Daily Briefing 2 April 2026
Tanker cycle timing: from ‘scramble mode’ to demand destruction
Japan Demands Chinese Research Vessel Stop Unauthorized Activity in EEZ
Royal Navy's Top Officer Needs Four Years to Restore Readiness
Paul Watson Activists Hit Krill Fishing Vessel in “Direct Intervention”
Trump Resumes Strait of Hormuz Threats
US LNG Exports Break Record High as Middle East War Disrupts Global Supply
FEATURE | Trump signals potential US exit from Iran war, and from NATO itself
Malta Monitoring Hulk of Russian LNG Carrier After Libya Towed it to Sea
Carrier USS Ford On Track for Record-Breaking 11 Month Deployment
France tells Trump NATO is for Europe, not the Strait of Hormuz
- Japan and France agree to coordinate on Hormuz security and Iran war
- Brief Gulf shutdown manageable, but year‑long closure would upend global LNG flows, says think tank
- Libya Abandons ‘Arctic Metagaz’ Salvage At Edge of Malta SAR Zone
- Venergy orders suezmaxes as expansion rolls on
- Middle East port update: Wednesday, April 1
- China consolidates shipbuilding supremacy as global fleet renewal gathers pace
- Boxship sale-and-purchase market holds firm with sub-5,000 teu vessels dominating activity
- Turkey in Talks With Iran for Ships’ Passage Through Hormuz
- Nearly one month later, Trump’s war risk insurance scheme is going nowhere
- Panama-Flagged Ships Dominate China Detentions in Sudden March Spike

