Ship World Features (Shipping)

Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ)
Tankers

OPINION | Rising Middle East oil exports offer false sense of market security

Reuters
Loading LNG onboard a tanker
Gas

OPINION | Asia's gas demand defies soaring costs with October import jump

Reuters
Port of Ras Tanura
Tankers

OPINION | Freight rates cripple Asian refiners and Middle East oil exporters

Reuters
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | How Iran is slipping gas and jet fuel past the US naval blockade

Reuters
A container vessel believed to be the Singapore-registered GFS Pride on fire after she struck a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, October 14, 2026. The ship later sank though her entire crew were all safely rescued.
Shipping

COLUMN | Cold War memories: why the world was actually much safer for seafarers back then [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Singapore Refining Company facility
Refining & Processing

OPINION | Asian refiners emerge as winners in Middle East oil recovery

Reuters
Ras Laffan LNG terminal, Qatar
Gas

OPINION | The Iran war is choking Middle East LNG with no end in sight

Reuters
Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ)
Tankers

OPINION | An all-out battle for oil market share has begun in the Middle East

Reuters
A four-legged robot designed to crawl across a ship's hull for welding, painting and other duties
Unmanned, Robotics & AI

FEATURE | AI in the shipbuilding loop: Japanese yards to employ robots for open-space welding and painting work

Baird Maritime
Reliance Industries terminal
Tankers

OPINION | China's fuel export retreat hands India an open door to global markets

Reuters
STS operations on a Suezmax oil tanker
Tankers

OPINION | Why logistics, not supply, is now oil's biggest headache

Reuters
Paradip Port
Bulkers

OPINION | Asia's seaborne coal trade enters a gentle race to the bottom

Reuters
The Chevron-operated Big Foot offshore platform
Drilling & Production

OPINION | Middle East crisis tests Big Oil growth plans despite flood of profits

Reuters
Wilhelmshaven oil refinery, Germany
Tankers

OPINION | Could AI break the grip of commodity giants on refined fuels?

Reuters
The pure car and truck carrier Felicity Ace after it was damaged by an onboard fire while off Portugal's Azores region on February 16, 2022. The ship, which was ultimately abandoned, had electric vehicles fitted with lithium-ion batteries among its embarked cargo on the day of the incident. The exact cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
Shipping

COLUMN | The hazards of our all-electric future: detailing the risks of battery transport by sea [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Map of Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline
Tankers

FEATURE | Inside Saudi Arabia's growing struggle to export oil via the Red Sea

Reuters
Houston Fuel Oil Terminal, Texas, US
Tankers

OPINION | US diesel export curbs could trigger wider economic blowback

Reuters
Oil tanker docks at Dongying Port's 100,000-tonne crude oil terminal
Tankers

OPINION | Despite September peak, Asia crude imports remain below pre-war levels

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Tankers

OPINION | Are costly Hormuz shuttle voyages and STS transfers here to stay?

Reuters
Panama Canal
Shipping

OPINION | Rising slot fees signal growing pressure on Panama Canal route

Reuters
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