3+ hour, 12+ min ago  (262+ words) The Hormuz shipping crisis led coverage all week, with Splash carrying reports on the conflict's effects on fertiliser, sulphur and seafarers. "De-escalation, meaningful actions and restoring the freedom of navigation is the only way forward," urged Arsenio Dominguez, the head…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (324+ words) The tentative ceasefire between the United States and Iran has so far failed to translate into anything resembling a resumption of normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, with vessel movements remaining at a near-complete standstill in the 48 hours since…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (234+ words) Israel has struck Iran's South Pars natural gas field and petrochemical complex for the second time, targeting key facilities at Asaluyeh and Mahshahr. Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, said that it conducted a "powerful strike" on Asaluyeh, the largest petrochemical…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago  (204+ words) Somalia has officially registered its first vessel under the national flag since the collapse of the country's central government in 1991, marking what officials describe as a historic step toward restoring maritime sovereignty over the longest coastline in mainland Africa. The…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (251+ words) The Iran war's second month has opened with a sharp escalation in threats to global shipping, as Iranian-backed Houthi rebels fired their first missiles since the conflict began, drone strikes hit the port of Salalah in Oman, and a bizarre…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago  (447+ words) Splash247 Confusion reigns supreme towards the end of the fourth week of the Hormuz shipping crisis, with president Donald Trump yesterday stating one line only to be contradicted repeatedly by Tehran. Vessel traffic movement in and out of the Strait of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (621+ words) Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world's oldest newspaper, Lloyd's List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (398+ words) The fourth week of the Persian Gulf war has produced a flurry of competing signals for commercial shipping " a US peace framework, a conditional Iranian offer to allow some vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, grave warnings about mines in…...

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (370+ words) Rafael Mu'oz Abad, a maritime analyst at the CISDE International Campus, writes for Splash today. Fear is the invisible barrier blocking the two maritime shipping lanes that account for 20% of global oil traffic. The fear of shipowners and fleet operators…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (248+ words) Attacks are escalating across the Gulf with tankers torched, a containership struck, and Omani fuel tanks ablaze. In a separate incident early Thursday, a container vessel, the Chinese-owned, 3, 200 teu Source Blessing, was struck north of Jebel Ali by an unknown…...