Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ Iran Blacklists 46 Ships On Hormuz ‘Non-Compliant’ List—Iran has published a list of 46 vessels it says violated its arrangeme...

+ U.S. Threatens Iran’s Trading Partners in New Economic Pressure Campaign—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened economic punishment agains...

+ U.S. Takes Next Step Toward Nuclear-Powered Commercial Ships—The U.S. Maritime Administration has signed an agreement with nuclear ...

+ Trump Administration Launches Sweeping New Iran Sanctions Campaign Targeting Shipping and Oil Trade—The Trump administration on Monday launched a sweeping new economic ca...

+ Canada Bets $11 Billion on Six New Icebreakers as Arctic Shipbuilding Race Accelerates—Canada is committing more than C$11 billion ($7.95 billion) to build s...

+ Cost to Ship a VLCC Through Hormuz Hits $20 Million, TotalEnergies CEO Says—By Mitchell Ferman and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) The cost of shipping ...

+ Houthis Escalate Saudi Shipping Campaign With VLCC Strike—UKMTO says a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile about 63 nauti...

+ Inmarsat Maritime and SK telink deepen strategic partnership to accelerate NexusWave adoption in South Korea—Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, and South Korean telecommunicatio...

+ Finnish Icebreaker ‘Nordica’ Departs for Canada in Support of Arctic Mission—Finland’s multipurpose icebreaker Nordica has departed for Canada, whe...

+ Shipping Tycoon Kuehne, Germany’s Richest Person, Dies at 89—Klaus-Michael Kuehne, the shipping heir and Germany’s wealthiest indiv...

+ Rhine Water Rises Sharply After Rain, Ships Able to Load More Cargo—The river Rhine in Germany has risen sharply after recent rain, the co...

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+ Could Russia’s growing fuel crisis help end the Ukraine war?—Empty pumps, long waits: Attacks on oil refineries have left Russia in...

+ US rig count plunges—The total number of rigs drilling for crude oil and natural gas in the...

+ Nigeria’s oil output wobbles after 10yrs of increase in rigs—There are indications that increased deployment of oil rigs in Nigeria...

+ Pakistan caps diesel crack, adopts Platts Dubai benchmark to set fuel prices—Pakistan will strictly limit local refiners crack spread on domestic d...

+ Oil falls as Iran allows Iraqi tankers through Hormuz, easing supply concerns—Oil prices fell sharply on Monday as signs of improving traffic throug...

+ 5 ways the Middle East crisis has changed APAC upstream—With over 80% of oil and gas exports from the Middle East normally des...

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+ China boosts grain buying with minimum price programs to support farmers and market—Chinas summer grain purchases have entered their peak period, with gra...

+ Govt to buy LNG cargo at $23.93 per MMBtu from Aramco—The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase has approved the purchase...

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+ Truflation sees July core PCE at 0.2% MoM, says Fed won’t hike this year—Underlying U.S. inflation pressures are set to persist when the Bureau...

+ China says Middle East at critical point, urges talks—China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for immediate dialogue on Mond...

+ Chicago Fed Activity Index Falls in July—The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) edged down to -0.08 in...

+ Fed’s Kashkari says rising Treasury yields not a concern—Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Sunda...

+ Singapore inflation surprises lower, but upside risks keep MAS on tightening watch—Inflation picks up, but remains driven by energy-related costs Singapo...

+ Barclays sees UK growth holding firm despite inflation pressure—British business activity accelerated more than expected in August, wi...

+ U.S. to unveil ‘greatest financial offensive’ against Iran as Tehran threatens ship seizures—The U.S will unveil “the single greatest financial offensive ever” aga...

+ Nearly half favour improving the economy nationally over regional development as most Brits say economy growth does more good than harm—Broad consensus on economic growth, but divide over green priorities W...

+ U.S. racks up 40 trillion dollars in debt, raising concerns over economic crisis—The U.S. government has racked up 40 trillion dollars in debt, raising...

+ China: Meeting signals stronger H2 policy push—The symposium chaired by Premier Li Qiang with experts and entrepreneu...

+ EU industrial production rebounds in 2025—In 2025, the EU’s value of sold production in constant prices increase...

+ Bessent vows ‘economic D-Day’ for Iran as Tehran warns of more oil pain—U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday warned of dire economi...

+ China doubles down on economic vitality messaging as July data disappoints—As Chinas economic indicators such as industrial production and domest...

+ U.S. tariffs on Canada take effect after trade talks collapse—New 50% U.S. tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian goods took effec...

+ Eurozone PMI in line with continued steady growth despite global unrest—The composite PMI remained firm in August, increasing from 52 to 52.1....

+ Large European Banks Narrow Profitability Gap to US and APAC Peers—Large European banks’ average return on equity (ROE) has moved closer ...

+ UK Private Sector Activity Unexpectedly Accelerates—The SP Global UK Composite PMI rose to 52.5 in August from 52.5 in the...

+ Mexico expects trade deal similar to US-Canada USMCA outcomes—Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Friday that the country ...

+ UK Retail Sales Fall in July—UK retail sales volumes fell 0.5% month-on-month in July 2026, in line...

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