UK, EU States to Target Russia’s Shadow Oil Fleet With More Checks July 15, 2024 By Alberto Nardelli, Alex Wickham and Alaric Nightingale The UK plans to launch a “call to action” this week with a group of European nations to target the...
Shadow-Fleet Oil Tanker Insurer Gets Shut Down by Marshall Islands December 19, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale A company that offers insurance to the burgeoning shadow fleet of oil tankers — including one that ran aground off...
Maersk Tankers’ Fleet of Fuel Carriers Could Opt to Avoid Red Sea as Attacks Escalate December 15, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale Maersk Tankers is to insist its fleet of fuel carriers have the option to avoid the Red Sea following an...
Houthi Militants Hit Fuel Tanker With Missile in Vital Red Sea Trade Artery December 12, 2023 By Dana Khraiche, Mohammed Hatem and Alaric Nightingale A fuel tanker was struck by missile as it navigated the Red Sea, the latest in a string of incidents...
Oil Tanker Adrift in Indian Ocean Is Latest Reminder of Dangers of Shadow Fleet October 11, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale and Chandra Asmara A 26-year-old oil tanker that’s moving fuel for Russia drifted for two days in a busy shipping lane in the...
Shadowy Russian Oil Trade Employs Fake Coordinates and Tanker Tricks September 29, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale On a sunny day off the southern coast of Greece last week, two aging tankers nestled next to each other...
Russia’s Flagship Crude Oil Surpasses G-7 Price Cap in Blow to Western Sanctions July 13, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale and Lucia Kassai Russia’s flagship Urals crude oil breached a price cap set by the Group of Seven, a blow to western sanctions...
UN Maritime Agency Raises Safety Concerns About Shadow Oil Tanker Fleet April 3, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale and Thomas Gualtieri A United Nations agency that oversees shipping raised concerns about the shadow fleet of tankers that has emerged to transport...
Russia’s Flagship Oil Sells at Half Global Prices, Below G7 Imposed Cap January 9, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale Russia’s flagship oil is selling at less than half international prices — and way below a Group of Seven imposed...
Ship Insurers’ Exodus From Russia-Ukraine Risks Gathers Momentum December 29, 2022 By Alex Longley and Alaric Nightingale A host of shipping insurers altered their policies for 2023 to exclude claims linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine, a...