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Tehran shifts its Hormuz doctrine: moving away from a total blockade toward institutionalized maritime warfare.

By creating a managed transit corridor with Oman and targeting global shipping services—insurers, operators, and classification societies—Iran is countering the US naval embargo with a regulatory "blockade for blockade."

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/09/only-in-tlf-chokepoint-trap-inside.html

#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #Geopolitics #MaritimeSecurity #EnergyCrisis #OilMarkets #ShippingIndustry

Deadly escalation in Black Sea attacks prompts fears of even higher food prices
By Joanna Partridge

Russian and Ukrainian strikes in July killed more crew than in whole war to that month, preventing grain exports

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/deadly-black-sea-attacks-threaten-grain-exports-food-prices-russia-ukraine

#Ukraine #Russia #Shippingindustry #Watertransport #Internationaltrade #Turkey #Worldnews #Business #Globaleconomy #Fooddrinkindustry #Cerealsandgrains #Europe #TheGuardian #JoannaPartridge

Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade
By Paul Daley

Australia likes to think its history is untainted by slavery but a new book traces how a who’s who in the NSW capital profited from the capture and sale of ‘blackbirded’ Pacific Islanders

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/10/sydney-sugar-industry-slave-trade-pacific-islanders-ntwnfb

#Sydney #Slavery #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Race #Pacificislands #Vanuatu #Sugar #Colonialism #Queensland #Business #Australianbooks #Museums #Books #Shippingindustry #Forcedlabour #AsiaPacific #SouthPacific #TheGuardian #PaulDaley