By Weilun Soon and Alex Longley Jun 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Ships can consider transiting the Strait of Hormuz along the southern route at any time of day with their signals …
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By Leslie Kaufman Jun 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration is dropping near-term plans to dismantle a $386 million federal ocean-observing system after encountering resistance from scientists and Congress. Read …
By Arsalan Shahla and Alex Longley Jun 20, 2026(Bloomberg) –Iran said it has closed the Strait of Hormuz for shipping transit due to what it called a violation of the …
By Weilun Soon, Julian Lee, Grant Smith and Prejula Prem (Bloomberg) — Iran is shipping large amounts of oil that had previously been held back by a US blockade, a …
By Weilun Soon, Julian Lee, Grant Smith and Prejula Prem Jun 19, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iranian crude oil flows appeared to surge following the lifting of a months-long US naval blockade …
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Omar Tamo and Eltaf Najafizada (Bloomberg) — The US-Iran interim peace deal took effect and shipping started returning to the Strait of Hormuz as the US …
By Stephen Stapczynski and Prejula Prem Jun 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Qatar brought an empty liquefied natural gas tanker back into the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz for the …
By Josh Wingrove, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Arsalan Shahla (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump signed an interim deal to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, …
By Stella Mackler (Bloomberg) — Demand for ocean divers who specialize in barnacle scraping is soaring as ships stranded in the Persian Gulf for more than three months prepare to …
By Josh Wingrove, Donato Paolo Mancini and Daniel Flatley (Bloomberg) — The US and Iran are preparing to formally sign an interim peace deal that has left both sides claiming …
By Weilun Soon Jun 17, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Two oil tankers heading toward Africa have u-turned in the Indian Ocean this week, switching their destinations to the Middle East as shipowners …
By Andrea Palasciano, Samy Adghirni, Ania Nussbaum and Gerry Doyle Jun 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –European officials are wary of committing naval ships that could be placed in danger because US …
By Michael Nienaber, Alberto Nardelli, Andrea Palasciano and Josh Wingrove Jun 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –US President Donald Trump keeps repeating that the Strait of Hormuz — through which one fifth …
(Bloomberg) — 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 …
By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — 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 …
By Weilun Soon Jun 15, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A US-Iran deal intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within days has been met with caution by shipowners and traders, with almost …
By Arsalan Shahla and María Paula Mijares Torres Jun 13, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said an interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the conflict with …
By Alex Longley, Grant Smith, Prejula Prem and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) — Shipowners are watching warily for a peace deal between the US and Iran and what it would mean …
(Bloomberg) — U.S. forces are helping move millions of barrels through the Strait of Hormuz under the cover of darkness, sometimes escorting more than 20 ships per night out of …
By Fiona MacDonald Jun 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The US and Iran may sign an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on the sidelines of the Group of Seven world …
(Bloomberg) — Off the coast of Oman over the weekend, 16 tankers clustered together to transfer millions of barrels of oil that had been stranded in the Persian Gulf. A …
By Mirette Magdy (Bloomberg) — The number of oil tankers crossing Egypt’s Suez Canal surged by almost a third in April and drove revenue to the highest since early 2024, …
By Yongchang Chin Jun 9, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Kuwait is offering to sell its crude to refiners in Asia for the first time since the Iran war started, the latest indication …
By Alex Longley and Weilun Soon (Bloomberg) — The world’s shipowners have placed orders for a record number of new oil supertankers, surpassing a boom back in 2008 that ultimately …
By Devika Krishna Kumar, Alex Longley, Yongchang Chin and Mia Gindis (Bloomberg) — For decades, oil traders, executives and analysts warned that closing the Strait of Hormuz would be a …
By Salma El Wardany and Alex Longley Jun 8, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Houthis, an Iran-backed militant group that controls much of Yemen, declared a ban on Israeli ships in the …
By Brendan Murray Jun 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) —Container shipping rates jumped over the past week amid higher fuel costs, congestion at some Asian ports and a pickup in demand heading …
By Sarina Yoo and Denny Thomas Jun 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the navy must become part of the country’s nuclear war deterrent, using a …
By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — American forces have counted nearly 1,000 commercial vessel transits in and out of the Strait of Hormuz in the last two months, according to an …
By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — At nearly 40 years old, Lars Jensen’s Volkswagen camper van appeals to him mostly for its lack of modern features. The vehicle he calls “Sally” …
(Bloomberg) — Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. has moved oil through the Strait of Hormuz through government-brokered deals, according to legal filings that shine a rare light on how commodity traders …
By Jonathan Gilbert Jun 5, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Belgian dredger Jan de Nul NV and local partner Servimagnus SA won a 25-year contract on Thursday from Argentina’s government to upgrade the …
By Faseeh Mangi, Alex Wickham and Samy Adghirni Jun 4, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The UK and France have finalized plans to lead a multinational mine-clearing mission in the Strait of Hormuz …
(Bloomberg) — A month after President Donald Trump announced — and then abandoned — a plan to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the US military is trying …
By Weilun Soon and Alex Longley Jun 3, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Some Greek oil tanker owners are moving their ships closer to the Persian Gulf in a bet that the vessels …
(Bloomberg) — Russia is exporting the most crude since its invasion of Ukraine back in 2022 as Kyiv’s record attacks on its neighbor’s oil refineries force more barrels into the …
By Stephen Stapczynski Jun 2, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A day before crossing the Strait of Hormuz, an Indonesian seafarer aboard the Al Rayyan tanker published a picture of a rainbow cutting …
(Bloomberg) — Iran said it would halt talks with the US in protest for Israel’s expanded ground assault in Lebanon, escalating tensions as Washington and Tehran seek to reach an …
By Arsalan Shahla, Fiona MacDonald and Jon Herskovitz Jun 1, 2026 (Bloomberg) –US President Donald Trump said talks with Iran over an interim peace deal will “work out well,” even …
(Bloomberg) — Roughly one-quarter of the non-Iranian large oil tankers trapped inside the Persian Gulf at the outbreak of the Iran war have managed to slip out in a slow, …
By Kevin Crowley, Annmarie Hordern and Jonathan Ferro (Bloomberg) — Several vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz have been attacked in recent days, underscoring the “very real” risks that …
By Jeff Mason and Eltaf Najafizada May 29, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The US and Iran have reached a preliminary deal to extend a ceasefire by 60 days and discuss the future …
By Prejula Prem and Julian Lee May 28, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appeared all but deserted on Thursday as commercial operators remain wary of renewed military …
By Stephen Stapczynski May 27, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Another tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. has exited the Strait of Hormuz, adding to a recent uptick …
By Brian Platt (Bloomberg) — Canada is set to announce a deal to supply Germany with liquefied natural gas from a planned export facility on the coast of British Columbia, …
By Weilun Soon (Bloomberg) — GMS, a major buyer of ships and offshore vessels for recycling, says it has received the first US permit to purchase carriers sanctioned over Iran. …
By Arsalan Shahla and Alisa Odenheimer May 26, 2026 (Bloomberg) –US and Iranian forces clashed near the Strait of Hormuz overnight, highlighting the tension between the two sides even as …
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 Arabian Sea, as …
By Stephen Stapczynski May 23, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A liquefied natural gas tanker carrying a shipment for India has exited the Strait of Hormuz, the first for the country from the …
By Michael Heath May 23, 2026 (Bloomberg) —New Zealand intends to spend about NZ$1.6 billion ($936 million) on drones, ship maintenance and naval upgrades to bolster the island nation’s maritime …
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