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The brief · Friday, 13 November 2026

Tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz overshadow strong Q3 results from carriers

  1. 01Safety & incidents

    Tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz as accounts of attacks differ

    Accounts of the attacks differ. Citing UKMTO, one outlet says at least three VLCCs were hit on Tuesday and Wednesday. Iran's military says four tankers were struck after entering restricted areas, while the IRGC calls two blazes an 'accident'. A projectile set the engine room of the Liberia-flagged Dominica Prosperity alight off the UAE, and all 22 crew were evacuated safely.

  2. 02Regulation & policy

    IMO chief urges states to enforce rules around Hormuz

    IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has called on member states to act more firmly to enforce maritime safety and security rules in and around the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices rose by more than $1 a barrel on Thursday as disruption to shipping through the strait continued.

  3. 03Markets & finance

    Container lines report sharply higher third-quarter profits

    Hapag-Lloyd's Q3 EBITDA reached $1.7bn and it raised its full-year forecast, although volumes were flat and capacity shortages limited its gains on the trans-Pacific. Seatrade puts HMM's Q3 profit up 405%. Evergreen and Wan Hai each earned more in Q3 than in the whole first half, and are spending a combined $600m on new containers.

  4. 04Markets & finance

    Baltic Dry Index rises again as bulker scrapping slumps

    The Baltic Dry Index rose for a seventh session to 3,020 points, its highest level since 5 October, with the larger segments leading the gains. Dry bulk recycling fell 36% year on year to 3m DWT in January to October, an 18-year low. Only 70 ships were scrapped because strong rates are keeping older tonnage trading.

  5. 05Technology

    Maersk confirms data theft from legacy system

    Maersk has confirmed that an attacker gained access to a local legacy system and extracted data. Seatrade Maritime describes the incident as ransomware. It says the breach came through a platform Maersk inherited when it acquired LF Logistics in 2022.

  6. 06Regulation & policy

    IMO steps on net-zero rules and onboard carbon capture

    US FMC Chairman Laura DiBella said the IMO may begin forming consensus on an alternative Net-Zero Framework in the coming weeks and settle the final text in 2027. Separately, a proposal from a Korean partnership of 10 maritime organisations has been chosen as the basis for IMO safety guidelines on onboard carbon capture.

  7. 07Cyprus & East Med

    Fire off Limassol put out and Cyprus courts maritime tech

    A fire on a commercial vessel off Limassol on Thursday was extinguished, and authorities said all crew were safe. Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis said Cyprus aims to develop and test maritime technology rather than follow others. Separately, MSC is raising its FAK rates from the Far East to the Mediterranean and Black Sea from 1 December.

Written by Maritime AI at 06:31 Cyprus time from 250 headlines and their outlets’ own summaries. It can get things wrong — read the original articles before you rely on anything here.