Iran
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Middle East
Mohammad Saeedi steps down at IRISL
Iran’s largest shipping line has a new boss after Mohammad Saeedi resigned yesterday from his role as managing director of…
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Middle East
Iran starts to release detained crew
Iran has released nine out of 12 Indians who were onboard the tanker that was detained in early July, accused…
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Europe
Iranian president hints at tanker trade to deescalate Hormuz crisis
Iran’s president yesterday hinted he’d be up for a tanker trade with the UK in order to deescalate the tense…
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Middle East
Europe welcomes UK’s Hormuz patrol proposal
A host of European nations are coming out in support of the UK’s call for a naval coalition to assist…
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Europe
UK seeks European naval coalition to patrol Hormuz
With the US telling London it must handle the impasse by itself, the British government yesterday mooted the idea of…
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Middle East
UAE charterer of seized tanker denies Iranian claims of fuel smuggling
The charterer of a small product tanker seized by Iran earlier this month has rubbished claims the ship was engaged…
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Middle East
Iran releases images of detained Stena Impero crew as UK readies response
Iranian authorities have said the 23 crew of the detained in the port of Bandar Abbas since Friday are okay.…
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Middle East
All British ships told to avoid Strait of Hormuz
All British ships have been told by the UK government to avoid transiting the Strait of Hormuz for an indefinite…
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Middle East
Iran seizes Stena and Norbulk tankers
Two tankers were taken into Iranian waters today, sending merchant shipping into heightened crisis mode. As has been widely reported,…
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Middle East
Iran arrests tanker while US shoots down drone over Hormuz
The tense situation in and around the Strait of Hormuz remains a huge concern for world shipping with Iranian media…
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Tankers
Iranian VLCC at centre of diplomatic storm with the UK set to depart Gibraltar
Both the crew and the Iranian VLCC arrested in Gibraltar earlier this month are set to depart the British territory…
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Europe
Tanker rift between the UK and Iran escalates
The tanker rift between the UK and Iran is escalating. Police in Gibraltar have arrested the Indian captain and chief…
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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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Middle East
NITC increasingly operating in the dark
Iranian tankers are increasingly voyaging incognito to get around reimposed US sanctions. Latest AIS data analysed by shipbroker Gibsons shows…
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Americas
Trump’s decision to nix Iranian oil waivers weighs heavily on tankers
The Trump administration yesterday announced that it will not renew exemptions granted last year to buyers of Iranian oil, including…
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Asia
India starts operating its first overseas port
India is now operating its first overseas port. The government revealed yesterday it has finally taken over operations of part…
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Middle East
One year on, families of the Sanchi crew await answers
This past weekend marked the first anniversary since the disaster, one of the worst tanker accidents of the decade, with…
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Americas
Sunken Iranian tanker features on US sanctions list
The badly burnt, rusting wreckage of the lies on the seabed of the East China Sea. The burning Iranian tanker…
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Middle East
Iranian sanctions seen boosting tanker rates
The reimposition of sanctions on Iran – effective from today – is viewed by multiple analysts as a boon for…
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Middle East
IRISL books three tankers at domestic yard
Iranian shipping company Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has ordered three 113,000 dwt tankers at Sadra yard, according…
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