BAB EL-MANDEB

A tanker sails across a calm blue sea, leaving behind a widening trail of cracked, barren earth instead of water, symbolising the depletion of oil reserves and the erosion of future energy security

The oil market is borrowing time from the future

17/10/202617/10/2026

More than 2 billion barrels of lost Middle Eastern production expose the fragility of energy security, shrinking safety margins and shipping’s increasingly strategic role in global oil supply

Pipelines extend toward the Yanbu oil terminal on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, with storage tanks, industrial infrastructure and turquoise waters highlighting a key crude export hub

Red Sea risks rise as ship sale and purchase activity strengthens

29/07/202630/07/2026

Saudi Arabia successfully reduced its reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, but rising Red Sea security threats are creating new vulnerabilities for energy exports, global shipping, freight markets and international supply chains

Rusted iron sculpture on a coastal cliff overlooking the open sea, with a sailboat visible on the horizon

Decks and Deals Weekly #38

05/04/202606/04/2026

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

Close-up of thick mooring ropes tightly wrapped around a metal bollard at a harbor, with boats blurred in the background

Geopolitical crises cost global shipping $14 billion annually

21/01/202608/08/2026

Geopolitical crises in key maritime chokepoints cost the global shipping industry $14 billion annually, disrupting trade routes, raising freight rates, and threatening supply chain stability worldwide