LONDON — Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker Friday and briefly detained a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying tensions in the strategic waterway that has become a ...

said shortly before the MSC Aries seizure that Iran has the option of disrupting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz but chooses not to. During the Tanker War, the US Navy resorted to escorting ...

The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has condemned recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman at its meeting in London held from 15-19 July.

The military debate over Iran’s ability to close the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. ability to respond to such a threat, is moot—no insurance company will cover any oil tanker seeking to ...

Tankers carry 17 million barrels of oil ... Sending in the dolphins If Iran shuts the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. will likely deploy its best mine detector: Flipper. The Navy has an 80-strong ...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had seized a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for breaking “international maritime rules” as tensions mount in the highly ...

Tehran then last Friday seized a British-flagged tanker in the Strait. The British government has previously advised UK-flagged vessels to avoid the Strait of Hormuz where possible and to notify ...

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces reportedly ordered a British oil tanker to alter its route in the Strait of Hormuz and force it near Iranian-controlled waters. But the HMS Montrose ...

As tensions between the U.S. and Iran rise, a series of incidents has put a strategic maritime waterway back into the spotlight: The Strait of Hormuz. WSJ’s John Simons explains. Photo ...