President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has directed the U.S. government to provide political risk insurance and financial guarantees for maritime trade transiting the Persian Gulf, while signaling that U.S....

President Donald Trump will review a set of policy options on Tuesday aimed at controlling energy prices during the escalating Middle East conflict, including a proposal for the U.S. government to help oil tankers in the region obtain insurance, two sources said.

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – After ONE cancelled bookings to Middle East Gulf ports yesterday, its chief executive, Jeremy Nixon, told delegates at the S&P Global TPM event in...

India began rationing natural gas on Tuesday while countries around Asia looked to the spot market to replace supplies, activated emergency plans and prepared to step up production, as the conflict in the Middle East curtailed shipping and halted Qatari output.

Iran conflict has transformed container shipping from overcapacity concerns to a sudden supply crunch, with 750 ships trapped and insurers refusing coverage. Industry leaders at TPM conference warn of pandemic-style disruptions returning.

London's marine insurance market has expanded the Gulf high-risk zone to include Bahrain, Djibouti, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar as the Middle East conflict escalates. War risk premiums have surged fivefold following U.S.-Israel airstrikes on Iran, adding hundreds of thousands in costs per shipment.

An LNG carrier identified as the Arctic Metagaz, part of Russia’s emerging shadow fleet transporting sanctioned liquefied natural gas, was reportedly on fire early Tuesday in the central Mediterranean off the coasts of Malta and Libya.

The effective shutdown of commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has jolted global shipping markets after coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend triggered the most...

Global oil and gas prices jumped on Tuesday as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran halted energy exports from the Middle East, with Tehran attacking ships and energy facilities, closing navigation in the Gulf and forcing production stoppages from Qatar to Iraq.

The global marine insurance market is rapidly retrenching from the Persian Gulf as escalating military conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran pushes the region’s maritime risk profile to...

The escalating military conflict in the Middle East has placed seafarers and port workers on the front lines of a geopolitical crisis, prompting urgent calls from international maritime organizations for...

The brief reprieve in Red Sea shipping attacks ended this weekend as Yemen's Houthi movement signaled an imminent return to targeting commercial vessels, casting a shadow over what had been a fragile recovery in one of the world's most critical maritime corridors.