ▶️TD3 MEG-China index falls to $89,576 per day, down 7% ▶️Global VLCC average is at $84,084 per day, down 5% ▶️Analysts and brokers expect temporary rate easing but foresee very strong market through year-end www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Shipowners’ Club to offer combined P&I and H&M cover ▶️Move comes after NorthStandard rolled out similar offering earlier this year ▶️Launch marks milestone for SOP, says Peacock ▶️Advantages could include package discount and joint surveys www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Ageing feeder fleet demands greater investment despite rise in smaller boxship orders ▶️Orders for sub-5,000 teu boxships have been rising since the second quarter ▶️The orderbook for ships under 5,000 teu represents just 6.5% of existing fleet www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Sanctions busting dark fleet continues to grow: The shadow fleet of tankers carrying sanctioned cargoes is continuing to grow in numbers according to Veson Nautical. www.seatrade-maritime.com/tankers/sanc...

X-Press Feeders refuses to make $250m X-Press Pearl payment: The Singapore shipping company says the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka $1 billion interim ruling on the X-Press Pearl leaves open potentially unlimited compensation. www.seatrade-maritime.com/accidents/x-...

BOEM Tells Court it Wants to Resume Review of Permits for SouthCoast Wind maritime-executive.com/article/boem...

Disney Adventure’s MV Postponed Three Months Citing Construction Delays maritime-executive.com/article/disn...

Maritime Revival? Correcting the sorry state of the U.S. maritime industry is a priority for the White House and Congress maritime-executive.com/magazine/mar...

Container Rates Plummet on China-U.S. Routes maritime-executive.com/article/cont...

Bulker crew stranded in Nigeria without pay for three months splash247.com?p=228766

Seatrium offloads US shipyard to Karpowership splash247.com?p=228787

China dominates annual port productivity survey splash247.com?p=228740

Is the Trump Administration Breaking Wind? 1️⃣Federal Court Reverses Trump’s Stop-Work Order on Revolution Wind 2️⃣First U.S.-Built WTIV Charybdis Arrives in Virginia to Begin Installations 3️⃣US Reviewing Five Offshore Wind Farms Under Construction Video: youtu.be/9ISZuW1JKkI

Heading to Buffalo for the 12th Maritime Heritage Conference, 24-27 September. I will be moderating panels on: ▶️Maritime History Under Fire ▶️Building For a Future Maritime Heritage ▶️Salvage of MV Dali ▶️Podcasts! How to Spread the Word Link: seahistory.org/maritime-her...

I am heading down to speak at the Breakbulk America conference on Oct 1 in Houston, TX. Information on attending the conference: eu1.hubs.ly/H0m2-JD0

EU adds Russian LNG and another 118 tankers to its growing sanctions list: Latest package of sanctions speeds up the phase out of Russian LNG and targets more refineries, traders and petrochemical companies in China www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Net-Zero Framework critics don’t have the numbers ▶️Greece and Cyprus must vote with EU27, while Saudi Arabia’s ‘No vote’ is priced in ▶️Marpol Annex VI amendment needs two-thirds of signatories to support www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

LNG carrier spot rates could remain depressed until 2027: Poten: The charter market for LNG tankers is extremely weak, dragged down by record newbuilding deliveries and project delays. www.seatrade-maritime.com/lng/lng-carr...

Comoros takes action on dark fleet splash247.com?p=228671

Maduro Writes Directly To Trump Calling For Venezuela-US Talks gcaptain.com/maduro-write...

Shipping challenges on the rain-starved Mississippi…again: Another year of low levels is hitting the shipping industry in a rare four-year run of drought www.freightwaves.com/news/shippin...

Nurses, Doughboys, and Engineers: Convoying in the World Wars examined the competing convoy strategies between the United Kingdom and the United States, and how tactics and technology developed in the First World War were utilized in the Second. Video: youtu.be/lPauNUDuQsY

Crisis At NATO Shipbuilder Unsettles Europe’s Defense Plans gcaptain.com/crisis-at-na...

P&I claims driven to 10-year high by fires, EVs, and geopolitics: Shipowner claims on P&I insurance jumped to $3.1 billion in 2024/25 policy year according to broker Lockton. www.seatrade-maritime.com/insurance/p-...

P&I claims hit a ten-year peak splash247.com?p=228566

Fredriksen and Greece’s top shipowners spearhead revolt against IMO’s Net Zero Framework splash247.com?p=228578

USCG Releases Dramatic Video of Interdiction of Narco Fast-Go Boat maritime-executive.com/article/uscg...

Long Beach Salvage Operation Passes 50 Boxes Recovered maritime-executive.com/article/long...

EU, UK, and Australia Launch New Sanctions for Russian Energy and Tankers maritime-executive.com/article/eu-u...

First U.S.-Built WTIV Charybdis Arrives in Virginia to Begin Installations maritime-executive.com/article/firs...

Freight Rate War Engulfs Asia-Europe as Transpacific Rally Vanishes gcaptain.com/freight-rate...

Holiday Season Imports Have Arrived Early at Busiest US Port gcaptain.com/holiday-seas...

The 2025 McMullen Naval History Symposium is up and running at the US Naval Academy. I have been attending them since 1999. Presenting this afternoon on Nurses, Doughboys, and Engineers: How to Convoy in the World Wars.

Shipping bosses fear choice between two IMO devils they don’t know ▶️Support is firm for a global green framework, but not as firm for this global framework ▶️No vote would spell ‘disaster’ ▶️Opposition to the NZF will get louder www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Chinese shipping giant Cosco refuses to buckle under US port fee pressure ▶️Cosco pledges to sustain US service capacity and quality even as port fees loom ▶️Costs could top $1bn within the first six months www.lloydslist.com/LL1154854/Ch...

IMO’s global net zero ambitions on a knife edge The battle lines are being drawn ahead of next month’s critical meeting and vote at the IMO on its Net Zero Framework. www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulations/...

COSCO pledges stable transpac coverage as US fee regime nears splash247.com?p=228539

Panama Canal Pursues Projects to Diversify and Sustain Operations maritime-executive.com/article/pana...

Photos: Progress as More Containers Are Removed in Long Beach Recovery maritime-executive.com/article/phot...

Israel Strikes Port of Hodeidah in Yemen in Response to Houthi Attacks maritime-executive.com/article/isra...

Pentagon Innovation Office Wants Nonlethal Weapon to Stop Smuggling Boats maritime-executive.com/article/pent...

Report: Ukraine's Port Strikes May Force Russia to Curtail Oil Output maritime-executive.com/article/repo...

Shadow tanker NEVAH has started drifting right in the main shipping channel between Gotland and Estonia. She lost speed at about 1330UTC and has been drifting north to NNW with the wind. Weather is ok, but wind is about to increase, direction Estonian beaches.

Historical Association Finds Long-Sought Wreck of 19th-Century Schooner maritime-executive.com/article/hist...

Photos: Cargo Ship Thamesborg Remains Grounded in Northwest Passage maritime-executive.com/article/phot...