The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday issued a new general license authorizing the delivery and sale of Iranian-origin crude oil… Weiterlesen »Trump Administration Unlocks Sanctioned Iranian Oil at Sea as Hormuz Crisis Strains Markets

President Donald Trump on Friday signaled that U.S. military objectives against Iran are nearing completion, outlining a sweeping set of goals that include the destruction of Tehran’s military capabilities… Weiterlesen »Trump Signals Endgame in Iran, Says Hormuz Security Will Fall on ‘Nations Who Use It’

Two Indian-flagged liquefied petroleum gas tankers are preparing to sail through the Strait of Hormuz in coming days after a pause in voyages, with no crude oil tankers having… Weiterlesen »Indian Gas Tankers Getting Ready to Sail Through Hormuz

Iranian officials have become reluctant to even discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz as they focus on surviving the US-Israeli onslaught, according to a person… Weiterlesen »Iran Digs In: Regime Refuses Talks as War Escalation Sends Oil Prices Soaring

A tanker carrying fuel originally bound for Cuba on Friday changed its destination to Trinidad and Tobago, according to LSEG ship-tracking data, a blow for the island… Weiterlesen »Tanker Carrying Fuel Originally Bound for Cuba Diverts to Trinidad

A damaged Russian LNG tanker that has been drifting unmanned in the Mediterranean for more than two weeks, risking a major ecological disaster, is four to six… Weiterlesen »Fire-Damaged LNG Tanker Arctic Metagaz Could Reach Libyan Coast Within Days, Officials Warn

The French Navy seized an oil tanker on Friday in the Western Mediterranean that President Emmanuel Macron said belonged to Russia’s shadow fleet, a network… Weiterlesen »France Boards Tanker it Says Is Linked to Russian Shadow Fleet in Mediterranean

The European Union is bracing for a protracted energy price shock after Iran crippled a vital Qatar gas plant, raising the prospect of a years-long… Weiterlesen »EU Leaders Face Multi-Year Energy Squeeze After Qatar Attack

A mounting humanitarian crisis is unfolding at sea as tens of thousands of seafarers remain trapped aboard vessels across the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman,… Weiterlesen »Seafarers Trapped By Hormuz Crisis Face Growing Humanitarian Emergency

French naval forces with the support of the UK have intercepted and boarded another vessel tied to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Mediterranean, signaling… Weiterlesen »France Boards Another ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker as Macron Escalates Maritime Crackdown