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Two missing, one in critical condition after vessel collision

Two Indonesian crew members are missing and one person is in critical condition after an LPG tanker collided with a fishing trawler off Busan, triggering a difficult search.

2026.6.25

A Sinokor Merchant Marine ship seen on the company's website [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Korean-managed tanker slips through Strait of Hormuz with 2 million barrels of crude: Report

A Korean-managed supertanker slipped through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz with its tracking system switched off while carrying 2 million barrels of crude, Reuters reported Monday.

2026.5.12

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Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz near Musandam, Oman, on April 29 [REUTERS/YONHAP]

First Korean oil tanker to take alternative Red Sea route arrives in South Jeolla

The first Korean oil tanker to pass through the Red Sea — an alternative route following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — arrived in Yeosu, South Jeolla, on Thursday.

2026.5.8

U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit board M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran in violation of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. [CENTCOM]

Second Korean oil tanker passes through Red Sea amid ongoing blockade of Strait of Hormuz

Another Korean oil tanker that had been stranded in the Middle East following the war between the United States and Iran has passed through the Red Sea. It is the second such case since mid-April.

2026.5.3

A tanker transits the Strait of Hormuz. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Gov't secures 50 million barrels of crude for April from alternative sources

The government has secured about 50 million barrels of crude oil from alternative sources for April to prepare for the possibility of a closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with a significant volume for May also already secured.

2026.4.2

A motorcyclist rides past Malaysia national flags ahead of Malaysia Independence Day celebrations in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Aug. 19, 2025. [EPA/YONHAP]

Malaysia seizes $129.9 million in crude oil from tankers suspected of illegally transferring oil

Two tankers suspected of illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers were detained and more than 512 million ringgit ($129.9 million) worth of crude oil was seized 24 nautical miles west of Muka Head, Penang, last week.

2026.2.1

This screen grab released on Jan. 20 from the X account of the U.S. Southern Command shows the motor vessel Sagitta in the Caribbean. The United States announced on Jan. 20 that its forces seized another tanker in the Caribbean, the seventh ship apprehended since U.S. President Donald Trump announced a blockade to prevent sanctioned vessels going to or from Venezuela. [AFP/YONHAP]

U.S. military seizes another Venezuela-linked tanker in the Caribbean

The U.S. military said it seized a Venezuela-linked tanker on Tuesday in the Caribbean, marking the seventh such apprehension since the start of U.S. President Donald Trump's monthlong campaign to control Venezuela's oil flows.

2026.1.21

A screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Houthis military media center on July 8 shows the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, the Magic Seas, sinks after being attacked in the Red Sea off the port city of Hodeidah, Yemen, July 6. [EPA/YONHAP]

British maritime agency Ambrey reports blast near Liberia-flagged tanker off Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu

British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Sunday that a Liberia-flagged, Israeli-owned tanker reported an explosion nearby, southwest of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port city of Yanbu.

2025.9.1

A shuttle tanker built by Samsung Heavy Industries [YONHAP]

Samsung Heavy wins $150 million order for shuttle tanker

The Korean company clinched the 198.8 billion-won order placed by an undisclosed Oceanian shipping company.

2024.3.4

Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun, left, with Iran's Deputy for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi in a photograph released by Iran's state media. [ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY]

Diplomatic mission to free tanker seized in Iran fails

Korean diplomats negotiating the release of a Korean oil tanker left Iran empty-handed Tuesday after disagreeing over frozen Iranian funds and claims of pollution.

2021.1.13