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Kpler Blog
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Kpler Blog is the company blog at kpler.com, writing about economics and business. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Kpler's blog as a source for shipping and oil export figures, such as Gulf crude volumes and Strait of Hormuz traffic. Commenters also discuss Kpler as a maritime data provider.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
I think I was just spit-balling what would be possible, rather than what I intend to do. As mentioned elsewhere I'm hoping to get an API key from one the data providers, I even reached out to the api behind marinetraffic.com, https://www.kpler.com/product/maritime/data-services to see if they would sponsor the project. This was just something I built on a whim, but I appreciate your comment and took it to heart!
Comment linking /product/maritime/data-services
on “Show HN: Is Hormuz Open Yet?”Submitted Prototypes Are Free. Proprietary Data Is Priceless as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIt is becoming a rather crowded space the last few years [1] [2] [3] [1]: https://www.kpler.com/ [2]: https://www.spinergie.com/ [3]: https://www.refinitiv.com/en/products/eikon-trading-software...
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on “Vessel Finder”Submitted Geopolitics fuel grain market volatility as a story · 1 points
HN discussionIn this Kpler blog post https://www.kpler.com/blog/explainer-how-mideast-gulf-crude-... they write "At least 16.5 mbd left the region in September, matching the pre-war average excluding Iran." Maybe Maritime Executive did try to do some math to Kpler's figures instead of just quoting them.
Comment linking /blog/explainer-how-mideast-gulf-crude-exports-returned-to-pre-war-levels
on “Despite Iran's Attacks, Gulf Oil Exports Exceed Prewar Levels”I don’t know you figure there’s double counting from that article: the shuttles to Fujairah are transiting the strait. I’m also dubious about the gross figures but I do think it’s an interesting possibility (if they are correct then there’s an uncharacteristic overshoot in pricing, which seems suspicious). But ppl in the industry seem to take Kpler seriously — I just saw them at Gastech last month. I can’t find the…
Comment linking /blog/explainer-the-nuances-of-reading-hormuz-oil-flows-data
on “Despite Iran's Attacks, Gulf Oil Exports Exceed Prewar Levels”https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/strait-of-hormuz-clos... If Wood Mackenzie is not your cup of tea, lots of other resources with a search of “recession strait of Hormuz” keywords. The only reason we’re not in a global recession yet was because China paused oil imports, due to their >1B barrel strategic reserves. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Chinas-Oil-Buying-Paus... https://www.kpler.com/blog/why-the-…
Comment linking /blog/why-the-real-oil-shock-may-only-begin-when-china-returns
on “Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz”
