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Ship tracking data shows that Iran-linked vessels are driving traffic through the Strait of Hormuz -

Posted to Maritime Reporter on April 10, 2026

According to ship tracking data, the majority of ships that sailed through the Strait of Hormuz?in?the?past?day were connected to Iran. Other vessels are putting off making voyages despite a?two week ceasefire reached this week by?Tehran? and Washington?, data and shipping sources say.

Pentagon: US forces capture third sanctioned oil-tanker in Indian Ocean

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 24, 2026

The Pentagon announced?on Tuesday that U.S. forces had intercepted a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean, after tracing it from Caribbean waters. This was the third interdiction of this kind in the region. Washington has stepped up its blockade of vessels going to or from Venezuela…

Panama cancels CK Hutchison's contracts and gives canal ports to Maersk

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 24, 2026

Panama published a Supreme Court decision on Monday in its official gazette canceling a number of port contracts held by a subsidiary CK 'Hutchison. This cleared the way for a Maersk APM Terminals temporary takeover. This publication is the…

Leader of the busiest US port says: 'Exports look dismal'

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 18, 2026

The Port of Los Angeles is the busiest U.S. ocean gateway. Exports fell by 8% in January, to the lowest output monthly in almost three years. Seroka, after the Port of Los Angeles handled 104.297 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) of loaded export containers in January…

CK Hutchison threatens legal action if Maersk acquires Panama's Balboa and Cristobal terminals

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 12, 2026

Hong ?Kong's CK Hutchison said on Thursday it has ?notified Panama of an investment-protection treaty dispute after A.P. Moller-Maersk has indicated that it is willing to temporarily take over the management of 'the Balboa and Cristobal terminals.

China describes the Panama court's ruling on CK Hutchison Port contracts as'shameful and pathetic'

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 4, 2026

China has called the Panama court's decision to annul CK Hutchison’s contracts to operate a pair of Panama Canal ports as "absurd, shameful and pathetic" and vowed that it would defend Chinese interests. Panama's Supreme Court annulled last…

Panama Ports will discuss port sale with Panama Government

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2025

Panama Ports Company said that on Friday it would communicate with the Panama Government at the appropriate time regarding the sale of two important ports it operates near to the Panama Canal. Hong Kong's CK Hutchison owns 90% of PPC. The company…

Shipping stocks slide after US port strike ends

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 3, 2024

Shipping shares fell across Asia Friday, after U.S. port operators and workers reached an agreement to end the strike at docks on the East Coast and Gulf Coast much sooner than expected. Evergreen Marine, Wan Hai Lines, and Yang Ming Marine…

After being stopped by the coast guard, a fire-hit tanker enters Malaysia's terminal area

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 23, 2024

Shipping data from LSEG & Kpler revealed that a tanker involved in a collision last week near Singapore entered the Bertam floating oil storage terminal area on Monday morning, after being intercepted on Sunday by local authorities. On Friday…

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