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[l] at 8/8/26 11:47am
ByPatrick Sykes and Weilun Soon Aug 8, 2026 (Bloomberg) Turkey is restricting commercial ship traffic into the Black Sea, according to people familiar with the matter, following growing concern from...

[Category: Shipping, black sea, Ukraine War, Ukrainian Grain]

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[l] at 8/8/26 7:07am
Aug 8 (Reuters)The United Arab Emirates on Saturday condemned what it said was an Iranian attack on a carrier linked to its state oil company as it passed through theStrait...

[Category: Shipping, ADNOC, Iran conflict, strait of hormuz, uae]

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[l] at 8/8/26 6:40am
By Marta Serafinko Aug 8 (Reuters)  From the killer shark of Jaws to the tornado-tossed predators of the Sharknado movies, films long have portrayed sharks as objects of summer fear. But when a shark cuts through the...

[Category: Marine Weather, hurricane, hurricanes, Sharks]

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[l] at 8/8/26 5:57am
SYDNEY, Aug 8 (Reuters)  Workers will continue a two-day strike at BHPs Port Hedland operations in Western Australia as planned, a union official said on Saturday, after the start of the first major...

[Category: Ports, australia iron ore, port, port hedland, port strike]

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[l] at 8/8/26 5:31am
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Eduardo Baptista TOKYO/BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters)Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japans southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, injuring six people and cutting power to more than 50,000 buildings, while...

[Category: Ports, China, Japan, taiwan strait, typhoon]

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[l] at 8/7/26 12:06pm
Wreck removal crews have begun the slow process of pulling the grounded containership MSC Baltic III toward shore in Newfoundland and Labrador, marking a major new phase in a salvage operation that...

[Category: News, Shipping, MSC Baltic III, shipwrecks]

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[l] at 8/7/26 11:25am
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said three of its vessels have been attacked this week while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting the continued danger to commercial shipping as traffic...

[Category: News, Shipping, ADNOC, Iran conflict, strait of hormuz, ukmto]

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[l] at 8/7/26 11:02am
Russia's state nuclear giant Rosatom, operator of the Northern Sea Route via the Arctic, said on Friday it had issued permits for seven Chinese transit vessels to sail to Europe via the NSR.

[Category: Shipping, Arctic Shipping, China, russia]

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[l] at 8/7/26 10:51am
(Bloomberg) Iranian lawmakers are debating the wording of a proposed deal with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, with US President Donald Trump insisting an agreement is getting closer....

[Category: Shipping, iran, Iran conflict, iran deal, president trump, strait of hormuz]

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[l] at 8/7/26 10:02am
European trades saw spot rates decline for a fourth consecutive week, with carriers cancelling or cutting back plans for rate boosting, but for those operating on the transpacific, the situation was far rosier, as increases were recorded for both US coasts.

[Category: News, Shipping, container freight rates, Container Shipping, freight rates]

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[l] at 8/7/26 9:52am
The early peak season for U.S. container imports is beginning to wind down after retailers accelerated shipments to get ahead of new tariffs and supply chain uncertainty stemming from the...

[Category: News, Ports, Shipping, Container Shipping, national retail federation, retail imports]

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[l] at 8/7/26 9:46am
TOTE Services has begun assembling the nationwide shipbuilding and supplier network that will support the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ Medium Landing Ship program, bringing together more than 30 shipbuilders,...

[Category: Defense, News, Shipbuilding, landing ship medium program, tote, u.s. navy shipbuilding, u.s. shipbuilding]

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[l] at 8/7/26 5:44am
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dwindled to 33 vessels from Monday to Thursday this week, data showed, versus 50 in the week-ago period, as markets watched talks between Iran and Oman for signs of progress in reopening the key waterway.

[Category: News, bab el-Mandeb, Hormuz, iran, strait of hormuz, united states]

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[l] at 8/7/26 5:41am
The biggest oil producer in the United Arab Emirates spent $1.3 billion to expand its tanker fleet to benefit from surging crude exports after the country left OPEC and pushed more of its oil through the contested Strait of Hormuz.

[Category: Shipping, ADNOC, crude oil, Hormuz, opec, strait of hormuz, uae, vlcc]

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[l] at 8/6/26 2:49pm
The United Kingdom has expanded its sanctions against Russia with a new package targeting shipping, banking, and industrial entities, including six vessels accused of transporting Russian energy exports and an...

[Category: News, Shipping, Russian Sanctions]

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[l] at 8/6/26 2:23pm
A Houston ship pilot’s extended personal cell phone conversation and multiple failures to maintain a proper lookout led to the fatal 2024 collision between the bulk carrier Yangze 7 and the towing...

[Category: Accidents, Accident Reports, NTSB]

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[l] at 8/6/26 12:43pm
ABS and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have announced two milestones advancing floating data center development, part of a series of innovative agreements following the opening of the Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership...

[Category: Press Releases, ABS]

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[l] at 8/6/26 11:41am
RWE has become the latest offshore wind developer to reach a settlement with the Trump administration, agreeing to relinquish its U.S. offshore wind leases in exchange for a $1.22 billion...

[Category: Offshore, trump administration, US Offshore Wind]

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[l] at 8/6/26 11:34am
Germany’s economy is being threatened by a chronic lack of water in the Rhine, according to Transport Minister Steffen Bilger.

[Category: Environment, germany, Rhine, rhine river]

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[l] at 8/6/26 9:46am
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz is not easily workable due to U.S. sanctions and restrictive insurance clauses on any payments, four industry sources said.

[Category: News, Shipping, Iran conflict, iran deal, strait of hormuz]

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[l] at 8/6/26 9:33am
Swedish prosecutors have expanded the criminal investigation into last months fatal collision between the Norwegian cargo shipMisje Verdeand a pleasure boat by naming the vessels pilot as a criminal suspect...

[Category: News, Shipping, collision, sweden]

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