Repsol has completed what it describes as the first bioethanol bunkering operation in the Port of Barcelona, delivering 2,800 tonnes of the alcohol-based fuel to Maersk's 16,000 TEU container vessel Antonia Maersk.
Global oil and gas majors are steering fresh capital towards Southeast Asia and Latin America as persistent shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz reshape supply strategies, according to Eni chief executive Claudio Descalzi.
The United States has carried out its first enforcement action under the newly reinstated naval blockade of Iran's seaports, disabling an Iran-linked crude oil tanker as it neared the country's main export terminal. U.S.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has widened its campaign of maritime pressure in the Gulf region, striking a chemical product tanker off Oman's Qalhat liquefied natural gas terminal near Sur late on 13 July.
A Filipino seafarer has admitted to smuggling narcotics aboard a commercial tanker on behalf of a Mexican drug cartel, entering a guilty plea before a Los Angeles district court on 13 July.
Kuwait's defence ministry has confirmed a drone strike on an offshore drilling platform operated by Kuwait Petroleum Company in waters near Shuwaikh Port, describing the incident as a criminal act.
