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“Due to sanctions, foreign re/insurers can withdraw support for any insurance policy that covers cargo or vessel carrying cargo, from the sanctioned country...Having its own insurance pool will give India the flexibility to navigate sanctions complications brought on by geopolitical volatilities."

India’s maritime insurance pool won’t replace IG P&Is but will aid in uncertainty

Counterparties may need time to accept the new pool launched by New Delhi. Reliance on traditional P&I clubs will remain, with the pool seen by industry experts as complementary

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“Due to sanctions, foreign re/insurers can withdraw support for any insurance policy that covers cargo or vessel carrying cargo, from the sanctioned country...Having its own insurance pool will give India the flexibility to navigate sanctions complications brought on by geopolitical volatilities."

India’s maritime insurance pool won’t replace IG P&Is but will aid in uncertainty

Counterparties may need time to accept the new pool launched by New Delhi. Reliance on traditional P&I clubs will remain, with the pool seen by industry experts as complementary

lloydslist.com

The sublime Horatio Clare (the person who inspired me to take my own contrainer ship trips more than a decade ago) writes about the plight of seafarers in the Gulf: www.ft.com/content/2181...

What life is like on the stranded ships of the Gulf

As leaders debate how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the voices of seafarers have been largely absent. Horatio Clare reports on the hidden world behind a global crisis

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Lamine Yamal waved a Palestinian flag during Barcelona's open-top victory parade to celebrate winning LaLiga.

Probably the first time a mainstream (perhaps unsurprisingly, Spanish) newspaper uses this term to refer to the ships turning off their AIS transponders to transport oil from Azerbaijan to Israel despite Turkey's trade embargo

The phantom fleet fueling Israel’s wars

Greek shipping companies transport Azerbaijani crude oil from a Turkish port in violation of the embargo imposed by Ankara, concealing their shipments by turning off their tracking signals

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4-year post-doc in human geography, at @uio.no. Highly recommended!! * Deadline 15th May 2026. * Applicants must have native or near-native competence in a Scandinavian language.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Human Geography (297915) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Human Geography (297915), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, May 15, 2026

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Finally caught up with this brilliant piece This should be required reading for anyone writing on China! www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/the...

Sinophobic Sinophilia | The Editors

In the contemporary Chinese context, the idea that crucial parts of the central government could simply cease to operate for more than a month, as part of a procedural standoff between rival governing...

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Panama Canal auction slots more than double in price Middle East conflict raises auction slot prices as containers and LPG lift Panama Canal transits and cargo volumes. www.seatrade-maritime.com/maritime-tra...

Panama Canal auction slots more than double in price

Middle East conflict raises auction slot prices as containers and LPG lift Panama Canal transits and cargo volumes.

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As a big Farocki fangirl, I'm ecstatic over the new issue of e-flux: Operativism: Labor, Automation, Agitation edited by Vogman and Pasquinelli 😍 especially Tom Holert's "Beneath the Information, the Operation: Harun Farocki and the Work of Images" SO GOOD www.e-flux.com/journal/162

e-flux Journal #162 April 2026 - e-flux

with contributions by Elena Vogman, Matteo Pasquinelli, Harun Farocki, Tom Holert, Olexii Kuchanskyi, Alla Vronskaya, Aleksei Gastev, Evgenii Petrov, Aleksandra Selivanova, Devin Fore, Kalindi Vora, N...

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"Liberian" ship i.e. ship registered with 'The Liberian Ship & Corporate Registry' LLC, a US-incorporated entity headquartered in the greater DC area. Liberia's first ship registry was founded by Edward Stettinius, a former US State Secretary who also oversaw the creation of Liberia's Maritime Code

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Liberian ship fired on in Strait of Hormuz - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/liberian-ship-fired-strait-hormuz

"While the US military says it has turned around over 20 vessels and ‘completely halted’ Iranian trade, Lloyd’s List Intelligence shows a steady flow of shadow fleet traffic in and out of the Middle East Gulf."

At least 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels bypass US blockade

While the US military says it has turned around over 20 vessels and ‘completely halted’ Iranian trade, Lloyd’s List Intelligence shows a steady flow of shadow fleet traffic in and out of the Middle East Gulf

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I recently learned from a friend that finance bros refer to him as the 'quantatollah'

Geoffrey Hughes@geofffhughes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The speaker of the Iranian parliament is tweeting like an LLM trained exclusively on r\WallStreetBets and crypto bots...

liquidtime.substack.com/p/90-of-the-...

