Even after Western sanctions are lifted, Iran’s oil tanker fleet is expected to face more hurdles before many of the...
Articles by Jonathan Saul
With Middle East giants Saudi Arabia and Iran squaring up on opposing sides in the Yemen war, the dangers to...
International shipping lines are being forced to scale back or suspend port calls to Yemen as the conflict gets worse,...
Conflict in Yemen risks spilling out into the busy sea lanes that pass it and potentially disrupt the narrow Bab...
Oil shippers face higher costs and the possible loss of insurance cover on Libyan voyages, caught in a struggle between...

Russian companies face billions of dollars in extra insurance costs as Western sanctions prompt foreign insurance firms to start pulling...
Brazil, Argentina and the United States have tightened port entry procedures for ships that have sailed from West Africa in...
Global shipping lines are increasingly shying away from handling cargoes to Iran as restrictions on banking and insurance continue unabated,...
A pledge by world powers to ease ship insurance sanctions on some Iranian oil exports is likely to take months...

The perils of the new Arctic shipping route, warmed by climate change, may diminish with a British-Russian radio navigation initiative,...