- + Trump Weighs Russian Oil Sanctions Relief as Hormuz Disruption Sends Prices Soaring—U.S. President Donald Trump is considering easing oil sanctions on Russia and releasing emergency crude stockpiles as part of a package of options aim...
- + NASSCO Christens Final Expeditionary Sea Base Ship for U.S. Navy—General Dynamics NASSCO has christened USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8) in San Diego, marking the sixth and final vessel in the U.S. Navy’s Expedi...
- + Oil Surges to Highest Since 2022 as Hormuz Crisis Roils Energy Markets—Oil prices surged to more than $119 a barrel on Monday, hitting levels not seen since mid-2022, as some major producers cut supplies and fears of prol...
- + France’s Macron Orders Major Naval Deployment to Middle East—France is deploying about a dozen naval vessels, including its aircraft carrier strike group, to the Mediterranean, Red Sea and potentially the Strait...
- + Trump’s Greenland Hospital Ship Now Sailing Up West Coast After Panama Canal Transit—The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy is currently sailing north along the West Coast off Mexico after transiting the Panama Canal last week, accordi...
- + Tariff Uncertainty to Keep U.S. Container Imports Below 2025 Levels, NRF Says—U.S. containerized imports are expected to remain below last year’s levels through the first half of 2026 as tariff uncertainty continues to weigh on ...
- + ‘Critical’ Threat Persists in Hormuz as Attacks and GPS Jamming Shake Shipping—Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to near-zero levels as the maritime security crisis gripping the Middle East continues, ev...
- + Trump Tells Ships to ‘Show Some Guts’ in Hormuz as Seafarer Death Toll Rises—President Donald Trump urged commercial vessels to continue sailing through the Strait of Hormuz despite escalating attacks on merchant shipping, sayi...
- + ABS and HD Hyundai Launch Nuclear-Powered Mega Containership Study—The push to bring nuclear energy back into commercial shipping is gaining momentum as the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and South Korea’s HD Hyund...
- + Oil Prices Hit Highest Since 2022 at More Than $119 a Barrel on Iran War—Oil prices surged to more than $119 a barrel on Monday, hitting levels not seen since mid-2022, as some major producers cut supplies and fears of prol...
- + Greek Oil Tanker Exits Strait of Hormuz With Its Signal Off—A ship hauling a million barrels of Saudi crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, one of the first big tankers to leave the Persian ...
- + EU Buys 100% of Russian Arctic LNG Just 9 Months Before Planned Gas Ban—Just nine months before a full European Union ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) is scheduled to take effect, EU buyers purchased every cargo ...
- + US Defends Waiver On Russian Oil Sanctions—By Katharine Jackson and Curtis Williams WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials on Sunday defended a decision to tempora...
- + Iran Picks New Leader As Escalating War Deepens Oil Shock—By Arsalan Shahla, Josh Wingrove and Omar Tamo Mar 8, 2026(Bloomberg) —Iran picked a new supreme leader and kept up attacks on the ninth day of t...
- + Tokyo Prepared To Release Oil Reserve Amid Iran Crisis—TOKYO, March 8 (Reuters) – A senior Japanese parliament member said on Sunday that the government instructed a national oil reserve storage site...
- + Crude Oil Spill Draws Large Response at Nation’s Only Deepwater VLCC Port—Cleanup operations are continuing in the Gulf of Mexico near Grand Isle, Louisiana, after a crude oil spill linked to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port ...
- + US May ‘Unsanction’ More Russia Oil Post India Move—By Daniel Flatley Mar 7, 2026(Bloomberg) –Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US may lift sanctions on further Russian oil supply aft...
- + US Pressing Sri Lanka Not To Repatriate Iranian Crew From Sunken Ship—By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The United States is pressing Sri Lanka’s government not to repatriate the survivors from...
- + Second Bulk Carrier Claiming To Be Chinese Passes Through Hormuz—By Serene Cheong Mar 7, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Another bulk carrier signaled it was Chinese-owned as it sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, the...
- + Kuwait Declares Force Majeure Due To Middle East Conflict—March 7 (Reuters) – Kuwait has implemented a precautionary reduction in crude oil production and refining throughput after the ongoing attacks b...
- + Kuwait Cuts Oil Production As Precaution Amid Iran Tensions—March 7 (Reuters) – Kuwait has implemented a precautionary reduction in crude oil production and refining throughput after the ongoing attacks b...
- + India Allowed Iranian Warship To Dock As U.S. Sank Another Off Sri Lanka—NEW DELHI, March 6 (Reuters) – India has allowed an Iranian warship to dock as a humanitarian gesture, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam J...
