IRGC strike hits MSC Sariska V in Um-Qasr
UKMTO reports that a vessel was yesterday struck by two projectiles near Um-Qasr, Iraq.The second projectile to strike the ship resulted in a fire that was subsequently extinguished. No crew injuries were
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Iran seizes “floating armory” off Fujairah
Underscoring the hazards of operations in the Strait of Hormuz region, UKMTO reports that yesterday a vessel was “taken by unauthorized personnel” while at anchor 38 nautical miles northeast of Fujairah and
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Trump pauses Project Freedom, Iran presses ahead on toll collection
Citing “great progress” in negotiations with Iran, President Trump said yesterday that, while, the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports will continue, the Project Freedom initiative to escort ships through the Strait of
Hormuz: Iran’s IRGC fires on two Indian ships
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is not going to return to normal any time soon. With CENTCOM continuing to impose the U.S. blockade on ships entering or exiting Iranian ports, the
Tanker grabbed by Iran has sanctions-busting background
This morning, the United Kingdom Maritime Trades Office reported that a vessel had been boarded, when 50 miles northeast of Sohar, Oman by 4-5 armed unauthorized boarders wearing black masks and black
U.S. and U.K. Navies respond to another Strait of Hormuz incident
In the latest of a series if incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, United States and United Kingdom Royal Navy forces responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel transiting the
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
U.S. Treasury moves against Iranian controlled shipping network
The U.S.Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against a large shipping network that, it says, “is directed by and financially supports the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
IRGC seizes tanker said to have been smuggling fuel
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has released video of its recent capture of a foreign tanker said to have been smuggling one million liters of Iranian fuel near the Strait of