Standard Chartered Faces £1.5 Billion UK Claim in Iran Sanction Case April 24, 2024 By Upmanyu Trivedi Standard Chartered Plc is facing about £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) worth of investor claims at a London trial over allegations...
Treasury Asked Why US P&I Club Insures Ships Carrying Iran Oil March 18, 2024 By Zachary R. Mider and Zeke Faux A Republican congressman is asking the Treasury Department to explain its handling of a US insurance company that covered dozens...
The Oil Was From Iran. The Insurance Was From New York February 9, 2024 By Zachary Mider and Zeke Faux Last June, a rusting tanker named Sincere 02 picked up oil at an Iranian port and steamed across the Persian...
Shippers Warned to Stay Away From Iranian Waters as US-Iran Tensions Run High August 14, 2023 By Jon Gambrell Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay...
Sweden’s Ericsson Sued by 37 Shareholders for $170M: Media Report August 7, 2023 Thirty-seven Ericsson shareholders are suing the Swedish telecoms company for a combined 1.8 billion Swedish crowns ($170 million), saying its...
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...
Aging Shadow Fleet, Shipping Russian Oil, Poses Disaster Risk March 27, 2023 By Asad Zulfiqar The oil tanker Turba normally should have been melted down by now. The 26-year-old vessel hasn’t had a full inspection...
Oil Spills and Near Misses: Growing Numbers of Ghost Tankers Ship Sanctioned Fuel March 23, 2023 By Jonathan Saul An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a collision near...
Five Iran-Connected Oil Tankers Lose Their Flags Following U.S. Sanctions November 15, 2022 By Marianna Parraga The international ship registries of Djibouti and the Cook Islands suspended the flags on five oil tankers, following sanctions by...
Reuters: Crypto Exchange Binance Helped Iran Firms Trade $8B Despite U.S. Sanctions November 8, 2022 By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite U.S. sanctions intended to...