The Iran war has made it harder to establish the reality of which ships are being hired to transport oil through the Strait of Hormuz and at what price.

Between them, the ports are hampered by more than 13,000 containers experiencing dwell times of longer than nine days for containers waiting to be loaded onto on-dock trains.

Russia believes that new icebreakers and Arctic-class vessels will allow for regular eastbound shipments to Asia, even in the months where sea ice would normally block shipping traffic.

Both LNG and methanol offer attractive pathways to cutting emissions from maritime vessels, depending on how the fuels are produced and sourced, the ports noted.

The UAE’s climate ministry first detected the spill off the coast Umm Al Quwain on October 23. 

The U.S. military last publicly issued a similar notice in mid-July, when it began its blockade of Iranian shipping.

The latest inventory also shows continued progress since 2017, when the Port of Los Angeles and neighboring Port of Long Beach updated their landmark Clean Air Action Plan.

Massive and immediate population losses directly after the spill stemmed from marine species that were instantly killed or affected by chemicals that were stored in their eggs.

According to WSC data, 503 dual-fuel ships were on the water as of September 2026, compared to 358 through the first nine months of 2025.

The Panama Canal handled 13,951 transit in FY2026, compared to 13,404 in FY2025, driven by strong performance from energy and container ship segments.