What a Dark Fleet Tanker Looks Like: 23 Defects, Eight Different Names May 31, 2023 By Alex Longley A giant oil tanker that was detained in China failed its safety inspection on more than 20 counts, spotlighting the...
An Oil Tanker Ablaze in South China Sea Is Warning of Global Problem May 8, 2023 By Alex Longley and Yongchang Chin Off the coast of Malaysia, in one of the world’s busiest shipping channels, an explosion on board the aging oil...
Rising Oil Prices Complicate Russian Price Cap Checks for Insurers April 28, 2023 By Alex Longley Key figures in the insurance industry said rising Russian oil prices are making it harder for them to know if...
Tanker Company Shipping Russian Oil Loses Insurance on G-7 Price Cap April 21, 2023 By Alex Longley and Julian Lee An oil tanker company heavily involved in moving Russian oil lost industry standard insurance for its fleet after falling foul...
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...
Exxon Avoids Hiring Tankers That Previously Transported Russian Oil December 21, 2022 By Asad Zulfiqar and Alex Longley Exxon Mobil Corp., is avoiding hiring oil tankers that previously carried cargoes from Russia, putting itself in the same camp...
Ship Reinsurers to Cease Covering War-Related Risks Related to Conflict in Ukraine December 16, 2022 By Steven Arons, Áine Quinn and Alex Longley Some of the biggest names in ship reinsurance are days away from ceasing to cover key war-related risks for vessels...
Insurance-Related Oil Tanker Backlog Starts to Clear in Turkey’s Vital Shipping Strait December 12, 2022 By Alex Longley and Alaric Nightingale A backlog of tankers waiting to haul oil through Turkey’s vital shipping straits appeared to start clearing, offering hope that...
Millions of Barrels of Oil Stuck Near Turkey on Sanctions-Related Insurance Glitch December 8, 2022 By Alex Longley, Sherry Su and Christopher Condon A backlog of oil tankers at the Turkish straits continues to build up as negotiations failed to produce a solution...
Turkey’s Proof-of-Insurance Rule Ensnares Russian Oil Shipments December 6, 2022 By Alex Longley Oil shipments from Russia and Kazakhstan are getting ensnared in a Turkish government rule to provide proof that tankers are...