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New Port With Annual Capacity of 150m Tons Planned

EghtesadOnline: The Ports and Maritime Organization is planning to build a new port on the east coast of the Strait of Hormuz, which will have a loading and unloading capacity of 150 million tons of commodities per year once all phases have been completed, according to the head of PMO.
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Publish Date: 31/October/2020 | 13:00

New Port With Annual Capacity of 150m Tons Planned

EghtesadOnline: The Ports and Maritime Organization is planning to build a new port on the east coast of the Strait of Hormuz, which will have a loading and unloading capacity of 150 million tons of commodities per year once all phases have been completed, according to the head of PMO.
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Publish Date: 31/October/2020 | 13:00

Foreign Military Presence in Hormuz Strait Unconstructive

EghtesadOnline: The presence of foreign military forces in the sensitive Persian Gulf is unconstructive, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said following France's declaration this week that the military component of its maritime surveillance and security mission in the Strait of Hormuz is fully operational.
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Publish Date: 07/March/2020 | 06:57

Australia to Stay Away From Any Military Conflict With Iran

EghtesadOnline: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his country will not be drawn into any military conflict with Iran, declaring that Canberra’s commitment is limited to protecting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Publish Date: 23/September/2019 | 13:39

UK: No Policy Shift on Iran Despite Joining US Hormuz Mission

EghtesadOnline: Britain on Monday joined the United States in a maritime security mission in the Persian Gulf to purportedly protect merchant vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran seized a British-flagged vessel.
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Publish Date: 07/August/2019 | 24:42

Japan Will Continue Importing Middle East Oil

EghtesadOnline: Japan will continue importing crude oil from the Middle East despite escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, but will also make efforts to diversify supply sources, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko said Tuesday.
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Publish Date: 24/July/2019 | 10:18

UK-Flagged Tanker Caused Accident, Ignored Distress Calls

EghtesadOnline: A British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz has been taken to a nearby port for further investigations, a senior official said on Saturday, adding that the vessel had caused an accident but ignored distress calls.
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Publish Date: 21/July/2019 | 10:04

Iran Denies US Destruction of Its Drone

EghtesadOnline: Iran rejected US President Donald Trump's claim about the downing of an Iranian drone by an American naval ship on Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Publish Date: 20/July/2019 | 10:48

Birol: IEA Concerned About Tensions in Hormuz Strait

EghtesadOnline: The International Energy Agency is "significantly" concerned about geopolitical tensions, including in the Strait of Hormuz, but oil markets are currently well supplied and unlikely to see "huge price increases for now," the head of the agency said Friday.
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Publish Date: 20/July/2019 | 10:43

Japan Weighs Alternative Crude Supply Without Transiting Strait of Hormuz

EghtesadOnline: Japanese refiners have started weighing alternative crude supply sources that would not need to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, including from the Red Sea side in Saudi Arabia, West Africa and the US, amid rising tensions in the region, Petroleum Association of Japan President Takashi Tsukioka said Friday.
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Publish Date: 22/June/2019 | 11:48

Japan Unconvinced by US’ Anti-Iran Evidence

EghtesadOnline: The Japanese government has been requesting the United States for concrete evidence to back its allegation that Iran attacked two tankers near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, government sources said on Sunday.
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Publish Date: 17/June/2019 | 11:38

IRGC dismisses new US propaganda about targetting US chopper by Iran warship

EghtesadOnline: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy on Tuesday dismissed US propaganda about targeting US chopper by Iranian warship saying that Strait of Hormuz is open for free navigation and that presence of the US forces in the Persian Gulf created nuisance.
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Publish Date: 30/November/2016 | 22:45

Iranian vessel points weapon at U.S. helicopter: U.S. officials

EghtesadOnline: A small Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessel pointed its weapon at a U.S. military helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, two U.S. defense officials told Reuters on Monday, an action they described as "unsafe and unprofessional."
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Publish Date: 29/November/2016 | 06:15