LNG shipping’s borrowed time: when the bridge fuel must deliver
Over 800 LNG-capable vessels are already in service, and more than 600 are on order. For LNG shipping, the baseline technology question is settled. The supply chain question is not
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Decks and Deals Weekly #40
The period 20–25 April 2026 produced the most intense maritime standoff since the tanker wars of the 1980s: the Hormuz blockade turned fully kinetic, Brent crossed $100, and six vessels were seized
Decks and Deals Weekly #39
April 13–19 2026 produced the Hormuz reopening that lasted thirty hours Iran declared the strait open oil fell 9 percent tankers moved and by Saturday morning Tehran had reversed course leaving markets wrong-footed
From ship to shareholder: bridging operational excellence with investment strategy
Operational decisions at sea are no longer technical choices alone — they are financial drivers shaping asset performance, risk exposure, and long-term investment value in modern maritime strategy
When flows move before the data does: inside the market that no longer waits for confirmation
In modern energy shipping, markets are increasingly driven by behavior and perceived risk rather than confirmed data, reshaping flows, pricing mechanisms, and strategic positioning before statistics can validate the shift
The inheritance of silence: MSC Aponte and the end of strategic neutrality
On 13 April 2026, the Aponte family confirmed what insiders already knew: ownership of the world’s largest container line had formally changed hands. The announcement was brief. The stakes are not
The maritime interregnum: history, disorder and the limits of corporate wisdom
Federico Bordonaro’s account of the Pax Maritima’s collapse is clinically accurate and well-sourced. His prescription, however, treats a structural fracture in the global maritime order with a personnel decision
Decks and Deals Weekly #38
The week of March 29 to April 4, 2026 brought a missile into Qatari sovereign waters, the first Western vessel through the Strait of Hormuz, and bunker prices that rewrote their record book
Decks and Deals Weekly #37
The week of March 22–28, 2026 reshaped global shipping as Hormuz turned into a toll-controlled chokepoint, tanker markets split sharply, and geopolitical shocks from Ukraine to Yemen redrew the map of risk
Decks and Deals Weekly #36
Between 15 and 21 March 2026, global shipping faced its most compressed week of crisis and calculation — war insurance at 5%, a collapsed record fixture, a proxy fight, and Trump walking away from Hormuz