All of the shipping sectors have come up against ‘geopolitics’ during 2019, which is now moving into Q4, historically a time of seasonal market strength and sees the two forces combining.

The United States has sent a strong warning to Greece not to offer any assistance to the re-named VLCC Grace 1 at the centre of a diplomatic standoff between the UK and Iran and was held off Gibraltar for over six weeks.

Highly effective US sanctions against Iran, that have cut its oil exports to just 350,000 barrels per day (bpd), leaving commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as potential pressure point warns Mike Salthouse of North P&I.

As Cyprus-back and Turkish drillships anchored near each other, European Union states have agreed on sanctions the EU should impose on Turkey for its illegal drilling activities in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

US Energy policy, along with Donald Trump’s classic head-fakes, almost seems destined to confuse participants in the oil business, with obvious impacts on shipping which serves it.

Panama agreed to remove from its Ship Registry some 60 Iranian vessels to avoid being placed on a US Treasury blacklist.

As container lines withdraw services from Iran in the face of sanctions IRISL is looking to maintain links with a new Chinese-based shipping line Reach Shipping Lines.

The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), which oversees Panama’s Ship Registry has adopted Pole Star's PurpleTRAC solution to ensure compliance to International sanctions across its registry operations and is the first in the sector to do so.

Shipowners and commodity traders are now digesting the impacts of President Donald Trump’s widely anticipated announcement that the US would pull out of the six nation accord reached with Iran in 2015. The 2015 agreement with Iran- officially the ...

As Qatar-based Milaha continues to grow its container line network it has launched the first ever container feeder service between Qatar and Iraq.