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Costas Paris, Jared Malsin, Rebecca Feng, Shelby Holliday The Alliance Fairfax, a towering black and white car-carrier ship that had been

No commercial vessels run by registered shipping companies have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since Tuesday as hostilities between Iran and the U.S. flare, according to S&P Global Intelligence data. "Absent a clear resolution, any increase in transits is more likely to begin as a slow trickle rather

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. expects a response from Tehran on Friday to a proposed memorandum of understanding to end the war.

The blockage in the Strait of Hormuz is boosting ship crossings and transit fees at the Panama Canal to multiyear highs, as Asian buyers book oil cargoes from the Americas to replace lost barrels from the Middle East. The Panama Canal Authority said there was an average of 39 daily transits in Apri

QatarEnergy has asked all ships calling at Ras Laffan Port, the world’s biggest liquified-natural-gas export hub, to switch off their automatic identification system when coming in. A company advisory seen by The Wall Street Journal said all ships approaching Ras Laffan “within the port, anchorages

A China Cosco Shipping supertanker crossed the Strait of Hormuz without paying tolls on the day that President Trump arrives in Beijing for a summit with his Chinese counterpart. A Cosco official told The Wall Street Journal that the tanker crossed without paying tolls at Larak, a move seen by the

The president and the Chinese leader are set to hold talks on issues including the Iran war.

Two Japanese tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz after the country’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, spoke directly with Iranian leadership to guarantee safe passage of Japanese ships. Brokers in Singapore said the large crude carrier Eneos Endeavor began transmitting its position in the Gulf of O

Costas Paris, Lara Seligman, Shelby Holliday The U.S. seized an Iran-linked oil tanker in the Indian Ocean overnight, according to three

A tiny flow of vessels, including some large oil and gas tankers, are making the dangerous transit with help from the U.S. military, in some cases turning off lights and automatic navigation systems.