Trade. Risk. Regulation. Operations.
-
DeepDraft SITREP | Hormuz Cargoes Move, But Clearance Risk Spreads Toward Malacca (May 26, 2026)
Named LNG and crude cargoes are moving out of Hormuz, but this is not normal transit. Clearance risk is now spreading into Malacca waiting zones,…
-
DeepDraft SITREP | HORMUZ DARK-SHIP SURGE MEETS IRAN PERMISSION REGIME AS TANKER RATES STAY DISTORTED (May 25, 2026)
Hormuz is moving, but not normalizing. Industry safe-transit guidance now sits beside dark-ship activity, AIS degradation, Iranian permissioning, selective crude exits and long-duration flow warnings.…
-
DeepDraft Weekly Maritime Brief | May 24, 2026: Hormuz Permission Risk Meets MEPC 84 Compliance Pressure
Hormuz remains a permissioned transit zone, while MEPC 84 has added a new compliance map for ships trading the North-East Atlantic. That is the week’s…
-
DeepDraft SITREP | 35 Iran-Permitted Ships Clear Hormuz as Socotra Tanker Fires Warning Shots
Iran says 35 commercial vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz under IRGC permission and coordination, marking the clearest operational movement signal in the restricted Gulf…
-
DeepDraft SITREP | Celestial Sea Boarding Extends Hormuz Enforcement: U.S. Searches Iranian Tanker as Bonny Collision Grounds Two Vessels (May 22, 2026)
U.S. forces boarded and redirected the Iranian-flagged M/T Celestial Sea in the Gulf of Oman.The same 24-hour cycle produced a separate Bonny casualty, with two…