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Iran Threatens to Go On Offensive in Strait of Hormuz if Diplomacy With US Fails
Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to "fully offensive" due to the deadlock in efforts to agree a permanent end to its war with the United States, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.
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Trump Administration Moves Closer to Pacific Seabed Mining Lease Sale
The Trump administration is moving closer to a potential offshore critical minerals lease sale near the Northern Mariana Islands, advancing another piece of its broader effort to develop seabed mineral...
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Nine Workers Killed at Hong Kong Convention-Certified Shipbreaking Yard in Bangladesh
Nine workers were killed after being exposed to toxic gas while dismantling an LNG carrier at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh, renewing scrutiny of safety conditions at South Asian recycling...
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Panama Canal Marks 112 Years With an Eye on the Future
The Panama Canal marked its 112th anniversary over the weekend with vessel traffic on the rise, even as officials prepare for a strengthening El Niño that is again putting pressure...
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Armed Pirates Hijack Cargo Ship Off Somalia
A cargo ship has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia after eight armed attackers boarded the vessel and seized control, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center....
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Russia’s Black Sea Novorossiysk Port Resumes Oil Loadings After Drone Attack, Sources Say
Russia's main Black Sea oil port of Novorossiysk resumed operations on Sunday after halting loadings on Friday following a drone attack, two trading sources said.
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Asian Refiners Ask to Pick Up Saudi Oil Outside Risky Red Sea
Some Asian refiners are pushing back against Saudi Aramco’s request that they pick up their oil at Yanbu on the Red Sea, due to the difficulty of finding ships willing to sail through the dangerous waterway.
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UK Boards Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in First Direct Interdiction Operation
The United Kingdom has boarded a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker in what officials described as the first UK-led operation of its kind, marking a significant escalation in efforts to...
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Rubio Defends Hormuz Enforcement After India Protests Seafarer Deaths
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended Washington’s blockade enforcement operations in the Strait of Hormuz after India lodged a formal protest over attacks that killed three Indian mariners...
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British Forces Intercept Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker
LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) – British armed forces intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel on Sunday, leading for the first time an operation to disrupt the oil...
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Trump Says He’ll Sign Deal With Iran To Reopen Hormuz Sunday
By Arsalan Shahla and María Paula Mijares Torres Jun 13, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said an interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the conflict with Iran...
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US Refiners Can Still Absorb More Venezuelan Oil
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, June 12 (Reuters) – U.S. refiners can still absorb more Venezuelan crude, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday, as the South American country’s output bounces following the...
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Ukraine Drone Strikes Sparks Fire At Russian Port
MOSCOW, June 13 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and sparked a fire at a sea terminal in the southern Russian port of Temryuk, in the Krasnodar region, governor Veniamin Kondratiev...
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Tanker Attack Raises New Questions About U.S. ‘Secret Mission’ in Hormuz
A commercial tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile near the Strait of Hormuz overnight while transiting an area associated with a covert U.S.-coordinated shipping corridor that has been used...
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Shadow Fleet Tanker Captain Pleads Guilty After Weeks-Long Atlantic Chase by U.S. Coast Guard
The former master of a tanker linked to Iran and Venezuela’s shadow oil trade has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court after leading the U.S. Coast Guard on a weeks-long...
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Port of Long Beach Posts Third-Busiest May on Record as Imports Surge 40%
The Port of Long Beach handled 842,030 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in May, marking its third-busiest May on record and a sharp rebound from the tariff-driven slowdown that weighed on...
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U.S., Iran Near Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz After Months of War
The United States and Iran signaled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.
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Shipowners Owners Brace for Hormuz Reopening as Peace Deal Nears
Shipowners are watching warily for a peace deal between the US and Iran and what it would mean for the Strait of Hormuz, with some tanker owners expressing caution, while others were already predicting a frantic free-for-all if the waterway opens in earnest.
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Reuters
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Lost Gulf Oil Exports Far Smaller Than Thought, Traders and Shippers Say
Since the start of the Iran war and Tehran's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was "closed," the market has grappled to put a figure on lost crude supply and to predict the price of oil.