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Traffic Confusion in the Strait...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on April 17 that the Strait of Hormuz...
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By Selcan Hacaoglu Apr 19, 2026 (Bloomberg) –International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol proposed building a new oil pipeline...
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U.S.-Flagged Cargo Ship Goes Missing During Passage of Typhoon Sinlaku...
posted on: Apr 20, 2026
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that a small U.S.-flagged cargo ship went missing off the coast of Saipan during the passage of Super Typhoon Sinlaku. An upturned hull – not yet identified – was spotted Saturday morning at a position 100 nautical miles away. The Mariana is a U.S.-flagged offshore supply vessel repurposed for cargo and employed on a regular freight route between Guam, Tinian and Saipan. On the afternoon of April 11, as Sinlaku approached the islands, Mariana departed Saipan with six crewmembers aboard. She deviated from her usual itinerary, heading north – away from the path of the storm. Over the next few days, Mariana loitered on a circular loop to the east of the island, then resumed her northward track in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Courtesy USCG Courtesy Pole Star Global Mariana was under way at a position about 140 miles to the northwest of Saipan on Wednesday when her starboard engine failed,...
Greek, Indian Tankers U-Turn Before Hormuz Amid Reopening Doubt...
posted on: Apr 20, 2026
By Weilun Soon Apr 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Several oil tankers have u-turned in the Persian Gulf after appearing to try to transit the Strait of Hormuz, as shipowners and oil traders remain in a state of disarray as they try to figure out whether Iran would stick to its promise to keep the chokepoint open for all. The halted journeys of five Greek and Indian tankers early Saturday paint the first picture of how traffic is navigating through the energy artery, after Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday that it was completely open. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency later reported that the passage will still be closed if a US naval blockade was still in effect. The Greek and Indian tankers had all made their journeys northeast toward Hormuz from waters off Dubai, filled with crude, before they began turning around on Saturday morning. Some are now idled in locations not far from where they...
Some tankers cross Strait of Hormuz before shots fired, ship-tracking data shows...
posted on: Apr 19, 2026
OSLO, April 18 (Reuters) – More than a dozen tankers, including three sanctioned vessels, passed through the Strait of Hormuz after a 50-day blockade was lifted on Friday, shipping data showed, before Iran reimposed restrictions on Saturday and fired at some vessels. Reopening the strait is key for Gulf producers to resume full oil and gas supplies to the world, and end what the International Energy Agency has called the worst-ever supply disruption. The Reuters Iran Briefing newsletter keeps you informed with the latest developments and analysis of the Iran war. Sign up here. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday Iran had agreed to open the strait, while Iranian officials said they wanted the U.S. to fully lift its blockade of Iranian tankers. Western shipping companies cautiously welcomed the announcements but said more clarity was needed, including on the presence of sea mines, before their vessels could transit. IRAN RESUMES RESTRICTIONS The...
India summons Iranian envoy after ship attack in Hormuz...
posted on: Apr 19, 2026
New Delhi summoned the Iranian ambassador today to lodge a protest over a “shooting incident” involving two Indian-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the foreign ministry said. Iran has reversed its pledge to reopen the strategic trade route to commercial traffic during a ceasefire in the Middle East war in protest at a US counter-blockade of the waterway, a crucial passage for crude oil and gas. Security monitors said several commercial ships came under fire and threats from Iranian forces today as they tried to cross the strait. India’s foreign ministry said in a statement that Secretary Vikram Misri summoned the Iranian ambassador and “conveyed India’s deep concern at the shooting incident earlier today involving two Indian-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz”. New Delhi also urged Iran to “resume at the earliest the process of facilitating India-bound ships across the Strait”, the statement said, adding that the...
Defiant message from Iran as vessels attempting to cross Hormuz report gunfire...
posted on: Apr 19, 2026
Handout photo taken from the X account of US European Command @US_EUCOM showing a Venezuela-linked oil tanker which is travelling off British waters. US forces are reportedly attempting to seize the Marinera, a Russian-flagged vessel previously known as Bella-1, which is said to have escaped Donald Trump’s “total naval blockade” of Venezuela. Issue date: Wednesday January 7, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: @US_EUCOM/X/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. At least two merchant vessels reported they were hit by gunfire as they attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, three maritime security and shipping sources said, shortly after Iran said it was once more tightening...
Shipping Industry Pushes Back on ‘Open’ Hormuz Narrative as Risks Persist...
posted on: Apr 19, 2026
The global shipping industry is urging caution after declarations from both Washington and Tehran that the Strait of Hormuz is “open,” warning that conditions on the water remain far from normal. Today’s messaging that the Strait of Hormuz originates from Tehran, which declared the Strait open to commercial shipping explicitly “in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon,” and statements made by President Trump. “[The] Strait of Iran is fully open and ready for full passage,” Trump posted to social media in an apparent reference to Hormuz. However, Iran’s own statement makes clear that vessels are expected to follow a designated “coordinated route” along its coastline—rather than the internationally recognized Traffic Separation Scheme that normally governs commercial traffic through the strait. Industry associations say the reality facing shipowners is far more complex than what officials have alluded to, shaped by unresolved mine risks, overlapping military controls, and an expanding U.S. enforcement...
A Temporary Corridor Strategy for Hormuz
posted on: Apr 19, 2026
[By Frank Bell] The Strait of Hormuz does not need to be made safe to reopen global shipping. It only needs to be made governable. Even as the United States has begun striking selected Iranian military targets—including recent operations against military facilities on Kharg Island—the fundamental challenge in the Gulf remains unchanged: restoring predictable commercial transit through a contested maritime chokepoint without triggering a broader regional war. Attempts to eliminate every Iranian capability that could threaten shipping would require a prolonged campaign across the Persian Gulf. A more practical approach is to establish a temporary defended transit corridor, concentrating naval escort, airborne surveillance, shipborne helicopter protection, and a limited southern-shore defensive node into a narrow and defensible passage through the strait. For months, analysts have treated the Strait of Hormuz as if it were either completely safe or completely impassable. In reality, maritime chokepoints rarely function in such absolute...
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Iran foreign minister says Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’...
posted on: Apr 18, 2026
Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open” for all commercial vessels and will remain so during the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, as United States President Donald Trump said an agreement to end the US-Israeli war on Iran was “very close”. “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X on Friday. A 10-day ceasefire was agreed upon between Israel and Lebanon late on Thursday, though it was unclear whether the Iran-aligned armed group Hezbollah, which has been fighting against Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon over the course of the war on Iran, would recognise it. The passage of vessels through the strait will be on the coordinated route as already announced by the Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran, Araghchi added....
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posted on: Apr 18, 2026
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Pakistan Oil Tanker Makes Rare Entry and Exit Through Hormuz...
posted on: Apr 18, 2026
By Weilun Soon Apr 17, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A Pakistan-flagged tanker that entered the Persian Gulf over the weekend has become the first carrier to exit through the Strait of Hormuz with a crude cargo since a US blockade began on Monday, underscoring just how limited traffic through the vital chokepoint remains. The Shalamar sailed just south of Iran’s Larak island and out into the Gulf of Oman late Thursday with around 450,000 barrels of crude loaded at Das Island in the United Arab Emirates, according to ship-tracking data. The Aframax tanker, only half full, is signaling Karachi as its destination. Transits through the narrow waterway have been mostly in single digits since US and Israeli strikes began at the end of February and, after a weekend spike, they have returned to those low levels. A US Navy blockade now requires shipowners to clear both Iranian and American authorities in order to move...
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