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Aramco Helicopter Crash In Ras Tanura Kills All 14 On Board
By Sara Gharaibeh Jun 28, 2026, 8:26 AM (Bloomberg) –A helicopter operated by Saudi Aramco crashed Sunday in the energy heartland of Ras Tanura, killing all 14 passengers on board. The...
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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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New UAE Pipeline Bypassing Hormuz Now 50% Complete, ADNOC CEO Says
A new crude oil pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz and which the United Arab Emirates began building last year is now 50% complete, the CEO of state oil giant ADNOC, Sultan Al Jaber, said on Wednesday.
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South Korea Selects Operator for First Arctic Container Trial Voyage via Russia’s Northern Sea Route
South Korea has preliminarily selected shipping company Panstar Line to operate the country’s first trial container voyage along Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR), marking a significant step in Seoul’s ambitions to expand its role in Arctic shipping and develop alternative trade corridors between Asia and Europe.
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South Korean, Chinese Supertankers Attempt Strait of Hormuz Exit
A South Korean-flagged supertanker appears to be attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, which, if successful, would be the first crossing of such a vessel from the East Asian nation.
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HMS Dragon Transits Suez Canal Ahead of Potential Hormuz Security Mission
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon has transited the Suez Canal and entered the Middle East ahead of a potential multinational mission aimed at reopening and securing the Strait of Hormuz,...
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Navy Commissions Final Littoral Combat Ship as Controversial Program Comes to an End
The U.S. Navy has commissioned USS Cleveland (LCS 31), officially closing out the Littoral Combat Ship program after more than two decades marked by cost overruns, mechanical failures, and shifting mission...
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U.S. Alleges Chinese Shipping Container Giants Rigged Global Supply During COVID Crisis
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturers and seven senior executives in what prosecutors describe as a sweeping global conspiracy to restrict...
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U.S. Extends Russian Oil Waiver Through June as Oil Markets Tighten
The U.S. Treasury Department has extended its temporary sanctions wind-down authorization for Russian oil cargoes already at sea, issuing a new general license that keeps qualifying shipments flowing through mid-June...
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NATO Weighing Hormuz Mission If Strait Crisis Drags Into Summer
NATO is discussing the possibility of helping ships pass through the blocked Strait of Hormuz if the waterway isn’t reopened by early July, according to a senior official in the military alliance.
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U.S. Probes Claims Chinese Firms Restricted Container Production Before COVID, CBS Says
Federal investigators are probing whether Chinese container manufacturing giants deliberately throttled global shipping container production just before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a CBS News report that could reignite concerns...
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Trump Says Iran Strike Called Off After Gulf Allies Appealed
(Bloomberg) — US President Donald Trump said he held off on a new bombardment of Iran planned for Tuesday at the request of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies,...
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Not All Bunkers Are Equal, And Neither Are the Additives
The demulsifier that resolves a distillate water-in-fuel emulsion cleanly and quickly may have no appreciable effect on an HFO emulsion stabilised by viscoelastic asphaltene-resin film! In recent years the maritime...
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Georgia Ports Container Volumes Slip as Savannah Expansion Push Continues
Georgia Ports Authority reported a 2.5% decline in container volumes through April as softer market conditions and last year’s tariff-driven front-loading weighed on comparisons. The Port of Savannah handled approximately...