U.S. natural gas prices surged on Tuesday, with a combination of declining domestic output and an improving demand outlook helping the gas market break past prior downward pressure from seasonal maintenance. Henry Hub, the primary benchmark price for the North American natural gas market, spot gas prices jumped 5.1% to trade at 3.06/MMBtu in Tuesday’s […]

Asian nations are scrambling to find new oil and gas suppliers as the Iran war stretches on and negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz remain murky at best. Asia, the primary purchaser of oil and gas supplies out of the Gulf, has been hit hardest by the sudden blockage of approximately one-fifth of the world’s

Ukraine’s state energy regulator has cut storage fees for natural gas by 11% in a bid to accelerate domestic gas injection, with an option to further lower the rate if capacities are booked long-term for at least one year.  The discount creates favorable tariff structures to leverage Ukraine’s massive storage capabilities. Ukraine has set a

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Rhine barge. Photo: © VanderWolfImages Dreamstime.com. 26/05/2026 Hobbled by an influx of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) arriving at ports, Europe’s inland waterways are now contending with increasing temperatures provoking decreasing water levels, extending delays for those wishing to use barges. The current level on the Rhine’s Kaub gauge is 110cm, with forecasts for water levels

OceanX: Gulf War III; ‘Pay or delay’; Mærsk vs CMA; K+N vs DHL Celebrations first! It was International Women’s Day yesterday, 8 March: big thanks to all the amazing … OceanX radar Mar 9, 2026• 0 Comments• Share  

26/05/2026 European shippers and forwarders have welcomed the new free-trade agreement between the EU and Mexico, which was inked at a summit in Mexico City at the end of last week. It builds on the trade accord signed in 2000 and provides duty-free access for almost all goods. Closer economic economic ties between the bloc

26/05/2026 DHL, Expeditors, and Matson are all pointing to the same thing: AI infrastructure rapidly becoming one of the logistics industry’s most important new cargo verticals, reshaping freight flows across multiple regions – and modes.  What began as a surge in semiconductor and GPU shipments is now reshaping freight networks more broadly, driving demand for

Photo: Dreamstime.com 26/05/2026 French container shipping line CMA CGM was the latest carrier to report reduced first-quarter profits today, on the back of weak freight rates and a loss of market share. Defining its results as “resilient”, CMA CGM reported first-quarter volumes of 5.93m teu, a 1.5% year-on-year increase on the 5.85m teu it handled

ID 33192614 © Stbernardstudio | Dreamstime.com 26/05/2026 The first-quarter (Q1 26) results of France’s CMA CGM Group, released on Friday 22 May ahead of our bank holiday, were particularly uninspiring with regard to the Ebitda margin tied to its 3PL arm, Ceva Logistics. And, unsurprisingly, that disclosure comes just as Ceva-related M&A rumours in logistics