Editor’s Picks
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Asia
Nur Allya search teams race to check reports of oil slick
Ten days since the bulker was last heard from, search and rescue teams headed today to waters around Obi island…
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Bunkering
Weekly Bunker: High fives for the scrubber advocates
BunkerEx’s Ishaan Hemnani has good news for scrubber buyers in his weekly column on fuel price differentials. With 3.5% HSFO…
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Europe
Shipping divided on Macron’s go-slow movement
Shipping is divided on French president Emmanuel Macron’s call on Saturday to legislate for a global speed limit for ships.…
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Europe
Danish business elite form new investment vehicle called More Ships
Some very famous names in Danish business circles have clubbed together to form a new investment vehicle called More Ships.…
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Gas
Splash Extra identifies the key levers in shipping’s perpetual supply/demand tussle
The August edition of Splash Extra launches today with a central theme looking at what metrics shipowners find the most…
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Europe
Emmanuel Macron puts ship speed regulation at the top of his environmental agenda
Regulating the speed of ships is back in the news with France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, stating publicly on Saturday that…
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Europe
Norway warns shipping is being targeted by hackers
The Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM) has warned of an increase in the number of cyber campaigns targeting several different…
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Europe
Rotterdam and Hamburg discuss issuing identical green shipping regulations
In a revolutionary move to clean up the industry two of Europe’s largest port cities could start issuing identical green…
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Maritime CEO
Esben Poulsson: A life in shipping
To Esben Poulsson’s storied career another title can be added: published author. Somehow shipping’s busiest man has found the time…
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Europe
Frontline takes up to 14 suezmaxes from Trafigura in cash plus shares deal
John Fredriksen’s Frontline has closed a deal with Trafigura subsidiary Trafigura Maritime Logistics (TML) to acquire 10 new Korean-built suezmax…
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Bunkering
Weekly bunker price differential report launches
With the sulphur cap just 131 days away, Ishaan Hemnani from online platform BunkerEx launches a weekly column today looking…
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Middle East
Fate of Iranian VLCC in the Med remains unclear
Currently midway between Spain and Sardinia, tanker spotters from across the world are keeping a close eye on the progress…
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Europe
Klaus-Michael Kühne battles CSAV’s Luksic family for control of Hapag-Lloyd
One of Hamburg’s richest men, Klaus-Michael Kühne, appears once again to be fighting for control of his local shipping line.…
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Maritime CEO
Value Investor’s Edge: ‘Shipping analysts have been blown out of the water year after year’
J Mintzmyer is an increasingly rare species – a shipping stock analyst, moreover he’s a guy who actually picks out…
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Europe
US warns Greece over inbound Iranian VLCC
The Iranian VLCC, formerly known as Grace 1, continues to head east through the Mediterranean, bound for the port of…
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Podcast
Splash Podcast: finance and forest fires
The second episode of the Deep Dive, Splash’s brand new podcast, launches today. Recorded at the Glyfada home of Dagfinn…
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Maritime CEO
CMB: ‘Hydrogen is clearly the most promising solution for shipping emissions’
Last week Splash described Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) as “shipping’s hydrogen leader”. Today, we get the chance to speak with…
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Europe
Iranian VLCC departs Gibraltar
The , an Iranian VLCC seize by British armed forces off Gibraltar on July 4, has left the UK sovereign…
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Tankers
Global recession’s impact on the tanker trades analysed
With the global economy teetering on the edge of recession, tanker analysts have spent the past few days pondering what…
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Tankers
Delays to scrubber retrofits mounting
Lawyers are set to be one of the main early beneficiaries from the start of the global sulphur cap with…
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