Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison Holdings said Friday it has intensified its legal response to Panama’s takeover of two key container terminals near the Panama Canal, escalating a dispute that has already drawn in major global shipping companies and geopolitical powers.

London-based reinsurers are issuing seven-day cancellation notices on marine war-risk coverage after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, amplifying risk perception, according to people familiar with the matter.

Qatar expects all Gulf energy producers to shut down exports within weeks if the Iran conflict continues and drives oil to $150 a barrel, the country's Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times in an interview published on Friday.

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued a temporary sanctions waiver allowing Indian refiners to receive Russian crude oil cargoes already loaded on tankers, a narrowly targeted move aimed at preventing...

The US sinking of an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast expands the deepening Middle East war to India’s doorstep, unsettling New Delhi’s calibrated approach to the conflict as Iran vowed to avenge the attack.

Global container shipping rates edged higher this week as Asian export activity begins to rebound following the Lunar New Year holiday, with carriers preparing to restore capacity across major trade lanes—though...

Hundreds of thousands of containers are in limbo after ocean carriers suspend cargo bookings to Arabian Container Ports.

Companies in the United States and Australia, two of the top global liquefied natural gas producers, have little spare capacity to offset lost supply after Qatar halted production and declared force majeure on shipments due to the conflict in the Middle East, according to Reuters calculations and industry analysts.

The global shipping industry is raising urgent warnings about the safety of civilian seafarers as escalating conflict in the Middle East halts commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, strands hundreds of vessels, and forces insurers, labor groups, and shipowners to enact emergency measures.

War risk insurance for vessels transiting the Persian Gulf and Red Sea remains available despite a wave of cancellations tied to the escalating conflict in the Middle East, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance, offering a limited pathway for ships considering a return to the region.

The U.S. attack on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean this week was the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo.

A tanker anchored off Kuwait reported a large explosion late Tuesday followed by the departure of a small craft from the area, raising fresh concerns about maritime security in the...