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(Bloomberg) — Cosco Shipping Holdings Co. earnings jumped the most in two years as persistent geopolitical disruptions rerouted trade routes, tying up more of its vessels for longer while container …

By Rakteem Katakey and Elena Mazneva Oct 29, 2026 (Bloomberg) –QatarEnergy agreed to purchase US liquefied natural gas from Woodside Energy Group Ltd. for two decades, saying it’s now the …

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI, Oct 29 (Reuters) – China has more than 50 navy and other official vessels operating in a wide swath of sea stretching from …

(Bloomberg) — The US military said vessels that have no need to move between ports in the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz should stay away, as tensions …

By Anthony Di Paola Oct 28, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Saudi Arabia’s main shipping firm Bahri reported a 10-fold jump in third-quarter profit as its oil tanker business benefited from surging freight …

(Bloomberg) — Russia shipped the least crude in more than a month, even as operations at its key Baltic port recovered strongly from an earlier halt. In the four weeks …

By Alex Longley, Archie Hunter and Weilun Soon (Bloomberg) — The messages from the world’s biggest supertanker owner often begin with pleasantries: “Dear Ladies and Gentlemen.” Within minutes, the WhatsApps …

By Alex Longley and Weilun Soon Oct 27, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority said it would take “legal action” against tankers belonging to Sinokor, the world’s biggest oil …

(Bloomberg) — Commodity trader Mercuria Energy Group accused the Baltic Exchange of continuing to publish the world’s benchmark oil tanker rate, despite distortions caused by the Iran war, because it …

(Bloomberg) — At a shipyard in northern Singapore, a yellow platform towers over a maze of scaffolding and cranes. Resembling a 15-story building, the piece will be shipped halfway around …

By Thomas Seal Oct 26, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Dubai’s DP World Ltd. is set to unveil a deal backing potential development of Canada’s port of Churchill, a northern outpost that Prime …

By Devon Pendleton and Fabiano Maisonnave Oct 22, 2026 (Bloomberg) –To hedge-fund billionaire Louis Bacon, the crystalline waters and densely forested riverways of the Gulf of Chiriqui in western Panama …

By Yongchang Chin and Nathan Risser (Bloomberg) –US crude oil exports to Asia are set to hit multi-year lows after the Iran war disrupted global shipping and pushed the cost …

By Weilun Soon Oct 23, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A little-known South Korean shipowner dominated oil transits through the Strait of Hormuz in September, data from intelligence firms suggest, with the group’s …

(Bloomberg) — Along Russia’s remote Arctic coast last month, Igor Sechin stood beside a waiting tanker in the freezing cold with a message for Vladimir Putin: After years of construction, …

By Salma El Wardany Oct 22, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Saudi Arabia is in talks with foreign governments to give state-owned Aramco access to their strategic oil storage, as the kingdom seeks …

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Oil shipments from the Middle East are showing little sign of buckling in the face of Iran’s more frequent and damaging attacks on merchant ships …

By Bloomberg News Oct 21, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A tanker loaded with Russian diesel will sail for the US on Thursday as Moscow starts to implement a fuel supply deal struck …

(Bloomberg) — Iranian attacks in the Persian Gulf are striking more ships and causing more severe damage than earlier in the conflict, bringing fresh risks to energy flows from the …

(Bloomberg) — A US plan to rehabilitate sanctioned tankers to boost oil supply may attract only a sliver of the dark fleet, as existing contracts, complex compliance checks and sky-high …

By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen Oct 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s No. 2 container carrier, signed an agreement with Vietnamese conglomerate Hateco to develop a railway freight …

By Ari Natter and Annmarie Hordern (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is authorizing the sale of sanctioned oil tankers in an effort to allow the vessels to start legitimately shipping …

(Bloomberg) — Iran’s main oil-loading terminals have remained empty for weeks, adding to signs that a US naval blockade of the country is throttling Tehran’s exports. No tankers have docked …

By Stephen Stapczynski Oct 19, 2026, (Bloomberg) –A carrier loaded with Qatari liquefied natural gas is sailing north through the Red Sea, potentially speeding up delivery to European customers with …

