Iran Archives - Baird Maritime

October 1, 2019

FEATURE | US-led Gulf naval coalition slowly growing

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on October 1, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

The UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero boarded and detained by Iranian forces in July is reportedly soon to be released, but tensions in the region remains high. The US-led ..

August 9, 2019

FEATURE | Joint US-UK escort for ships transiting Strait of Hormuz

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on August 9, 2019. Posted in Ships (Naval).

Washington’s efforts to form up a multi-national naval task force to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz have, so far, proved fruitless. On August 5, though, ..

July 9, 2019

FEATURE | Gibraltar tanker seizure causes political furore

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on July 9, 2019. Posted in Maritime Security World, Ship World Features, Tanker World.

In the early hours of July 4, an armed party of British Royal Marines. embarked in a helicopter, and a number of RHIBs, boarded the VLCC Grace 1, off the British ..

September 17, 2019

COLUMN | What do the Saudi Arabian drone attacks mean for the offshore industry? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on September 17, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Offshore World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

Monday opened with the most significant spike in the oil price since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, with Brent crude shooting up 20 per cent to over US$70 per ..

July 22, 2019

FEATURE | Tanker seizure highlights maritime security complexities

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on July 22, 2019. Posted in Maritime Security World, Ship World Features, Tanker World.

On July 19, Iranian forces conducted a professionally-executed operation to seize the Swedish-owned, UK-flagged, tanker Stena Impero, while it was underway in ..

July 8, 2019

Syria-bound Iranian tanker seized by UK off Gibraltar

Written by Baird Maritime on July 8, 2019. Posted in Maritime Security World, Tanker World.

The British military has detained an Iranian crude tanker in the waters off Gibraltar after it received intelligence that the vessel was transporting oil to Syria in ..

September 12, 2019

COLUMN | UN and Lebanese naval security operation continues as regional tensions rise [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on September 12, 2019. Posted in Maritime Security World, Work Boat World Features.

Strategically located, multi ethnic, multi-faith Lebanon is frequently the focus for regional security problems. These are often maritime in nature. There are sea border ..

July 12, 2019

FEATURE | Iranian attack boats harass British tanker – a catalyst for international action?

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on July 12, 2019. Posted in Maritime Security World, Ship World Features, Tanker World.

On July 11, up to five small fast attack craft, of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN), reportedly approached the Isle of Man-registered oil tanker ..

June 24, 2019

FEATURE | Crude oil tanker freight rates from the Arabian Gulf to China double on the back of tanker attacks

Written by Baird Maritime on June 24, 2019. Posted in Ship World Features, Tanker World.

VLCC spot freight rates between the Arabian Gulf and China rose 101 per cent in the days between June 13 and June 20, in the aftermath of attacks on two tankers in the ..