Shadow-Fleet Oil Tanker Insurer Gets Shut Down by Marshall Islands December 19, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale A company that offers insurance to the burgeoning shadow fleet of oil tankers — including one that ran aground off...
Shadow-Fleet Oil Tanker Runs Aground Near Singapore December 8, 2023 By Bloomberg News A shadow-fleet oil tanker that had previously falsified its location to avoid detection on digital ship-tracking systems ran aground near...
EU Proposes to Ban Sale of Tankers to Russia to Curb Growth of Shadow Fleet November 17, 2023 The European Commission is proposing to ban the sale of tankers for crude oil and petroleum products to Russia to...
World’s Ghost Fleet in Focus Over US Russian Price-Cap Crackdown October 26, 2023 By Robert Harvey and Natalie Grover U.S. penalties on shippers transporting Russian oil in breach of the G7’s price cap could push more Russian cargoes onto...
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...
Shadowy Russian Oil Trade Employs Fake Coordinates and Tanker Tricks September 29, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale On a sunny day off the southern coast of Greece last week, two aging tankers nestled next to each other...
Western Curbs on Russian Oil Products Redraw Global Energy Shipping Patterns April 6, 2023 By Mohi Narayan and Jonathan Saul Global fuel suppliers are turning to longer and costlier routes that produce more carbon emissions to move their diesel and...
Reuters – Oil Traders to Cut Russia Oil Purchases to Avoid Falling Foul of EU Sanctions April 14, 2022 By Julia Payne Major global trading houses are planning to reduce crude and fuel purchases from Russia’s state-controlled oil companies as early as...
Vietnam Negotiates With Iran for Release of Seized Oil Tanker November 5, 2021 By Hau Dinh HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam was seeking more information Thursday about a Vietnamese oil tanker that was seized at gunpoint...
Marine Insurers Set to Raise Rates After Red Sea Attacks on Merchant Ships January 13, 2021 By Jonathan Saul LONDON – Insurers are set to raise the cost of providing cover for merchant ships through the Red Sea after...