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Tanker hits, strait closures, pipeline restarts, tender moves and flap changes, one line each with its source and the time it was logged. 14 lines, the newest 28 SEP. The same lines, with the daily brief, are in the RSS feed.
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Straits.live event feed and the desk's own pins.28 SEPTCP opens its 185,000 t wheat bids: 13 received, 12 responsive, Bunge lowest at $339.36 CFR Karachi and $340.36 Gwadar, Aston top at $354.83; the 16 Sep award was $348.83, so the C&F fell $9.47/t in twelve days; award pending, grievances to 1800 on 29 SepTCP EVALUATION REPORT, TCP.GOV.PK · DESK PIN
28 SEPKyiv sees no positive sign of a ceasefire covering grain or the Black Sea: every proposal from partners rejected by Moscow, no direct contact, every round of talks tried and none expected to work in the coming months, says agriculture minister Vysotskyi in BrusselsINTERVIEW VIA SINA FINANCE · DESK PIN
28 SEPUkraine asks its partners for stronger export support and an extraordinary FAO session: port strikes put more than 30 million tonnes of this season’s agricultural exports at risk and producer losses above $10bn, with storage, working capital and the 2027–28 plantings under pressureMINISTRY OF AGRARIAN POLICY, AS READ 28 SEP · DESK PIN
28 SEPRussia could restore up to 80% of its Black Sea and Azov grain terminal capacity quickly if the mutual strikes stop; politicians on both sides say a Grain Deal 2.0 is not on the agendaAS REPORTED, READ 28 SEP · DESK PIN
28 SEPUzbekistan took more than 71,000 t of Russian wheat in eight months, sixteen times a year ago, with a record 65,000 t in August: port disruption is pushing Russian exporters to rail and to Central Asia despite Kazakh transit tariffsSTAT.UZ, AS READ 28 SEP · DESK PIN
28 SEPIran finishes laying the 730 km Chabahar–Zahedan line, Afghanistan’s shortest route to the ocean and a port outside Hormuz; operations from early 2027AS REPORTED, READ 28 SEP · DESK PIN
22 SEP 1005ZSaudi East-West crude pipeline to Yanbu back online, per trade sources; no ministry statementREUTERS
22 SEP 0921ZIran offers to reopen Hormuz within seven days in a push for diplomacy — unverified, single-sourceKYODO VIA STRAITS
22 SEP 0820ZKallas urges the EU to bolster its Red Sea mission against the Houthi threatGCAPTAIN
22 SEP 0518ZLPG tanker hit by debris from unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, two crew injuredUKMTO VIA BERNAMA
21 SEP 2133ZTwo tankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz within hours, two seafarers injuredKURDISTAN24 · RIVIERA
21 SEPSix VLCCs load nearly 12 million barrels at Ras Tanura and Ju’aymah in one day, the busiest at the complex since before the war; four entered the Gulf in ballast 15–17 Sep, and 25 of 26 inbound ballast crude-tanker crossings 12–20 Sep showed no destination. Six dark events at Sohar, Fujairah, Basrah and Ras Tanura preceded the surgeMARINETRAFFIC BY KPLER, SENTINEL-2 IMAGERY · DESK PIN
21 SEP 1849ZHouthis push to cut off the Red Sea coast after Trump calls off strikes on the groupSTRAITS EVENT FEED
21 SEPCaspian coaster rates keep climbing on Russian grain to Iran; the Azov market stays shut, with no exit into the Black SeaCOASTER FREIGHT INDEX · DESK PIN
Tonight's watch
When the next numbers land.TONIGHT'S WATCH · WHEN THE NEXT NUMBERS LANDUTC
TODAY'S "SHIP HIT IN THE GULF" CONTRACT CLOSES IN04:00:18Polymarket resolves each day at midnight Gulf time, 2000Z. Today prices 31%.
NEXT AIS READ29:56The light board refreshes every half hour. A new satellite pass over the lanes can move DARKCON between reads.
NEXT PORTWATCH PRINTTUE 06 OCTThe IMF publishes the strait counts weekly, about nine days behind. The Sunday row is always the quiet one.
NEXT COASTER FREIGHT INDEXMON 12 OCTThe index prints on Mondays; the GrainFlow workbook runs a week behind it. Week 38 flows, 14 to 20 Sep, are the next to type in.
Events from the straits.live feed as the page shipped; tender moves and flap changes are the desk's own pins. Numbers bound 28 SEP 2026; the typed blocks were last edited 28 SEP 1930Z. The live board refreshes its feeds every half hour while open; this page is rewritten at every bind.