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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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Indonesia, Singapore Reaffirm Free Passage in Strait of Malacca
Indonesia and Singapore pledged anew to keep the Strait of Malacca open as Middle East tensions reignite concerns about the freedom of navigation in the world’s most important waterways.
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China Test Fires Missile Into Pacific, Alarming Regional Powers
China's military test-fired a missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific on Monday, state media reported, drawing criticism and concerns from Japan, Australia and New Zealand over Beijing's expanding military reach.
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Cargo Ship Reports Attack Off Yemen, Adding To Red Sea Risks
By Paul Burkhardt Jul 5, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A cargo vessel in the Red Sea reported that it came under attack from armed assailants on Sunday, the latest instance of security risks...
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The Race To Rescue 8,000 Sailors Still Stranded Behind Hormuz
By Weilun Soon and Stephen Stapczynski Jul 5, 2026 (Bloomberg) –At anchor in the Persian Gulf, Abhijit Chopra found out about the US-Iran peace deal when his phone lit up with...
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Vessel Forced Out Of New York Ship Parade Over ‘Politically Charged’ Banners
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK, July 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said “politically charged” messages led to the removal of an environmental group’s vessel from a fleet of sailing ships gathered in...
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Iran And Qatar Resume Maritime Trade
DUBAI, July 5 (Reuters) – Maritime trade between Iran and Qatar has resumed after a roughly five-month suspension, Iran’s commercial attaché in Doha told state media on Sunday. An interim deal between Tehran and...
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North Korea’s Kim Observed Naval Destroyer Cruise Missile Launch
SEOUL, July 5 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test firing of a strategic cruise missile and evaluations of anti-ship, anti-submarine and air defense systems aboard the naval...
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NYC Gets A Parade Of Historic Military Ships To Mark America 250
By Samuel A. Church Jul 4, 2026 (Bloomberg) –New York Harbor welcomed more than 40 tall ships to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary. The largest ships paraded up the Hudson River on Saturday, sailing...
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St Petersburg Oil Terminal Hit In Major Ukrainian Drone Attack
MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) – Russia’s second city of St Petersburg and the surrounding region came under a major Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Saturday, with a local port and oil infrastructure hit, Russian...
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China Launches Coast Guard Patrol East Of Taiwan Despite International Pushback
By Lewis Jackson and Ben Blanchard BEIJING/TAIPEI, July 4 (Reuters) – China said on Saturday it had launched a coast guard patrol east of Taiwan to replace a coast guard task force whose presence off the...
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CMA CGM Ship Hit By Missile In Hormuz Strait May Go For Scrapping
PARIS, July 3 (Reuters) – A CMA CGM container ship struck by a missile in the Strait of Hormuz in early May is so badly damaged that the French shipping group may send it for...
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Japan Weighs Return to Iranian Oil as Shipping Risks Cloud Sanctions Waiver
Iran has begun talks with Japanese companies under a U.S. sanctions waiver allowing it to resume oil sales, though prospective buyers are seeking a longer waiver and reassurances about ship safety, three Iranian and Western sources said.