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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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Shipping’s Aging Global Fleet Is Raising Safety Risks
The world’s merchant fleet is getting older, and according to Allianz Commercial, that trend is creating mounting safety risks as shipowners struggle to renew fleets amid shipyard shortages, geopolitical disruption...
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Who Will Govern Hormuz? Iran and Oman Begin Talks on Future Navigation and Maritime Services
Iran and Oman have begun formal talks on the future administration of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, including maritime services and associated costs, adding new urgency to questions raised...
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Pakistan’s KGTL Port Plans Up to $100 million More Investment After Iran War Cargo Surge
Pakistan's Karachi Gateway Terminal is planning up to $100 million in new investment within five years as the country tries to cut freight costs and turn a cargo surge triggered by the Iran war into longer-term regional shipping gains.
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Hormuz Traffic Picks Up as More Tankers Broadcast Crossings
More ships are openly signaling their intention to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, pointing to growing confidence among shipowners and traders about sending vessels through the chokepoint as tensions ease.
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Strait of Hormuz: Mines and Dual Transit Regime Complicate Return to Normal
The Strait of Hormuz is open again, but shipping companies are returning to a waterway that looks very different from the one that existed before the war. Commercial traffic is...
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Seacor Marine’s Top Investor Pushes Board to Sell Fleet Operator
The largest shareholder of Seacor Marine Holdings Inc. said the offshore energy services company needs to sell itself, according to a letter sent to the board.
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Trump Administration Advances Offshore Critical Minerals Development Off Virginia
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is moving forward with the next step in evaluating offshore critical mineral development off the coast of Virginia, issuing a Request for...
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Hormuz Traffic Slowly Picking Up as Oil and LNG Tankers Resume Transits
Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, in a sign of traffic slowly picking up after Iran said it had again closed the waterway over the weekend, shipping data showed.
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Thirteen Dead, Dozens Injured, After Blast During Restart at Giant Qatar LNG Site
Thirteen people were killed and dozens injured after an explosion at Qatar's massive Ras Laffan liquefied natural (LNG) gas complex which occurred as workers were restarting operations halted after an Iranian attack in March.
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Chinese Oil Imports May Never Fully Recover From Iran War
(Bloomberg) — Chinese oil imports may never fully recover from the Iran war, with analysts saying the conflict accelerated a permanent shift away from fuels like gasoline and diesel. Rystad...
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Trump Treasury Issues Sweeping Iran Oil Waiver, Marking Sharp Break From ‘Maximum Pressure’
The Trump administration has issued a sweeping temporary sanctions waiver authorizing the production, sale and shipment of Iranian oil, a dramatic reversal of the “maximum pressure” campaign that defined U.S....
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Iranian Crude Exports Surge Via Hormuz as Activity Picks Up
Iran has ramped up the amount of oil it sends openly through the Strait of Hormuz to the highest since the war began, as shipping activity picks up while Tehran and Washington seek a lasting peace deal.
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China Lines Up Second LNG Terminal for Sanctioned Russian Cargoes, Sources Say
China is preparing a second import terminal to handle liquefied natural gas cargoes from Russia's sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, expanding a route that so far relies on a single facility, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.