U.S. Seizes Iranian Oil Cargo From Russian-Operated Ship Near Greece: Sources May 27, 2022 By Jonathan Saul, Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou The United States has confiscated Iranian oil held on a Russian-operated ship near Greece and will send the cargo to...
Russia Plans to Seize Local Units of Western Firms That Try to Exit Country May 27, 2022 By John O'Donnell Russia is advancing a new law allowing it to take control of the local businesses of western companies that decide...
Risky Ship-to-Ship Transfers Keep Russian Oil Moving to China May 26, 2022 By Serene Cheong A logistically risky and costly transfer of crude between tankers at sea highlights the steps at least one Chinese buyer...
Insurance (or Lack of It) Is Russian Oil’s Achilles’ Heel May 25, 2022 By Jonathan Saul, Nidhi Verma, Yuka Obayashi and Carolyn Cohn Russia has so far deflected much of the impact of sanctions on its oil trade but the insurance industry threatens...
Zurich Insurance to Sell Russian Business to Local Team May 20, 2022 By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi Zurich Insurance has agreed to sell its Russian business to members of the local team, it said on Friday, as...
Russia’s Aeroflot Buys 8 Stranded Airbus A330 Aircraft From Leasing Firms May 16, 2022 By Kevin Liffey Russia’s biggest airline, Aeroflot, said on Friday it had bought eight Airbus A330 aircraft from foreign leasing companies “as part...
Aircraft Lessors Begin ‘Vigorous’ Pursuit of Insurance Claims for Seized Jets in Russia May 11, 2022 By Padraic Halpin, Conor Humphries and Tim Hepher Lessors with hundreds of jets stuck in Russia are preparing for what one said would be a “vigorous” pursuit of...
EU to Weaken Russia Oil Sanctions, but Keeps Plan to Prohibit Insurance of Shipments May 9, 2022 By Nikos Chrysoloras, Alberto Nardelli and Ewa Krukowska The European Union is set to soften its sanctions package on Russian oil exports after a weekend of wrangling, though...
Russia’s Leading Shipping Firm Sovcomflot Plans to Sell Part of Its Fleet: Report May 6, 2022 Russia’s leading shipping company Sovcomflot plans to sell part of its fleet, it said on Friday, as it grapples with...
Dubai Aerospace Files Insurance Claims of $1B for Aircraft Stranded in Russia May 6, 2022 By Shaji Mathew The Middle East’s biggest plane-leasing firm wrote off half-a-billion dollars for aircraft stranded in Russia, after the Kremlin issued a...