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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. It is the loss of margin across several maritime systems at once: tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, war-risk hesitation, AIS-dark movement, trapped crews,…
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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 major operational disruption beyond the initial strikes.
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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 third tanker now reset the operating picture for LNG, crude and Gulf exit planning. 1. Al Rekayyat and Wedyan Hit Near the Strait of Hormuz…
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DeepDraft SITREP | AE15 Suez Return Tests Red Sea Risk as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd Cut Asia-Europe Passage by Four Weeks (July 7, 2026)
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are restoring AE15 through Suez, cutting Asia-Europe passage by four weeks while Red Sea security and Panama draft limits reshape routing.
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DeepDraft SITREP | Red Sea Bulk Carrier Attack: Armed Skiff Opens Fire Off Hodeidah as AIS-Dark Support Vessel Holds Nearby (July 6, 2026)
A bulk carrier was attacked 30 NM southwest of Hodeidah, forcing armed guards to return fire as an AIS-dark support vessel held nearby.
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DeepDraft Weekly Maritime Brief | July 5, 2026: Hormuz Route Control Now Carries Fleet-Loss and Hull-Performance Risk
Hormuz has reopened into a controlled-risk operating environment, not a clean commercial reset. Traffic is moving again, but the week’s signals point in three directions at once – route authority remains contested, casualty consequences are becoming measurable, and vessels delayed in warm Gulf waters may return with hidden performance penalties…
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DeepDraft SITREP | CMA CGM San Antonio Damage Pushes Hormuz Risk From Transit Delay to Fleet Loss (July 4, 2026)
CMA CGM’s missile-damaged San Antonio may be sent for scrapping after the Hormuz incident.The casualty now carries fleet-loss, Gulf service, insurance and charterparty consequences beyond the original attack. 1. San Antonio Damage Turns Into Possible Scrapping Decision • CMA CGM’s chief executive said the San Antonio, hit by a missile…
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DeepDraft SITREP | MV Golden Arsenal Piracy Attempt Puts Gulf of Aden Citadel Readiness Back on Watch (July 3, 2026)
MV Golden Arsenal resumed voyage after Indian Navy boarding and sanitisation, while UKMTO’s Balhaf illegal-boarding warning keeps Gulf of Aden citadel readiness operationally live.