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July 4, 2026
Authorities in St Petersburg, Russia's second largest city and the surrounding Leningrad area said on Saturday that a major Ukrainian drone strike overnight had hit a local oil pipeline and port. Alexander Beglov, the Governor of St Petersburg…
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June 23, 2026
The United Nations shipping agency announced on Tuesday that an evacuation plan is in place to allow hundreds of ships with some '11,000 seafarers stranded' in the Gulf, to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. A spokesperson for the U.N. said…
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June 22, 2026
Ship tracking data shows that two crude 'tankers' with less than?2,000,000 barrels of oil sailed through the Strait of Hormuz?on Monday. This is a sign of increased traffic after Sunday’s lower flows due to concerns about passage -through the waterway.
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June 18, 2026
LaGuardia Airport in New York?said that it had reopened on Thursday the runway which was closed earlier the same evening due to a pavement problem. This is the second time within a month the airport has been forced to shut a runway. The airport…
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June 18, 2026
Officials and executives in the industry said that a rise in Russian attacks against Ukrainian seaports could "cut monthly grain shipments" by up to a third. Terminal operators are now facing losses they claim they can't cover alone. Ukraine is one of the world's largest grain exporters.
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June 17, 2026
Fontanka, a local news outlet reported that prominent?Russian entrepreneur Ilya Traber was?detained? in?St Petersburg. Could not confirm immediately the report. Fontanka stated that searches had been conducted at Traber's property and one of his associates has also been?detained.
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June 11, 2026
India's shipping ministry announced that it had?ordered all its agencies to be prepared for any occurrence involving Indian seafarers, or maritime interests. This follows three U.S. attacks this week on Indian-crewed tankers, one of which resulted in the death of three sailors.
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June 4, 2026
Two people with knowledge of the situation said that Oman's Mina al Fahal terminal' has suspended oil loading following an explosion near its single-buoy docking (SBM). They alleged that the explosion happened between SBM berths?1 and 2, due to an alleged drone strike.
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May 27, 2026
According to Mexican sources who have direct knowledge of this matter, and to four Mexican government documents, Ikon Midstream is being investigated in Mexico for fuel smuggling. Documents and sources indicate that the probe is part and parcel…
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May 12, 2026
TotalEnergies plans to install the new Adiana floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) towards the end of next year, as part efforts to maintain oil production by replacing a unit that is ageing offshore Nigeria. The new vessel will replace…
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April 27, 2026
Shipping data revealed a lull in activity over the last few days. However, the talks between Iran and the United States are still stalled. According to data from Kpler, and a separate satellite analysis by 'data analytics specialists SynMax'…
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April 24, 2026
Local authorities?said?on?Friday that a fire at Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse was?extinguished. It had erupted following an Ukrainian drone attack on the 20th April. Veniamin Kodratiev said that the fire at the Tuapse maritime terminal had been 'completely extinguished' on Telegram…
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April 16, 2026
The hydrological agency warned on Thursday that Nigeria faces a "high risk" of widespread flooding in 2026. More than 14,000 communities are at risk across 33 of the 36 states of the country, as well as Abuja's Federal Capital Territory. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency…
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April 16, 2026
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukraine's state-owned railway company) announced?on?Thursday that its grain shipments to Black Sea ports for export had decreased by 0.5% in April as compared to March, to a total of 1.2 metric tons. Ukrzaliznytsia is the largest?share in freight traffic.
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April 14, 2026
China's foreign ministry warned on Tuesday that the U.S. blockade against?Iranian ports?is 'dangerous and reckless,' adding that it will only escalate tensions. Guo Jiakun, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said that the United States, despite a temporary truce agreed upon by the parties…
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April 13, 2026
Ukrainian 'APK-Inform' agriculture consultancy announced a?revision down of Ukraine’s 58.2 metric ton?grain harvest forecast for 2026. This is compared to the previous outlook 58.6 metric ton?and to 61.1 million tones harvested in 2025. The…
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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.
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April 10, 2026
The shipping traffic around Belgium's Port of Antwerp was?partially stopped?because of a leaking oil spill that spread from a dock into the Scheldt river. Antwerp's?harbour handles between 60 and?80 vessels daily. Port spokesperson could not say immediately how long traffic would be halted…
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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 24, 2026
Shipping data show that Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Yanbu port exported nearly 4 million barrels of crude oil per day in the past week. This is a significant increase over exports before the Iran War broke out. Saudi Aramco is working on a plan that…
