Captain Singh

UK Master Mariner · FICArb · Singapore
Tankers, chokepoints, crew — from the bridge.
Where steel, charter, and law meet.

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UAE closes Umm Al Quwain beaches as oil leaks from a tanker offshore; fishermen told to keep clear. No vessel named yet.

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PTWC, 24 Oct: M7.2 quake off Vanuatu, 10 km deep. Hazardous tsunami waves possible within 300 km of the epicentre. USGS: M6.9, then an M6.3 aftershock.

Bridge Rule: Tsunami threat in shallow water: engines on standby, single up, head for deep water.

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Reuters: Russia and Ukraine agree to a local ceasefire in Olesky; US-mediated peace talks planned for November.

A land truce doesn't clear a sea mine. The Black Sea war-risk premium won't drop just because the guns pause in one town.

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European Natural gas hits 2022 highs. But the shock has shifted: 2022 was lost Russian pipelines; today it is the Middle East chokepoint tax. Europe now bids against Asia for US and Qatari cargoes.

The energy war didn't end. It just moved to the water.

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Their entire export system is held hostage inside the Persian Gulf. If the Strait is closed, their tankers cannot reach Asia or Europe. By buying 4 mtpa of US LNG, they are securing supply that is already sitting outside the chokepoint, ready to sail directly from the US Gulf to buyers without ever crossing Iran's maritime blockade. They are buying a bypass.

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Investing: QatarEnergy signs a 30-year deal to buy US LNG from Cheniere.

The world's top exporter is buying a rival's cargo to bypass its own chokepoint.

Hormuz risk is now a long-term contract.

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The National: Lifting sanctions on dark fleet tankers won't solve the crisis.

Of course not. A stroke of the pen doesn't clear a class survey, restore P&I cover, or drydock a rusted hull.

Paper compliance doesn't float.

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@GoodTasteArt Have a great evening 🌆

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Straits Times: US-China tanker voyages hit $60 million, crushing demand.

Bridge Rule: never fix a cargo where the freight bill eats the arbitrage.

A $60M trip isn't a boom. It's the physical cost of a broken map.

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@TawandaButche1 Have a great day

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TradeWinds: MSC doubles down on ultra-large boxships as rivals chase 24,000-TEU.

Bridge rule: scale is the enemy of resilience. The bigger the hull, the fewer chokepoints it can safely transit.
Efficiency is beautiful until the water gets narrow.

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IRGC threatens US bases if the Navy keeps escorting tankers in Hormuz.

The moment a warship pulls alongside, the merchant ship inherits the target.
The escort is the trigger.

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EIA: US crude inventories drop 3.1M barrels. When the Middle East chokes, the world drains the US Gulf.

You cannot act as the global swing supplier with a thinning domestic buffer.

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NYT: US and Israel prepare renewed strikes on Iran after the midterms.

The calendar is political; the war-risk premium is not. The tanker market has to price the post-election countdown right now.

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U.S. Treasury sanctions a Panama law firm for servicing the Iranian shadow fleet.

The net is moving upstream. You can dark a transponder and hide a hull, but you can't hide the paperwork that keeps it legal.

The war is now on the ink.

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@TawandaButche1 Top of the morning 🌅

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Goldman: Rising shipping costs signal upward oil price revisions.

The desk is finally pricing the chokepoint tax into the barrel. You can't separate the freight from the war risk anymore. The physical constraint is now the financial baseline.

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@Peter85635405 Thanks, Peter
Have a nice evening 🌆

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@Wade_Finley @WSJ Nope

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@PeterEl24449654 You don't need an OFAC waiver to trade with an ally. The sanctions list and the price cap are the state's definition of an adversary, regardless of the political signaling.

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The US importing Russian diesel is the ultimate proof the Middle East chokepoint is broken. You don't buy from your adversary unless your own supply lines have failed.

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Russia's deputy PM says that the first diesel tanker to depart for the US "will leave tomorrow" on Oct 22. "It will have a displacement of 40,000 tonnes. And the subsequent batches will follow".

The negotiation of the contract is also "at the final stage".

- Interfax