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On Sunday August 23, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority published its first Non-Compliant Vessels list. Announced through the body's X account and hosted on its website, the list names vessels Iran says have violated its arrangements for transiting the Strait of Hormuz and warns that they face restrictions on future passages including fines, detention, seizure, or confiscation. Shipping companies, the statement said, must review the list before chartering in order to avoid pot

Two years after Houthi attacks pushed the container trades around the Cape of Good Hope, the largest carriers are transiting the Red Sea again. MSC sent seven boxships through the Suez Canal this month. Maersk returned its MECL service to the trans-Suez route in August, having made its first tentative transit in December. CMA CGM has been running services through the corridor since late last year. What is striking is not that the return is happening. It is how it is happening