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Tugboat Captain Pleads Guilty in Fatal Biscayne Bay Collision That Killed Three Children
A Miami tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to federal seaman’s manslaughter charges after admitting he operated a tug and barge with obstructed visibility, failed to post a proper lookout, and...

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Lori Ann LaRocco
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Reality of the Crude Trade Will Come to a Head Around Midterms
The price of crude is not reflective of the supply reality in the Middle East, and based on crude trade data, the runway left for this crude reality can be felt by the U.S. midterms.

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Trump Says US and Tehran Having ‘Good Talks’ as Drones Hit Iran’s Neighbors
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States was having "good talks" with Iran and there was a chance of a deal over their conflict, but warned U.S. strikes would resume if the negotiations failed to deliver.

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Paul Morgan
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Nuclear Ships Just Cleared Three Design Reviews, But They’re Potentially Decades From Trading Port to Port
By Paul Morgan (gCaptain) – Three separate approvals in principle for nuclear-powered commercial ships have been granted since June 2026: to a Korean consortium’s molten salt reactor container ship, to...

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Mike Schuler
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‘Goodbye, Engine Room’: Trump Floods Truth Social With AI Images of Captured and Exploding Iranian Tankers
President Donald Trump overnight posted a series of AI-generated images on Truth Social depicting U.S. forces seizing Iranian oil tankers, raising American flags aboard captured vessels, and destroying Iranian-flagged ships...

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Bloomberg
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U.S.-Iran Pause Attacks for Third Night as Diplomacy Tempers Fears of Wider War
The US and Iran held off on attacks for a third straight night, helping lift global stock and bond markets and push down oil prices.

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Iran Says It Still Controls Strait, Not Seeking Talks, After Trump Halts Bombing
Iran said on Monday it was still in control of the Strait of Hormuz and not seeking to resume peace talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump halted a two-week bombing campaign that his top brass told him had run its course.

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17 Missing After Vietnamese Vessel Sinks In South China Sea
HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters) – Rescuers were searching on Sunday for 17 people still missing after a Vietnamese ship sank in the busy waterway of the South China Sea, while 45...

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Vessel Sinks A Week After Being Struck By Russian Fire
July 26 (Reuters) – An international cargo vessel sank off the coast of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Sunday, a week after Ukrainian officials said it had been struck by Russian forces....

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Bloomberg
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Iraq To Sign Agreement With Syria On Building Of Oil Pipelines
By Khalid Al-Ansary Jul 25, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iraq will sign an agreement with Syria on the construction of pipelines linking oil production sites to global export markets via the Mediterranean, according...

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Houthis Fire On Saudi Red Sea Oil Sites
By Federico Maccioni, Timour Azhari and Eman Abouhassira RIYADH, July 25 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on Saturday and...

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Bloomberg
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Ukrainian Drones Spark Fires At Russian Oil Refinery And Platform
By Bloomberg News Jul 25, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Fire broke out at the Tyumen oil refinery in Russia’s Ural region after a drone attack as Ukraine and Russia press intensifying strikes on...