Overview

• Two oil tankers, the Adalynn and Front Eagle, collided 24 nautical miles off the UAE coast, igniting fires that were contained with no injuries or pollution reported and leading to the evacuation of 24 crew members.
• The Combined Maritime Forces’ JMIC has logged intensified electronic interference with ship navigation systems near Iran’s Bandar Abbas, disrupting automated identification communications in the strait.
• Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell from 147 cargo vessels on June 9 to 111 on June 15 as carriers delay or reroute voyages out of caution, though the channel remains open.
• Freight rates and war-risk insurance premiums are climbing, with Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd imposing new surcharges on Middle East routes as threat levels climb.
• The US Fifth Fleet has increased its naval presence in the Gulf and President Trump along with European leaders are pressing Israel and Iran to de-escalate to protect global oil flows.