Articles by Rachel Graham, Brendan Murray and Alex Longley

Red Sea Merchant Shipping Starts to Grind to a Halt as Houthis Step Up Attacks

Shipping in the Red Sea is grinding to a halt with oil tankers idling and container vessels rerouting around Africa as violence linked to the Israel-Hamas war threatens to undermine the global economy. Two European oil and gas giants said …

Rhine River Water Level Hits New Low, Forcing Some Barges to Halt Transport

The Rhine River’s water level at a key waypoint hit a new low, risking the transit of fuel and other goods as Europe’s climate crisis exacerbates its energy-supply crunch. The marker at Kaub, a particularly shallow point west of Frankfurt, …

German Fuel Storage Firm Mabanaft Still Unable to Restore Operations After Cyber Attack

Germany’s Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG, the fuel storage and distribution company that suffered a cyber attack at the end of January, said its first tests to restore operations weren’t successful, according to a letter sent to customers seen by …

Cyber Attack Targeting German Fuel Storage Stretches to 6th Day

A cyber attack targeting fuel storages in Germany and parts of northern Europe stretched into a sixth day with little visibility over when things will get back to normal. Mabanaft Germany, whose systems were breached, continued to work on resolving …

Hackers Target Key Fuel-Distribution Firms in Europe

Europe’s fuel-supply network fell victim to a cyberattack — less than a year after the biggest refined petroleum pipeline in the U.S. was halted by a hack. The situation was serious “but not grave,” the head of Germany’s information technology …