The Skipper was seized amid growing tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a conflict that has implications for the oil industry in Houston and beyond.

(GALVESTON) - A LIVE look at the skycam of south Galveston courtesy of Saltwaterrecon.com where it's cold and dreary. Low clouds stick around through Friday. CW39 chief meteorologist Idolina Peralez ...

The daily rates for chartering a vessel to transport commodities have surged this year, with oil tanker rates skyrocketing by 467%, as shippers of a growing commodity supply are grappling with a ...

An oil tanker carrying diesel suffered four external explosions near Dakar, Senegal, its manager said, the third vessel with links to Russia to have been struck over the last few days. Seawater ...

The cost of hiring an oil supertanker on a benchmark route spiked to the highest in more than five years. The cost of hiring an oil supertanker on a benchmark route spiked to the highest in more than ...

A sanctioned Russian oil tanker made a U-turn on the way to Venezuela after a US warship intersected its route near the country’s coast, according to Bloomberg tanker tracking, raising questions about ...

The MSC Seascape was the first ship to homeport at the Port of Galveston’s new cruise terminal on Nov. 7, 2025. An additional cruise ship will now anchor at the entrance of the Galveston Bay after the ...

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Iran on Saturday confirmed the seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz over violations, including carrying an illegal consignment, state ...

Iran confirmed on Saturday that its Revolutionary Guards had seized a tanker in Gulf waters carrying a cargo of petrochemicals bound for Singapore over alleged violations, Iranian state media reported ...