No Lights, No Radio: Getting Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Is a Risky Job October 2, 2026 By Alex Longley The tanker captain summoned his years of experience when he saw the blast in front of him. He veered his...
Saudi Oil Export Strategy Hits New Hurdle as Red Sea Insurance Costs Soar September 25, 2026 By Jonathan Saul The cost of insuring an oil tanker loaded from Saudi Arabia’s main Red Sea port has tripled in recent weeks,...
Iranian Strait Authority Issues Updated List of 77 Sanctioned Vessels; Insurers Warned September 14, 2026 Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, set up by Iran to manage requests of passage in the Strait of Hormuz, published...
New Attacks in Hormuz and Saudi Test Nerves as War’s Spread Worsens Oil Disruption September 14, 2026 By Mohammed Ghobari and Nayera Abdallah New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after...
Ships Adopt Makeshift Anti-Drone Defenses as Black Sea Attacks Intensify September 2, 2026 By Ali Kucukgocmen Tankers and cargo ships are transiting the Bosphorus strait adorned with nets, water tanks and tires to try to fend...
Hormuz Hostilities Pick Up as Two Tankers Reportedly Struck September 1, 2026 By Grant Smith, Weilun Soon and Eltaf Najafizada wo oil supertankers attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz were struck by projectiles late Monday, maritime security consultant Marisks...
Romania Probes Cause of Black Sea Cargo Ship Sinking August 28, 2026 A merchant ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Romania in the Black Sea on Thursday evening, likely...
Two Slicks Appear in Gulf as Huge Oil Spill off Oman Threatens Disaster August 14, 2026 By Nilo Tabrizy, Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul Two slicks have appeared in Iranian waters, satellite imagery and video verified by Reuters show, as tit-for-tat attacks on oil...
Experts Race to Salvage Leaking Oil Tanker Grounded Off Oman August 13, 2026 By Weilun Soon and Ahmed Elimam Specialists are racing to salvage a sinking shadow-fleet tanker off Oman that has caused a massive oil slick, with rough...
Four Crew, Two Rescuers Killed in Red Sea Attack; US Strikes Ship in Gulf of Oman August 11, 2026 By Mohammed Ghobari, Jonathan Saul, Nayera Abdallah and Yasmine Ghania Four crew members were killed in an attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait...