By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The cost of hiring an oil tanker on the industry’s benchmark trade route topped $1 million a day for the first time, as the Iran …
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By Patrick Sykes Sep 14, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Ports giant DP World is expanding its overland logistics network in a bet that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — vital for …
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy Sep 13, 2026, (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said he’d warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting oil refineries in Russia amid strikes that have shut …
By Will Kubzansky Sep 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –At a fuel station in San Diego where diesel is retailing for $9.99 a gallon, Californians can take solace in at least this: …
By Bloomberg News Sep 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Russia carried out a large airstrike on Ukraine’s port city of Odesa and the surrounding region as shipping in the Black Sea remains …
By Khalid Al-Ansary and Devika Krishna Kumar Sep 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iraq is moving to contain the fallout from attacks that caused the closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, after …
By Weilun Soon (Bloomberg) — Global tanker freight rates are surging to record levels with little respite in sight, a sign of the growing strain in oil markets as traders, …
By Khalid Al-Ansary, Salma El Wardany, Alex Longley and Anthony Di Paola (Bloomberg) — Iraq is holding a tender to hire two or more oil supertankers to perform transits through …
By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) — A Southern California startup with plans to deploy floating nuclear power plants may be one step closer to providing electricity to the busiest seaport complex …
By Laura Curtis Sep 9, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The armed conflicts, trade wars, and extreme weather events hammering maritime supply chains are not one-offs, but rather signs of a “structural shift” …
By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Oil tanker company Hunter Group ASA says it’s owed $55 million by a counterparty that’s disputing its contractual obligations after a surge in the world’s …
By Mirette Magdy (Bloomberg) — Suez Canal revenue rose 42% in July from the year earlier, as the Iran war’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi threats …
By Priscila Azevedo Rocha Sep 8, 2026 (Bloomberg) –European natural gas prices hit a fresh three-year high as traders race to fill fuel storage facilities ahead of winter, while awaiting …
By Andreo Calonzo Sep 7, 2026 (Bloomberg) –For decades, China’s maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now, Beijing is piling unprecedented pressure …
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and María Paula Mijares Torres Sep 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –US Navy escorts that are helping tankers cross the Strait of Hormuz are essential to sustaining crude …
By Andreo Calonzo Sep 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –For decades, China’s maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now, Beijing is piling unprecedented pressure …
By Eltaf Najafizada and Weilun Soon Sep 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iran said it targeted three oil tankers using an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a …
By Courtney McBride (Bloomberg) — The US and Iran have intensified tit-for-tat military strikes in recent days, remaining locked between ceasefire and all-out war as the White House struggles to …
By Soo-Hyang Choi Sep 4, 2026 (Bloomberg) –South Korea has begun preparations for a possible deployment of a naval support ship and troops to the Strait of Hormuz, local media …
By Katharine Gemmell and Weilun Soon (Bloomberg) — A key measure of bulk-shipping rates has touched a two-year high and risks climbing further, according to analysts, as bad weather crimps …
(Bloomberg) — Ukraine attacked a small service ship involved in planned repair works at the key CPC oil terminal in the Black Sea, a person with knowledge of the matter …
By Kanoko Matsuyama, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yusuke Maekawa (Bloomberg) –The head of Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. expects disruption in the Strait of Hormuz to last longer than …
(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia’s observed crude exports last month slumped to the lowest in at least nine years, as tankers were attacked following rising tensions in the Middle East. The …
By Stephen Stapczynski Sep 1, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Russia has almost doubled the fleet of tankers ferrying liquefied natural gas from its US-sanctioned Arctic project in less than a year, as …
By Alex Longley and Archie Hunter (Bloomberg) — The world’s oil supertankers are making unprecedented sums sailing from the Persian Gulf as Iran keeps attacking ships — with one South …
By Kevin Whitelaw and Wendy Benjaminson Aug 30, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The US and Iran exchanged strikes for the first time in about a month as American forces hit Iranian rocket …
