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QatarEnergy: Missile attacks cut Qatar’s LNG export capacity by 17% and spur $20B loss | Shipping reports

25 Mar, 2026
Doha’s QatarEnergy expects the damage to its Ras Laffan Industrial City caused by missile strikes, which occurred on Wednesday, March 18, and in the early hours of Thursday, March 19, to cost about $20bln a year in lost revenue and to take ...

French navy boards ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in Mediterranean, Macron says | Maritime Insurance news

24 Mar, 2026
UK forces have joined a military operation with the French navy in the Mediterranean to seize an oil tanker, with French president Emmanuel Macron identifying the vessel as part of a ‘shadow fleet’ linked to Russia.  The Royal Navy tracked ...

Freight Market Report 20/03-2026 Presented By IC Shipbrokers | Freight news

20 Mar, 2026
IC Shipbrokers herewith welcomes you to today’s freight market report. We are giving you an insight in today’s freight market and an update with the latest freight market indications. The market was today with a general slow activity in the...

Performance Shipping secures sale and leaseback for LR1 newbuild | Tankers

19 Mar, 2026
Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping, led-by chairperson of its board Aliki Paliou, has secured a sale and leaseback agreement for its newbuild LR1 tanker. The company entered into an agreement, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary...

Stena Bulk CEO Erik Hånell stepping down after 14 years | Tankers

19 Mar, 2026
Erik Hånell has decided to step down from Stena Bulk after 14 years as president and chief executive officer of the tanker owner.   He will be succeeded in the role on December 1 by Philip Eriksson, who is currently the managing director of...

LNG market lacks capacity to bridge supply gap from Hormuz disruptions: JERA Global CEO

19 Mar, 2026
The global LNG market lacks the capacity to “bridge the gap” for any supply losses arising from disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Yukio Kani, global CEO and chairman of JERA, Japan’s largest power generation company. “There ...

Shell forecasts global LNG demand to surge up to 85% by 2050

19 Mar, 2026
Shell announced that global demand for liquefied natural gas is estimated to rise by 54-68% by 2040 and 45-85% by 2050 from 422 million metric tons per annum in 2025. The energy company said LNG demand is expected to increase from 422 MTPA ...

China’s crude oil output returns to growth in first two months

19 Mar, 2026
China’s crude oil production returned to growth in the first two months of the year, while crude processing and natural gas output continued to expand, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. From January to Februar...