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Challenges to shipping in the Middle East escalated, as a call from Iran-backed Houthi rebels against servicing Saudi ports spurred unusual maneuvers in the

An oil tanker appears to have halted in the Strait of Hormuz off Oman after the Iranian Navy again targeted vessels in the waterway, raising concerns about

Two US-sanctioned tankers carrying cooking fuel are U-turning and zig-zagging in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, part of a flotilla of vessels laden with

The US struck Iran for a fifth straight day overnight and hit a sanctioned oil tanker near the country’s main export terminal, as tensions between the

Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat is stationary near the Strait of Hormuz and awaiting salvage operations once a fire on board has been extinguished, according to

US President Donald Trump said his tentative ceasefire with Iran is done, raising the prospect of a renewed military conflict between the two

DUBAI, July 5 (Reuters) – Maritime trade between Iran and Qatar has resumed after a roughly five-month suspension, Iran’s commercial attaché in Doha

China called for the unhindered flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, comments that come as leading European powers are apparently accepting that

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up for the first time since Iran’s recent attacks on ships in the waterway, with more operators sending crude

One of the world’s biggest operators of supertankers has provisionally booked a vessel to transport oil from the Persian Gulf to India at nearly nine times

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces a delicate mission this week pitching Washington's Iran peace deal to Gulf Arab leaders who fear excessive

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday publicly reaffirmed that the Strait of Hormuz remains open to commercial shipping after an Iran-linked organization

By Julian Lee May 24, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A supertanker hauling Iraqi crude to China has left the Persian Gulf and crossed the US blockade line into

The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shut to international shipping as the double blow of Iranian and US blockades leaves the key energy corridor largely

A new series of maritime attacks has struck commercial vessels across the Persian Gulf overnight, signaling that the shipping conflict linked to the escalating

The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on

The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to almost all but Iran-linked traffic with the conflict in the Middle East now in its second

London's marine insurance market has expanded the Gulf high-risk zone to include Bahrain, Djibouti, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar as the Middle East conflict

Oil and gas prices surged as Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran disrupted Middle East facilities and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Four tankers damaged,

By Emily Chow and Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Marine insurers are cancelling war risk coverage for vessels and oil shipping rates are set to surge