Oil Tanker Pricing Feud Embroils a Centuries-Old London MarketPosted by MarketsWireA legal claim from one of the world’s largest oil traders is throwing a spotlight on an arcane but critical corner of global finance — the multibillion-dollar freight market and the 282-year-old City of London institution that sits at the heart of it.2 repliestomspark wrote:This is wild — a 282-year-old institution getting dragged into modern shipping disputes. Guess even the old guard has to adapt or get run over.tomspark wrote:This is wild — a 282-year-old institution getting dragged into a pricing dispute in 2026. Curious what the actual claim is, but yeah, these old London fixtures tend to have zero accountability until something breaks.