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- Shipping slows through Strait of Hormuz after tanker attacks, data shows August 18, 2026Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data showed on Monday August 17th, following attacks on tankers and bulk carriers .....
- Bab al-Mandab traffic on the increase August 18, 2026Crossings of the Bab al-Mandab strait into and out of the Red Sea increased from August 10th to 16th compared to the previous week, reports Kpler. Transits totalled 254 last week ....
- Why aren’t oil prices soaring? August 18, 2026Although oil prices have ticked up in recent days, the Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and the effective Houthi blockade of any Saudi Arabian vessels from .....
- Novorossiysk port resumes oil loadings on Sunday after Friday drone attack August 18, 2026The main Russian Black Sea oil port of Novorossiysk resumed operations on Sunday August 16th after a drone attack forced a halting of loadings on Friday reported ....
- Sailors say they are stuck on board vessel in Yemen August 18, 2026A group of 15 sailors have said that they are stuck on general cargo ship RSM Blessed (IMO 9071155) at Ras Issa, Yemen. They were calling for an urgent intervention to assist them ....
- Indian High Court rules detention of vessel to be non-valid August 18, 2026In an admiralty suit filed by the Lighthouse Marine Service India Pvt Ltd (LMS) an Indian high court has declared as wrongful the arrest of the Ocean Faye (sailing as Glacia) (IMO 9321689) .....
- Seafarer happiness declines: chronic strain replaces crisis August 18, 2026Seafarer morale declined sharply declined during Q2 2026, according to the latest Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) from The Mission to Seafarers .....
- Marine round-up : 18th August 2026 August 18, 2026Cargo ship Nautica (IMO 9032458) was reported to have grounded off the port of Corfu on August 11th. The ship had departed unloaded from the port of Durrës, with six Albanian crew members on ....
- Two ADNOC-linked tankers attacked in Strait of Hormuz August 17, 2026After the failure of the US plan to protect ships militarily as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, cooperation between UAE state oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) .....
- Hormuz traffic slows further after US threatens more economic pressure on Iran August 17, 2026Transit through the Strait of Hormuz declined significantly on Friday August 14th after two more ships were attacked there (see previous story), while the US said that it could maintain .....