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US blockade of Iran comes back into force as second death from latest VLCC attacks confirmed. July 14, 2026 USpresident Donald Trump has walked back his threat to place a 20% tariff on goods transiting the Strait of Hormuz, less than 24 hours after announcing the policy on social media. Announcing the U-turn on Truth Social, Trump said he had decided to “replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States.” The decision to back down from the proposed fee to reimburse the US for its costs incurred in securing the Strait of Hormuz was made after "productive conversations" with leaders in the Middle East, Trump said. A day after suggesting a fee, Trump told reporters: “I don't think anybody should be able to charge a fee for the Strait or for any other Strait relationship in terms of other sections of the world. I don't think anybody should be really in that position, but we were doing it as a reimbursement.” Related:Indian seafarer killed in Iran tanker strikes, says UAE One announcement from yesterday’s social media posts that has survived the day is the reimposing of the blockade of Iranian ports. “The Strait of Hormuz is open to ALL Ship traffic except for Iran… We will therefore have a FULL Blockade, but only on Ships coming to and from Iranian ports, or carrying anything have to do [sic] with Iranian cargo,” Trump posted. The US Navy blockade came into force at 2000 hrs UTC on 14 July. While the US insists that the Strait of Hormuz remains open, traffic through the waterway has dropped sharply as Iran continues to target vessels transiting via the southern route byOman’scoast. Overnight, the VLCCsAl BahyahandMombasa Bwere struck while 13 nm off the coast of Oman. Both ships were damaged; two seafarers were killed and three injured onAl Bahyahand 11 seafarers were injured onMombasa B. Pre-war average daily transits of Hormuz were 138 per day, according to JMIC, which said in its latest report that there were 19 US-assisted transits in the past 48 hours, and 4 transits on 12 July and 12 on 13 July. Away from the Strait, the conflict in the Middle East continues as Iran unleashed a wave of attacks on Bahrain in the evening of 14 July, the latest in tit-for-tat strikes between Iran, the US, and its regional allies. Read more about: Gary Howard Middle East correspondent Gary Howard is the Middle East Correspondent for Seatrade Maritime News and has written for Seatrade Cruise, Seatrade Maritime Review and was News Editor at Lloyd’s List. Gary’s maritime career started after catching the shipping bug during a research assignment for the offshore industry. Working out of Seatrade's head office in the UK, he also produces and contributes to conference programmes for Seatrade events including CMA Shipping, Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East and Marintec. Gary’s favourite topics within the maritime industry are decarbonisation and wind-assisted propulsion; he particularly enjoys reporting from industry events. Gary Howard regularly moderates at international maritime events. Below you’ll find a list of selected past conferences and webinars. Ports of Refuge: Strengthening Maritime Resilience, at Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East 2025 Debunking LEO and Cloud for Maritime Industry, December 2022 (watch on-demand recording) Making Data Work for Shipping at Seatrade ShipTech Virtual 2021 Is the Zero-Carbon Future a Slow Shipping Future?at Seatrade ShipTech Virtual 2021 Is Ship Finance Transforming Faster than Shipping?at Seatrade ShipTech Virtual 2021

The rebound offset a sluggish first quarter for Evergreen Marine, Yang Ming and Wan Hai, with a Yang Ming executive saying he expects the buoyant rate outlook to continue into the third quarter. Los Angeles and its terminal operator tenants are offering up to $300,000 per truck for drayage operators purchasing at least 10 battery-electric vehicles. The revision follows a similar move by Gemini Cooperation partner Maersk as frontloading on the trans-Pacific and Asia–Europe trades fills ships and drives up rates.

