Aramco Puts VLCCs Back Into Hormuz After Three-Week Pause
Saudi Arabia spent weeks finding ways around the Strait of Hormuz. Now it is starting to send tankers…
Saudi Aramco Navigates Geopolitical Tensions to Resume Oil Exports
Saudi Aramco has recommenced oil loading operations from within the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, following a hiatus…
ADNOC Buys 11 Supertankers for $1.3 Billion to Expand Export Fleet
ADNOC has bought 11 very large crude and gas carriers for $1.3 billion as the national oil company…
‘Significant Shrinking’ in Crude Cushion In Coming Months – Vortexa
By Lori Ann LaRocco – New energy data shows the crude cushion that has been built up will…
Iranian Crude Exports Surge Via Hormuz as Activity Picks Up
By Weilun Soon Jun 22, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iran has ramped up the amount of oil it sends openly through…
Oil Tankers Reverse Course on Hopes of Hormuz Reopening
Two tankers that were heading to Africa have changed course and are now moving to the Middle East,…
Iran Makes Hormuz Passage a Case-by-Case Deal
Two and a half months after the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began, the Islamic Republic is moving closer…
BSIC christens two 310,000 dwt ammonia-ready VLCCs
Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry (BSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has held a naming ceremony…
Could VLCC Earnings Hit $100,000/Day?!_信德海事网-专业海事信息咨询服务平台
Driven by the combined impact of the China–U.S. “port fee war” and sudden geopolitical factors, the VLCC spot…
Supertanker Rates Hit Three-Year High on Rising Crude Flows
Rising crude supply from OPEC+ and South America and a marked increase in longer-haul routes have hiked freight…
MOL orders LNG-fueled VLCC for Idemitsu charter
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has decided to order a new LNG-fueled very large crude carrier…
Tanker Market Turns Red Hot as Dark Fleet Gets Squeezed
While the world watches the unhinged actions of the new Trump administration—playing Geopolitics 101 for Dummies—leaving Europe’s security…