Iran
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Environment
Red Sea crisis: Boxships travelling between Asia and the Med emitting 63% more emissions
Containerships travelling between Asia and the Mediterranean emitted 63% more emissions in the first quarter than in Q4 last year…
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Middle East
Shipping hits out at scant coverage of hijacked crews
The world’s leading shipping associations have highlighted the inequality seafarers face as hostages. “The world would be outraged if four…
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Middle East
Shipping on alert as Israel retaliates against Iran
Israel launched an attack on Iran on Friday, sparking concerns about the conflict escalating further across the seas of the…
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Middle East
Shipping braces for Israel’s response to Iranian attacks
Shipping has to contend with new danger zones following Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend and the hijacking of…
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Operations
Iran seizes Zodiac and MSC linked containership
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has seized a containership belonging to an affiliate of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac…
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Operations
US targets Emirati shipmanager and 13 vessels in latest round of Iran-related sanctions
The US has imposed sanctions on a United Arab Emirates-based shipmanager and 13 vessels linked to its role in shipping…
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Middle East
Filipino crew head home from tanker seized by Iran
Iran is releasing all the remaining crewmembers of the Greek-owned tanker St Nikolas, which was seized by Iranian military forces…
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Middle East
Tehran warns Pentagon to steer clear of two IRISL ‘spy’ ships
The US military struck multiple Houthi positions in Yemen over the weekend, while Iran warned the US yesterday to avoid…
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Middle East
Iranian boxship converted into drone carrier readies for duty
To add to merchant shipping’s long list of concerns surrounding the security situation in the Middle East, Iran is readying…
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Middle East
Houthis defiant despite repeated strikes on Yemeni bases
The Middle East remains a dangerous, red-hot cauldron for merchant shipping with many actors from various shorelines impinging on the…
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Middle East
Seized suezmax heads to Iran
Empire Navigation’s suezmax is making its way to Iranian waters, having been seized by a team from the Islamic Revolutionary…
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Middle East
US focuses on reducing Houthi threat in the Red Sea
As well as discussing the idea of a naval coalition with allies, the US is looking to turn the cash…
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Tankers
IMO adopts shadow fleet resolution
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a resolution targeting illicit shipping practices from the so-called shadow or dark fleet amid considerable…
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Middle East
Red Sea danger sees Israel-linked ships steer clear
More Israeli-linked ships, including those operated by ZIM, the world’s 10th largest liner, are diverting, avoiding new hot spots around…
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Middle East
Chaotic scenes in the Red Sea as Israeli-linked ships are targeted
In chaotic scenes not seen since the 2011 peak of the Horn of Africa piracy crisis, global merchant shipping faced…
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Tankers
Iran seeks to nix dark shipping terminology
Iran is proposing amendments to a draft resolution on dark shipping at the upcoming meeting of the International Maritime Organization…
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Operations
Iran seizes two vessels in oil smuggling probe
Iranian forces have detained two ships in the Persian Gulf and arrested their crew for allegedly carrying smuggled oil. The…
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Tankers
Empire Navigation pleads guilty to shipping Iranian oil
Greece’s Empire Navigation has admitted to violating US sanctions by shipping a cargo of Iranian crude oil aboard the suezmax…
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Gas
Iranian LPG carrier catches fire
An Iranian LPG carrier caught fire yesterday in a blaze that quickly spread across the entire ship. TankerTrackers.com has been…
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Middle East
US ready to deploy military personnel to safeguard Hormuz transits
US navy sailors and marines are training for a possible mission to board commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz…
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