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Royal Marines Seize Shadow Fleet Tanker Smyrtos as G7 Sanctions Add 27 Ships

Royal Marines boarded and detained the stateless tanker Smyrtos with roughly 100,000 tonnes of Russian crude in the English Channel on June 14, the UK's first shadow fleet seizure, followed by 70 new sanctions entries on June 16.

Kemal Can Kayar·4 min read·Jun 16, 2026

Safety & Accidents

Three Indian Seafarers Dead After US Strike Disables Tanker Settebello Off Oman

The US military disabled the Palau-flagged product tanker Settebello off Oman on June 9 for allegedly running its blockade on Iranian oil. Three Indian crew members died, prompting a protest from New Delhi and condemnation from the IMO.

Kemal Can Kayar·3 min read·Jun 11, 2026

Shipping

Simandou's Ramp-Up Begins to Rewire the Capesize Tonne-Mile Map

Guinea's Morebaya port shipped 2.2 million tonnes of Simandou iron ore in May, and with the route to China roughly double the Pilbara distance, every cargo absorbs about twice the Capesize vessel-days.

Kemal Can Kayar·3 min read·Jun 8, 2026

Defense

Ceasefire Frays as US Downs Iranian Drones and Strikes Radar Sites at the Strait

US forces shoot down four Iranian attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz and strike coastal radar at Goruk and Qeshm Island, while ballistic missiles fired at Kuwait and Bahrain are intercepted or fail.

Kemal Can Kayar·4 min read·Jun 6, 2026

Policy & Government

OFAC Designates Iran's Strait Authority, Turning the Hormuz Toll Into a Sanctions Trap

The US Treasury adds the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to its SDN list under counter-terrorism authorities, exposing owners, insurers and banks that facilitate Iran's Hormuz transit fees to secondary sanctions.

Kemal Can Kayar·3 min read·May 28, 2026

Security

Iran's Strait Authority Goes Public and Draws Its Oversight Zone Across Hormuz

Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority launches a public X account and publishes the first map of its claimed oversight zone across the Strait of Hormuz, as the IRGC says 26 vessels transited under its coordination.

Kemal Can Kayar·4 min read·May 20, 2026

Security

Iran Operationalizes the Hormuz Toll as the Dhow Haji Ali Is Sunk Off Oman

Iran's strait authority publishes a 40-question declaration and fee process for Hormuz transits as the Indian dhow Haji Ali is sunk off Oman and the floating armory Hui Chuan is boarded off Fujairah.

Kemal Can Kayar·4 min read·May 14, 2026

Defense

Project Freedom Opens With a Naval Battle as Iran Stands Up a Strait Authority

US forces sink six Iranian small boats and down cruise missiles as Project Freedom's first escorted transits run the strait, while a missile strike injures eight aboard CMA CGM San Antonio and Iran founds a transit authority.

Kemal Can Kayar·3 min read·May 5, 2026

Sustainability

MEPC 84 Puts the IMO Net-Zero Framework Back on Track for a December Vote

MEPC 84 closes in London with a majority of member states behind the Net-Zero Framework as the basis for adoption, deferring the decisive vote to a resumed extraordinary session on December 4.

Kemal Can Kayar·4 min read·May 1, 2026

Security

Iran Fires on Two MSC Boxships as 30 Nations Draft a Hormuz Protection Plan

IRGC naval forces fire on and divert the boxships Epaminondas and MSC Francesca at the Strait of Hormuz, the war's first merchant seizures, as more than 30 nations meet at Northwood to draft a protection mission.

Kemal Can Kayar·4 min read·Apr 23, 2026

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