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By Timothy Gardner and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The White House is warning Chinese shipping companies against turning off their

By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –Nothing right now is stopping a surge in oil tanker rates that’s given owners of the vessels

By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –Nothing right now is stopping a surge in oil tanker rates that’s given owners of the vessels

By Grant Smith (Bloomberg) –While one Iranian tanker is attracting global attention, serious oil watchers remain absorbed by a bigger mystery: the hunt

By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday blacklisted an “oil for terror” network

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Jonathan Spicer OSLO/ISTANBUL, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Friday that an Iranian tanker at the center of a confrontation

ISTANBUL, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran, has changed course away from the

PARIS, Aug 22 (Reuters) – An Iranian tanker which the United States wants seized is not heading towards Greece as it sails through the Mediterranean,

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The owner of a British-flagged tanker detained in Iran has met the country’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to

ATHENS, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Greece said on Tuesday it had not had a request for an oil tanker at the center of a row between Iran and the

DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) – Iran was to revive maritime security talks on Tuesday with traditional foe the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in an apparent bid

By Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi and Marianna Parraga LONDON/DUBAI/PANAMA CITY, July 26 (Reuters) – Somewhere on its journey from the waters off Iran,

By Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg Opinion) –The seizure of a number of ships in recent months tells an uncomfortable story. In today’s multi-polar world,

By Serene Cheong and Alfred Cang (Bloomberg) –The U.S. has sanctioned a Chinese state oil trader for violating restrictions on Iranian crude, an attempt

By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, July 23 (Reuters) – France, Italy and Denmark gave initial support for a British plan for a European-led naval mission to

By Alex Morales and Robert Hutton (Bloomberg) –European governments will assemble a naval mission to provide safe passage for ships through the Persian

(Bloomberg) –Escalating tensions in the Middle East’s biggest shipping chokepoint is raising speculation over who is responsible for tankers ensnared

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg Opinion) –The capture of the Stena Impero shows just how easy it is for Iran to hamper shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. At

By Michael Georgy and Kylie MacLellan DUBAI/LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) – Britain called on Monday for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) –Tankers are offloading millions of barrels of Iranian oil into storage tanks at Chinese ports, creating a hoard of crude