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March 4, 2026
According to shiptracking and industry sources, an oil tanker crossed the Strait of?Hormuz Tuesday to load crude in a United Arab Emirates Port. This is a rare?journey since the?Iran war disrupted Middle East shipping. LSEG data revealed that…
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March 3, 2026
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stated that the U.S. military had been successful in destroying many Iranian air and naval targets. He said "almost everything" was destroyed. Responding to questions from reporters, Trump said that he had…
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March 3, 2026
Iraq has reduced oil production by almost 1.5 million barrels per day. These cuts could increase to over 3 million bpd in a few days, as the country is running out of storage space and can't export crude oil due to the Iran Crisis. Iraqi officials…
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March 3, 2026
The Times newspaper reported on Tuesday that Britain plans to send a warship to defend its Royal Air Force Akrotiri in Cyprus against Iranian attacks. A 'drone attack' by Iran hit the runway at the Akrotiri base early on Monday morning. Britain said that UK assets were targeted.
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March 3, 2026
WeRide, a Chinese autonomous driving company, has suspended 'its robotaxi fleet' in Dubai due to the escalating U.S.-Israel war with Iran that is roiling key?Middle Eastern _hubs which have emerged as robotaxi industry’s most promising markets.
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March 3, 2026
Trade officials reported that about 400,000 metric tonnes of Indian Basmati rice is backed up at ports and in transit and export deals are drying up as freight rates have doubled since U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on the weekend. India is the largest exporter of aromatic basmati rice in the world.
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March 2, 2026
Police and intelligence sources confirmed that Greek authorities detained a 36-year old man for allegedly spying on the U.S. Naval Base?on?the island of?Crete. This base is a strategic facility in the eastern Mediterranean for the United States.
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March 2, 2026
Jeremy Nixon (CEO of Ocean Network Express) said that container ships accounted for about 100 of the 750 ships backed up around 'the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. Nixon told a container shipping conference in Long Beach California that "about…
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March 2, 2026
Analysts say that disruptions to the marine traffic in the Middle East Gulf could prevent the region's aluminium smelters not only from exporting their metal but also from receiving the raw materials needed to continue producing metal. Gulf…
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March 2, 2026
BERLIN, 2 March - At the very least, 25 ships?from 7 German maritime companies?including two?cruise ships?carrying about 7,000 'passengers' are stranded 'in 'Gulf waters 'and cannot leave the Strait of Hormuz due to security reasons. Germany's shipowners association VDR announced this on Monday…
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March 2, 2026
The insurance companies have canceled war risk coverage on vessels in the Gulf due to the increasing conflict with Iran. This has caused at least four damaged tankers, two deaths of seafarers and 150 stranded ships around the Strait of Hormuz.
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March 2, 2026
The General 'Food -Security -Authority (GFSA), Saudi Arabia's principal state purchasing agency, purchased around 794,000 metric tonnes of wheat on Monday in an international bid, according to the GFSA. The 655,000 tonnes sought in the tender was not met.
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March 2, 2026
A number of marine insurers have announced that they are cancelling their war risk coverage for ships because of the conflict in the Gulf and Iran. According to notices posted on their websites dated March 1, insurers such as?Gard?, Skuld?, NorthStandard?…
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March 2, 2026
S&P Global Platts, a company that reports oil prices, has suspended bids and offers to assess the price of Middle East refined products transiting the Strait of Hormuz due to the shipping disruptions resulting from the U.S./Iran conflict. The note was sent on Monday.
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March 1, 2026
Airline shares fell on Monday. Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific and Australia's Qantas Airlines, as well as Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines, and Singapore Airlines all dropped more than 5%. This was after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes against?Iran over the weekend…
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March 1, 2026
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, announced on Sunday that he was launching a military operation to sink Iran's Navy. The U.S. military is sinking Iran's Navy. They have destroyed nine Iranian warships and are "going after" the remaining ones.
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March 1, 2026
As the Iran conflict disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and a rise in oil prices is expected when trading resumes Monday, Asian governments and refiners have been rushing to assess their oil stocks and alternative routes. Asia is…
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March 1, 2026
On Sunday, loud blasts could be heard in Dubai and Doha, the capital of Qatar. Oman was also hit for the first time in retaliatory attacks on Gulf neighbours in response to a 'U.S. Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic have increased. Iran said that it would "target U.S.
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February 26, 2026
Sources familiar with the transaction said that Saudi Aramco’s U.S. Trading division purchased a cargo?of Venezuelan Boscan heavy crude for delivery in March, marking its first purchase of this heavy crude suitable for asphalt production. One…
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February 26, 2026
The Turkish grain 'board TMO?purchased?about 350,000 metric tonnes?of animal feed corn in a?international tender held on Thursday. Final confirmation of the purchase will be made in the next few days. Purchases made at the beginning can be?reduced or?cancelled?completely.
