tanker attacks

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 Parisa Hafezi and Peter Graff DUBAI/LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – Britain was weighing its next moves in the Gulf tanker crisis on Sunday, with few

By Babak Dehghanpisheh and William Schomberg GENEVA/LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Britain denounced the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in

By Steve Holland and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday that a U.S. Navy ship had “destroyed” an

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) – The United States is not aiming to set up a military coalition against Iran with its new security

By Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI, July 18 (Reuters) – Iran said on Thursday it had seized a foreign tanker smuggling fuel in the Gulf,

By David Marino (Bloomberg) –Iran is capable of shutting the Strait of Hormuz — a crucial choke-point for oil flows — but doesn’t want to

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, July 17 (Reuters) – Shippers trying to minimise time in the Middle East after oil tanker attacks pushed up insurance costs

(Bloomberg) –A small oil tanker that had gone missing in the Persian Gulf had technical difficulties and was towed into Iranian waters for repairs, an

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) – Shipping companies sailing through the Middle East Gulf are being urged to avoid having private armed

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) – Britain does not intend to escort every British-flagged merchant vessel through the Strait of Hormuz, a

By William Schomberg LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) – Three Iranian vessels tried to block a British-owned tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz,

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) – The United States hopes to enlist allies over the next two weeks or so in a military coalition to

LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) – Tests have shown a supertanker seized in Gibraltar last week was fully loaded with crude oil, the government of the British

By Kelly Gilblom and Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) –An oil tanker run by BP Plc is being kept inside the Persian Gulf in fear it could be seized by Iran

By Anthony DiPaola (Bloomberg) –Oil tanker owners are avoiding sending their ships to the Middle East’s main refueling hub after a spate of