Firm Issued Fake Insurance for Russian Oil Tankers, Norway’s Regulator Says April 2, 2025 The insurance issued to dozens of aging oil tankers used by Russia to skirt international sanctions was bogus, according to...
Western Officials Say Russia Is Behind Campaign of Sabotage Across Europe March 27, 2025 By Emma Burrows Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the...
Global Shipping Insurance May Shift if Sanctions End, BIMCO Says March 25, 2025 By Weilun Soon The global shipping industry should be open to working with a new group of insurers that emerged to support Russia’s...
Germany Confiscates Tanker in Russian ‘Shadow Fleet,’ Spiegel Reports March 21, 2025 By Rachel More and Friederike Heine Germany seized a decrepit tanker found adrift off its northern coast in January that is believed to be part of...
Russia Emergency Services Work to Prevent Pacific Oil Spill February 11, 2025 By Bloomberg News An emergency response team in Russia’s Pacific port of Nevelsk is preparing to pump out fuel from a Chinese bulk...
Russia’s Rostelecom Says Baltic Sea Cable Damaged, Tass Reports February 10, 2025 A Russian underwater cable in the Baltic Sea has been damaged by an unspecified external impact, Tass reported on Saturday,...
Russia Faces Impending Oil Tanker Crisis as Sanctions Pile Up: Bloomberg Oil Strategist February 7, 2025 By Julian Lee Russia appears to be on the cusp of a debilitating oil-freight transportation problem because of US sanctions, writes Bloomberg oil...
Denmark to Intensify Scrutiny of Russia Shadow-Fleet Tankers February 6, 2025 By Sanne Wass and Alex Longley Denmark will ramp up inspections of ships transporting Russian oil through its narrow straits, in an effort to protect the...
Sweden Seizes Ship Suspected of Sabotage in Baltic Sea January 27, 2025 By Charles Daly Sweden detained a vessel suspected of damaging a subsea data cable connecting it with Latvia, the third such incident in...
Tanker Under US Sanctions Discharges Oil at Chinese Port: LSEG Data January 17, 2025 By Siyi Liu A tanker subject to the new U.S. sanctions is discharging Russian oil at a port operated by Shandong Port Group...