- + US Oil Posts Biggest Weekly Gain Ever As Iran War Rages On—By Bloomberg News Mar 6, 2026(Bloomberg) –US oil posted the biggest weekly gain on record as the war in Iran upends critical energy market ...
- + Iran’s IRGC Challenges Trump To Have US Vessels Escort Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz—March 7(Reuters) – A spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards challenged U.S. President Donald Trump to deploy U.S. naval vessels to escort ...
- + Sweden Boards Suspected ‘Stateless’ Cargo Ship in Baltic Sea—Swedish authorities have boarded and taken control of a cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea after determining the ship was operating as a suspected statele...
- + Iranian Shadow Fleet and Greek Affiliated Ships Lead Strait of Hormuz Transits—Recent vessel tracking data details the continued movements of Iranian dark vessels as well as other ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz. [Categ...
- + Washington Moves to Break Hormuz Shipping Paralysis With $20B Maritime Insurance Plan—The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a $20 billion maritime reinsurance facility aimed at restoring confidence in commercial shipping through t...
- + Four Seafarers Killed in Hormuz Attack, IMO Chief Warns of Growing Risk to Crews—At least four seafarers have reportedly been killed in an attack on a tug operating near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting a warning from the head of th...
- + Report: Russia Providing Iran Targeting Data on U.S. Warships in Middle East—Russia is providing Iran with targeting information that includes locations of U.S. warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the Washington Post repo...
- + Maritime Insurance Premiums Surge as Iran Conflict Widens—As the conflict in the Gulf widens, maritime insurance premiums for war coverage are surging -- in some cases by more than 1000% -- dramatically drivi...
- + Qatar Appears to Have Loaded First LNG Cargo Since Force Majeure—Qatar appears to have loaded its first liquefied natural gas cargo after the widening conflict in the Middle East forced it to halt fuel production an...
- + When the Underwriters Blinked: What the Hormuz Insurance Crisis Really Means—The viral social media post claimed Donald Trump had just "killed the British Empire" in a matter of minutes. The truth is simultaneously more complic...
- + CK Hutchison Escalates Legal Fight After Panama Seizes Canal Ports—Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison Holdings said Friday it has intensified its legal response to Panama’s takeover of two key container terminals near the P...
- + Reinsurers Scrap War-Risk Cover After US Torpedoes Iranian Ship—London-based reinsurers are issuing seven-day cancellation notices on marine war-risk coverage after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship off S...
- + Qatar Energy Minister Warns War Will Force Gulf to Halt Energy Exports Within Weeks, FT Says—Qatar expects all Gulf energy producers to shut down exports within weeks if the Iran conflict continues and drives oil to $150 a barrel, the country'...
- + U.S. Grants 30-Day Waiver Allowing India to Receive Russian Oil Cargoes Already at Sea—The U.S. Treasury Department has issued a temporary sanctions waiver allowing Indian refiners to receive Russian crude oil cargoes already loaded on t...
- + US Sinking of Iranian Warship Piles Pressure on India’s Modi—The US sinking of an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast expands the deepening Middle East war to India’s doorstep, unsettling New Delhi’s calibrate...
- + Trump Fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem After Turbulent Maritime Tenure—President Donald Trump has removed Kristi Noem as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, ending a tenure that reshaped several key mar...
- + Container Shipping Rates Rise as Asian Factories Reopen—But Hormuz Crisis Threatens New Shock—Global container shipping rates edged higher this week as Asian export activity begins to rebound following the Lunar New Year holiday, with carriers ...
- + Over 270,000 TEU Stranded as Container Carriers Halt Gulf Cargo Bookings—Hundreds of thousands of containers are in limbo after ocean carriers suspend cargo bookings to Arabian Container Ports. [Category: News, Shipping, Co...
- + World’s LNG System Strains as Qatar Halt Leaves Little Backup Supply—Companies in the United States and Australia, two of the top global liquefied natural gas producers, have little spare capacity to offset lost supply ...
- + Hormuz Crisis Triggers War-Risk Measures for Seafarers—The global shipping industry is raising urgent warnings about the safety of civilian seafarers as escalating conflict in the Middle East halts commerc...
- + Insurers Say War Cover Still Available for Gulf Voyages as Shipping Crisis Deepens—War risk insurance for vessels transiting the Persian Gulf and Red Sea remains available despite a wave of cancellations tied to the escalating confli...
- + Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ LNG Tankers Reroute After Blast Sinks ‘Arctic Metagaz’ in Mediterranean—Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 export network is showing early signs of disruption after an explosion sank one of its shadow fleet carriers in the M...
