July 22nd, 20190Iranian authorities have said the 23 crew of the detained in the port of Bandar Abbas since Friday are okay. The UK-flagged ship owned by Stena Bulk was seized by...
July 21st, 20190All British ships have been told by the UK government to avoid transiting the Strait of Hormuz for an indefinite period following Friday’s seizure of the UK-flagged ...
July 20th, 20190Two tankers were taken into Iranian waters today, sending merchant shipping into heightened crisis mode. As has been widely reported, the UK-flagged , in...
July 19th, 20190The tense situation in and around the Strait of Hormuz remains a huge concern for world shipping with Iranian media yesterday showing footage of a small...
July 19th, 20190Bahrain's ship repair and fabrication yard ASRY has appointed Magdy Sharkawy as the acting CEO of the company, replacing Andy Shaw who has been transferred to an...
July 16th, 20190Saudi Arabian owner Bihar International has placed orders at China's New Times Shipbuilding for the construction of up to eight tankers. According to shipbroking...
July 15th, 20190Japanese politicians spent Sunday debating whether the country’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops should take part in a US-proposed coalition to safeguard strategic...
July 15th, 20190Both the crew and the Iranian VLCC arrested in Gibraltar earlier this month are set to depart the British territory on the guarantee that the ship does not head to...
July 12th, 20193The tanker rift between the UK and Iran is escalating. Police in Gibraltar have arrested the Indian captain and chief officer of the detained Iranian VLCC accused last...
July 12th, 20190Houston-headquartered McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Qatar Petroleum for front-end engineering and design work for offshore wellhead platforms,...
July 11th, 20190The UK’s Ministry of Defence has revealed three boats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards tried to seize an Isle of Man-flagged tanker yesterday, which was...
July 11th, 20194S’hail Shipping has placed panamax pair S’hail al Rayan and S’hail al Dukhan into the Baumarine pool, a specialised panamax, kamsarmax and post-panamax pool run by...
July 11th, 20190Houston-headquartered offshore services giant McDermott International has been awarded a contract worth over $3bn for Package 1 of Saudi Aramco's Marjan Increment...
July 10th, 20190The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, General Joseph Dunford, said yesterday he expects a naval coalition to start operating in waters off Iran and...
July 9th, 20190Dubai-based Emirates Shipping Line has climbed down from its original, punchy war risk surcharge. The carrier was one of the first to implement war risk surcharges in...
July 9th, 20190Dubai-based Shelf Drilling has continued a busy start to July, sealing a six-month extension with ADNOC for 1982-built jackup rig . The extension is in direct...
July 8th, 20190Dubai-headquartered Shelf Drilling has secured a contract from Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production for 2008-built jackup rig . The contract is scheduled to...
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