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Attacks on commercial vessels off the Black Sea’s western coast are on the rise, threatening already-choked trade flows in the region while testing NATO’s

The Panama Canal is expanding its long-term transit reservation program to the Panamax locks for the first time, giving more shipping customers the ability to

Five seafarers were killed during the rescue of a hijacked ship off Somalia last week, prompting International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio

Twelve seafarers were injured after a Panama-flagged oil tanker was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to India’s

The crew of a merchant ship was missing on Tuesday after the vessel sank in the Black Sea off NATO member Bulgaria following a drone strike that Prime Minister

The US blockade of Iran is keeping dozens of laden tankers bottled up along the nation’s coast, while others outside the Persian Gulf are holding off Sri

UK Maritime Trade Operations reported five separate incidents involving commercial shipping in or near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, including four tanker

The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to eliminate six training and competency requirements for certain Merchant Mariner Credential endorsements, saying the rules

Kuwait is pumping oil at about 75% of the level seen before the Iran war as more tankers take the risk of navigating the Strait of

FBI and US Coast Guard investigators have found evidence that hackers accessed the propulsion system of an oil supertanker as it was approaching the Texas

Middle East crude exports recently climbed to their highest levels since the start of the Iran war as more Gulf producers resume transit through the Strait of

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have secured effective control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen's Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani told Reuters

Strong freight markets kept aging vessels trading through the third quarter despite rising scrap prices and strong demand from ship recyclers, according to a

The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz deteriorated further over the weekend as UK Maritime Trade Operations reported several additional tanker attacks

The number of shadow-fleet vessels carrying Russian oil and LNG through the Northern Sea Route has surged this summer, according to a new analysis by the

Gulf oil exporters topped pre-war levels for about half of September, shipping data showed on Monday, though attacks on tankers and logistical constraints

Shipments of liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz extended a rebound that began in September, as the region’s producers seek to restore

PHUKET, Thailand, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush arrived in Thailand’s resort island of Phuket on Sunday with about

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Crude oil exports from the Middle East rose above pre-war levels in four of the seven days of the final

By Yomna Ehab and Siyi Liu Oct 5 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has unexpectedly cut November crude oil prices for Asia while it raised those for northwest

By Salma El Wardany Oct 4, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iraq’s state tanker company arranged a very large crude carrier to transport 2 million barrels beyond

By Sheila Dang Oct 3 (Reuters) – A medical transfer aircraft carrying six people was reported missing on a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the

By Tony Capaccio Oct 3, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Pentagon is deploying an additional aircraft carrier and 10,000 sailors and Marines to the Persian

KYIV, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Russia has attacked a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in one of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in the Odesa region, killing one

By Nandita Bose and Timothy Gardner Oct 2 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Friday he did not “jump the gun” on announcing a