Oil Tankers Go Dark to Sneak More Barrels of Oil Through Hormuz June 10, 2026 By Weilun Soon, Salma El Wardany, Prejula Prem and Alex Longley Off the coast of Oman over the weekend, 16 tankers clustered together to transfer millions of barrels of oil that...
Ships’ Signals Go Haywire as Hormuz Strait Tensions Escalate May 11, 2026 By Weilun Soon Geolocation data for some ships in the Persian Gulf showed locations and speeds that defied logic, pointing to an increase...
Iran Sets Out Process for Hormuz Transit But Shipowners Are Wary May 7, 2026 By Alaric Nightingale, Weilun Soon, Veena Ali-Khan and Grant Smith Iran has laid out an updated process for ships seeking to transit Hormuz, but several shipowners said they remained cautious...
Ships Cluster Further From Hormuz Strait as Iran Widens Grip May 5, 2026 By Weilun Soon Hundreds of vessels were seen clustering near Dubai on Tuesday, as more ships moved away from a still-empty Strait of...
Gunfire, U-Turns and Threats Mark a Chaotic Weekend in Hormuz April 20, 2026 By Alex Longley and Weilun Soon After Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open,” a...
Hormuz Stays Blocked for Now as Hundreds of Ships Seek Exit April 9, 2026 By Weilun Soon, Alex Longley and Julian Lee The Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked on Wednesday, as shipowners try to understand if they can safely transit the...
Shipowners Eye Hormuz Truce With 800 Vessels Still Trapped April 8, 2026 By Weilun Soon Shipowners are rushing to understand the fine print of a US-Iran ceasefire that could temporarily unblock the Strait of Hormuz...
Trump Risks Confidence in US Role as Guardian of Global Shipping April 6, 2026 By Gerry Doyle, Peter Martin and Weilun Soon Of all the things Donald Trump has done to disrupt global commerce, from levying punitive tariffs to tearing up trade...
Secret Codes and Yuan Fees Get Ships Through Iran’s Hormuz Tollbooth April 2, 2026 By Salma El Wardany, Alex Longley, Weilun Soon and Serene Cheong In recent days, the operator of an oil tanker stuck in the Persian Gulf received a compelling proposal. After weeks...
Iran Strikes Fully Laden Kuwait Oil Tanker in Dubai Port March 31, 2026 By Fiona MacDonald, Sherif Tarek and Weilun Soon An Iranian drone hit a fully laden Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai early on Tuesday in one of the most...