The Deep Draft
Independent maritime analysis on trade, risk, regulation, and operations.
Insight and Analysis
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When GPS Goes Dark: Steering a VLCC Through the Persian Gulf’s Chaos
Taking Command Amid Collision News I took command of a VLCC in Fujairah, ballast condition, but still a 300,000-ton floating beast. Iran-Israel tensions simmered in the background, and just days earlier, two tankers. Frontline’s Front Eagle and the shadow fleet’s…
Live Wire
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US Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker Marinera
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Venezuela Oil Exports and Sanctions Enforcement
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India commissions first indigenously built pollution control vessel
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Historic Growth of US LNG Trade in 2025
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Venezuelan Ports Under Threat: Sanctions and Shipping Risks
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PETROBRAS RINGS IN 2026, STARTUP OF FPSO P-78 (Búzios 6)
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