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- Four oil and gas tankers turn back from Strait of Hormuz after vessel attacks July 9, 2026At least four oil and gas tankers yesterday morning July 8th turned back from their planned transits of the Strait of Hormuz, reports Reuters, citing ship-tracking data ....
- Qatari LNG tanker awaits salvage off Oman after projectile strike July 9, 2026LNG tanker Al Rekayyat (IMO 9397339), a Qatar Gas Transport Company LNG tanker, remained stationary on Wednesday July 8th near the Strait of Hormuz and awaiting salvage operations as .....
- Trump says interim deal with Iran is ‘over’ July 9, 2026The US launched strikes on Iran late Tuesday / early Wednesday July 7th/8th, with Iran hitting back in turn at US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait ....
- Iran targets sites in Bahrain, Kuwait after wave of US strikes July 9, 2026Commercial shipping around the Strait of Hormuz is back in “going nowhere” mode, at least temporarily, after the three vessel attacks in 24 hours triggered major US strikes on ....
- US reinstates sanctions on Iranian oil sales after LNG, oil tanker attacks July 9, 2026The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday July 7th issued General License X1, which revoked the broad sanctions relief granted just over two weeks ago ....
- Recovery had been promising before Iranian attacks blew it all up July 9, 2026July 6th had presented a modest but operationally significant shift at Iran’s Kharg Island, where both the western and eastern crude terminals were reoccupied overnight by dark ....
- Sinokor could be vulnerable to any interruption of supertankers moving crude out of the Persian Gulf July 9, 2026South Korea-based Sinokor has made a big play on the resumption of the traffic of crude in and out of the Persian Gulf, a move that has been extremely profitable for it ....
- Trump says he will cut off all trade with Spain July 9, 2026President Trump has added Spain to his current shopping list of Greenland and Cuba of countries where he wants change. Speaking at the ongoing summit of NATO leaders in Ankara ....
- New senior war underwriter at NorthStandard July 9, 2026Group Club and marine insurer NorthStandard has appointed Jonathan Oak as Senior War Underwriter, which it said would strengthen further its Hull & War team at a time when ....
- War risks clauses being tested more frequently July 9, 2026Ingrid Hu of Steamship Mutual has written that a recently published London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) award (London arbitration 8/26) had provided some useful ....