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March 31, 2026
Ship tracking data on Kpler showed that a cargo of WTI 'Middleland Crude' was headed for Greece, the first time since a little over four years. The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, and the reduced traffic through Strait of Hormuz, have disrupted trade and reduced output in the region.
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March 31, 2026
The chief executive of a 'offshore gas' project said that Romania has hampered further offshore gas exploration by not auctioning new?"blocks" on Tuesday. There are estimated 200 billion cubic meters of gas in the Black Sea, which will help…
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March 30, 2026
Interfax News Agency reported that the Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin arrived in Cuba on Monday, carrying a humanitarian shipment of about '100,000 tons of crude oil. The ship is expected to unload its cargo in the port of Matanzas. LSEG ship…
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March 29, 2026
After a 'week-long ordeal, which has put its survival into doubt, a young humpback named Timmy was struggling to find its way?out of shallow bays near the Baltic coast in Germany on Sunday morning. Timmy's plight, which is estimated to be 12-15 metres long…
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March 28, 2026
The Greek coastguard said late Friday that 22 migrants had died after spending six days on a rubber boat off the coast of Greece. A 'Frontex European Border Agency vessel' rescued 26 people off the island of Creta. The rubber boat passengers…
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March 28, 2026
Maersk, a Danish container shipping company, has temporarily suspended?its operations?at the Port of Salalah in Oman. This was due to a security incident which occurred on Saturday morning. The shipping giant released a statement saying that all Maersk crew were safe and accounted.
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March 27, 2026
Asda's boss said that the U.S. and Israeli 'war on Iran' has caused a spike in demand for fuel, resulting in temporary?shortages? at some of their forecourts. Fears of higher prices and supply disruptions from the conflict are driving motorists to fill up more often.
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March 27, 2026
The government announced on Friday that Norway will increase its defence expenditures by 115 billion crowns (about 11.87 billion dollars) between now and 2036 to compensate for the rising costs of military equipment. According to the government…
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March 26, 2026
Peter Burling, helmsman of the?New Zealand?Team in America's Cup, will be aiming to oust his former team as a?driver? for 'Italian' challengers Luna Rossa. Burling won three America's Cups with New Zealand, but they parted ways last year when they couldn't agree on terms.
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March 26, 2026
KKCG Maritime, a Czech 'investment firm', raised on 'Friday its voluntary offer - to increase its % stake in Italian yacht maker Ferretti up to 203.35 million euros (234.55 millions). The revised offer, which is 3.90 euros per share, values Ferretti at 1,32 billion euros.
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March 26, 2026
Admiral Nicolas Vaujour said that he has recently held talks with various naval counterparts, including those from Britain, Germany Italy, India, and Japan, about the current situation in Middle East. He wrote in a letter to X on Friday that…
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March 26, 2026
The Crown Estate of King Charles III, which is the owner of?Britain?s seabed, announced on Thursday that it plans to?hold a new?offshore-wind leasing round during the first half next year. The Crown Estate is an independently-run, commercial enterprise that generates profit for the UK Treasury.
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March 26, 2026
The Turkish transportation minister confirmed that a drone had struck a crude oil tanker from Turkey, which was leaving Russia. This caused an explosion near the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul's Black Sea. Abdulkadir Uraloglu, the minister of transportation…
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March 26, 2026
NTV reported that a Turkish crude oil tanker named the "Altura" was struck by a drone about '15 nautical miles (28 km) from Istanbul in the Bosphorus Strait. Its 27 crew members were unharmed. According to data from ship tracking, the vessel…
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March 25, 2026
Eduard Ruijs is the head of investment for Vitol. The company investing in this project, says that the final investment decision will be made in the Delfin LNG project, offshore Louisiana, in a few weeks or months. Ruijs said that the '13.2…
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March 25, 2026
The Government of National Unity in Tripoli (GNU) announced that the Libyan coast guard had 'begun towing' a damaged LNG?tanker, which several Mediterranean countries had warned was a risk to the environment after it drifted?unmanned? for weeks.
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March 25, 2026
The underwater business segment, which saw an 88% increase in revenue, was the main driver of this?fourfold? jump. The shares of the Trieste-based firm rose up to 7.5% after the results. State-controlled shipbuilder reiterated their 2026 'targets' for revenue between 9.2 and 9.3 billion euro…
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March 24, 2026
?European Traders reported on Tuesday that Algeria's state grain agency OAIC had issued an international?"tender" to?buy flour milling. The tender stipulated shipment in two periods: June 1-15, and June 16-30. The traders stated that if the wheat is from South America…
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March 24, 2026
Vitol, a global?commodities?trading?house, said on Tuesday that it would increase its revenues and trade more oil by 2025 as compared to 2024. The firm reported that the trading house's turnover grew by 3.6% last year to $343 billion, with its…
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March 24, 2026
The estate of the late British tech tycoon, 'Mike Lynch' was denied permission to appeal on Tuesday against a ruling by London High Court which found that he had been liable for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in relation to its acquisition of his company?Autonomy. Hewlett-Packard, the U.S.