Tomer Raanan
Senior Maritime Intelligence Analyst
Tomer Raanan is a senior maritime intelligence analyst at Lloyd’s List, where his reporting explores how geopolitics and regulation shape seaborne commerce, and how deceptive and high-risk practices are used to evade sanctions and facilitate illicit trade.
In 2024, Tomer was named ‘Multimedia Journalist of the Year’ by the Seahorse Freight Association for uncovering a sanctions-skirting LPG shipping network tied to the owner of a London café.
Before joining Lloyd’s List in 2022 as senior reporter, he worked for a decade in private security.
Latest From Tomer Raanan
Tankers bypass Hormuz transfer bottleneck as direct India deliveries emerge
Growing congestion in the Gulf of Oman ship-to-ship transfer network is pushing some charterers and shipowners towards direct VLCC deliveries to India or STS operations nearby — a shift that could ease logistical bottlenecks, increase effective fleet supply and further support the recovery of Middle East crude exports
Saudi tanker transits through Hormuz hit war-time high after pipeline attack
The surge in Saudi-linked transits through Hormuz underscores just how quickly the kingdom’s export logistics can shift when one chokepoint closes and another reopens
Sanctioned LPG tanker exits Iran shadow fleet via Alang scrapping yard
A US-sanctioned VLGC that spent more than three years hauling Iranian LPG has been scrapped in India, marking a rare exit from the shadow fleet and signalling growing pressure on ageing sanctioned tonnage as Iran’s LPG exports decline
Hormuz crisis sees shadow gas carriers go mainstream
Well versed in the high-risk side of shipping, some shadow fleet operators are sending their gas carriers through Hormuz to lift cargoes from the UAE and Qatar, marking a rare — if temporary — return to the mainstream
Red Sea U-turns continue as Houthis prepare more attacks
Increased tensions in the Red Sea come after Saudi Arabia has sought to shift crude exports away from the Middle East Gulf
VLCC operators rethink Red Sea voyages amid fresh Houthi blockade
Vessels appear to be rethinking Red Sea and Gulf of Aden voyages following the Houthi announcement of a blockade of Saudi ports, which threatens to inject more turmoil to shipping and oil markets