Surging Oil Tanker Insurance Points to Growing Black Sea Chaos January 14, 2026 By Alex Longley The cost of insuring ships sailing through the Black Sea is surging again, as spiraling attacks on vessels underscore the...
Iran Tried to Seize 2 Oil Tankers Near Strait of Hormuz, US Navy Says July 6, 2023 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz early...
Venezuela’s Oil Tankers at Risk of Sinking, Fires, Spills, Report Finds May 4, 2023 By Mircely Guanipa PUNTO FIJO –– More than half of the 22 oil tankers in Venezuela’s fleet are so run down that they...
Oil Spills and Near Misses: More Ghost Tankers Ship Sanctioned Fuel April 3, 2023 By Jonathan Saul LONDON –– An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a...
Oil Spills and Near Misses: More Ghost Tankers Ship Sanctioned Fuel March 24, 2023 By Jonathan Saul LONDON –– An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a...
Deepening Turkey Tanker Logjam Snarls Russia Oil Sanctions December 9, 2022 By Daren Butler and Can Sezer ISTANBUL –– Turkey emerged as a critical stumbling block to a complex international plan to deprive Russia of wartime oil...
Western Officials in Talks with Turkey over Oil Tanker Delays December 7, 2022 By Noah Browning and Alistair Smout Western officials are in talks with Turkish counterparts to resolve oil tanker queues off Turkey, a British Treasury official said,...
Oil Tankers Queuing to Transit Turkish Straits Face More Delays December 6, 2022 By Can Sezer and Jonathan Saul ISTANBUL –– At least 20 oil tankers queuing off Turkey to cross from Russia’s Black Sea ports to the Mediterranean...
U.S. Gulf Oil Platforms Shutting As Hurricane Delta Strengthens October 7, 2020 By Erwin Seba HOUSTON — Energy companies were securing offshore production platforms and evacuating workers on Tuesday, some for the sixth time this...
Pandemic Forces Virtual Safety Checks for Oil Tankers May 26, 2020 By Jonathan Saul LONDON — Ship assessors are resorting to virtual inspections of oil tankers to keep vessels afloat, as the coronavirus pandemic...