Splash Wrap: Hormuz, Hamburg and the ghosts of the last boom

The war around the Strait of Hormuz entered an increasingly dangerous tanker-for-tanker phase this week, with the US striking Iranian state tankers in retaliation for attacks on commercial shipping while a laden VLCC sits abandoned and listing off Oman. SMM, Europe’s largest shipping exhibition, hogged many headlines, running from Tuesday through to today across nine … Read full article →