Every shipowner understands the cost of waiting. Delayed cargoes, disrupted schedules, charter implications, and idle assets are all visible consequences of the oil tanker backlog in the Strait of Hormuz. The less
As signaled by President Trump in the social media post that we reported on yesterday, the U.S. will resume blockading maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports today, July 14, at 4
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After Iranian attacks on three vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. forces yesterday struck over 80 Iranian targets, and the U.S.Treasury reimposed sanctions on the carriage of Iranian oil that had
This morning brought more reports of a pick-up in Strait of Hormuz transits, with Kpler reporting that the strategic waterway continued to show signs of operational recovery on June 23, with 31
After weekend reports that Iran had again closed the Strait of Hormuz, this morning brought news of an uptick in transits. That came after high-level U.S.-Iran negotiations at Switzerland’s Bürgenstock Resort concluded
Following the signing of an MOU between the U.S. and Iran, the Strait of Hormuz is officially open to shipping, but don’t expect normality to return any time soon … with BIMCO
Details on the specifics of the peace agreement reached by the U.S. and Iran remain unclear. But in a post on Truth Social yesterday, President Trump said: “I hereby fully authorize the
CENTCOM reports that U.S. forces disabled the Guinea-Bissau flagged oil tanker M/T Jalveer in the Gulf of Oman at 11:20 p.m. ET on June 10 after the vessel violated the blockade against
CENTCOM said yesterday that U.S. forces had disabled the unladen oil tanker M/T Marivex in the Gulf of Oman, June 8, after the vessel violated the ongoing U.S. blockade of Iran by
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
