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...
Salvage of Stricken Oil Tanker in Red Sea Expected in Coming Days, Sources Say August 30, 2024 By Renee Maltezou A salvage operation to recover a Greek registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi...
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...
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...
Update: Climate Change Alarm Sounded as Wildfires Rage Across Europe July 20, 2022 By Renee Maltezou and Kate Holton Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after...
U.S. Seizes Iranian Oil Cargo From Russian-Operated Ship Near Greece: Sources May 27, 2022 By Jonathan Saul, Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou The United States has confiscated Iranian oil held on a Russian-operated ship near Greece and will send the cargo to...
Impounded Russian Tanker to Be Released by Greece Amid Confusion Over Sanctions April 22, 2022 By Renee Maltezou and Jonathan Saul A Russian tanker impounded by Greece this week and reportedly carrying Iranian oil will be released amid confusion about sanctions...
Pirates Hijack U.S.-bound Oil Tanker off Oman February 10, 2011 By Jonathan Saul and Renee Maltezou Suspected Somali pirates captured a U.S.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million worth of crude oil in the Indian Ocean on...
Germany’s Merkel, IMF Head Warn of ‘Contagion’ in Euro Zone Crisis May 5, 2010 By Renee Maltezou and Dave Graham German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the head of the IMF warned of financial contagion on Wednesday unless a euro zone...