Indian Scrapyards Welcome Growing Number Of Dark Fleet Tankers

US Central Command on Tuesday announced that a US military helicopter bombed a civilian cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that it accused of attempting to break the US blockade of Iranian ports. CENTCOM said a US Navy MH-60 helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged Vela Nova after […]

Iran's Floating Oil Stockpile Jumps 65% As U.S. Naval Blockade Bites By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com The volumes of Iranian oil stored at tankers in and around the Strait of Hormuz have jumped in recent weeks as Iran considers ways to circumvent the U.S. blockade in the Gulf of Oman aimed at choking Iranian oil exports. The number of tankers laden with crude but sitting in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz has jumped since the U.S. initiated in the middle of April a naval blockade to prevent Iranian...

Horrifying Footage Shows Buildings Crumbling As Colombia Quake Death Toll Tops 111 Summary: Today's Quake Rocks Colombia Just Six Weeks After Venezuela's Twin Quakes Rubio Pledges US Support Death Toll Jumps to 111; 87 Injured Magnitude Epicenter of Quake was in San José del Palmar, Near Capital Bogotá Death Toll Jumps To 111; Rubio Pledges US Support  AFP News, citing Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella, reports that the death toll from the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia earlier today has climbed to 111, with at least 87 people injured. The casualty count remains preliminary and...