Update: Tankers Tied to the Russian Oil Trade Grind to Halt Following US Sanctions February 13, 2024 By Julian Lee and Alex Longley A chunk of the vast fleet of tankers that Russia uses to deliver its crude oil is grinding to a...
Russia Oil Tankers Are Doing Strange Things Since Ramp Up of US Sanctions January 8, 2024 By Sherry Su and Julian Lee There are growing signs that Russia’s oil flows might be facing disruption in the aftermath of a ramp up in...
Ukraine’s Drone Attack Hasn’t Yet Jolted Insurance Costs for Black Sea Oil Carriers August 8, 2023 By Alex Longley, Megan Durisin and Julian Lee A drone attack on a Russian oil tanker and a warning from Kyiv that more could follow has so far...
Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Fleet Vanishes Even Faster Than It Grew July 11, 2023 By Julian Lee and Alex Longley A fleet of tankers that sprouted up out of nowhere to keep Russia’s oil moving has disbanded even faster than...
Tanker Company Shipping Russian Oil Loses Insurance on G-7 Price Cap April 21, 2023 By Alex Longley and Julian Lee An oil tanker company heavily involved in moving Russian oil lost industry standard insurance for its fleet after falling foul...
EU’s Russia Oil Sanctions, Effective in December, Are Already Hitting Nation’s Trade October 11, 2022 By Julian Lee and Sherry Su European Union sanctions on Russian oil might still be eight weeks away, but they’re hitting trade in the nation’s crude...
Russia Finds New Route to Get Oil to Market Via Tiny Egyptian Port August 5, 2022 By Julian Lee Russia appears to have found a new means of getting its oil to market with western sanctions looming for Moscow....
Aging Oil-Storage Ships Pose Safety, Environmental Risks Around the World February 23, 2022 By Paul Burkhardt and Julian Lee The decades-old, oil-storage ship that blew up off the coast of Nigeria recently — killing some of its crew and...
Oil Tankers Cut Navigation Risks in Strait of Hormuz by Vanishing from Tracking Systems August 1, 2019 By Brian Wingfield and Julian Lee Oil tanker owners are finding a way to reduce the risks of navigating the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most...
Insurance Rates for Crude Oil Tankers to Jump After Gulf Attacks June 14, 2019 By Julian Lee, Alex Longley and Will Hadfield Oil tanker owners are turning increasingly nervous about loading cargoes from the world’s largest export region for crude after the...