Containers: Eyeing the post-pandemic slowdown | Shipbuilding: Latest super-cycle gives shipyards the upper hand | Transpacific rate decline expected to continue on suppressed consumer demand | European Council agrees to extend ETS to shipping

Cargoship allowed to leave Mariupol after four months | Box carriers should expect more European delays | Parting words for Biden as Engelstoft retires from Maersk

Economou leads Greek shipowners’ increasing exposure to Russian oil trades | Carriers face rising need to shore up freight rates | Class treads carefully around Russian sanctions definitions

New vessel type could be needed to carry electric vehicles | Now is not the time for shipping to be hiding behind closed doors | The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Emanuele Grimaldi sets out his stall

Owners with poor claims records facing double-digit hull and machinery hikes | Ukraine’s major wartime export route faces big challenges | Over 3,500 seafarers abandoned worldwide, survey shows | Iran-linked tanker departs Croatia after four weeks

High container freight rates showing in inflation figures | Russian boxship feeders switch to mainline trades | BAL Container Line orders post-panamax duo to compete on long-haul trade | Large claims push Skuld into red, as Hansen hints at rate hikes to come

Russia accused of shipping stolen Ukrainian grain via Crimea | London Club held liable for $1.6bn payout on Prestige spill | Cargill: It’s time to double down on efficiency technology

Fast-growing upstart carriers exposed to spot rate volatility | Marine insurance bans ‘won’t stop Russian oil exports’ | Sovcomflot secures domestic insurance but sanctions continue to stymie operations

Sexual abuse and harassment ‘systemic’ on ships | Animal harm: What to do about livestock carriers | Is Singapore losing its shine as bunkering hub? | The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Why does Biden want to punch shipping CEOs?

Fresh Iran sanctions linked to tanker dispute off Croatia | Recalibrating oil markets push clean tanker rates higher in Pacific | Ever Given payout likely to equal Costa Concordia

Chinese crude demand to contract for ‘first time this century’, says IEA | Livestock carrier casualties drive push for reform | Climate alignment data reveals extent of shipping’s decarbonisation challenge

About 80 ships still trapped in Ukraine, says Lloyd’s agent | Biden to sign Ocean Shipping Reform Act into law | Port congestion off Germany to intensify amid labour strikes

Greece considers next move in Iranian oil dispute | Chinese shipowner deploys VLCC mid-Atlantic for Russian oil | More countries back net-zero target at IMO

Pericles was right; shipping can’t ignore politics | Greek shipowners condemn Russian aggression but underline right to lawful trade | Sovcomflot divestment continues as new ownership details emerge | The Lloyd’s List Podcast: The key takeaways from Posidonia 2022

Greek court ruling lifts hopes for release of tankers | Mortgage insurance need not pay out in all circumstances | Russia sanctions prove challenging for maritime insurance

Greece prevaricates over Iran crude seizure as diplomatic storm erupts | European Parliament rejects carbon market report | Tankers shipping Venezuelan and Iranian crude switch to Russian trade | Politics, not economics, is now driving shipping