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National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
Shipping

US warns nations trading with Iran, stops short of immediate action

Reuters
Bulk carriers in the port of Paranagua, Brazil
Bulkers

Baltic dry bulk index hits near two-week high on broad vessel gains

Reuters
Map showing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman
Tankers

TotalEnergies CEO: Discounts make Strait of Hormuz crude trade profitable

Reuters
Port of Novorossiysk
Bulkers

Russia scrambles to safeguard grain exports amid Ukrainian strikes

Reuters
Black Sea
Security

Zelenskiy says Russia rejected proposal to halt Black Sea ship attacks

Reuters
Hengli Petrochemical Dalian Refinery, China
Tankers

China's crude purchases from Iran face scrutiny under US sanctions

Reuters
Kaub, Germany
Inland Shipping

Ships load more freight as Rhine water levels rise

Reuters
Yanbu terminal, Saudi Arabia
Incidents

Houthis claim attack on Saudi vessel near Yanbu, crew safe

Reuters
Leto
Bulkers

Cargill extends Panamax bulker charter with Diana Shipping

Alan Bosworth
Basrah Oil Terminal
Tankers

Rare crude tenders from Iraq's SOMO, QatarEnergy require Hormuz loading

Reuters
Map showing Iran's "expanded" area of control in the Strait of Hormuz
Tankers

Iran blacklists 45 tankers over alleged Strait of Hormuz rules violations

Reuters
Platform at the Goliat field in the Barents Sea
Drilling & Production

Norway rejects EU moratorium, doubles down on Arctic oil and gas

Reuters
Sabine Pass LNG export terminal
Gas

OPINION | LNG producers risk pricing out key global buyers after record run

Reuters
Singapore Refining Company facility
Refining & Processing

OPINION | Is the oil market blind to Asia's constrained refined product flows?

Reuters
Al Basrah Oil Terminal, offshore Iraq
Tankers

Iran grants Strait of Hormuz passage to Iraqi tankers

Reuters
Cochin Shipyard
Shipbuilding

India's Cochin Shipyard to lease land for new block fabrication facilities

Gareth Havelock
COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]
Shipping

COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
The bulk carrier Sun Winner II (later renamed Ocean Winner) in 2023
Accidents

22 missing after bulk carrier sinks off India's east coast

Gareth Havelock
A US Army soldier coordinates vehicle positioning alongside port personnel inside the cargo hold of a Military Sealift Command Ro-Ro vessel.
Ro-Ro

Seven companies secure Ro-Ro charter from US Department of War

Jens Karsten
The burning fishing vessel Drennec while approximately 527 miles southwest of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, August 20, 2026. All 27 of her crew were safely rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel that had diverted to the area to assist.
Accidents

27 rescued from burning fishing vessel off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands

Will Xavier
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