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Oil Tanker Rates Hit Record Highs Following Iran, US Shipping Attacks

gCaptain Trade press Published 11th September 2026 United States

What the source reported

Source-reported

The cost of shipping oil in the largest tankers hit record highs this week following the biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the U.S.-Iran war began in late February.

Publication
gCaptain · Trade Publication
Published
11th September 2026
Original report
gcaptain.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
United States
Organisations
None identified
Collected
11th September 2026 · 20:29

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 3 · Material
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Material (45.0/100). Strongest contributor: Likely Event Severity (21.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Entity Criticality (2.0/20 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (50.25/100, data sufficiency: Sufficient, Sufficient via independent_corroboration). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (6.0/20 points).

Strongest contributor
Likely Event Severity
Limiting factor
Entity Criticality
Possibly the same underlying story as Iraqi Oil Tanker Hit Amidst US-Iran Attacks — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.