Three Ships Struck in Day of Heavy Middle East Attacks March 11, 2026 By Patrick Sykes, Alex Longley and Patpicha Tanakasempipat Three vessels were hit by suspected projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf on Wednesday, one of the...
Iran Says Oil Blockade Will Continue Until Attacks End; Trump Threatens Heavier Strikes March 10, 2026 By Parisa Hafezi, Enas Alashray and Kanishka Singh Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not let any oil be shipped from the Middle East if U.S....
Ship Clusters and Speeding Tankers Point to Hormuz Jamming March 10, 2026 By Weilun Soon At least a dozen clusters of ships have appeared near the Strait of Hormuz, a likely sign of elevated electronic...
How US-Israeli War on Iran Is Upending Global Business March 9, 2026 The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is rattling businesses worldwide, driving up energy prices, squeezing supplies of critical raw materials and...
Greek Oil Tanker Exits Hormuz Shipping Strait With Signal Off March 9, 2026 By Alex Longley and Alaric Nightingale A ship hauling a million barrels of Saudi crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, one of...
US Offers $20 Billion Reinsurance Plan to Spur Gulf Oil Flow March 9, 2026 By Joe Deaux and Loukia Gyftopoulou The Trump administration announced a $20 billion reinsurance program aimed at reviving shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic...
Maritime Insurance Premiums Surge as Iran Conflict Widens March 6, 2026 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Manya Saini As the conflict in the Gulf widens, maritime insurance premiums for war coverage are surging — in some cases by...
Reinsurers Triple Ship Insurance Costs After US Torpedo Attack March 6, 2026 By Mihir Mishra and Saikat Das London-based reinsurers of ships are canceling their coverage of war risk and demanding 200% more to reinstate policies, according to...
More Tankers Come Under Attack as US-Iran Conflict Spreads in the Region March 6, 2026 By Jonathan Saul and Anna Hirtenstein More tankers came under attack in Gulf waters on Thursday as the U.S.–Iran war escalated, and Iranian drones entered Azerbaijan,...
Strait of Hormuz Shipping Is at Near-Total Halt, JMIC Says March 6, 2026 By Serene Cheong Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a near-complete halt, with no oil shipments going through in...