Daily Briefing 4 March 2026
Viking Stacks Orders to 2034 with More Expedition and Ocean Ships
Report: MSC and BlackRock Push to Complete Hutchison Deal for Port Ops
LNG shipping spot rates post record rise as war fallout mounts
Drone Strikes Reported in Fujairah and Duqm
Belgium Fines Sanctioned Tanker €10M and Detains it for Safety Violations
US signals U-turn on naval convoys to restart Hormuz transits
Belgian Navy acquires unmanned mine countermeasures systems package
VIDEO | Russian-flagged sanctioned LNG tanker on fire in the Mediterranean, crew located in lifeboat off Libya
Macron: France sending aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to Mediterranean
Trump: US to provide insurance to all maritime trade in Persian Gulf
- Sanctioned Russian LNG Carrier Reported Ablaze in the Mediterranean
- Trump: U.S. Will Provide "Risk Insurance" For All Shipping in the Gulf
- Russia’s grain exports to Iran interrupted by war, sources say
- Chinese and Russian Satellite Feeds Aid Iranian War Effort
- London marine insurers widen high-risk gulf zone following conflict
- US rules out prospect of naval convoys to restart Hormuz transits
- British accountant who procured ships for Russia taken off UK sanctions list
- Around 200 compliant tankers stranded as Strait of Hormuz closure freezes Gulf traffic
- LNG buyers in Asia rush for new supplies after Qatar production halt
- Fujairah ship refuelling slows as fuel supply, prices tighten