By Daryna Krasnolutska, Volodymyr Verbianyi and Olesia Safronova Oct 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Ukraine is in talks with Turkey, Egypt and India on the possibility of opening up Black Sea civil …

By Karin Matussek Oct 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A Ukrainian army officer suspected of being a protagonist in the sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 stood trial in Hamburg …

By Milda Seputyte and Aaron Eglitis Oct 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Europe should block the transit of Russian grain through Baltic ports as that may force Moscow to seek ways to …

By Gerry Doyle (Bloomberg) — The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are demonstrating the limits of the kingdom’s military prowess — despite defense spending that far outstrips that of its …

By Serene Cheong and Nicholas Lua Oct 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Accelerating crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz aren’t translating into higher production of a dirty shipping fuel, according to …

(Bloomberg) — Shipowners are facing an increasingly fragmented fuel market as disruptions triggered by the Middle East conflict raise concerns about the availability and quality of supply. Ships can’t always …

By Stephen Stapczynski, Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Salma El Wardany and Sing Yee Ong (Bloomberg) — Six months into a war that sowed upheaval in the Persian Gulf, Qatar found itself …

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Stephen Stapczynski Oct 14, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said Taiwan had agreed to buy 30% of the liquefied natural gas from a planned project …

By Nick Wadhams (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s deal for Russian diesel exposed the US to legal questions, opened a rift with his Republican allies and European leaders and heightened …

(Bloomberg) — A growing number of empty supertankers have been turning away from the Persian Gulf as escalating Iranian attacks threaten a critical transfer hub for wartime oil shipments. At …

By Slav Okov Oct 13, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Bulgaria summoned Russia’s ambassador to Sofia after two ships were hit off the country’s coast, as concerns mount over the security of Black …

(Bloomberg) — This weekend’s deadly attacks on Riyadh’s main airport have demonstrated the ability of Yemen’s Houthis to strike at the heart of Saudi power, raising the risk of a …

By Salma El Wardany and Grant Smith Oct 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Saudi Arabia is looking at ways to expand its oil pipeline capacity to destinations outside the Persian Gulf to …

By Catherine Lucey and María Paula Mijares Torres Oct 11, 2026 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” effective immediately. “Both …

By Lucia Kassai Oct 9, 2026 (Bloomberg) –When hurricanes sweep through the Gulf of Mexico, oil companies can lose millions of dollars waiting for the all-clear to restart production. Shell …

By Patrick Van Oosterom Oct 9, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Dutch government proposed a legal change to crack down more effectively on Russia’s shadow fleet, prompting the Russian embassy to threaten …

(Bloomberg) — For a sign of just how extraordinary oil shipping costs have become, consider this: It’s now more expensive to hire a tanker from the US to China than …

(Bloomberg) — Nearly 500,000 barrels a day of oil-refining capacity sit in the projected path of Hurricane Isaias, raising the risk that a US fuel market with no supplies to …

By Sherif Tarek Oct 7, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Houthis struck two airports in Saudi Arabia in the past two days, killing three people and injuring dozens as the Iran-backed militant …

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia is in talks with customers to offer oil loadings next year outside the Strait of Hormuz in long-term contracts, formalizing a system the kingdom has been …

(Bloomberg) — Supertankers are racing to the Middle East to cash in on soaring fees for carrying oil through the Strait of Hormuz, exacerbating a global shortage of vessels that …

By Rakesh Sharma and Yongchang Chin Oct 8, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Indian refiners have cut back Russian crude purchases for November delivery, as rising competition from China pushes up prices at …

(Bloomberg) — Maritime traffic through the Strait of Magellan jumped more than 70% both in August and September from year-ago levels as ships diverted from the drought-stricken Panama Canal, Chilean …

(Bloomberg) — Trafigura Group bought seven oil tankers from New York-listed SFL Corp., in the latest example of how trading houses and state energy companies are acquiring vessels to ship …

By Stephen Stapczynski and Ruth Liao Oct 7, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Qatar has amassed a fleet of empty liquefied natural gas tankers in the Persian Gulf, a sign that one of …

(Bloomberg) — Volare Shipping Ltd. jumped on its first day of trading in Oslo on Monday after the spin-off arm of Trafigura Group Pte. became the latest in a spree …