Financial Times global shipping and industry correspondent covering ships, steel, chemicals and the like.
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Alice Hancock
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It is important that the @financialtimes.com, and @alicemhancock.bsky.social continue to shine a light on the loopholes that allow Russian LNG exports to benefit from Western services.
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Yesterday Greek shipping tycoon George Prokopiou came as close as he’s come publicly to admitting that he has sent ships through the Strait of Hormuz and now he’s readying more…
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Can the Middle East crisis save Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos empire? ft.trib.al/4QfNKho
The group, one of the few to transit the strait since the conflict, has moved six ships in the vicinity
Denmark’s Fayard is the only remaining shipyard in Europe to service ice-class LNG tankers that export from Russia’s Yamal LNG. It’s not a sanctioned activity but has provided a critical lifeline for Russian gas to reach the EU.
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Trump’s Hormuz ship insurance facility has done $0 business — partly because it was designed for naval escorts that have not materialised
Story with @leeharris.ft.com
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Alice Hancock
The Gulf conflict is pushing European chemicals manufacturers closer to breaking point with some warning that closures will cause a domino effect across the region.
More here with my colleague Jamie John www.ft.com/content/ca09...
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Some bond investors believe the group’s debt is unsustainable, but others think its scale and edge will see it through
In April, Crispin Odey dropped his £79mn #libel claim against us.
This is the inside story of how Odey’s battle to reclaim his reputation backfired.
It's about the brave women who spoke out against him — and the new allegations the two-year legal saga unearthed.
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Financial Times
How Europe learned to stop worrying and love… state aid
@bmoens.bsky.social & @alicemhancock.bsky.social on the dangerous weapon with the power to break the EU single market
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Fayard is only remaining EU yard taking on dry-dock work for ships carrying gas exported from Siberia
Shipping companies are turning to trucks to move cargo across the Gulf as disruption in the Strait of Hormuz sends freight rates soaring and leaves goods stranded across global ports.
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Greek shipping tycoon Evangelos Marinakis said he would be ready to pay fees to transit the Strait of Hormuz if that would keep the waterway open to shipping. ft.trib.al/gNQD4q2
