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DeepDraft SITREP | Oman Mine Alert Hardens Hormuz Navigation Risk: Suspected Floating Mine Sighted West of Inshore Traffic Zone (June 1, 2026)
Oman’s Maritime Security Centre has warned vessels after a floating object suspected to be a mine was sighted in the Strait of Hormuz within Omani…
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DeepDraft Weekly Maritime Brief | May 31, 2026: Hormuz Reopening Still Runs Through Owner, Insurer and Bridge Approval
Hormuz has shifted from closure pressure into a controlled reopening test. That does not make the Strait operationally normal. Selected cargoes are moving, but passage…
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DeepDraft SITREP | Trump’s No-Toll Hormuz Demand Becomes Today’s Dominant Signal: Chevron Refuses Strait Fees as Owners and Insurers Hold the Reopening Line (May 30, 2026)
Hormuz has moved from blockade status into a commercial reopening test.Washington is demanding unrestricted, no-toll two-way traffic while shipowners, P&I clubs and charterers still face…
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DeepDraft SITREP | Black Sea Drone Attacks Hit James II, Altura and Velora as Hormuz Enters New Military Phase (May 29, 2026)
Three tankers were attacked by drones off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, with two hit during STS operations.The day’s operating picture now spans Black Sea security,…
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DeepDraft SITREP | HMM Namu Missile Finding Hardens Hormuz Threat: COSCO Hua Lin Wan Transits as Oil Traffic Stays at 11 Daily Passages (May 28, 2026)
South Korea’s finding that the HMM-operated Namu was likely hit by an Iranian anti-ship missile turns Hormuz risk from disruption into confirmed missile-threat exposure. The…