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Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has deteriorated sharply after a 7,000 teu container vessel operated by Global Feeder Shipping L.L.C was […]

“Every sailor knows when the tide has turned — the wise ones simply raise their sails.” Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column. With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. Commanders from Ukraine’s drone forces are reporting that they have

Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. US forces launched fresh strikes on Iranian targets late Wednesday, aiming to curb IRGC attacks on hamerchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz

Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column. With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. The US has launched “powerful” strikes on Iran in response to attacks on three

Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. A cargo vessel has reportedly come under attack by assailants on skiffs off the coast of Yemen in the southern Red Sea. After taking

Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. Five maintenance workers were killed in a tanker barge explosion on the Paraguay River near Asunción on July 4, 2026. A bulk carrier came

Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. In an apparent first for Russia’s commercial fleet, Estonian Border Guard photos show two machine guns mounted above the bridge of a strategic LNG

Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. Panama-flagged VLCC Kiku, reportedly laden with about 2m barrels of oil, was struck by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the

Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. A strike on the Singapore-flagged Ever Lovely near Hormuz has forced the IMO to pause its evacuation plan, underlining how fragile the reopening of

“Behind every shipment is a seafarer carrying not only world trade, but the risks that come with it.” Good morning, and welcome to the daily Panamax Post column. With much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels. And now for the news before the headlines. Traffic levels in the Strait of