20 SEPT 2026 The soaring cost of moving oil around the world is making some long-distance crude trades uneconomical, threatening to disrupt flows at a time when fuel markets have never been tighter. The jump is being driven by a shortage of available supertankers. In some parts of the world, …
Read More »THREE TANKER ATTACKS HIT HORMUZ AS SAUDI OIL IS FORCED BACK TOWARD STRAIT
19 SEPT 2026 A new burst of attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is hitting just as Saudi Arabia is being forced to send more oil back through the waterway after losing its main bypass route. UK Maritime Trade Operations has issued three attack warnings covering incidents …
Read More »IRAN EXPLOITS ATTACK ON SMALL PRODUCT TANKER TO ASSERT HORMUZ CONTROL
18 SEPT 2026 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy continues its campaign of attacking vessels and exploiting the incidents to assert that it has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. While it continues to exaggerate the claims in its propaganda warfare, it appears to have an effect, as the …
Read More »TURKISH OWNER AND CREW FILE WAR CRIMES COMPLAINT OVER UKRAINIAN SHIP ATTACK
17 SEPT 2026 A Turkish shipowner, along with the family of a crewmember who was killed in a Ukrainian attack and the surviving crewmembers, took the unusual step of filing a war crimes complaint. According to Turkey Today, the filing was made in The Hague with the International Criminal Court, …
Read More »HORMUZ ROUTE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD HAVE HANDED ENTRY AND EXIT CONTROL TO IRAN
16 SEPT 2026 The deal would have given substantial concessions to Iran – but the diplomatic process is now holed beneath the waterline. Several different developments taking place in recent days indicate that diplomacy and negotiation are not going to bring warfare in the Gulf to an end anytime soon, …
Read More »OMAN SAYS ‘EL GAIA’ BEING TOWED TO PORT; TWO CREW MISSING
15 SEPT 2026 The tanker El Gaia sits off Oman with smoke and flames visible near the stern following an onboard fire. Omani authorities said Tuesday that the Panama-flagged tanker El Gaia is being towed to port after a fire aboard the vessel was brought under control, while two crew members remain …
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