The New York Times explores Trump's maritime blockade against Venezuela, signaling a new phase in global maritime tensions over oil exports.

Russian tankers are changing routes near Turkey to avoid Ukrainian drone attacks in the Black Sea, according to Windward's analysis.

Bloomberg uncovers a shadow fleet transporting sanctioned Russian LNG to China using deceptive tracking methods, undermining U.S. sanctions.

Shipbuildingin China's shadowFinancial Times (blog)As shown by this chart from Drewry's WorldShipbuildingAnnual Review and Forecast, order books are dominated by container ships and bulk carriers– the areas hardest hit by falling demand. Source: Drewry Maritime Research (click to enlarge)...Chinese ship orders sinking, plate mills hurtingSteel Business Briefing (subscription)all 3 news articles »

Five hundred years ago on May 26, 1512, Sultan Bayezid II passed away. While he was not the best of sultans, he served as a consolidator to the legacy left by his father, Fatih Sultan Mehmed

Shipbuildingin China's shadowFinancial Times (blog)Drewry says production was at a record high level of 50m compensated gross tonnes (a standard measure of shipyard activity) in 2010 and 2011 and will be not much less this year. As shown by this chart from Drewry's WorldShipbuildingAnnual Review and...and more »