Will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz?
The big question in international shipping today has been whether Iran’s responses to the U.S. Operation Midnight Hammer strikes on its nuclear facilities will include closing the Strait of Hormuz — the
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VIDEO: Iran grabs another tanker in Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command has released video of an incident today, May 3, when at approximately 6:20 a.m. local time, the Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Sanctioned Singapore oil and gas trader reacts to OFAC designation
On February 9, Singapore’s Unicious Energy Pte Ltd was among nine companies targeted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for facilitating the sale and shipment
White House: Iran implicated in drone attack on Eastern Pacific tanker
Both the White House and U.S. Central Command today released statements implicating Iran in what it now seems was a drone attack on a products tanker managed by Idan Ofer’s Eastern Pacific
VIDEO: Iranian boats flee after USN fires warning shots
U.S. 5th Fleet has released video of a further incident of harassment of U.S. naval vessels by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN). In this incident, more than a dozen IRGCN
Iran seizes South Korean tanker
Tensions are ratcheting up in the Middle East as Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced that it had stopped a South Korean-flagged ship “for environmental pollution in the Persian Gulf,” adding that
Iranian forces board Greek-owned tanker
U.S. Central Command yesterday tweeted a video showing Iranian forces seizing a tanker identified as the Wila. According to the Equasis data base, the ship is an 8,055 dwt Liberian registered products
U.S. seeks seizure of Venezuela-bound Iranian gasoline from four Greek-managed tankers
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a forfeiture warrant and complaint seeking the seizure of all Iranian petroleum products aboard four Greek-managed, Liberian-flagged tankers currently headed for Venezuela. The ships are
VIDEO: 19 killed in Iranian Navy friendly-fire incident
As many as 19 Iranian sailors have been killed and 15 others injured in a friendly fire incident in which, according to multiple media reports, a missile fired from a warship missed
Stena Impero still detained by Iran
In a statement issued today, Erik Hanell, President and CEO, Stena Bulk, said: “Despite public statements by Iranian authorities over the past three days that judicial proceedings have concluded, and the Stena