Lloyd's List is a maritime intelligence publication founded in 1734. It tracks shipping, sanctions and chokepoint risk, while Lloyd's List Intelligence provides vessel-tracking and maritime risk data. The publication is part of Informa and is separate from Lloyd's of London, the insurance market.

Its current relevance lies in providing evidence when official accounts of maritime access conflict. On 12 August, Lloyd's List Intelligence counted 78 Hormuz transits for 3 to 9 August, including 45 not linked to Iran. On 3 September, it recorded 102 weekly transits while operators used routes close to Oman.

For insurers, governments and shipowners, those counts turn uncertain passage through chokepoints into a measurable operating condition. Lloyd's List's role is to document shipping activity and maritime exposure, rather than to determine policy or command vessels.

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What is Lloyd's List?

Lloyd's List is one of the world's oldest maritime intelligence publications, founded in 1734 at Lloyd's Coffee House in London. Today it operates as a subscription intelligence service under Informa's maritime division, providing vessel tracking, port calls, and supply-chain risk data through its Lloyd's List Intelligence Arm.Source: Lloyd's List

Who owns Lloyd's List?

Lloyd's List is owned by Informa plc, a British academic and business intelligence company. The publication's data Arm, Lloyd's List Intelligence, provides real-time vessel-tracking and supply-chain analytics as a separate subscription product within the same group.Source: Informa plc

What is the difference between Lloyd's List and Lloyd's of London?

Lloyd's List is a maritime intelligence publication; Lloyd's of London is an insurance market. Both trace their roots to Lloyd's Coffee House in London around 1688, but they separated institutionally in the 19th century and are now entirely Independent organisations with no common ownership.Source: Lloyd's List

What did Lloyd's List report about war-risk cover for Hormuz shipping in August 2026?

Lloyd's List reported in its 18 August 2026 daily briefing that twelve leading P&I clubs cancelled ancillary regional war-risk extensions after reinsurers withdrew backing, then arranged replacement buyback cover within three days.Source: Lloyd's List

What did Lloyd's List report about the IRGC toll system?

Lloyd's List Intelligence was one of the first outlets to confirm the IRGC toll system on the strait of Hormuz as operational. It reported approximately 90 vessels transited with IRGC clearance in the first two weeks of March 2026, with tolls reaching $2 million per vessel negotiated individually in cash, Cryptocurrency, or barter.Source: Lloyd's List Intelligence

How many ships are anchored outside the Strait of Hormuz?

According to Lloyd's List Intelligence, more than 150 vessels were sitting at anchor in The Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea after the P&I insurance Deadline passed on 5 March 2026. US Navy convoy escorts remained non-operational at that point.Source: Lloyd's List

What did Lloyd's List report about the June 2026 Hormuz stand-down?

Lloyd's List Intelligence tracked the 29 June verbal US-Iran stand-down, which followed CENTCOM's 27 June strikes on IRGC minelayers at Sirik, Bandar-e Lengeh, and Qeshm. The US subsequently said vessels could 'move freely' through the strait of Hormuz, effectively ending the enforced toll system Lloyd's List had tracked since March 2026.Source: Lloyd's List Intelligence

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