Against the odds: Whatever (and whichever canal) floats your boat – Part 1
Canal intricacies emerge as Egypt won’t be ceding the status of Suez or its importance ...
Utterly absorbing long read from Bloomberg on the hijacking of an oil tanker that turned out to be a massive fraud, and at times reads more like a film treatment than a shipping article. All the characters are present: Somali pirates, Yemeni rebels, a mysterious Greek shipowner with Mafia connections and an unflappable British ship surveyor; as are the settings: the tense waters off Yemen, the war-ravaged port of Aden and, natch, the Admiralty High Court in London. “Something seemed off. This was too many men, at the wrong time, and one wasn’t even wearing shoes. Letting armed strangers onto the ship went against every antipiracy protocol. Marquez radioed up for instructions. After a few minutes an order came back: Lower a ladder.”
Lengthy wait for cargo as Ever Given owner declares General Average
Anger as Maersk suspends contract bookings, sparking scramble for capacity
Hong Kong Air Cargo ban on Vivo phones after pallets catch fire at airport
Ripples from Suez ending in waves of price rises on all container tradelanes
UPDATE 2: Philippines vs China – the South China Sea dispute
Anger as SCA arrests Ever Given and submits $916m compensation claim
Now US intermodal rail yards clog up as port congestion and delays continue
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