90% of the World’s Goods are Moved By Sea. Says Who?

If you’ve ever read anything about shipping then you will have read some variation of the lines “Shipping is the backbone of the world economy. 90% of the world’s goods are moved by sea.” This line – ...

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a while back me and @miriammthsn.bsky.social wrote a piece about how 90% of the world's goods do not, in fact, move by sea. now its the source for google's claim that they do. like come on man read just two words on

Check this out! There's a book launch of my essay "The Netherlands is a bad idea" in Moezeum (010), April 23. With responses from: Zakia Essanhaji ❤️, @quinsyg.bsky.social ❤️, and Nawal Mustafa ❤️. The book was made in collaboration with Multi Tool Press ❤️ and will be available in limited supply.

"terms like ‘dark’ and ‘shadow’ are never invoked to describe the vessels that have...supplied Israel with military...carrying out its genocidal war, which highlights the geopolitical faultlines that circumscribe the use of this term" @miriammthsn.bsky.social liquidtime.substack.com/p/four-quest...

"dark fleet" "Shadow fleet" "Ghost fleet" are mystifications often used by hawks Read @miriammthsn.bsky.social : "In an April 2023 report titled “Shifty Shades of Grey”, Lloyd’s List provides a ‘methodology’ which defines a tanker as part of the dark fleet if" liquidtime.substack.com/p/four-quest...

"One of the challenges in defining ‘shadow’ fleet is that even if you resort to...terms like “opaque ownership structures”; “post-box addresses”; “obscure locations”;“shell companies”; “flags of convenience”“flag hopping” you just end up sounding like you’re describing the entire shipping industry"🤌

Miriam Matthiessen@miriammthsn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet. For a while now I have felt that people use these terms without really examining their origins nor the assumptions that come with invoking them, so I wrote about why I think this is a problem:

"Terms like ‘dark’ and ‘shadow’ are never invoked to describe the vessels that have continuously supplied Israel with military and other equipment for carrying out its genocidal war, which highlights the geopolitical faultlines that circumscribe the use of this term."

Miriam Matthiessen@miriammthsn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet. For a while now I have felt that people use these terms without really examining their origins nor the assumptions that come with invoking them, so I wrote about why I think this is a problem:

This is so good @miriammthsn.bsky.social

Miriam Matthiessen@miriammthsn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet. For a while now I have felt that people use these terms without really examining their origins nor the assumptions that come with invoking them, so I wrote about why I think this is a problem:

This! Also, Greek ships delivering arms, coal etc to Israel have been basically turning off their AIS and faking their destinations on their manifests...

Miriam Matthiessen@miriammthsn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet. For a while now I have felt that people use these terms without really examining their origins nor the assumptions that come with invoking them, so I wrote about why I think this is a problem:

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet. For a while now I have felt that people use these terms without really examining their origins nor the assumptions that come with invoking them, so I wrote about why I think this is a problem:

Four Questions About the So-Called ‘Shadow’ Fleet

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, or the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet.

open.substack.com

What does calling a ship part of the 'ghost fleet' mean, and who gets to decide? New writing from @miriammthsn.bsky.social over at liquidtime dot substack dot com liquidtime.substack.com/p/four-quest...

Four Questions About the So-Called ‘Shadow’ Fleet

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, or the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet.

liquidtime.substack.com

Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza City - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strike-kills-al-jazeera-journalist-gaza-city

Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza City

<article data-history-node-id="437779" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strike-kills-al-jazeera-journalist-gaza-city" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strike-kills-al-jazeera-journalist-gaza-city" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strike kills Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza City</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli attack targeted a vehicle carrying Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Mohammed Wishah in Gaza City, killing him while he was driving on a main road.</p> <p>His death brings the number of Palestinian journalists killed since October 2023 to 262.</p> <p>Conditions in Gaza City are worsening amid ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire.</p> </div> </div> </article>

middleeasteye.net

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet. For a while now I have felt that people use these terms without really examining their origins nor the assumptions that come with invoking them, so I wrote about why I think this is a problem:

Four Questions About the So-Called ‘Shadow’ Fleet

In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, or the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet.

open.substack.com

All of us are dissociated and dissociating to make it through today. I hope you give yourself and others grace.