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Splash Wrap: Shipping’s most frantic news cycle of the year
Iran proposed managing the Strait of Hormuz through an insurance-based framework that would formalise its control over the critical oil…
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Splash Wrap: Iran tightens its control of Hormuz
There was no sign of a shipping breakthrough in Hormuz this week. If anything, the strait became more dangerous and…
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Splash Wrap: Trump’s Hormuz escort mission lasted less than a Netflix free trial
Monday saw the Trump administration launch the short-lived Project Freedom, an operation to get stranded vessels out of Hormuz. It…
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Splash Wrap: Regulators, raiders and deals in Geneva shape shipping this week
The 84th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 84) closes today. Delegates are advancing on areas of broad…
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Splash Wrap: Why the Hormuz conflict is a world war
The Hormuz shipping crisis led coverage all week, with Splash carrying reports on the conflict’s effects on fertiliser, sulphur and…
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Splash Wrap: Next generation MSC
Nearly 50 days into one of the most disruptive shipping crises in history, diplomatic signals and military escalation are running…
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Splash Wrap: Fragile Hormuz ceasefire fails to lift traffic
The tentative ceasefire between the United States and Iran has so far failed to translate into anything resembling a resumption…
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Splash Wrap: Hormuz bells are ringing
Iran’s parliament approved a formal toll and access regime for the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week, with the ongoing…
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Splash Wrap: Iran stalemate weighs heavily on bunkers
Confusion reigns supreme towards the end of the fourth week of the Hormuz shipping crisis, with president Donald Trump yesterday…
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Splash Wrap: ‘The largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market’
The International Energy Agency has called it “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market”— and…
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