Black Sea War Risk Insurance Soars 250% After Ship Attacks December 3, 2025 By Alex Longley, Leonard Kehnscherper and Irina Vilcu Insurance rates for ships calling at ports in the Black Sea are surging after a series of Ukrainian attacks on...
Yet Another Russia-Linked Tanker Gets Attacked in the Black Sea December 2, 2025 By Patrick Sykes and Firat Kozok A fourth Russia-connected tanker in under a week was attacked on Tuesday, a sharp uptick in strikes on Moscow-associated shipping...
Black Sea Shipping Insurance Rates Rise After Ukraine Attacks on Tankers, Sources Say December 2, 2025 By Jonathan Saul The cost of shipping commodities through the Black Sea climbed on Monday after Ukrainian naval drones hit two tankers heading...
Third Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Suffers Explosions at Sea December 1, 2025 By Alex Longley, Firat Kozok and Katarina Höije An oil tanker carrying diesel suffered four external explosions near Dakar, Senegal, its manager said, the third vessel with links...
Russia’s Ust-Luga Port Orders Vessel Checks After Mystery Blasts July 25, 2025 By Bloomberg News Ust-Luga, Russia’s largest port in the Baltic Sea, is insisting that ships’ hulls are inspected before the vessels are allowed...
Kazakh Black Sea Oil Exports Halted by New Russian Regulations, Sources Say July 25, 2025 Foreign oil tankers are being temporarily barred from loading at Russia’s main Black Sea ports following new regulations, two industry...
Russia Expands Response to Biggest Black Sea Fuel Spill in Decades January 14, 2025 By Ilya Arkhipov and Evgenia Pismennaya Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil products in the...
Dark Fleet Oil Tanker Caught in Recent Collision Heads to China October 24, 2024 By Weilun Soon A dark-fleet oil tanker that was recently involved in a crash in Southeast Asia is now on its way to...
Explosive-Packed Drone Boat Slams Into Oil Tanker in Red Sea October 1, 2024 By Salma El Wardany An explosive-laden drone boat slammed into an oil tanker as it sailed past the coast of Yemen, a sign Israeli...
Britain Targets Russian LNG Sector With Fresh Shipping Sanctions September 26, 2024 Britain on Thursday sanctioned five vessels and two associated entities involved in the shipping of Russian LNG, with the government...