Ukraine Boosts Grain Exports Despite Intensified Russian Attacks August 12, 2024 By Pavel Polityuk, Jonathan Saul and Tom Balmforth Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has...
A Gas Carrier Faking Its Location Helps Russia Avoid Sanctions August 5, 2024 By Stephen Stapczynski A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by...
How Iran Oil Link Could Complicate Insurance Claims After Tankers Collide Off Singapore August 5, 2024 By Jonathan Saul A collision between two tankers off Singapore in July raises questions over insurance claims, as one of the vessels previously...
Oil Tanker Insurance Payouts at Risk After UK’s Russia Sanctions July 23, 2024 By Alex Longley Transfers of oil at sea that involve a recently sanctioned Russian insurer may prevent western firms from paying claims if...
Russian Tactics Make Secret Tanker Oil Switching Harder to Trace July 17, 2024 By Julian Lee Two near-identical oil tankers trying to beat western sanctions. A secret transfer of Russian crude halfway between Iran and Oman....
UK, EU States to Target Russia’s Shadow Oil Fleet With More Checks July 15, 2024 By Alberto Nardelli, Alex Wickham and Alaric Nightingale The UK plans to launch a “call to action” this week with a group of European nations to target the...
Russian Court Orders Volkswagen to Pay $193M in Damages to Russian Carmaker July 9, 2024 A Russian court has ordered Volkswagen to pay 16.9 billion roubles ($193 million) in damages to Russian carmaker GAZ Group,...
Here Are the Legal Battle Lines in Ireland’s Multi-Billion Euro Russian Jet Trial June 28, 2024 The opening salvos have been fired in a 2.5 billion euro ($2.7 billion), Irish court battle between some of the...
After Oil, Russia May Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas June 28, 2024 By Bloomberg News In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow...
Sanctions Damaging Safety at Sea, Says Sanctioned Ship Group Sovcomflot June 27, 2024 Sanctions on shipping companies are undermining safety at sea and pose dangers for trade as ship standards are impacted, the...