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After Oil, Russia May Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas

In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow fleet to ferry its oil around the world. Now there is growing evidence Moscow has begun to do the same …

Sanctions Damaging Safety at Sea, Says Sanctioned Ship Group Sovcomflot

Sanctions on shipping companies are undermining safety at sea and pose dangers for trade as ship standards are impacted, the chief executive of sanctioned Russian shipping group Sovcomflot said. The European Union imposed sanctions on Russia’s state-owned and top tanker …

Venezuela Resorts to Using Shadow Tankers to Supply Oil to Ally Cuba

Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has begun using tankers that navigate off radar to supply its closest political ally, Cuba, as a fleet of state-owned vessels that have historically covered the route dwindles, according to documents and ship monitoring services. …

Drone-Sinking of Coal Ship Boosts Red Sea Perils, Drives Surge in Insurance Costs

The sinking of a coal-carrier by a sea drone has boosted the risk of navigating the vital Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint to a new level and is driving a fresh surge in insurance costs. The British navy said Tuesday that the …

Shipping Industry Urges Red Sea Action as Houthis Sink Second Vessel

Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship. Iran-aligned Houthi militants first launched drone and missile strikes …

Ship Hit by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea Has Sunk, UK Navy Says

A vessel hit by a sea drone in the Red Sea last week has sunk, the UK Navy said, the second confirmed to go down since Yemen’s Houthi rebels began attacks on shipping in the region. The bulk commodity carrier …

Top Shipping Flag Cuts Approval for Sanctioned Russian Insurer

The world’s largest shipping register withdrew its approval for Russia’s Ingosstrakh Insurance Co. to provide a key document enabling ships to enter ports. The Liberian Register — under whose flag 16% of the world’s ships by capacity sail — said …

Houthi-Stricken Cargo Carrier’s Crew Abandons Ship Due to Fire

Crew members of a bulk cargo carrier struck by Houthi missiles abandoned ship Saturday after they couldn’t get fires on board under control, the US military said. The Iranian-backed militants struck the Verbena, a Ukrainian-owned, Polish-operated ship, in two missile …

Denmark Seeks to Limit Shadow Tanker Fleet Carrying Russian Oil

Denmark is considering ways to stop a so-called shadow fleet of tankers from carrying Russian oil through the Baltic Sea, the Nordic country said on Monday, triggering a sharp response from Moscow’s diplomats who said any such move would be …

Russia’s Ingosstrakh Weighs Legal Action After UK Sanctions

Russia’s Ingosstrakh said on Friday it may challenge UK sanctions in court and was seeking clarification about the measures imposed on the country’s leading insurer that the British government announced on Thursday. Ingosstrakh, which provides services to Russian oil exporters …