Find out the inside facts on bulk cargo, tanker, and container operations. Whether it's a vessel movement, trade rates, or logistics updates, we talk about how business shipping keeps goods moving around the world and how it impacts costs and schedules.
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The Pakistan-brokered ceasefire fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with tolls above $1 million and hundreds of tankers still trapped, and President Trump orders a naval blockade of Iranian ports after talks collapse in Islamabad.
Kemal Can Kayar|4 min read|Apr 12, 2026
Hapag-Lloyd agrees to acquire Israel's ZIM for $35.00 per share in cash, a $4.2 billion equity value, with FIMI carving out a new Israeli carrier holding the ZIM brand and golden share.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|Feb 16, 2026
BDI nears highest level since 2024 The Baltic Exchange dry bulk sea freight index has climbed to about 2,275 points, the highest since March 2024 and around seven percent higher on the week, according to Refinitiv data reported by Reuters.
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Nov 22, 2025
Atlantic liquefied natural gas (LNG) charter rates have jumped to multi-year highs as a shortage of available carriers collides with rising exports, tightening shipping capacity, and lifting gas costs.
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Nov 22, 2025
A Chinese navy destroyer collided with a China Coast Guard cutter while both tried to block the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Suluan near Scarborough Shoal on 11 August 2025, turning an escort mission for Filipino fishermen into a dramatic accident and stark evidence of how risky China’s close-in tactics in the South China Sea have become.
Kemal Can Kayar|4 min read|Nov 22, 2025
On 18 October 2025 at approximately 07:00 UTC, the Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker MV Falcon issued a distress call after an explosion onboard while sailing about 113 nautical miles southeast of the port of Aden, Yemen.
Kemal Can Kayar|1 min read|Oct 20, 2025
Global supertanker freight rates have leapt sharply this week as escalating U.S.–China port fee tit-for-tat measures push maritime costs and risks to new highs.
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Oct 17, 2025
After nearly four months of unrelenting decline, the container freight market showed signs of life on 16 October 2025, with the Drewry World Container Index (WCI) climbing 2 % to US$1,687 per 40-ft container.
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Oct 17, 2025
The recent U.S. sanctions on China’s Rizhao Shihua Crude Oil Terminal (Lanshan, Shandong) have triggered a wave of tanker diversions, fundamentally altering the landscape of China’s crude import logistics.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|Oct 16, 2025