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Trump Says He’ll Sign Deal With Iran To Reopen Hormuz Sunday
By Arsalan Shahla and María Paula Mijares Torres Jun 13, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said an interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the conflict with Iran...
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US Refiners Can Still Absorb More Venezuelan Oil
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, June 12 (Reuters) – U.S. refiners can still absorb more Venezuelan crude, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday, as the South American country’s output bounces following the...
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Tanker Attack Raises New Questions About U.S. ‘Secret Mission’ in Hormuz
A commercial tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile near the Strait of Hormuz overnight while transiting an area associated with a covert U.S.-coordinated shipping corridor that has been used...
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Shadow Fleet Tanker Captain Pleads Guilty After Weeks-Long Atlantic Chase by U.S. Coast Guard
The former master of a tanker linked to Iran and Venezuela’s shadow oil trade has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court after leading the U.S. Coast Guard on a weeks-long...
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Port of Long Beach Posts Third-Busiest May on Record as Imports Surge 40%
The Port of Long Beach handled 842,030 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in May, marking its third-busiest May on record and a sharp rebound from the tariff-driven slowdown that weighed on...
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U.S., Iran Near Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz After Months of War
The United States and Iran signaled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.
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Shipowners Owners Brace for Hormuz Reopening as Peace Deal Nears
Shipowners are watching warily for a peace deal between the US and Iran and what it would mean for the Strait of Hormuz, with some tanker owners expressing caution, while others were already predicting a frantic free-for-all if the waterway opens in earnest.
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Lost Gulf Oil Exports Far Smaller Than Thought, Traders and Shippers Say
Since the start of the Iran war and Tehran's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was "closed," the market has grappled to put a figure on lost crude supply and to predict the price of oil.
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Indians Grieve and Call for Action After US Strike Kills Seafarers
DEORIA, India, June 12 (Reuters) – Sushila Devi sat sobbing on the floor of her house in Deoria, northern India after authorities told her that her husband was one of three sailors...
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Shipping Industry Condemns Attacks on Seafarers as Hormuz Death Toll Reaches 14
The world’s largest shipping industry organizations have issued a joint condemnation of attacks on commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, warning that seafarers are increasingly paying the...
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US, Iran Edge Toward Interim Deal Signing Close to G7 Next Week
The US and Iran may sign an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on the sidelines of the Group of Seven world leaders summit next week, according to senior officials.
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Tanker Industry Advisory Sheds New Light on Trump’s Secret Hormuz Transit Operation
President Donald Trump’s claim that a covert U.S. military operation has helped hundreds of commercial ships transit the Strait of Hormuz appears to be corroborated by an advisory earlier this...