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March 21 (Reuters) – A British nuclear-powered submarine equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles has taken position in the Arabian Sea, giving Britain the capability to launch long-range strikes
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By Shiyin Chen Mar 21, 2026(Bloomberg) –The US said Iran’s ability to threaten marine traffic on the Strait of Hormuz has been “degraded” after it took out a facility along the...
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By Lorenzo Hernandez PROGRESO, Mexico, March 20 (Reuters) – Volunteers in Mexico loaded a fleet of modest boats bound for Cuba with rice, baby wipes and other supplies in a growing grassroots ef
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Multiple U.S.-flagged commercial vessels critical to America’s sealift capability are effectively stranded inside the Persian Gulf amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, prompting one Senator t
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Libya's National Oil Corporation said on Saturday that it had contracted a specialist company to handle a damaged Russian tanker carrying LNG that is drifting towards the Libyan coast.
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By Crispian Balmer BAGNOLI, Italy, March 21 (Reuters) – Rusted factory skeletons loom over a shoreline poisoned by decades of heavy industry on the western fringes of Naples, which will next yea
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By Mihir Mishra and Alex Longley Mar 21, 2026 (Bloomberg) —The Iranian Navy guided an Indian liquefied petroleum gas tanker through the Strait of Hormuz last week, allowing the ship to...
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The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday issued a new general license authorizing the delivery and sale of Iranian-origin crude oil and petroleum products already loaded..
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President Donald Trump on Friday signaled that U.S. military objectives against Iran are nearing completion, outlining a sweeping set of goals that include the destruction of Tehran’s military capabil
- IMO Council condemns attacks on shipping, calls for safe-passage framework in Strait of Hormuz1d agoHellenic Shipping News
IMO Council condemns attacks on merchant ships and urges international coordination to safeguard civilian shipping, during extraordinary session in London. The Council of the International Maritime Or
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The turmoil in the global tanker and energy markets from the current crisis in the Middle East could soon lead to a global issue, with 40% of total seaborne crude oil exports affected. In its latest w
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Surging bunker prices are reshaping freight dynamics, with fuel costs now accounting for a significantly larger share of freight than usual. While all vessels are exposed to high prices, scrubber-fitt
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World trade is set to slow in 2026 following stronger than expected growth in 2025 on the back of surging trade in AI-enabling products. WTO economists warn that the ongoing conflict in the Middle Eas
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Email is still the spine of maritime operations. Chartering instructions, spares orders, crew changes, port documentation, vendor payments to name a few. Most of it moves through inboxes, even as ship
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China left its benchmark loan prime rate unchanged as widely expected on Friday, keeping the rate steady for a 10th straight month as Beijing considers more measures to help shore up local economic gr
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Copper futures in the US fell to below $5.4 per pound in March, the lowest in three months and tracking the decline for key industrial metals amid a strong dollar and concerns that high energy prices
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BIMCO has published a revised position paper on seafarers, expanding its previous focus on fair treatment into a broader framework addressing the long-term sustainability of the global maritime workfo
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UBS has more than doubled its 2026 European composite refining margin forecast to $14.8 per barrel from $7.5 per barrel, citing strikes on Middle East energy infrastructure that have knocked out more
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The container charter market remains firm, despite a slight slowdown in reported fixtures.   Source: Verband Hamburger und Bremer Schiffsmakler e.V
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Iranian officials have become reluctant to even discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz as they focus on surviving the US-Israeli onslaught, according to a person involved in direct, high-level contact
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While diving into the evolution journey of its offshore operations model and the implementation of its Fast4ward program, the Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, in
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The Welsh government has launched the Renewable Energy Sector Deal, a strategic partnership between […] The post Wales introduces new deal to drive its renewable energy potential appeared first
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ACSM, a Spanish provider of solutions for submarine cable installation, as of recently part […] The post ACSM’s offshore support vessel undergoing ‘major’ upgrade appeared firs
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Stillstrom, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk and based in Denmark, has established a […] The post Offshore vessel charging tech developer plans commercial rollout in UK appeared first on Offshore En
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Tokyo-based Idemitsu Kosan is setting the stage for full-scale entry into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business with its multimillion-dollar investment in MidOcean Energy, an LNG player formed and
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While taking a deep dive into the floater rig market and top floating rig managers based on the current total backlog for 2026, Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm,
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Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is acquiring a stake in Hamburg-based Deutsche […] The post MOL buying into Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt and newbuild C-CSOVs appeared first on
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With instability and vulnerabilities looming across global markets and power systems in the wake of the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran, South Asia’s planned multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas
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Ireland-headquartered XOCEAN has received remotely operated uncrewed vessel (ROUV) certification for its X-30 vessel […] The post UK: Lloyd’s Register certifies another remotely operated uncrewe
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Keyfield International, a Malaysian fleet owner of offshore vessels, has picked up new assignments across Malaysia, the Middle East, and Thailand for seven accommodation work boats (AWB) and one ancho
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The near-three-week conflict between Iran and the US/Israeli coalition has delivered its most severe blow yet to global energy infrastructure, with QatarEnergy confirming catastrophic damage to two of
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The International Energy Agency has called it “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market”— and 20 days into the war between Iran and the US-Israeli coalition, the num
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US-listed dry bulk owner Genco Shipping & Trading has rejected a revised takeover proposal from Greece’s Diana Shipping, saying the offer undervalues the company and carries significant exec
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German liner giant Hapag-Lloyd has signed a series of agreements with the Indian government, setting out plans to deepen its presence in one of the fastest-growing shipping markets. The Hamburg-based
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Panamanian president José Raúl Mulino has accused CK Hutchison subsidiary Panama Ports Company of lying over the country’s handling of arbitration proceedings, deepening a bitter dispute that ha
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New York-listed shuttle tanker owner KNOT Offshore Partners said it has ended talks with its parent company, Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) over a potential take-private deal, bringing months of
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China’s Maple Leaf Shipping has marked its 70th anniversary by adding its largest vessel to date, emerging as the buyer of a 206,300 dwt newcastlemax bulker. Broker sources tell Splash the privately o
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Seafarers are not hiding their health because they don’t care, but because the system gives them no privacy, argues Doctor Jens Tülsner, CEO of Marine Medical Solutions in this exclusive for Splash. T
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Italian energy giant Eni has taken the final investment decisions for the Gendalo and Gandang gas project (South Hub) and for the Geng North and Gehem fields (North Hub) offshore Indonesia. The FIDs c
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Norway’s Aker Solutions has been awarded a FEED contract by KN Energies to support the development of the company’s CO2 transshipment terminal infrastructure project in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The