India Bars Seafarers From Hormuz Voyages After Attacks July 16, 2026 By Rakesh Sharma and Weilun Soon India has directed ship owners, ship managers and recruitment agencies to stop deploying the country’s seafarers on vessels going through...
After Hormuz, Iran Turns to Red Sea Gateway as New Pressure Point July 15, 2026 By Samia Nakhoul Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now signaling it could play its most dangerous card...
Chemical Tanker Stolt Magnesium Hit by Explosion off Omani Coast, Manager Says July 14, 2026 The chemical tanker Stolt Magnesium caught fire on Tuesday following the “explosion of an unidentified external device” as it was...
Seafarers Attacked in Strait of Hormuz Sue Shipping Company in Thailand July 13, 2026 By Jintamas Saksornchai and Anton L. Delgado Three former crew members of a Thai cargo ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz in March filed a lawsuit...
Some War Insurers Advise Shipowners to Pause Hormuz Voyages After Attacks: Sources July 8, 2026 By Jonathan Saul and Michael Jones Some war underwriters have advised shipping companies to pause voyages through the Strait of Hormuz while others are reviewing their...
Damaged Qatari LNG Tanker Awaits Salvage After Strike as Hormuz Risks Escalate July 8, 2026 By Jonathan Saul, Marwa Rashad and Andrew Mills A Qatari LNG tanker was still stuck off Oman on Wednesday awaiting salvage operations, shipping data showed, a day after...
LNG Tanker at Risk of Exploding After Two Vessels Struck Near Strait of Hormuz July 7, 2026 By Andrew Mills, Maha El Dahan, Jonathan Saul and Marwa Rashad A Qatari LNG tanker was at risk of exploding and a Saudi-flagged crude oil tanker was damaged near the Strait...
Qatari LNG Ship Struck in Strait of Hormuz, Testing US Talks July 7, 2026 By Weilun Soon, Stephen Stapczynski and Salma El Wardany A Qatari liquefied natural gas carrier was hit and a laden Saudi oil tanker suffered damage as they exited the...
Japan-Linked Ships Escaping Hormuz in Convoy Through Iran Route July 6, 2026 By Alex Longley, Yusuke Maekawa and Stephen Stapczynski At least eight ships controlled by Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. are heading out of the Strait of Hormuz using...
The Race to Rescue 8,000 Sailors Still Stranded Behind Hormuz July 3, 2026 By Weilun Soon and Stephen Stapczynski At anchor in the Persian Gulf, Abhijit Chopra found out about the US-Iran peace deal when his phone lit up...