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Monday, May 18, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Cracking the Petrodollar System
Shipping

The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Cracking the Petrodollar System

The U.S. dollar-dominated global oil trading system is being tested by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, as governments in major consuming

May 18, 2026
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A drone view shows a vessel sailing near the cruise ship MV Hondius as it arrives for disinfection at the Port of Rotterdam,
Cruise Ships

Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Reaches Rotterdam

A luxury liner at the center of an outbreak of hantavirus docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Monday, where authorities were disembarking the remaining

May 18, 2026
Total Views: 958

Military Jets’ Crew Members Safely Ejected after Idaho Air Show Collision, Navy Says
Incidents

Military Jets’ Crew Members Safely Ejected after Idaho Air Show Collision, Navy Says

Four crew members involved in a mid-air collision of military jets at an air show ejected safely on Sunday outside Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, the

May 18, 2026
Total Views: 1326

Sunday, May 17, 2026
ssia-origin fuel tanker bound for Cuba anchored in Venezuelan waters
Shipping

Shippers Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM Suspend Cuba Bookings After US Executive Order

By Gus Trompiz, Christoph Steitz and Dave Sherwood PARIS/FRANKFURT/HAVANA, May 17 (Reuters) – Shipping giants CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE said

May 17, 2026
Total Views: 2208

Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra
Shipping

Iraq Exported 10 Million Barrels Of Oil Through Strait Of Hormuz In April

By Muayad Hameed BAGHDAD, May 16 (Reuters) – Iraq exported 10 million barrels of oil via the Strait of Hormuz in April, down from about 93 million

May 17, 2026
Total Views: 1041

Saturday, May 16, 2026
Return,Of,The,Fishing,Seiner,After,The,Catch,At,Sunset
Maritime Security Incidents

Greece Asks EU To Step In Over ‘Unlawful Fishing’ By Turkey

ATHENS, May 15 (Reuters) – Greece on Friday asked the European Union to step in and stop what it said was unlawful fishing and violation of

May 16, 2026
Total Views: 725

Friday, May 15, 2026
Aerial view of a heavy loaded crude oil tanker traveling over open ocean during sunset time
Shipping

Greek-Operated Tanker Breaks Through Hormuz Gridlock

A Greek-operated tanker sailed from the Gulf to India on Friday after crossing the Strait of Hormuz in one of the few crude sailings through the waterway this

May 15, 2026
Total Views: 12619

An LNG carrier transits through the Panama Canal. Photo credit: Flystock/Shutterstock
Shipping

Panama Canal Aims to Avoid Repeat of 2023 Drought Crisis as El Niño Looms

The Panama Canal is not planning vessel passage restrictions for the remainder of 2026 even if an El Niño weather pattern begins in the second half of the

May 15, 2026
Total Views: 908

FILE PHOTO: China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14, 2026.
News

Trump Says Patience With Iran ‘Running Out’ After Xi Talks on Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran was running out and that Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed that Tehran must reopen the Strait

May 15, 2026
Total Views: 1002

China Wants Strait of Hormuz Open Free of Curbs, USTR Greer Tells Bloomberg News
News

China Wants Strait of Hormuz Open Free of Curbs, USTR Greer Tells Bloomberg News

China wants to see the Strait of Hormuz reopen without curbs or tolls, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Bloomberg News in a live interview on

May 15, 2026
Total Views: 736

Thursday, May 14, 2026
FILE PHOTO: China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14, 2026.
News

New Attacks Hit Ships Near Hormuz as Trump Discusses Iran With Xi

U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the Iran war with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, while new attacks on vessels near the Strait

May 14, 2026
Total Views: 1040

Second Japan-linked Oil Tanker Sails Via Strait of Hormuz as PM Asks Iran to Help Out
Energy

Second Japan-linked Oil Tanker Sails Via Strait of Hormuz as PM Asks Iran to Help Out

A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker managed by Japanese refining group Eneos 5020.T has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, ship-tracking data from LSEG

May 14, 2026
Total Views: 692

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The crude oil tanker Odessa, carrying UAE crude after passing through the Strait of Hormuz
Energy

China-Linked Supertanker Makes Rare Strait of Hormuz Transit Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

A Chinese supertanker carrying two million barrels of Iraqi crude was attempting to sail through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to LSEG and Kpler

May 13, 2026
Total Views: 2194

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in an arrival ceremony at Beijing Capital International Airport during his visit to the country, in Beijing, China, May 13, 2026
News

Trump Heads to Beijing as Iran Expands Control Over Strait of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he does not expect to need China's help to end the war in Iran and ease Tehran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, in

May 13, 2026
Total Views: 701

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026
Shipping

U.S. and China Agree: No Shipping Tolls in Strait of Hormuz

Senior U.S. and Chinese officials agree that no country can be allowed to exact shipping tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, the State Department told Reuters on

May 13, 2026
Total Views: 1016

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Aerial view of a heavy loaded crude oil tanker traveling over open ocean during sunset time
Shipping

Iraq and Pakistan Strike Iran Transit Deals to Move Oil and LNG Through Hormuz

Both Iraq and Pakistan have cut deals with Iran to ship oil and liquefied natural gas from the Gulf, according to five sources with knowledge of the matter, in

May 12, 2026
Total Views: 81201

The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Spain May 11, 2026
News

Planes With Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Land in the Netherlands; Hospital Quarantines 12

Two planes with 28 passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, landed in the Netherlands on Tuesday and a Dutch

May 12, 2026
Total Views: 687

Monday, May 11, 2026
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2026
News

Trump Says Iran Ceasefire on ‘Life Support’ as Hormuz Crisis Deepens

The US and Iran remain far apart on a framework to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump calling the Islamic Republic’s

May 11, 2026
Total Views: 1237

The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Spain May 11, 2026
Cruise Ships

Deadly Hantavirus Cruise Saga Nears End as Final Passengers Leave Ship

The last six passengers and some of the crew of the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius anchored off Tenerife were readying to disembark on Monday as the ship's captain

May 11, 2026
Total Views: 1123

Second Qatari LNG tanker Heads Through Hormuz to Pakistan as Iran War Continues, Data Shows
Energy

Second Qatari LNG tanker Heads Through Hormuz to Pakistan as Iran War Continues, Data Shows

A second Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker is transiting the Strait of Hormuz days after the first such cargo crossed under an arrangement involving Iran and

May 11, 2026
Total Views: 1532