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FreightWaves Flashback: Advance on the new Silk Road
2006: Istanbul-based freight forwarder Advance International has made use of international agency plans to re-establish reliable landbridge routes between the two continents.
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Hormuz tanker risk rises after US seizes Iranian cargoes
Will Iran retaliate after America commandeers four Iranian gasoline shipments?
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Inside the high-stakes world of clandestine crude shipping
An exclusive interview with Samir Madani, co-founder of TankerTrackers.com.
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Iran threat looms as tanker market booms
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have always been good for tanker rates and stocks — until now.
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Airline systems firm pays $7.8 million for US sanction violations
SITA committed 9,256 violations of the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations between 2013 and 2018 by providing services from and transiting through the U.S. to blacklisted…
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Maple Leaf Motoring: Celadon creditors aren’t ‘screwing the Canadians,’ lawyer says
Lawyers for Celadon and former Hyndman Transport employees argue over whether the U.S. company behaved badly in Canada.
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FAA loosens restrictions on flights over Persian Gulf
U.S. cargo airlines had requested exemptions from the ban.
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New US sanctions aim to dent Iran’s metal producers
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Iranian metals industry generates billions of dollars for the regime, contributing to its nuclear weapons program.
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Why a downed airliner in Iran worries Canada’s soy farmers
One of few viable trade lanes between Canada and Iran could become collateral damage after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says surface-to-air missile likely brought…
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FAA bans US airlines from flying over Iraq, Iran
The ban follows an Iranian missile attack on U.S. military assests in Iraq.
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