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Covert Mideast Oil Flows Are Keeping Global Prices in Check
By Alex Longley, Anthony Di Paola, Grant Smith and Weilun Soon Aug 16, 2026(Bloomberg) –Middle Eastern oil producers are pressing ahead with shuttling large volumes of crude out of the Persian...
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Shell Loses Lengthy Legal Fight With South African Activists
By Paul Burkhardt Aug 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Shell Plc lost the latest round of a five-year legal fight with environmental activists over a South African oil-exploration campaign that went all the...
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Smart Tugs And Trucks That Don’t Sleep. Automation Rewires US Transport
By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Aug 14 (Reuters) – U.S. transportation has steadily become more efficient through advances in engine technology, infrastructure upgrades and increasingly sophisticated logistics networks. The next wave is...
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Hormuz Ship Attacks Mount As US Vows To Cripple Iran Economy
By Arsalan Shahla, Catherine Lucey and Sara Gharaibeh Aug 15, 2026 (Bloomberg) –More ships have come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz as talks to end the war in the...
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Hawaii Faces Rare Hurricane Strike Threatening Flooding Rain
By Brian K. Sullivan Aug 15, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Pacific storm Lala strengthened into a hurricane as it edged closer to Hawaii’s Big Island, where it will make possible landfall on Saturday,...
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Between Cartel Threats And US Airstrikes, Ecuador Fishermen Have Nowhere To Hide
By Alexandra Valencia and Yury Garcia JARAMIJO/SAN MATEO, Ecuador, August 15 (Reuters) – At first light on Ecuador’s Pacific coast, small fishing boats fan out from the villages of San Mateo and...
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UAE Says Iran Attacked Another ADNOC Vessel In Hormuz
CAIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday Iran had attacked an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day...
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UAE’s Oil Output Surged to Record High in June, IEA Says
The United Arab Emirates boosted crude oil production to an all-time high last month, the most compelling evidence yet of how Abu Dhabi responded more boldly than any of its Persian Gulf neighbors to disruption caused by the Iran war.
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More LNG, Japan-Linked Vessels Transit Hormuz Despite Renewed Mideast Tensions
More liquefied natural gas tankers have resumed transiting the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, ship-tracking data showed, and 22 Japan-linked vessels have left the Gulf since Tuesday, Tokyo said, despite renewed fighting in the Middle East.
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Hormuz War-Risk Cover Climbs as Shipowners Pull Back
London marine insurers have been seeing fewer inquiries for journeys to transit the Strait of Hormuz and some said the cost of cover had risen, in a sign of growing caution from shipowners as the US and Iran exchange attacks.
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Court Dismisses Challenge to Delfin LNG Deepwater Port License
Environmental groups lacked standing to sue, clearing another legal hurdle for America’s first offshore LNG export project A federal appeals court has dismissed a legal challenge to the U.S. Maritime...
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Oil Tanker Traffic Through Hormuz at Near Standstill as Attacks Strain MoU
Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a near standstill on Thursday, according to data and sources, as shipping risks escalated after the U.S. renewed airstrikes on Iran, triggering retaliation by Tehran in the Gulf.
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Ukraine Continues Strikes on Russian Tankers as Shortages Worsen
Ukraine said it hit 12 more tankers in southern Russia as Kyiv expands the scope of attacks that are deepening a nationwide gasoline shortage.
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U.S. Coast Guard Issues RFP for Next-Generation Light Icebreaking Cutters
The U.S. Coast Guard has formally launched the procurement process for its next generation of light icebreakers, issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for up to seven Homeland Security Cutter-Light...
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U.S. Escalates Strikes on Iran After Attacks on Commercial Ships
Second day of military action targets coastal defenses, missile sites and naval infrastructure as Tehran warns shipping will only resume under “Iranian arrangements.” The United States has launched a second...
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Maersk Expands Red Sea Return With MECL Service Through Suez Canal
Maersk is expanding its gradual return to the Suez Canal, announcing that its MECL service linking India, the Middle East and the U.S. East Coast will once again transit the...
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First LNG Cargo Ships from TotalEnergies’ Mexican Plant Energia Costa Azul
French oil major TotalEnergies TTEF.PA has shipped the first liquefied natural gas cargo from the Energia Costa Azul plant in Mexico destined for Asia, it said on Thursday, though full commercial operation has not yet been reached.
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Indonesia Gets First Russian Oil Shipment After Deal with Moscow
Indonesia imported Russian crude oil for the first time since a deal struck between the two nations in April, a sign of how Moscow has taken advantage of the Iran conflict to grow its customers.
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Appeals Court Upholds FMC’s Authority to Strike Down Unreasonable Container Detention Fees
A federal appeals court has upheld a landmark Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) decision finding that ocean carriers cannot impose detention charges that do not serve their intended purpose of promoting...