Houthis Warn Shipowners in New Phase of Red Sea Campaign: Prepare to Be Attacked October 3, 2024 By Renee Maltezou and Jonathan Saul On a warm spring night in Athens, shortly before midnight, a senior executive at a Greek shipping company noticed an...
Red Sea Insurance Nearly Doubles After Attacked Oil Tanker Appears to Be Leaking Oil August 28, 2024 By Jonathan Saul and Mohammed Ghobari The cost of insurance for ships sailing through the Red Sea has nearly doubled after Yemen’s Houthis attacked a tanker...
Ukraine Boosts Grain Exports Despite Intensified Russian Attacks August 12, 2024 By Pavel Polityuk, Jonathan Saul and Tom Balmforth Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has...
Western Insurers Provide Cover for Russian Oil Despite Price Cap Concerns August 8, 2024 By Jonathan Saul and Gleb Stolyarov A group of Western insurers have provided cover for tankers carrying Russian crude, keeping its oil flowing after many in...
How Iran Oil Link Could Complicate Insurance Claims After Tankers Collide Off Singapore August 5, 2024 By Jonathan Saul A collision between two tankers off Singapore in July raises questions over insurance claims, as one of the vessels previously...
Two Oil Tankers on Fire in Waters Near Singapore, Crew Members Rescued July 19, 2024 By Jeslyn Lerh, Florence Tan and Jonathan Saul Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding near Singapore, the world’s biggest refueling port, with two...
Houthis Escalate Red Sea Danger With Explosive Drone Attacks July 3, 2024 By Jonathan Saul and Renee Maltezou Yemen’s Houthis are sending drone boats packed with explosives into the Red Sea as they intensify their attacks on merchant...
Shipping Industry Urges Red Sea Action as Houthis Sink Second Vessel June 20, 2024 By Jonathan Saul Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry...
Safety Dangers From Sanctioned Tanker Fleet Growing, Ship Manager Says June 6, 2024 By Jonathan Saul Safety dangers are growing from aging and unregulated vessels, leading ship management firm V.Group told Reuters, adding it had stopped...
Sanctioned Oil Tankers Pose Rising Environmental Risk in Mediterranean, Greece Says June 5, 2024 By Jonathan Saul and Renee Maltezou Unregulated tankers sidestepping Western sanctions are posing a bigger risk to the Mediterranean region and Greece is undertaking more protective...