Trump Orders ‘Blockade’ of Sanctioned Oil Tankers Leaving, Entering Venezuela December 17, 2025 By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Shariq Khan and Marianna Parraga U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s...
Oil Tanker Rates to Stay Strong Into 2026 as Sanctions Remove Ships for Hire December 15, 2025 By Jonathan Saul and Jeslyn Lerh The cost of shipping oil is likely to remain high in the first half of 2026 as the global fleet...
US Preparing to Seize More Tankers off Venezuela’s Coast After First Ship, Sources Say December 12, 2025 By Jonathan Saul, Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as...
Over 30 Sanctioned Ships in Venezuela at Risk After US Tanker Seizure December 11, 2025 By Marianna Parraga and Jonathan Saul More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized...
US Seizes Sanctioned Oil Tanker Off Coast of Venezuela, Trump Says December 11, 2025 By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Marianna Parraga The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a...
Standard Chartered Settles £1.5 Billion Iranian Sanction Suit in London December 5, 2025 By Lucca de Paoli Standard Chartered Plc has settled an investor lawsuit worth £1.5 billion ($2 billion) over allegations it systematically breached sanctions against...
Reuters: Iran, Russia and the New Zealand Insurer That Kept Sanctioned Oil Flowing October 28, 2025 By Paul Carsten, Lucy Craymer, Gleb Stolyarov and Anna Hirtenstein Last Christmas, the tanker Yug cruised out of the Chinese port of Qingdao after offloading 2 million barrels of sanctioned...
UK Bank StanChart Loses Bid to Cut Shareholders’ $1.9 Billion UK Lawsuit in Half March 25, 2025 Standard Chartered on Tuesday lost a bid to halve the value of a roughly 1.5 billion-pound ($1.94 billion) London lawsuit...
Zombie Tanker Turns Up at Northern Chinese Port Laden With Oil September 30, 2024 By Weilun Soon Singapore-flagged oil tanker EM Longevity made its final voyage almost three years ago, after more than two decades at sea....
Growing Shadow Fleet of Tankers, Shipping Sanctioned Oil, Are Burning Dirty Fuel May 29, 2024 By Jonathan Saul The growing shadow fleet of tankers transporting sanctioned Iranian, Venezuelan and Russian oil is filling up with the cheapest fuel...