(di Alessandra Briganti) Bruxelles serra i ranghi sulla protezione dei minori online. Dopo le linee guida presentate ieri dalla Commissione Ue, anche il Parlamento europeo imprime un'accelerazione al dossier. La commissione Cultura e Istruzione ha approvato a larga maggioranza una relazione che chiede regole più stringenti per le piattaforme digitali e maggiori garanzie per bambini e adolescenti. La responsabilità della sicurezza deve ricadere innanzitutto su chi progetta e gestisce le piattaforme, recita il testo che sarà sottoposto al voto della plenaria dopo l'estate. "I produttori hanno il dovere di garantire la sicurezza dei loro prodotti. Lo stesso principio deve valere per le piattaforme digitali" ha osservato il relatore Sandro Ruotolo (S&D). Secondo l'europarlamentare dem, la sicurezza deve essere incorporata nei servizi fin dalla progettazione, eliminando le funzioni che favoriscono dipendenza, manipolazione ed esposizione a contenuti nocivi. Tra le principali richieste figurano una maggiore trasparenza degli algoritmi, il divieto delle funzionalità che incentivano la dipendenza, una "youth mode" che disattivi la pubblicità personalizzata per i minori, oltre a sistemi di raccomandazione progettati tenendo conto dei rischi per i più giovani. E nel mirino finiscono anche gli influencer. Gli eurodeputati suggeriscono di elaborare un codice di condotta europeo e una definizione comune di influencer marketing, con l'obiettivo di contrastare fenomeni come il kidfluencing e lo sharenting, la condivisione sui social di foto di bambini da parte dei genitori anche a scopi commerciali. Ampio spazio poi all'intelligenza artificiale. La relazione propone standard etici per gli "AI companions", i compagni virtuali di IA, una maggiore trasparenza sui dati usati per addestrare i modelli e un contrasto più incisivo ai contenuti illeciti generati con l'IA, comprese le immagini sessualmente esplicite create senza consenso. Sulla necessità di tutelare i minori c'è una sostanziale convergenza politica, ma non mancano i distinguo. L'eurodeputata di FdI e relatrice ombra del dossier per Ecr Lara Magoni, ha ricordato che "l'Unione dispone già di strumenti efficaci" e che la priorità dovrebbe essere garantirne un'applicazione uniforme. Soprattutto ha ribadito la contrarietà del suo gruppo a che la tutela dei minori diventi "un pretesto per raccogliere ulteriori dati personali". Una linea che i Conservatori portano avanti da tempo e che era già emersa nello scontro - quasi un inedito - con il Ppe sul dossier Chat Control 1, contestato proprio per le possibili ricadute sulla privacy. La relazione arriva in un momento in cui Bruxelles si muove su più fronti. Solo ieri il gruppo di esperti sulla tutela dei minori online, voluto da Ursula von der Leyen, ha suggerito l'introduzione di restrizioni ai social calibrate sull'età, mentre è atteso entro fine anno il pacchetto sulla "digital fairness" con cui Palazzo Berlaymont intende colmare le lacune della tutela dei consumatori online, contrastando dark patterns, trappole negli abbonamenti e design manipolativi, con nuovi poteri sanzionatori nei confronti delle Big Tech che non rispettano le regole. Riproduzione riservata © Copyright ANSA

Maersk has announced that it is returning a third service to the Red Sea routing, its Mediterranean-West Africa WAF 6 service. “We are pleased to inform you of immediate structural changes to our WAF6 service,” the carriers said in a statement yesterday. “WAF6 is solely operated by Maersk and is a service that connects the Middle East, Mediterranean and West Africa. “It will now transit via the Red Sea between Salalah and West Mediterranean. “This change marks another step towards a gradual return to the trans-Suez corridor,” Maersk added. It is the third Maersk-linked service to return to Suez in recent days, following its US-flagged US east coast-Middle East MECL services, and the Gemini Asia-Med Loop 2 string operated with Hapag-Lloyd. Meanwhile, the recent history of the WAF6 service is a great example of how carriers have redesigned their networks in response to geopolitical developments. An analysis of Xeneta’s eeSea liner database shows that until this March, the WAF6 had a relatively simple east Mediterranean-west Mediterranean-west Africa routing with a typical port rotation of Port Said-Algeciras-Tanger-Tena-Lagos, with west African-bound shipments from Asia, Europe and North America able to be transhipped either in Port Said or at Algeciras and Tanger. In that structure it deployed five vessels with an average capacity of 4,600 teu However, following the outbreak of the US-Israel-Iran conflict, Maersk dropped the east Mediterranean coverage and instead introduced a call at its Oman transhipment hub at Salalah, presumably to carry cargoes from Asia. It offered a new port rotation of: Tanger-Algeciras-Tema-Apapa-Cape of Good Hope-Salalah but now had to deploy nine ships instead of five and effectively transformed the service into a Middle East-Europe string. In May it added a tenth vessel to the service which led to marked improvement in the WAF 6’s schedule reliability, which according to Sea-Intelligence’s monthly schedule reliability report went from 0% of on-time vessel arrivals in February/March to 40% on time the following month. By reverting to Red Sea routings Maersk ought to be able to remove two to three of the vessels from the string for redeployment elsewhere in its network, as well as being able to offer additional options for cargo from Asia by transhipping over Salalah. However, much will also continue to hinge on the geopolitical situation – shortly after its WAF 6 announcement news broke that Saudia Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis had traded missile attacks, threatening the short-lived peace in the region. “Maersk will continue to monitor the security situation in the Middle East region very closely. The safety of the crew, the vessels, and customers’ cargo remains the highest priority. “Should the security situation change in the Red Sea, which may necessitate reverting individual sailings or the wider structural change of the service back to the Cape of Good Hope route, we have contingency plans in place,” the carrier said.

