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US Carries Out Fresh Strikes Against Iran After Tanker Struck In Hormuz, Escalating Hostilities
By Jana Choukeir and Jasper Ward DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it struck Iran again, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, in the...
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Sweden Fits Guns To Coast Guard Vessels As Baltic Tensions Rise
By Charlie Duxbury Jun 27, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Sweden is fitting machine guns to its civilian coast guard vessels to better counter what it views as an intensifying threat from Russia-linked vessels...
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A Super Yacht Armada Came To Miami, Leaving A Marine Graveyard In Its Wake
By Michael Smith Jun 27, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Not far from the super yachts docked outside the island palaces of Miami’s new billionaire class, smaller boats abandoned by people who couldn’t afford...
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Second Tanker Struck in Strait of Hormuz as U.S.-Iran Shipping Crisis Deepens
A second merchant vessel has been struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring the rapidly deteriorating security situation despite efforts to keep commercial shipping moving through the strategic waterway....
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Tanker Struck In Hormuz As Navies Raise Threat Level To Ships
By Sara Gharaibeh and Alex Longley Jun 27, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A ship was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz and naval authorities increased the threat level to shipping in the area,...
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Saudi Arabia Is Ramping Up Oil Exports As Gulf Ports Restart
By Julian Lee and Priyanjana Bengani Jun 26, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Saudi Arabia is boosting crude shipments, opening up its Persian Gulf ports that were shuttered by the Iran war while also...
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Vitol Sails Stranded Aluminum Cargo Out Of Strait Of Hormuz
By Mark Burton Jun 26, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Vitol Group has shipped a stranded cargo of aluminum out of the Strait of Hormuz, in an early sign of supply relief for buyers...
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MSC Containership Damaged in Apparent Attack Off Iraq
A Panama-flagged containership has been damaged in what appears to be the third reported attack off Iraq since the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran conflict in late February, raising fresh concerns...
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EU May Keep Russian Oil Price Cap Unchanged at $44 per Barrel to Pressure Moscow
The European Commission may propose leaving the G7 price cap on Russian crude unchanged at its July review, in an effort to curb Moscow's windfall from the Iran war and the ensuing oil price shock, EU diplomats said on Monday.
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Shipping Industry Says Hormuz Peace Deal Alone Won’t Bring Ships Back
Executives warn that freedom of navigation requires more than a ceasefire as confidence remains shattered after months of conflict Shipping executives gathered at the Posidonia maritime exhibition in Greece on...
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LNG Fleet Faces Compliance Divide as EU Carbon Costs Threaten Older Carrier Economics
A growing split is emerging within the global LNG carrier fleet as tightening European emissions regulations begin reshaping vessel economics, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.
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Iran to Halt Message Exchanges With US Over Israel, Tasnim Says
Iran said it would halt talks with the US in protest for Israel’s expanded ground assault in Lebanon, escalating tensions as Washington and Tehran seek to reach an interim peace agreement.
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France Intercepts Another Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker as Macron Expands Sanctions Crackdown
French naval forces have intercepted and boarded another tanker linked to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, extending a maritime enforcement campaign that has become one of Europe’s most aggressive efforts to...
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IMO Adopts MASS Code: The Autonomous Ship Moves from Drawing Board to Regulated Reality
The maritime industry has spent the better part of a decade debating whether autonomous ships represent genuine commercial progress or elaborately funded engineering theatre. That debate has not been entirely...
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Trump Says Deal Will ‘Work Out Well’ Even as US, Iran Clash
US President Donald Trump said talks with Iran over an interim peace deal will “work out well,” even as the countries’ forces clashed again near the Strait of Hormuz.
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France Intercepts Another ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker Linked to Russian Oil
France's navy has intercepted a sanctioned tanker linked to the Russian oil trade in the Atlantic Ocean and ordered the vessel to head for the French mainland, in a move Russia said was illegal and bordered on "international piracy."
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Build the First Donald J. Trump Maritime Prosperity Zone in Alaska
By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed) Over the past year, the White House’s Maritime Action Plan, the President’s FY2027 budget proposal, and a series of maritime and industrial initiatives across the...
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U.S. Forces Disable Commercial Vessel, Showing Iran Blockade Still Active Despite Peace Talks
U.S. forces disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday after its crew allegedly ignored repeated warnings and continued toward an Iranian port in violation of the...
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China Patrols Scarborough Shoal After Philippines Warns Of Threat
BEIJING/HANOI, May 31 (Reuters) – China’s military and coast guard said they carried out patrols near disputed waters in the South China Sea on Sunday, a day after the Philippines said it remained under threat from...