Panama, China renew maritime port agreement
Panama City (AFP) - Panama announced on Monday an agreement with China to renew a maritime shipping treaty that grants ...
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Trump backtracks on plan to toll Hormuz ships
Washington (United States) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly scrapped a planned 20 percent levy on ships ...
UN maritime head urges halt to Hormuz transit to protect seafarers
London (AFP) - The head of the International Maritime Organization said Wednesday the 6,000 seafarers still stranded in the Gulf ...
Indonesia, Singapore say key oil passage will remain ‘accessible’
Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesia and Singapore vowed on Monday that the Strait of Malacca, a critical oil transit chokepoint in ...
Afghan car trade screeches to a halt due to regional wars
Spin Boldak (Afghanistan) (AFP) - In Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, a once-thriving business of trading car parts from far-flung places ...
Indian sailors fear returning to Gulf after Middle East war
New Delhi (AFP) - Indian sailors shaken by war have finally cleared the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there ...
Hormuz: Traffic flows despite Iran’s closure announcement
Paris (France) (AFP) - Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday continued to flow at a faster pace ...
Hormuz ship traffic climbs after war deal: trackers
Paris (France) (AFP) - Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose to its busiest in two months after a ...
Oil tankers pass Hormuz Strait after war deal: tracker
Paris (France) (AFP) - Three big Saudi oil tankers left the Gulf through the Hormuz Strait on Thursday, maritime trackers ...
Recovery of ship traffic in Hormuz limited, but signs emerge
Paris (France) (AFP) - Maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains at levels before the Iran-US agreement, says the ...
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