MOL & Mitsui Seal Charter for Another LNG Carrier Newbuild

Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has sealed a time charter contract with compatriot trading house Mitsui & Co for a newbuilding 174,000 cu...

Cargo Stolen from Product Tanker, Piracy Footprint

Pirates boarded a tanker working as a bunkering vessel in the Gulf of Guinea region and reportedly stole cargo from the ship before...

Shipping Emissions Increase 4.9% Last Year

The tough task to decarbonise global shipping has been put into sharp relief with data released. The key driver was the recovering 2021...

Fearnleys Weekly Report – Week 04, 2022

A relatively busy week in the VLCC market in the run up to the Chinese New Year celebrations kicking off next week. For full report...

Russia-Ukraine Conflict To Keep Inflation Higher Longer

Prices of other commodities exported by Russia were also rising. Russia's economy contracted by 3.7% in 2015 . The IMF on Tuesday revised...

Can Breakthrough Infections Give You Robust Immunity?

That study was the first to use multiple live SARS-CoV-2 variants to measure cross-neutralization of blood serum from breakthrough cases. Researchers recruited a...

Classification & Declaration Of Divinylbenzene

TT Club has recently been made aware that shipper interests have been seeking to transport Divinylbenzene (DVB) from China to destinations in both...

IMB 2021 Piracy and Armed Robbery Report

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) recently released their annual report on Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships for 2021. In 2021, there...

Is the Horse-deworming Drug Effective Against COVID-19?

Doctors at Duke want to know once and for all whether Ivermectin can actually work against COVID-19. They’re leading a national study that is...

LR2 Find Fewer Takers Despite Surging Supply Of Tankers

LR2 discount to LR1 over 20 points Smaller China export quota weakens demand Higher bunker prices erode earnings Surging supply of Long Range II,...