- + France, Italy, Greece to Help Ensure Red Sea Shipping Transit—France has reached out to the governments of Italy and Greece to coordinate efforts in the Eastern Mediterranean as tensions over the war in Iran flar...
- + Iranian Warship Sunk by US Torpedo Participated in Indian Drill—The U.S. attack on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean this week was the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy ve...
- + ‘Large Explosion’ Reported on Tanker Near Kuwait as Small Craft Seen Fleeing, UKMTO Says—A tanker anchored off Kuwait reported a large explosion late Tuesday followed by the departure of a small craft from the area, raising fresh concerns ...
- + Trade Court Ruling Opens Door to Tariff Refunds for U.S. Importers—The U.S. Court of International Trade has ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to begin unwinding tariffs imposed under the International Emerge...
- + US-to-Asia Oil Shipping Hits Record $29 Million as Tanker Rates Explode—It’s never been more expensive to ship crude from the US to Asia, though some deals are starting to fall through already with rates sky-high. [Categor...
- + Strait of Hormuz Traffic Grinds to Near Halt as Security Threat Remains ‘Critical,’ Advisory Warns—Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed to a near standstill as missile attacks, drone threats, and widespread electronic interfer...
- + ‘Arctic Metagaz’ Sinks Off Libya After Blast; Moscow Blames Ukrainian Drone Attack—An LNG carrier central to Russia’s sanctioned Arctic gas trade was rocked by an explosion around 4 a.m. on March 3 roughly 150 nautical miles southeas...
- + EU Unveils Maritime Industrial and Ports Strategies to Boost Shipbuilding, Security, and Decarbonization—The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled sweeping new strategies aimed at strengthening Europe’s maritime industrial base and modernizing its por...
- + Qatar LNG Shutdown Sends Global Gas Markets Into Turmoil—Qatar declared force majeure on LNG exports amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, shutting down facilities that supply 20% of global liquefied natural ga...
- + Containership Hit by Projectile in Strait of Hormuz as Maritime Attacks Escalate—A containership transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by a projectile on Wednesday, damaging the vessel and forcing the crew to abandon ship in t...
- + Belgium Imposes €10 Million Bail on Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker Ethera—Belgium detained Russian oil tanker Ethera and imposed a €10 million bail after discovering 45 violations including sailing under a false Guinean flag...
- + Qatar’s $100B LNG Empire Just Lost Its Premium Status Overnight—Iranian drone attack forces Qatar to shut down Ras Laffan LNG facility for first time in 30 years, threatening a fifth of global supply. European gas ...
- + U.S. Submarine Torpedoes Iranian Frigate in Indian Ocean in First Wartime Strike of its Kind Since World War II—An Iranian Navy warship has been sunk by a U.S. Navy attack submarine in the Indian Ocean, marking what U.S. officials say is the first time since Wor...
- + BIMCO Says Trump’s Tanker Insurance Plan Could Encourage Gulf Transits—But Naval Escorts Face Limits—The world’s largest shipping association says a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to provide political risk insurance for vessels operating in t...
- + Austal contracts Damen as Partner for local construction of LST 100 vessels for the Australian Army—On Friday, 20 February, Austal Defence Australia and Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract supporting the local construction of Landing Ship Transpo...
- + Trump’s Hormuz Assurances Only a Partial Fix, Shippers Say—President Donald Trump says the US will ensure the free flow of energy through the Persian Gulf with insurance guarantees and even naval escorts. But ...
- + Iranian Warship Sinks Off Sri Lanka, Bodies Recovered at Sea—An Iranian warship has sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka, with the Sri Lankan authorities saying on Wednesday they had rescued 32 people who were on boa...
- + Moscow Alleges Ukrainian Drone Boat Attack on LNG Carrier ‘Arctic Metagaz’—An LNG carrier central to Russia’s sanctioned Arctic gas trade was rocked by an explosion around 4 a.m. on March 3 roughly 150 nautical miles southeas...
- + Crew of Sanctioned Russian LNG Carrier Arctic Metagaz Found Alive After Fire Incident Off Malta—The crew of the sanctioned Russian LNG carrier Arctic Metagaz have been located alive after abandoning ship following a reported fire in the central M...
- + Trump Orders Federal Insurance Backstop for Gulf Shipping, Signals Possible Navy Tanker Escorts—President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has directed the U.S. government to provide political risk insurance and financial guarantees for maritime trad...
- + White House Weighs U.S. Backstop for Tanker Insurance Amid Gulf Shipping Crisis—President Donald Trump will review a set of policy options on Tuesday aimed at controlling energy prices during the escalating Middle East conflict, i...
