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Mike Schuler
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Trump Says Ships Are Moving Through Hormuz on ‘Southern Highway’ as Industry Watches Cautiously
President Donald Trump said Monday that ships are once again moving out of the Strait of Hormuz along a southern transit corridor established during the recent conflict with Iran, describing...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Armed Skiffs Attack Two Ships Off Yemen in Separate Gulf of Aden Incidents
Two merchant vessels were attacked by armed skiffs off Yemen on Sunday in separate incidents reported by UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), raising fresh concerns about piracy and maritime security...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Shipping Industry Welcomes Iran Deal But Warns Strait of Hormuz Reopening Will Take Time
The global shipping industry welcomed news of a U.S.-Iran agreement aimed at ending months of conflict in and around the Strait of Hormuz, but maritime organizations cautioned Monday that major...

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Reuters
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Trump Announces Iran Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
U.S. and Iranian officials said they had agreed on a framework to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary pact that sent oil prices falling but leaves the fate of Iran's nuclear program to further negotiations.

From
John Konrad
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gCaptain
The Cathedral, The Bazaar And The Hormuz Catastrophe That Never Came
For years we have waited for artificial intelligence to unlock vast new efficiencies in global trade. When the Strait of Hormuz closed, it may finally have done so. But the...

From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Merchant Ship, U.S. Navy Rescue 14 Indian Mariners Near Hormuz Shipping Route
A merchant vessel diverted to assist in the rescue of 14 Indian mariners after their vessel became disabled and was abandoned off the coast of Oman, according to statements from...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
UK Boards Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in First Direct Interdiction Operation
The United Kingdom has boarded a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker in what officials described as the first UK-led operation of its kind, marking a significant escalation in efforts to...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Rubio Defends Hormuz Enforcement After India Protests Seafarer Deaths
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended Washington’s blockade enforcement operations in the Strait of Hormuz after India lodged a formal protest over attacks that killed three Indian mariners...

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Bloomberg
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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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Reuters
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gCaptain
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...

From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
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...

From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
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...