A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over ships entering the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz is not easily workable due to US sanctions and restrictive insurance clauses on any payments, four industry…
The nearly daily attacks on Ukraine’s seaports and commercial shipping are continuing, with reports that two more vessels were struck and at least one seafarer killed on August 6.
Sentinel-2c satellite imagery taken on August 5 off the northern tip of Oman’s Musandam Peninsula shows the extent of damage inflicted on shipping and Oman’s coastline as a consequence of Iranian IRGC drone and anti-shipping cruise missile attacks.
In late July, Singapore and Dubai-based SeaLead Shipping filed for voluntary liquidation. The company had long been a target of the United States for sanction busting, but it is a more involved tale, highlighting the depth of the Iranian schemes.
The South Korean shipping company Janggeum Marine, part of the Sinokor Group, shared the details of the rescue of four crewmembers of a tugboat that was lost in Indonesian waters.
Operations were resuming at Argentina’s ports and along the key inland shipping lanes after pilots walked off the job in response to efforts by the government to deregulate operations in the ports, including the requirement to use pilots.
