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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Shipping

Trump Softens Stance on Iranian Oil Sales to China, Undercutting ‘Maximum Pressure’

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that China can continue to purchase oil from Iranafter the U.S. bombed the OPEC member's nuclear facilities and hoped

June 24, 2025
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LNG carrier in dense fog
Shipping

LNG Freight Rates Surge to 8-Month High Amid Middle East Turmoil

Shipping costs for liquefied natural gas cargoes have rallied to their highest in about eight months with vessel availability tightened by a shift in more

June 24, 2025
Total Views: 424

Tanker EVENTIN adrift in the Baltic Sea
News

EU’s 18th Sanctions Package Faces Central European Roadblock

European Union diplomats said they expect to reach a deal during an EU summit this week on an 18th package of sanctions against Russia, which Slovakia and

June 24, 2025
Total Views: 490

Monday, June 23, 2025
Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Oil Sinks After Iran Targets U.S. Base—Not Tankers

Oil prices settled down more than 7% on Monday, losing more than $5 a barrel after Iran took no action to disrupt oil and gas tanker traffic through the

June 23, 2025
Total Views: 1647

A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf.REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi//File Photo
News

Opinion: Iran Oil Doomsday in Hormuz May be More Fear Than Reality

U.S. strikes on several Iranian nuclear sites represent a meaningful escalation of the Middle East conflict that could lead Tehran to disrupt vital exports

June 23, 2025
Total Views: 1061

Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Tankers U-turn, Zig-Zag, Pause Around Strait of Hormuz

At least two supertankers made U-turns near the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. military strikes on Iran, shiptracking data shows, as more than a week of

June 23, 2025
Total Views: 2114

Sunday, June 22, 2025
blue lng carrier at sea
Energy

LNG Canada Produces First Liquefied Natural Gas For Export

By Curtis Williams HOUSTON, June 22 (Reuters) – The Shell-led SHEL.L LNG Canada project has produced the first liquefied natural gas for

June 22, 2025
Total Views: 1646

energy strait hormuz oil iran
Shipping

What Is The Strait Of Hormuz And Why Is It So Important For Oil?

June 22 (Reuters) – Iran’s top security body must make the final decision on whether to close the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian TV said on Sunday,

June 22, 2025
Total Views: 3688

Aerial of Liquified Natural Gas LNG carrier moored to a small gas terminal
Energy

Russia Says Ready To Supply LNG To Mexico

By Natalia Siniawski MEXICO CITY, June 21 (Reuters) – Russia is ready to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Mexico and share energy sector

June 22, 2025
Total Views: 1073

Saturday, June 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation at the White House in Washington, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities
Defense

Trump Says Iran’s Key Nuclear Sites ‘Obliterated’ By US Airstrikes

By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) – U.S. forces struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites, President Donald

June 21, 2025
Total Views: 1046

An LNG tanker at a port in Yantai, China
Energy

Russia Says China Is Moving Towards Exporting Energy

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Olesya Astakhova ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 21 (Reuters) – Rosneft ROSN.MM CEO Igor Sechin, one of the

June 21, 2025
Total Views: 1818

Recovery of Mike Lynch's sunken yacht 'Bayesian' from Sicilian waters
Accidents

Tech Tycoon Lynch’s Doomed Bayesian yacht Lifted To Surface

By Roberto Mignucci PORTICELLO, Italy, June 21 (Reuters) – Salvage experts lifted Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht to the surface and began

June 21, 2025
Total Views: 2084

Friday, June 20, 2025
A drone view shows floating crane ships HEBO LIFT 10 and HEBO LIFT 2 recovering the "Bayesian" yacht of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch
Accidents

Salvors Raise Mike Lynch’s Sunken Superyacht in Italy

Salvage experts winched Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht towards the surface on Friday, 10 months after it went down off the coast of Sicily, killing the British

June 20, 2025
Total Views: 3656

A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf.REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi//File Photo
News

Discounts Deepen on Iranian Oil in China as Struggling Teapots Slow Buying

Sellers of Iranian oil to China are offering deeper discounts this month as they look to reduce inventories and as independent refiners slow their buying due

June 20, 2025
Total Views: 1054

offshore rig
Offshore

UK Issues Tougher Environmental Rules For New North Sea Oil and Gas Drilling

Britain has issued tougher new environmental rules for fossil fuel projects with implications for the development of two vast North Sea oil and gas fields by

June 20, 2025
Total Views: 1160

Haifa Port, which is to be sold to India's Adani Ports and local partner Gadot in Haifa, Israel. Photo REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg
Shipping

Maersk Suspends Haifa Port Calls as Tensions With Iran Intensify

Container shipping company Maersk MAERSKb.CO said on Friday it had temporarily paused vessel calls at Israel's Haifa port, amid the country's

June 20, 2025
Total Views: 668

A U.S. Navy sailor looks through binoculars on the bridge as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during routine operations in the Taiwan Strait, August 18, 2020.
Defense

China Angered by British Warship Sailing as Taiwan Raises Alert Level

China's military criticized on Friday the sailing of a British warship through the Taiwan Strait as a deliberate attempt to "cause trouble," while Taiwan's

June 20, 2025
Total Views: 1769

Thursday, June 19, 2025
shutterstock_403068616 tanker nigeria
Defense

Nigerian Navy Seizes 76 Vessels in Two-Year Crackdown on Oil Theft

The Nigerian Navy has arrested 76 vessels and at least 242 suspects in anti-oil theft operations, and destroyed more than 800 illegal refining sites during a

June 19, 2025
Total Views: 2260

Wednesday, June 18, 2025
tanker
News

Oil Tanker Market Signals More Middle East Energy Disruption Ahead

While global energy markets are not yet pricing in worst-case scenarios for the Israel-Iran war, oil tanker rates are providing a good real-time gauge of

June 18, 2025
Total Views: 402

Tuesday, June 17, 2025
oil tanker
Shipping

Phantom Tankers: GPS Interference Roils Gulf Shipping

The Front Tyne oil tanker was sailing through the Gulf between Iran and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday when just past 9:40 a.m. shiptracking data appeared

June 17, 2025
Total Views: 2447