Do Gulf Allies Have Enough Interceptors to Defend Their Ports and Cities?
US and Gulf allies face critical missile interceptor shortages as Iran launches sustained strikes. Stocks could run dry within days while Iran maintains
US and Gulf allies face critical missile interceptor shortages as Iran launches sustained strikes. Stocks could run dry within days while Iran maintains
Oil and gas tankers are avoiding the Strait of Hormuz after ships received radio broadcasts purporting to ban transit following US-Israel strikes on Iran. A
U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks across the Persian Gulf are disrupting oil exports from a region that supplies 20% of global
The enforcement problem has changed. Detection is no longer the constraint. Attribution is. In December 2025, a combined U.S. Coast Guard and Marine special
Iranian missiles struck the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain on Saturday after the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran, triggering
The U.S. Navy declared a maritime warning zone across the Persian Gulf after strikes on Iran prompted retaliation, with oil majors suspending shipments through
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The maritime security environment in the Middle East deteriorated sharply on Saturday following confirmed United States and Israeli strikes on Iran, with
A number of oil tankers are avoiding sailing through Hormuz shipping strait that links the oil-rich Persian Gulf to the open seas, with some shipowners taking
(Bloomberg) The US and Israel began striking targets across Iran, with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to overthrow the government in a conflict that
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has wrapped up a 24-day emergency response after a disabled bulk carrier suffered engine failure in the Coral
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright signed an export authorization yesterday for a 12% expansion at Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi liquefied natural
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Container freight spot rates on the major trades saw limited movement this week as supply chains in China slowly began to restart following the new year
Sweden shot down an unidentified drone near France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier docked in Malmo. French Foreign Minister calls it a "ridiculous
The tanker Sea Horse carrying 200,000 barrels of Russian gas oil diverted from Cuba and is now drifting in the North Atlantic. The move worsens Cuba's fuel
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking to permanently seize the motor tanker Skipper and its roughly 1.8
Less than a month after restarting limited Red Sea transits, Maersk is once again rerouting select services around the Cape of Good Hope, underscoring how
Panamanian authorities searched a ports unit of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison 0001.HK in Panama on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the
A shipowner’s once-in-a-generation wager on oil tankers has made it so powerful that it controls an overwhelming majority of supertankers that can collect
A shipowner’s once-in-a-generation wager on oil tankers has made it so powerful that it controls an overwhelming majority of supertankers that can collect
Panamanian authorities searched a ports unit of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison in Panama on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the operation,
The McMurdo Docking Pier has successfully arrived at McMurdo Station, the United States' research station in Antarctica, after completing a 9,159-nautical-mile
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Russian and Iranian oil producers are slashing prices in a fierce competition for Chinese buyers after India cut imports by 40%. Nearly 48 million barrels of
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced Wednesday that it will begin preparing a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to
Drewry World Container Index reveals global container shipping rates fell 1% to $1,899 per 40-foot container this week, marking the seventh consecutive weekly
One day after departing Alabama Shipyard, the hospital ship USNS Mercy is holding a steady southbound course through the central Gulf of Mexico — and AIS
The European Union needs to coordinate its plan to impose a full maritime services ban on Russia's seaborne crude oil exports with other G7 countries before
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