3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (216+ words) Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis seized the Red Sea port city of Mocha on 10 September as the US-Iran conflict widened across the region, raising fresh concerns over maritime security and global energy supplies. The Houthi advance came as senior White House advisers…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (224+ words) safety4sea Qatar signals possible LNG export restart after Hormuz transit A Qatari LNG carrier has transited the Strait of Hormuz and exited the Persian Gulf, raising expectations that Qatar could resume LNG exports through the strategic waterway following a suspension triggered…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (968+ words) Prolonged periods of inactivity have become a reality for many vessels trading in the Persian Gulf during 2026. According to AIS data from Marine Traffic, published by Weathernews in mid-June, 958 vessels were at anchor in the Persian Gulf, with 63% having remained…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (102+ words) The Russian-flagged crude oil tanker Pioneer 1 went adrift off the Marmara coast on 5 September after suffering an engine failure while underway to China. The tanker was sailing from Vadinar, Russia, to China when the failure caused it to drift towards…...

1+ week, 17+ min ago   (257+ words) The US and Iran traded retaliatory attacks on ships on 5 September, in the latest round of strikes since fighting flared up a week ago following a month of relative calm. The US military said it had “permanently disabled” two Iran-linked…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (345+ words) South Korea is considering a range of measures, including a possible military contribution, to help safeguard freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, but the government has not yet made a decision, the presidential office argues. The comments came…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (154+ words) Saudi Arabia’s national shipping company Bahri said on 2 September that two Filipino seafarers were killed in a security incident involving its vessel SIDR as it transited the Strait of Hormuz on 31 August. Bahri did not provide further details on the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (187+ words) The number of visible commodity vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz fell to just five a day over the weekend, shipping data showed on 31 August, as operators continued to exercise caution amid a series of attacks on vessels in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (496+ words) The Black Sea region remains the world’s most important corridor for sunflower oil exports, with Russia and Ukraine accounting for over 57% of global trade. However, recent attacks on port infrastructure and export facilities have disrupted cargo flows and raised risks…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (641+ words) The temporary waiver of the US Jones Act is reshaping coastal tanker flows and creating new opportunities for international tonnage, as rising domestic energy movements expose gaps in the coastwise fleet, according to Intermodal’s weekly market report. The law has…...