Zombie Ships Are Fast Becoming a Feature of Venezuelan Oil Trade April 30, 2025 On Good Friday, an aging supertanker fully laden with oil and calling itself Varada arrived in the waters to the...
Stricken Oil Tanker Towed to Safety off German Island of Ruegen January 13, 2025 By Angela Cullen An oil tanker sailing under the Panamanian flag that ran out of power in the Baltic Sea last week has...
Tougher US Sanctions to Curb Russian Oil Supply to China and India January 13, 2025 By Nidhi Verma, Chen Aizhu, Siyi Liu and Florence Tan Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight...
G-7 Considers Options to Harden Price Cap on Russian Oil December 20, 2024 By Ewa Krukowska and Alberto Nardelli Group of Seven nations are exploring ways to toughen the price cap on Russian oil as they seek to better...
Denmark Warns That Russia May Send Warships to Escort Oil Tankers December 19, 2024 By Sanne Wass Denmark warned that Russia’s navy may start escorting the so-called shadow fleet tankers through Danish straits to escalate provocations against...
Deadly Explosion off Nigeria Points to Threat From Aging Oil Ships Around the World October 31, 2023 By Helen Wieffering and Grace Ekpu OKITIPUPA, Nigeria (AP) – It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the...
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...
Indonesia Seizes Iranian-Flagged Tanker Suspected of Illegal Oil Transfer July 11, 2023 By Stefanno Sulaiman and Fransiska Nangoy Indonesia’s coast guard said on Tuesday it seized an Iranian-flagged supertanker suspected of involvement in the illegal transshipment of crude...
Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Fleet Vanishes Even Faster Than It Grew July 11, 2023 By Julian Lee and Alex Longley A fleet of tankers that sprouted up out of nowhere to keep Russia’s oil moving has disbanded even faster than...
Russia’s Aging, Dark Fleet of Oil Tankers Gets Infusion of Newer Ships July 3, 2023 By Alex Longley and Serene Cheong An armada of tankers ferrying sanctioned oil around the globe is starting to get younger, bucking a months-long trend of...