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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Global Shipping Insurance May Shift If Russia Sanctions End, Bimco Says
Shipping

Global Shipping Insurance May Shift If Russia Sanctions End, Bimco Says

The global shipping industry should be open to working with a new group of insurers that emerged to support Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, provided they

March 26, 2025
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Ship-to-ship transfer of Russian LNG from Yamal LNG near Honningsvåg on February 19, 2019. (Source: Courtesy of Kystverket / Norwegian Coastal Administration)
Energy

EU Transshipment Ban on Russian LNG Takes Effect, Forcing Shift to Ship-to-Ship Transfers

More than three years into the Ukraine War the EU has finally slammed the door shut to the transfer of Russian LNG across its terminals. Ukrainian officials

March 26, 2025
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Oil tanker on Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas. REUTERS/Issac Urrutia
Energy

Oil Loading Slows at Venezuela’s Ports Amid US Tariffs, License Termination, Data Shows

Loading of Venezuela's heavy crude at its main oil ports slowed this week after the U.S. imposed a tariff on trade with countries buying the South American

March 25, 2025
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Russian Oil Cargo Transferred From Sanctioned Tankers Discharged Into China, Data Shows
Energy

Russian Oil Cargo Transferred From Sanctioned Tankers Discharged Into China, Data Shows

A ship carrying Russian crude transferred from three smaller tankers that are under U.S. sanctions unloaded last week at a Chinese port, shiptracking data

March 18, 2025
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Shipping

U.S. Treasury Targets Iran’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ in Latest Round of Oil Sanctions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced a new round of sanctions targeting Iran’s petroleum

March 13, 2025
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Russia’s Newest Arctic Oil Tanker Passes Through Suez Canal As US Mulls Easing of Sanctions
Shipping

Russia’s Newest Arctic Oil Tanker Passes Through Suez Canal As US Mulls Easing of Sanctions

Russia’s first home-built Arc6 ice-class oil tanker continues its voyage from the Zvezda shipyard in the Far East to its service area in the Arctic. After a

March 11, 2025
Total Views: 1490

Saturday, March 8, 2025
Indonesia seizes Iranian flagged tanker suspected of illegal oil transshipment in Indonesia's North Natuna Sea. Picture released July 11, 2023. Indonesia's Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) / Handout via REUTERS
Shipping

Sanctions Are Tangling, Not Stopping, China’s Iran Oil Trade

By Serene Cheong Mar 8, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Successive rounds of sanctions on companies and tankers said to be aiding Tehran are finally slowing the

March 8, 2025
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Energy

Russia Flagship Oil Freight Soars After Biden Farewell Sanctions

The premium shipowners are charging to haul Russia’s flagship oil is soaring as farewell sanctions imposed by the outgoing Biden administration continue to

March 4, 2025
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Friday, February 28, 2025
Russia Shipped Record 22 Million Tonnes of LNG Through Arctic in 2024
Shipping

Russia Shipped Record 22 Million Tonnes of LNG Through Arctic in 2024

Russia continues to use the Arctic as an expanding transport corridor for its hydrocarbon resources. Last year it carried 21.86 million tonnes of liquefied

February 28, 2025
Total Views: 1474

First Sanctioned Ship Gets Scrapped in Watershed for Dark Fleet
Shipping

First Sanctioned Ship Gets Scrapped in Watershed for Dark Fleet

An aging oil tanker sanctioned by the US is being taken apart in an Indian scrapyard, a potential watershed moment for the so-called dark fleet in a rapidly

February 28, 2025
Total Views: 985

Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Indonesia seizes Iranian flagged tanker suspected of illegal oil transshipment in Indonesia's North Natuna Sea. Picture released July 11, 2023. Indonesia's Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) / Handout via REUTERS
Energy

Iran Oil Flows Seen Curbed by Rush for Unsanctioned Tankers

Iranian oil sellers risk facing significant hurdles moving their cargoes out of the country as competition for unsanctioned tankers from Russia and Venezuela

February 25, 2025
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Monday, February 24, 2025
Russian Gas Condensate Deliveries to Europe Continue to Fly Under Radar
Energy

Russian Gas Condensate Deliveries to Europe Continue to Fly Under Radar

As Western attention remains focused on Russia’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas shadow fleet, a third type of fuel, gas condensate, continues to flow

February 24, 2025
Total Views: 1006

Thursday, February 20, 2025
tanker at sea
Shipping

New Flag States Raise Sanctions Evasion Concerns

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has raised significant concerns about emerging flag states potentially being used to circumvent international

February 20, 2025
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Oil Exports From Russia’s Busiest Port Unencumbered by Sanctions
Energy

Oil Exports From Russia’s Busiest Port Unencumbered by Sanctions

Crude-oil exports from Russia’s main Pacific terminal remain robust as shippers and traders — yet again — work around a fresh batch of curbs from the US,

February 19, 2025
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Hazira LNG (liquefied natural gas), India. Photo Courtesy Shell
Energy

Russia Pitches Sanctioned Arctic LNG Cargoes to Indian Buyers

Russian officials have held meetings with Indian buyers this week in an effort to sell liquefied natural gas from a flagship export facility sanctioned by the

February 13, 2025
Total Views: 768

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Aerial of Liquified Natural Gas LNG carrier moored to a small gas terminal
Featured

Another Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ LNG Tanker Abandons Voyage After Five Months, Offloads Cargo to FSU

U.S. sanctions continue to severely hamper Russia’s efforts to deliver LNG from the designated Arctic LNG 2 plant to customers. Five months after loading

February 12, 2025
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Saturday, February 8, 2025
ship to ship
Shipping

Russia Faces An Impending Oil Tanker Crisis As Sanctions Pile Up

By Julian Lee Feb 7, 2025 (Bloomberg) –On Jan. 10, the US Treasury sanctioned 161 oil tankers for their role in moving Russian oil. It was part of a

February 8, 2025
Total Views: 1226

Friday, February 7, 2025
Russia Assembles Flotilla of LNG Carriers in Arctic Waters Ahead of EU Transshipment Ban
Shipping

Russia Assembles Flotilla of LNG Carriers in Arctic Waters Ahead of EU Transshipment Ban

Russia continues to amass LNG carriers in preparation of the impending EU transshipment ban. Starting in March 2025 EU export terminals will be off limits to

February 7, 2025
Total Views: 10568

Indonesia seizes Iranian flagged tanker suspected of illegal oil transshipment in Indonesia's North Natuna Sea. Picture released July 11, 2023. Indonesia's Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) / Handout via REUTERS
Energy

Trump’s First Iran Sanctions Hit Three Ships in China Trade

President Donald Trump’s maiden sanctions package targeting a handful of vessels carrying Iranian oil stopped short of the “maximum pressure” campaign

February 7, 2025
Total Views: 1197

Thursday, February 6, 2025
Stock photo of an oil tanker moored at sea
Shipping

U.S. Treasury Sanctions International Network Shipping Iranian Oil to China

The new sanctions target multiple entities across China, India, and the UAE, as well as four vessels: SIRI (formerly ANTHEA), OXIS, CH BILLION, and STAR

February 6, 2025
Total Views: 694