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US Navy video shows a dozen Iranian fast-attack boats swarming an oil tanker in its latest maritime seizure
Wednesday's incident is the second time in less than a week than Iranian forces have seized an oil …
Jake Epstein
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Russian oil cargoes get new safety certifications from India to keep crude flowing as Western sanctions squeeze Moscow
India has furnished Russian cargoes with new safety certificates, which will allow the South Asian …
Phil Rosen
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Russia is using decades-old oil tankers on icy waters to duck sanctions and prop up its struggling energy exports
The aged vessels are vulnerable to faults like engine failures and pose safety risks to crews and t…
Zahra Tayeb
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Merchant ships have been targeted by Russian missiles, while the French Navy intercepted a cargo vessel heading for St. Petersburg, reports say
The secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization is urging "all parties to take ste…
Sam Tabahriti
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Russia offers to help India get hold of big oil tankers so it can dodge the EU price cap rules
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister said he welcomed India's decision to oppose the G7 price cap and off…
Zahra Tayeb
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The US Air Force is tinkering with an unusual design for its biggest planes as it prepares for a potential long-range war with China
The US Air Force is looking for planes that can carry more cargo over longer distances while using …
Christopher Woody
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Russia is sending an ice-breaking tanker of oil to China via the Arctic Circle, opening up a faster route to Asian buyers
The journey means ships could take just half the time to reach China from Russia as usual, as Mosco…
Zahra Tayeb
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It is taking up to 2 weeks to inspect tankers carrying grain from Ukraine, causing a massive backlog of 150 ships
The head of the UN body monitoring Ukrainian grain exports said that more ships were arriving than …
Stephen Jones
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US Navy finds the same kind of Iranian suicide drone Russia has been using against Ukraine was used to attack a tanker
Russian forces have used Iranian-made Shahed-136 suicide drones in recent attacks across Ukraine, s…
Jake Epstein
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US Army tankers are playing video games online to train for tank warfare during the coronavirus pandemic
Tank crews have been playing War Thunder online due to real tanks being unavailable and social dist…
Ryan Pickrell
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US authorities stopped a tanker full of Russian oil products on its way to New Orleans, report says
The US banned Russian energy imports in early March in response to Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine.
Jennifer Sor
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Oil tanker rates are at their highest in at least 25 years thanks to strong fuel demand and Russia sanctions disrupting traditional trading routes
Fuel tankers earned more than $40,000 a day for the last 14 weeks as a result of strong appetite fo…
Zahra Tayeb
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British bombers pulled off a raid on the other side of the planet in the UK's first major conflict since World War II
Soon after Argentina seized the Falklands, the British were planning a 6,600-mile operation that wo…
Benjamin Brimelow
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EU ditches ban on oil tankers that ship Russian crude to third countries, but keeps restrictions on insurers, report says
The EU has watered down its proposed sanctions on anyone that ships, finances, insures or moves Rus…
Amanda Cooper
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Russian oil bans have sparked a fuel-tanker buying frenzy - pushing the cost of second-hand carriers up by as much as 60%
Western sanctions have reduced the flow of fuel and slashed tanker supply and six-year-old carriers…
George Glover
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6 unique rides by independent engineers
From a floating car to a 70 mile per hour Barbe car, these 6 unique rides bring a whole meaning to …
Aj Caldwell
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Tankers carrying Russian natural gas to the UK are diverted as British dockworkers refuse to handle the cargo, reports say
"The workers at the National Grid terminal don't want to touch the cargo given the tragedy unfoldin…
Urooba Jamal
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European cargoes carrying Russian oil are traveling huge distances and making transfers at sea to deliver crude before EU sanctions begin
"We see Greek companies providing almost the largest tanker fleet for the transportation of Russian…
Phil Rosen
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A deteriorating oil tanker in the Red Sea could cause 'environmental catastrophe,' new study says
The F.S.O. Safer, an ultra-large crude oil tanker stationed near Yemen's Hodeidah port, has been "d…
Jake Epstein
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Russia's biggest hope to compete with US crude faces obstacles amid Western sanctions, even as a top Moscow oil exec says the project can ease the global energy crunch
Sanctions will force the Vostok Oil project's key asset to launch by 2029, rather than the original…