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Hormuz at Near Standstill as Iran Warns Ships to Keep to its Waters

(Reuters) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned ships to keep to a route passing through its territorial waters when crossing the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz as traffic on Thursday remained well below 10% of normal volumes. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, one of Japan’s big three shipping firms, is among those caught up in the …

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Ceasefire Uncorks Market Relief, But Outlook Remains Sobering: McGeever

The huge relief rally across global markets and oil price plunge sparked by the ceasefire in the Iran war are no surprise. What follows, once the initial euphoria dissipates, is far less certain – and far less rosy than investors seem to believe. And the euphoria should dissipate pretty quickly. Leaving aside the very real …

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A Toll for Using Hormuz Would be a ‘Dangerous Precedent’, UN’s Ship Agency Says

(Reuters) – Imposing a toll on ships sailing through the critical Strait of Hormuz would “set a dangerous precedent” and countries should not impede freedom of navigation, the UN’s shipping agency said on Thursday. Iranian officials have raised the idea of charging a toll for using the Strait after a two-week ceasefire between the United …

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Iran to Let No More Than 15 Vessels a Day to Pass Strait of Hormuz, TASS Cites a Senior Iranian Source

(Reuters) – Iran will allow no more than 15 vessels a day to pass through the Strait of Hormuz under the ceasefire agreement it agreed with the United States, Russia’s state TASS news agency quoted an unnamed senior Iranian source as saying on Thursday. The Strait, a strip of water only 34 km (21 miles) …

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Iran Ceasefire Eases Fears but LNG Sector Left Scarred, Industry Executive Says

Summary LNG price surge and supply chain disruption hit poorer Asian buyers hardest, Ydreos says Reliability concerns prompt some Asian countries to reconsider LNG in energy transition plans Gulf producers’ reputations impacted, with Qatar’s supply reliability now under scrutiny (Reuters) – A Middle East ceasefire signals de-escalation, but the conflict has scarred the global ‌LNG …

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Strait of Hormuz is Shut, Must Reopen Without Conditions, UAE Oil Giant ADNOC’s CEO Says

Summary Iran has made clear passage subject to conditions, ADNOC CEO says Global economic stability depends on unconditional reopening, he says UAE oil output halved after strait’s effective closure, Reuters has reported ADNOC loading oil cargoes, will expand output within constraints ​of damage suffered (Reuters) – The Strait ‌of Hormuz is shut and Iran must …

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Iran’s Hormuz ‘Toll Booth’ Set to Hardwire Higher Energy Prices: Bousso

The war that closed the Strait of Hormuz has ended – for now. But Tehran’s demand to act as toll booth keeper at the world’s most critical oil chokepoint could leave energy markets vulnerable and hardwire higher prices for years to come. The U.S. and Iran agreed on Tuesday to a two-week ceasefire brokered by …

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Gulf’s ‘Worst-Case Scenario’?

(Reuters) – When the history books of the Iran war are written, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning may well rank among the most anxious hours for the modern Gulf. After U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iranians that “a whole civilization will die tonight”, residents from Kuwait to Abu Dhabi, whether lying sleepless or jolted awake, …

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Global Imbalances are Back, and There’s No Fix in Sight: McGeever

(Reuters) – Remember global imbalances? They’re back. In a fractured world increasingly marked by self-interest and protectionism, the prospects for a coordinated response among the major economic powers to fix them and avert a crisis look remote. The U.S. current account deficit – and the corresponding surpluses of China, oil producers, the euro zone, and …

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