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DeepDraft Weekly Maritime Brief | July 12, 2026: Hormuz Standstill Meets VLCC STS Control Risk
Opening Hormuz is now a live test of voyage control, crew safety, insurance appetite, and routing discipline. The week’s operating signal is not one event.…
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DeepDraft SITREP | Azov Shipping Halt Hits Kerch Passage: Russia Stops Don-Azov Channel After 13 Vessel Attacks (July 11, 2026)
Russia stopped Don-Azov Channel shipping after 13 Sea of Azov vessel attacks, suspending Kerch passage requests and exposing grain stems, tanker routing and charterparty timing.
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DeepDraft SITREP | Hormuz Traffic Collapse Traps 6,000 Seafarers: Tanker Transits Fall to Two as War Underwriters Push Pause (July 10, 2026)
Hormuz tanker traffic has fallen to near-standstill as 6,000 seafarers remain stranded, forcing war-risk, crew-safety and voyage-authorization reviews across Gulf shipping.
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DeepDraft SITREP | Hormuz Tanker U-Turns: War-Risk Insurers Push Voyage Pause After Al Rekayyat and Wedyan Attacks (July 9, 2026)
Four tankers turned back from the Strait of Hormuz as war-risk insurers advised voyage pauses following attacks on Al Rekayyat and Wedyan, marking the first…
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DeepDraft SITREP | Hormuz Peace Breaks: Tanker Attacks Hit Al Rekayyat and Wedyan as JMIC Raises Threat to Severe (July 8, 2026)
Three tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz have moved Gulf transit risk back from controlled recovery into active kinetic exposure.Al Rekayyat, Wedyan and a…