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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Busy container traffic in Pier 300 Channel
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Port of Los Angeles Cargo Volumes Rise in May as Import Surge Continues

The Port of Los Angeles handled 840,165 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in May, marking a 17% increase from the same month last year as importers continued

9 hours ago
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AH-64 Apache helicopters fly over the Strait of Hormuz, April 17, 2026, with multiple commercial vessels visible below, as U.S. Army crews maintain a persistent aerial presence to support freedom of navigation and monitor maritime traffic in the strategic waterway
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U.S. Military Guidance Reveals High-Risk Reality of Hormuz’s ‘Southern Highway’

As Washington and Tehran move toward implementing a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending months of conflict, a newly circulated U.S. military document

10 hours ago
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A large crude oil tanker identified as MT Davina sails in open ocean under partly cloudy skies. The black-hulled vessel is viewed from above and ahead, with another ship visible on the horizon in the background.
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Trump Administration to Immediately Lift Iranian Oil Sanctions Under New Agreement

The U.S. will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the memorandum of understanding the two sides reached to end the war, a senior U.S.

13 hours ago
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LNG carrier in dense fog
Shipping

UK Targets New Arctic LNG 2 ‘Shadow Fleet’ Vessels as Russia Scrambles for Tankers

Britain on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four liquefied natural gas carriers linked to Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project, becoming the first G7 country to target

15 hours ago
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FILE PHOTO: Container vessel Maersk Hangzhou sails in the Wielingen channel, Westerschelde, Netherlands, July 15, 2018. Rene van Quekelberghe/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Maersk Keeps Gulf Restrictions in Place Despite Hormuz Reopening Push

Maersk is keeping significant cargo restrictions and emergency surcharges in place across the Persian Gulf, offering the latest sign that commercial shipping

18 hours ago
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AH-64 Apache helicopters fly over the Strait of Hormuz, April 17, 2026, with multiple commercial vessels visible below, as U.S. Army crews maintain a persistent aerial presence to support freedom of navigation and monitor maritime traffic in the strategic waterway
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Hormuz Is Reopening. Shipping’s Old Playbook Isn’t.

As the reports of a deal between the US and Iran are top headlines, again, shipowners will be looking at the financial implications and alternatives if

18 hours ago
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A satellite image of side-by-side ships at sea, off the coast of Sohar, Oman, June 9, 2026
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The U.S. Is Using an Iranian Smuggling Tactic to Sneak Oil Out of the Gulf

The United States military has overseen scores of secretive ship-to-ship oil transfers to keep Gulf energy exports flowing, using aerial and water drones as

19 hours ago
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Monday, June 15, 2026
UK Royal Marine Commandos take part in a maritime interdiction operation on the vessel SMYRTOS off the south coast of England
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UK Charges Indian Captain of Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker

The captain of a tanker detained by British authorities during a high-profile operation targeting Russia’s shadow fleet has been charged with violating

June 15, 2026
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Aerial view of the tanker Smyrtos underway at sea, flanked at a distance by a Royal Navy warship and a helicopter following a UK enforcement operation in the English Channel.
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Russia’s Shadow Fleet Meets British Enforcement

In the grey hours before dawn on Sunday, Royal Marine Commandos fast-roped from RAF Chinook helicopters onto the deck of a 244-meter Aframax tanker transiting

June 15, 2026
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Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam
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Scouring the Strait of Hormuz for Mines Could Take Weeks

Ensuring the Strait of Hormuz is safe from mines could delay a return to normal shipping traffic by weeks following a deal to reopen the waterway, shipping

June 15, 2026
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began setting conditions for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, April 11, as two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers conducted operations
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Trump Says Ships Are Moving Through Hormuz on ‘Southern Highway’ as Industry Watches Cautiously

President Donald Trump said Monday that ships are once again moving out of the Strait of Hormuz along a southern transit corridor established during the recent

June 15, 2026
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The Malta-flagged tanker Agios Fanourios I arrives in Iraq’s territorial waters off Basra
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Shipowners Seek Details on Hormuz Deal Before Resuming Transits

A US-Iran deal intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within days has been met with caution by shipowners and traders, with many saying they would need more

June 15, 2026
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Gazprom sign
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EU Sanctions Shipping Arms of Gazprom and Lukoil Over ‘High-Risk’ Russian Oil Transport Practices

The European Union has sanctioned the shipping subsidiaries of Russian energy giants Gazprom and Lukoil, broadening its crackdown on Moscow’s oil

June 15, 2026
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Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam
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Analysts Warn Hormuz Trade Flows Face Long Road Back

Oil markets have reacted with enthusiasm to an interim agreement between US and Iran which should reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore oil and gas flows

June 15, 2026
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A CMA CGM containership transits the South Red Sea under escort by a EUNAVFOR warship
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Armed Skiffs Attack Two Ships Off Yemen in Separate Gulf of Aden Incidents

Two merchant vessels were attacked by armed skiffs off Yemen on Sunday in separate incidents reported by UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), raising fresh

June 15, 2026
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
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Shipping Industry Welcomes Iran Deal But Warns Strait of Hormuz Reopening Will Take Time

The global shipping industry welcomed news of a U.S.-Iran agreement aimed at ending months of conflict in and around the Strait of Hormuz, but maritime

June 15, 2026
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Sunday, June 14, 2026
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House
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Trump Announces Iran Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

U.S. and Iranian officials said they had agreed on a framework to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary

June 14, 2026
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An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), and Motor Vessel Jabal Ali 9 provide assistance to distressed mariners in the Northern Arabian Sea, June 14
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Merchant Ship, U.S. Navy Rescue 14 Indian Mariners Near Hormuz Shipping Route

A merchant vessel diverted to assist in the rescue of 14 Indian mariners after their vessel became disabled and was abandoned off the coast of Oman, according

June 14, 2026
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UK Royal Marine Commandos take part in a maritime interdiction operation on the vessel SMYRTOS off the south coast of England
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UK Boards Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in First Direct Interdiction Operation

The United Kingdom has boarded a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker in what officials described as the first UK-led operation of its kind, marking a

June 14, 2026
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to journalists at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport after the G7 foreign ministers meeting, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Rubio Defends Hormuz Enforcement After India Protests Seafarer Deaths

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended Washington’s blockade enforcement operations in the Strait of Hormuz after India lodged a formal protest

June 14, 2026
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