Citable trackers and data
TankerBrief maintains daily-updated reference pages built from public shipping and market data. You are welcome to cite them, quote the figures, or republish the charts, with a link back to the relevant page:
- Strait of Hormuz status: open or disrupted, transit levels, mine and drone threat, Brent impact.
- Brent crude price today: daily price, moves, and context.
- VLCC tanker rates today: daily very large crude carrier earnings and route context.
- War-risk premium tracker: hull insurance pricing for Gulf transits.
If you are covering a specific angle (war-risk pricing, freight rates, country-level exposure), we can pull a custom cut of the data on request.
The editor
Gerald Y. Mahir is the founder and editor of TankerBrief, an energy intelligence publication covering chokepoint risk, tanker movements, and the geopolitics of oil supply. TankerBrief publishes daily briefs, scenario analysis, and live status trackers used by energy, shipping, and policy professionals. He is available for comment on chokepoint disruptions, tanker markets, war-risk insurance, and country-level energy exposure.
Contact: [email protected]. Time-sensitive requests are answered same day where possible.
How TankerBrief works
TankerBrief is produced by an automated analytical system directed and reviewed by its human editor, with a mandatory fact-check pass before publication. Full details are on the about page, and our corrections record is public at /corrections.