Daily Briefing 13 January 2026
VLCC spot rates partially recover from Christmastime plunge
Maersk navigates Red Sea route again as Gaza ceasefire holds
Has Iran released Greek tanker St. Nikolas, seized in 2024?
Baltimore’s Sparrows Point Container Terminal Receives Key Permits
HMM and HD KSOE Start Demonstration and Testing of Wing Sail on Tanker
Security Vessel News Roundup | January 13 – Indian Coast Guard's new pollution control vessel, Chinese rescue ship orders and more
U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Surfer Who Survived 30 Hours on Rocks Offshore
Revolution Wind Receives Court Injunction Against Trump’s Stop-Work Order
Spanish Operation “White Tide” Makes Largest Cocaine Seizure at Sea
Multiple plants to produce submarines to fulfil Poland order, Saab CEO says
- Russian drones strike two foreign ships in Black Sea, Ukraine says
- Finland Releases Ship Suspected of Cable Damage as Investigation Proceeds
- Sweden to invest $437m in unmanned drone systems over two years
- US Supreme Court rejects Citigroup bid to block $1b Oceanografia lawsuit
- Iran threatens to attack ‘shipping centres’ if US strikes
- Political pressure builds in Europe to tackle stateless shadow tankers
- Lianson Fleet Group completes $10m disposal of AHTS vessel
- US judge to weigh Orsted bid to block Trump halt of $5b wind project
- What to look out for in tankers in 2026
- DFDS confirms former Maersk man appointed as next chief executive