Redazione AnsaBRUXELLES - Luglio 14,2026 - News (ANSA) - BRUXELLES, 14 LUG - La commissione Industria (Itre) del Parlamento europeo ha adottato oggi il suo parere sull'Omnibus ambientale con 47 voti a favore, 35 contrari e tre astensioni, testo che ha incassato l'ok della cosiddetta 'maggioranza Venezuela' composta da Ppe, Ecr, Patrioti ed Europa delle Nazioni Sovrane (Esn). La convergenza delle destre e del Partito popolare è su una riforma che mira a ridurre gli obblighi di rendicontazione e gli oneri amministrativi a carico dell'industria e dell'agricoltura."Per la prima volta in commissione Industria una maggioranza di centro-destra ha prevalso sulla politica di eccessiva regolamentazione della sinistra.Per anni, l'industria europea si è trovata ad affrontare obblighi di rendicontazione, requisiti di documentazione e norme burocratiche sempre più stringenti, senza benefici tangibili per l'ambiente o la società. Il voto di oggi rappresenta un primo passo per invertire questa tendenza errata", ha commentato Markus Buchheit, relatore ombra del testo per il gruppo Esn. (ANSA).

The agreement adds Shenzhen and Yantian to the Port of Los Angeles’ growing list of international decarbonisation partnerships. July 14, 2026 ThePort of Los Angeleshas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) withYantianInternational Container Terminals andShenzhenPort Group to advance sustainable trade, maritime innovation and global supply chain development. "This agreement creates new opportunities to share innovation, advance sustainable port operations and build more resilient supply chains,” said Port of Los Angeles executive director, Gene Seroka. “Together, we're helping shape a cleaner, more efficient future for global trade. I would like to thank the executive team at Hutchison Ports, Shenzhen Port Group and Yantian International – especially Eric Ip, Ken Chou, Lawrence Shum and Neville Lam – for their partnership and leadership," he added. The MoU was signed in Shenzhen,China, during the Shenzhen Port Global Supply Chain High-Quality Development Conference. The MoU provides a framework for co-operation in green technologies, clean energy, port operations, maritime innovation, logistics and supply chain development and encourages collaboration through technical exchanges, sharing of best practices, research and demonstration projects, business development, workforce engagement and regular dialogue among the participating organisations. Related:SITC fills Vietnam network gap with new Da Nang depot Leaders from the ports launched the Shenzhen Port International Green Shipping Corridor Cooperation Initiative, a multilateral effort to accelerate maritime decarbonisation through cleaner marine fuels, advanced technologies, operational efficiencies and stronger international collaboration. The initiative seeks to reducegreenhouse gas emissionswhile supporting more sustainable global supply chains. The agreements announced in Shenzhen further expand the Port of Los Angeles' growing network of international partnerships across the Pacific. The Port has established Green Shipping Corridor partnerships withShanghai,Singapore, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya and partners in Vietnam. Read more about: Michele Labrut Americas Correspondent Michèle Labrut is a long-time Panama resident, a journalist and correspondent, and has continuously covered the maritime sector of Central & Latin America. Michèle first came to Panama as a press attaché to the French Embassy and then returned to the isthmus as a foreign correspondent in the 1980s. Author of Seatrade Maritime's annual Panama Maritime Review magazine and of several books, Michèle also wrote for Time magazine, The Miami Herald, NBC News and the Economist Intelligence Unit. She has also collaborated in making several documentaries for the BBC and European and U.S. television networks. Michèle's profession necessitates a profound knowledge of the country, but her acumen is not from necessity alone, but a genuine passion for Panama. In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Merit (Knight grade) by the French Government for her services to international journalism and in 2021 the upgrade to Chevalier grade.