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Black-and-white view of a cargo ship with deck cranes beyond a breaking wave beneath an overcast sky

Decks and Deals Weekly #52

During 3–9 October 2026, shipping markets priced scarce tanker capacity, discounted container space and exposed the distance between an impressive freight assessment and a bankable return

Worker using an angle grinder to remove rust from a ship’s curved steel hull

Decks and Deals Weekly #51

During 26 September–2 October 2026, shipping markets rewarded control of vessels, contracts and access. Cargo recovery brought fresh opportunities, but the gains depended on who could actually deliver

Close-up of a weathered ship’s hull with rust-streaked grey and orange paint and a dark rectangular opening

Decks and Deals Weekly #50

During 19–25 September 2026, shipping markets weighed Trump–Xi trade pledges against tanker bottlenecks and rising war-risk costs. Diplomatic relief mattered; dependable passage still carried a formidable price

Editorial illustration of a weathered VLCC merging into a giant price tag, symbolising the sharp repricing of secondhand tonnage

Soaring freight turns older VLCCs into hot assets

The SeaNation team presents data from Xclusiv Shipbrokers, Inc., revealing how extraordinary VLCC earnings are rapidly repricing secondhand tonnage and pushing older vessels sharply higher

Editorial illustration of Venezuela’s emerging Atlantic maritime economy, combining port infrastructure, merchant shipping, oil facilities, urban activity and trade

Venezuela: the Atlantic’s next maritime play?

From energy recovery to emerging trade flows, Venezuela is becoming a maritime story the Atlantic market cannot afford to ignore — and one that increasingly deserves the shipping industry’s attention

Minimalist ink illustration of a distant tanker crossing a pale sea, leaving a dark wake with subtle traces of fire

The night when the sea caught fire

A chance encounter in a Hamburg maritime pub revives a seafarer’s haunting memory of collision, fire, loss, and the human lives carried aboard every ship

Minimalist editorial world map showing evolving global crude shipping routes, with stronger maritime flows from Russia and the Atlantic Basin and weaker routes from parts of the Middle East, plus a small VLCC on calm water against a cream textured background

The geography of oil is changing — and so is global shipping

The SeaNation team presents the latest analysis from Xclusiv Shipbrokers, Inc., highlighting how shifting crude export origins, rather than volumes alone, are reshaping tanker demand, tonne-mile utilisation and global shipping markets