Houthi-Held Russian Seafarer Leaves Yemen After 8-Month Detention Following Red Sea Ship Attack
Screengrab from YT video posted by AP News A Russian seafarer who was held for around eight months after a Houthi attack on a cargo ship in the Red Sea has left Yemen and is returning home, according to officials in Sanaa. The mariner, identified by Russian media as Aleksei…
Sweden Releases Seized Russian Oil Tanker Suspected Of Causing Baltic Sea Oil Spill
Image Credits: Swedish Coast Guard Sweden has released an oil tanker that was suspected of causing a 12-kilometre oil spill in the Baltic Sea after authorities completed initial checks and questioned the crew. The vessel, named Flora 1, was stopped and boarded by the Swedish…
Donald Trump Says U.S. Could Reopen Strait Of Hormuz, ‘Take Oil And Make A Fortune’ If Given More Time
Image for representation purposes only U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the United States could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and take control of oil flows if given more time, as the ongoing conflict with Iran continues to disrupt global shipping and energy markets. In a…
Controlled Passage: First Ships Edge Through Hormuz as Crisis Redefines Global Shipping
A small number of merchant vessels have begun edging back through the Strait of Hormuz, offering the first visible signs of movement after weeks of disruption. But far from signalling recovery, these carefully managed transits are exposing a deeper and more unsettling shift: one…
U.S. Intel Warns Iran Has No Incentive to Reopen Hormuz as Oil Leverage Grows
Recent U.S. intelligence reports warn that Iran is unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz any time soon because its grip on the world’s most vital oil artery provides the only real leverage it has over the United States, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
U.S. Doubles Hormuz Insurance Backstop to $40B in Hopes of Luring Ships Back
The Trump administration has doubled its maritime insurance backstop to $40 billion, expanding a flagship effort to restart commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz—even as shipowners continue to largely stay away.
Shipping Industry Uncertain As Hormuz Crisis Carries On
Strait of Hormuz satellite photo. NASA photo President Donald Trump announced Friday that the U.S. could open the Strait of Hormuz with “a little more time” as the president continues to adjust his messaging on the passageway between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Since…
CMA CGM said to have deal with Iran to allow safe passage through Hormuz: sources
The CMA CGM Kribi successfully transited the strait late Thursday, the first passage for a Western-operated container ship since the war between the US/Israel and Iran disrupted access to the crucial waterway five weeks ago.
Trump Says US Can Take Strait of Hormuz With More Time
President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. can open the Strait of Hormuz with a little more time, as pressure mounts for his administration to find a quick resolution to a war against Iran.
U.S. Marine Force Southeast Asia Lingers Longer in the Philippines
From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. David Harris, the air officer of Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, a U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command, and a Philippine Air Force airman assigned to the 710th…