With the VLCC market in absolutely dire straits - average earnings less than $8,000 a day according to Clarksons Research, in other words below operating costs - London broker EA Gibson took a look at Iranian influence on the market. Has China...

India is to reject Iran’s demand for a $1m guarantee for the release of detained tanker Desh Shanti, an unnamed “top bureaucrat” has said.

Iran is demanding a guarantee of $1m in exchange for the release of Indian tanker Desh Shanti, detained on allegations of marine pollution.

The world’s second-largest Ro-Ro operator, Italy’s Ignazio Messina, is facing calls to stop trading with Iran from pressure group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI).

Greek shipowner Victor Restis has upped the ante in his squabble with American lobby United Against Nuclear Iran, (UANI) and its ceo Mark Wallace, by turning to an Athens magistrate court alleging libel and other offences.

TS Lines (TSL) has cut its services to Iran by removing Bandar Abbas from two of its routes, Alphaliner reports.

A leading Greek shipowner has refuted allegations a small Greek bank he and his family controlled engaging in illicit dealings with Iran and busting US and European Union-imposed oil sanctions. The US lobby group, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI...

Dubai: The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will take over six of the seven vessels belonging to recently dissolved Iranian joint venture Irano Hind Shipping.