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August 2, 2026
Shipping data showed that on Monday, two tankers carrying Saudi oil traversed the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while traffic in the Strait of Hormuz slowed after reports of vessel attacks. Kpler data revealed that the number of?commodity vessels passing…
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August 1, 2026
In a statement released on Saturday, Alexei Likhachev said that two Ukrainian 'drones' sank in the Black Sea a civilian vessel owned by the russian nuclear corporation Rosatom. Likhachev said that all?17 crew survived the attack. The ship was…
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July 31, 2026
Russia's largest grain lobby warned on Friday that Ukrainian attacks on Russian ports and ships could close?grain imports via the Black Sea within a short time, driving up prices and causing famine in Africa and the Middle East. In recent weeks…
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July 31, 2026
Russia's largest?grain lobby warned on Friday about the possibility that Ukrainian drone attacks on russian ships and ports could cause a halt to grain exports through the Black Sea, driving up prices and increasing hunger in Africa and Middle East.
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July 30, 2026
According to shiptracking and 'trade' sources, India's Reliance industries increased diesel exports in July to Europe and Brazil. This could ease the tight supply worldwide caused by the U.S. - Iran war and a Russian ban on exports. The exports…
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July 30, 2026
An agricultural market source said on Thursday that a Ukrainian drone attack had caused "significant damage" to a major grain terminal in Russia's Taman port, located on the Kerch Strait which connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov. Demetra…
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July 30, 2026
Sources with direct knowledge of the matter say that two tankers carrying Saudi oil for Indian refiners sailed "dark" through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis declared a blockade against Saudi shipments. Two tankers…
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July 30, 2026
According to shiptracking data and trade sources, India's Reliance industries increased diesel exports in July to Europe?and Brazil. This could ease a?tight supply? globally due to the U.S. - Iran war and a Russian ban on exports. The exports…
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July 29, 2026
Ambrey, a maritime security company, said that a 'drone' reportedly impacted a U.S. owned gas storage tanker in Egypt’s mediterranean port of Damietta on Wednesday. The firm cited an initial assessment. Inchcape, a port services company, said…
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July 29, 2026
Three trade sources said that the discount on Russian Urals crude delivered to India has?dropped this week to between $1 and 2 a barrel compared to the Brent benchmark dated last year due to supply concerns. The increased demand for?Indian refined…
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July 29, 2026
The 'Indian Government' said that Boeing had conducted a thorough examination and found a faulty fuel control switch on an Air India Boeing. This was after the 'pilots of a London to Bengaluru flight in February reported a possible fault. In…
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July 28, 2026
Andrii 'Sybiha, the Ukrainian foreign minister, said that he spoke to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi on Tuesday, after Iran denounced a Ukrainian drone attack on one of its ships. He warned him about escalation, and told him he should stop all support for Russia.
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July 27, 2026
An industry source said that Kazakhstan, one of the world's ten largest 'oil' producers, had more than halved their 'daily' 'oil' output following the closure in Russia's Black Sea of its main exporting terminal due to drone attacks. Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry?said that last week…
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July 26, 2026
Abbas Araqchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister, said on Sunday that a 'Ukrainian attack' on an Iranian commercial vessel 'cannot be ignored. Iran claimed that the attack on the Caspian sea resulted in a blast which killed one sailor, and injured another.
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July 22, 2026
CMA CGM will impose a 'fuel surcharge for emergency situations' following the re-escalation of terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz, the French shipping company announced in an announcement posted on its website. Fuel prices have risen sharply…
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July 21, 2026
Oil-producing and refining firms from the U.S., and other countries, are gaining market shares in Venezuelan crude oil as they sign direct deals with PDVSA. This puts them in competition with global traders who signed 'earlier contracts' with the interim government of President Delcy Rodriguez.
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July 21, 2026
Data from sources shows that India's imports of oil from Russia, Latin America and the Middle East fell in the?April to June quarter due to the restricted flow through the Strait of Hormuz after the?U.S./Israeli attack against Iran. India, which…
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July 21, 2026
Tuesday, oil prices rose by 2% to a five week high. This was due to fears that the Middle East could be hit with more energy disruptions as a result of increased attacks between the U.S. Brent futures climbed $2.12 or 2.4% to $91.34 per barrel at 10:53 am EDT (1453 GMT). U.S.
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July 20, 2026
The Joint Staff of Japan reported that a Chinese destroyer was conducting live-fire exercises in the?waters to the southwest of Japan's remote?Island Okinotori early Sunday morning, while operating with Russian naval vessels. Japan's Maritime…
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July 20, 2026
India's foreign ministry released a statement late on Monday confirming that an attack on a ship leaving a southern Ukrainian port of Odesa had killed four Indians. Another was in a critical condition in the hospital. Russia hit the Golden Leo…
