How does Warren Buffett’s being right about wind fit into the potential collapse of the Chinese market? Well, the West has just offloaded all of its manufacturing to China over the last 30 years, and […]
ENB Pub Note: And for those Californians, the shadow fleet rust buckets that are prone to leak are the ones delivering 70% of your oil, thanks to Gavin Newsom. Russia’s shadow fleet now accounts for […]
Daily Standup Top Stories Is China’s Debt Bomb About to Explode, and What Is the Impact on Global Markets? September 23, 2025 Clark Savage In a stark admission during a September 2025 press conference, China’s Finance […]
Russia’s seaborne crude oil exports have surged to their highest levels in over a year, driven by a combination of increased production and disruptions to domestic refining capacity from Ukrainian drone strikes. According to recent […]
Israeli maritime analytics firm Windward is reporting that the government of Comoros has begun a clean-out of its international registry, a flag which has been central to sanctions-circumventing dark fleet tankers shipping Russian, Iranian and […]
The Panama Ship Registry has become the first flag in the world to implement stricter controls and mandatory traceability for offshore ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of hydrocarbons. Non-compliance—depending on its severity—may lead to the cancellation of […]
Norwegian authorities will require foreign-flagged tankers operating within the country’s economic zone to disclose their insurance arrangements starting August 11. The new rule, announced by Norway’s coastal administration, is part of a broader push to […]
Tankers The growth in the number of sanctioned ships has accelerated over the past year. Analysts at Kpler have been tracking the sanctioned fleet over the past five years. The count of vessels under sanction […]
RegulatoryTankers Despite a torrent of sanctions from the US, UK, and EU this year, the shadow tanker fleet continues to expand at pace, according to new figures from broker BRS. The so-called grey fleet (see […]
Malaysia has introduced new regulations to combat illegal ship-to-ship (STS) oil transfers in its territorial waters, a move that could disrupt operations of the so-called shadow tanker fleet moving sanctioned oil to China. Under the […]
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