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12 September 2026

Splash Wrap: The risk premium

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Splash Wrap: The risk premium

Shipping has always made money from risk. This week provided a particularly brutal demonstration of how quickly that risk can be repriced. The Strait of Hormuz dominated again, with the US-Iran conflict descending into an increasingly literal tanker-for-tanker war. Washington attacked Iranian tonnage, Tehran claimed strikes on merchant ships and this week registered the greatest …

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