- + Container Shipping: Gulf Booking Freeze Triggers Congestion Fears at Global Hubs—By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – After ONE cancelled bookings to Middle East Gulf ports yesterday, its chief executive, Jeremy Nixon, told de...
- + Asia Scrambles for LNG as Qatar Output Halted, India Begins Gas Rationing—India began rationing natural gas on Tuesday while countries around Asia looked to the spot market to replace supplies, activated emergency plans and ...
- + ‘Black Swan’ Risks Stalk Container Carriers in Avoiding Iran War—Iran conflict has transformed container shipping from overcapacity concerns to a sudden supply crunch, with 750 ships trapped and insurers refusing co...
- + London Marine Insurers Expand Gulf High-Risk Zone as Mideast Conflict Escalates—London's marine insurance market has expanded the Gulf high-risk zone to include Bahrain, Djibouti, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar as the Middle East conflict...
- + Russian LNG Carrier ‘Arctic Metagaz’ Reportedly Ablaze Off Malta as Maritime Patrol Aircraft Circles—An LNG carrier identified as the Arctic Metagaz, part of Russia’s emerging shadow fleet transporting sanctioned liquefied natural gas, was reportedly ...
- + Strait of Hormuz Shockwaves: Drewry Sees Tanker Spike, LNG Bottlenecks, and Trade Rewiring Across Shipping—The effective shutdown of commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has jolted global shipping markets after coordinated U.S. and Israeli strike...
- + Global Energy Costs Soar as Iran Crisis Disrupts Shipping, Oil and Gas Production—Global oil and gas prices jumped on Tuesday as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran halted energy exports from the Middle East, with Tehran attacking ships an...
- + China Calls on All Sides to Protect Ships Transiting Hormuz—China has called on all sides of the Iran war to ensure the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the most direct call to date from the ...
- + Gulf War Risk Insurance Pulled as Reinsurers Exit—The global marine insurance market is rapidly retrenching from the Persian Gulf as escalating military conflict between the United States, Israel, and...
- + Shipping Industry Demands Protections for Maritime Workers on Front Lines of Middle East Conflict—The escalating military conflict in the Middle East has placed seafarers and port workers on the front lines of a geopolitical crisis, prompting urgen...
- + CENTCOM: US Forces Struck Iranian Drone Carrier Shahid Bagheri in Opening Hours of Iran Campaign—Within hours of launching Operation Epic Fury on Iran, U.S. forces struck the Shahid Bagheri, Iran’s first dedicated drone carrier, accordi...
- + Red Sea Corridor Slips Back Into Crisis as Houthi Threats Resurface—The brief reprieve in Red Sea shipping attacks ended this weekend as Yemen's Houthi movement signaled an imminent return to targeting commercial vesse...
- + Strait of Hormuz Enters Active Crisis: Five Ships Hit, Traffic Collapses, Tanker Markets Brace for Historic Shock—The Strait of Hormuz has entered its most dangerous phase in years after a concentrated wave of missile and drone attacks struck five commercial vesse...
- + Iran Conflict Forces Middle East Oil Shutdowns, Strands 150 Ships at Hormuz—Oil and gas prices surged as Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran disrupted Middle East facilities and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Four tankers...
- + Qatar LNG Shutdown Sends European Gas Prices Surging Over 50%—Qatar shut down LNG production at the world's largest export facility after an Iranian drone attack, sending European gas prices surging over 50%. Qat...
- + Hegseth Holds Press Conference, Shipping Lanes Key Reason For Iran Strikes—Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stood at the Pentagon press podium this morning and named Iran’s threat to “global shipping lanes” as ...
- + Shadow Fleet Surge: Iran Moved Record Crude Before Operation Epic Fury—By Lori Ann LaRocco – Three vessels involved in the transport of sanctioned Iranian oil have been struck in the first 24 hours of Operation Epic Fury....
- + U.S.-Flagged Tanker Security Program Ship ‘Stena Imperative’ Hit in Bahrain, Shipyard Worker Killed—A Crowley-managed product tanker was struck by projectiles while berthed at the Port of Bahrain early Monday, killing one shipyard worker and injuring...
- + Oil Shipping Costs Soar as Iran Conflict Chokes Hormuz—A venture that’s taken a dominant position in the global market for oil supertankers is asking for sky-high charter fees to deliver Middle East crude ...
- + Qatar Halts LNG Output, Saudi Refinery, Israeli Oil, Gas Fields Shut Amid Mideast Strikes—Qatar halted its production of liquefied natural gas on Monday as Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran and Tehran's retaliation prompted precautionar...
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