By Baris Balci Aug 30, 2026 (Bloomberg) — At least six people died after a high-speed ferry carrying about 267 capsized while sailing from Kyrenia in northern Cyprus to Tasucu …
By Nicholas Lua Aug 28, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Growing congestion at the Panama Canal is forcing some gas tankers into unusual journeys, from a rare detour around South America to the …
By Alex Longley and Archie Hunter Aug 28, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Earnings for ships on the world’s benchmark oil tanker route approached $650,000 a day as the Iran war and a …
By John Harney Aug 28, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The top US commander for the Middle East said that American forces have cleared Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, after Washington’s …
(Bloomberg) — The flow of crude through the Strait of Hormuz is creeping higher as producers across the Middle East boost exports in the face of Iran’s lingering threat to …
By Rachel Yeo Aug 27, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Chinese container liners are set for an earnings windfall, echoing regional and global peers, as a rush to get ahead of shifting tariffs …
(Bloomberg) — Iran’s military said it reached a revenue-sharing agreement with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran and Washington’s standoff over control of the crucial waterway continues. “Agreements …
By Kanoko Matsuyama and Akemi Terukina Aug 26, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Japan plans to support the construction of pipelines that bypass the Strait of Hormuz after the US-Iran war laid bare …
(Bloomberg) — Turkey, a key US ally and Iran’s third-largest trading partner, is at risk of losing a key energy supplier if Washington makes good on a threat to economically …
By Weilun Soon Aug 25, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore — countries that share the primary stewardship of the Strait of Malacca — said on Tuesday they were committed …
By Tara Patel Aug 24, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Klaus-Michael Kuehne, the shipping heir and Germany’s wealthiest individual, who expanded Kuehne + Nagel International AG into one of the world’s biggest sea …
By Volodymyr Verbianyi Aug 23, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Ukraine offered Russia a truce on attacks against ships carrying agricultural commodities through the Black Sea, but Moscow rejected the deal because it …
By Bloomberg News Aug 22, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Russia’s government is planning a series of measures to support grain producers, include crop procurement, preferential loan extensions and sales subsidies, Interfax reported, …
By Weilun Soon Aug 22, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Shipowners including Sinokor Group are helping Saudi Arabian crude exit the Red Sea via the safer northern route, as Iran-backed militants target the …
By Charles Gorrivan Aug 21, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The world’s top maritime piracy observer said incidents off the coast of Somalia are on the rise again after a pair of fresh …
By Maya Averbuch Aug 21, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The US Treasury sanctioned a fleet of fishing vessels suspected of smuggling tons of cocaine to Mexico each month, ultimately bound for the …
By Nicholas Lua Aug 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Exporters including Chevron Corp. are turning to ship-to-ship transfers to send liquefied petroleum gas from the US to Asia, an apparent change in …
By Derek Wallbank and Patrick Sykes (Bloomberg) — US President Donald Trump threatened Iran and its trading partners with economic isolation after months of military strikes and a maritime blockade …
By Shirley Zhao Aug 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. commenced international arbitration proceedings against Panama, seeking more than $1.5 billion in damages over the loss of its investments …
(Bloomberg) — Three China-linked supertankers have U-turned in the Strait of Hormuz as risks to shipping remain elevated, with prospects for a normalization of traffic dimming after President Donald Trump …
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Patrick Sykes Aug 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –US President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that there were no talks ongoing with Iran, leaving the simmering conflict in …
(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia is offering to sell oil from off the coast of Oman, a sign that the kingdom may be following the United Arab Emirates in shuttling more …
By Weilun Soon Aug 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Earnings for a supertanker procuring crude oil from within the Persian Gulf to Asia are nearing a two-month high, as exporters hunt for …
(Bloomberg) — Abu Dhabi wealth fund L’imad Holding is offering to buy out minority shareholders in the city’s port operator valuing the firm at 31.8 billion dirhams ($8.66 billion), potentially …
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