Tomer Raanan
Tomer Raanan is Lloyd’s List’s senior maritime reporter in the US. He is based in New York, where he enjoyed a decade-long career in private security before joining Lloyd’s List in 2022. Tomer Raanan has a background as a writer, researcher and analyst who has written for the South China Morning Post and Nikkei, publishers of the Financial Times, and has written, edited and translated for the Asia Policy Program in the Abba Eban Institute. He is experienced in trade & investment data analysis, in addition to FDI, security and technology issues. A graduate of SUNY Empire State College with a degree in Public Affairs, majoring in political science and economics, Tomer is also a military veteran and a devout Liverpool fan.
Latest From Tomer Raanan
Gambia’s dark fleet gambit sees detentions and sanctions surge
Gambia’s flag registry grew greatly by carrying capacity since 2023, fuelled by injection of dark fleet vessels, most of which are currently under US, EU, or UK sanctions
‘Maximum pressure’ ramps up as Ofac sanctions Chinese ‘teapot’ refinery
The US ramped up the pressure on Iran and purchasers of its oil on Thursday, imposing fresh sanctions on a Chinese ‘teapot’ refinery in Shandong province. Eight tankers and 13 companies and individuals were also designated
Crowley’s US-flagged gas carrier to ship LNG from US Gulf to Puerto Rico
Amid the Trump administration’s push to grow the US-flagged fleet, Crowley announced its recently acquired- and- reflagged liquefied natural gas carrier American Energy has secured a long-term contract to deliver US LNG to Puerto Rico
Sanctioned Indonesian tug operator says it will fight designation
The US sanctioned three Indonesian tug operators last week for assisting in STS transfers of Iranian petroleum. One of the companies now says the sanction-skirting tug cited by the US is actually chartered out to another entity, and plans to appeal the designation
VLGC earnings rise double digits
Spot earnings for very large gas carriers are up nearly 30% so far this week after enduring their typical seasonal slowdown
Ofac targets ‘shadow fleet’ tankers, STS operators, and Iran’s oil minister in latest sanctions
The US has announced its third round of sanctions against Iran since the Trump administration restored its ‘maximum pressure’ aimed at slashing Tehran’s oil exports. The move targeted ‘shadow fleet’ tankers and a trio of tugs that assisted in STS operations