Hormuz Crisis
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Europe
BP tanker targeted by Iranians
The UK’s Ministry of Defence has revealed three boats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards tried to seize an Isle…
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Americas
US outlines Hormuz naval coalition plans
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, General Joseph Dunford, said yesterday he expects a naval coalition…
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Middle East
US narrative on Hormuz attacks questioned
The US narrative that Iran is to blame for the tanker explosions in and around the Strait of Hormuz over…
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Middle East
US presses ahead with Hormuz naval coalition plans
Efforts by American authorities to create an international naval coalition to assist merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz continue…
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Middle East
Navy personnel deployed to assist tanker traffic through Hormuz
Naval personnel from around the world are now on site in the Strait of Hormuz assisting tanker traffic to negotiate…
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Middle East
London cargo insurers take extraordinary measures in wake of Hormuz attacks
After an extraordinary meeting of the London Joint Cargo Committee to discuss the present situation in the Gulf where six…
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Middle East
US seeks international naval coalition to escort merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo yesterday called for an international coalition to shepherd ships heading through the Strait of…
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Middle East
As Pentagon releases further images, Hormuz attacks become clearer
Keen to build a stronger case against Iran, the United States military yesterday released more images of what it claims…
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Maritime CEO
TankerTrackers.com: Making sense of what’s happening in the Strait of Hormuz
In the last five weeks of conjecture, confusion and calamity for maritime oil transport along the Strait of Hormuz, there…
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Middle East
Conflicting reports add to tension in wake of Hormuz attacks
Amid heightened tension in the Middle East today there are conflicting reports on what happened to the Front Altair and…
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Middle East
Official report confirms limpet mines were used in Fujairah tanker attacks
The official report sent to the United Nations into last month’s Fujairah tanker attacks confirms what Splash reported first –…
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Middle East
Huge disparity in additional premiums in wake of Fujairah attacks adds to confusion
A huge disparity in additional premiums for the new Listed Areas in the Middle East, leveraged in the wake of…
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Middle East
US says Iranian limpet mines were used in Fujairah tanker attacks
The United States on Friday accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of being behind the May 12 attacks on four tankers off…
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Middle East
Likely bunker spill detected from Bahri VLCC attacked off Fujairah
Satellite imagery analysed by TankerTrackers.com points towards a bunker spill from one of the four ships targeted off Fujairah waters…
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Middle East
Lloyd’s warns of ‘significant claims’ from Fujairah attacks
Citing the scant information available at present, the Joint War Committee (JWC), which comprises underwriting representatives from both the Lloyd’s…
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Middle East
Extra security measures in place for ships heading through the Strait of Hormuz
Shipowners and shipmanagers are taking extra security measures when transiting the Strait of Hormuz and around the key bunkering hub…
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Middle East
Joint War Committee to hold urgent talks on the back of Fujairah attacks
Shipowners should brace for higher insurance premiums for ships transiting the Middle East. The Joint War Committee (JWC), which comprises…
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Middle East
Limpet mines suspected in Fujairah attacks
Initial inspections of the four ships that UAE authorities said were “sabotaged” on Sunday points towards the use of limpet…
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Middle East
Tankers targeted off Fujairah
International shipping has been placed on high alert after four tankers were “sabotaged” in waters just off Fujairah in the…
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