Three years after the Russian invasion, many of the subsequent changes to our industry look set to become permanent

Frontline said it expected sanctions pressure from the UK, EU and US to continue and push the tanker sector into less risky trades

Banks applying Washington-imposed restrictions extraterritorially despite blocking statute, argues Zaiwalla & Co

The FMC is conducting a non-adjudicatory investigation into flag states with ‘little or no oversight or regulation’, which it says pose safety risks that endanger ocean shipping supply chains

As president of the UN Security Council, Greece wanted to raise the issue of maritime security, but that bid quickly descended into a series of accusation and counter accusing concluding with a threat from Russia that ‘this path leads directly to military escalation’

All arrivals to Berdiansk are dark port calls, but satellite imagery confirms the port is open

Ofac has issued a general licence authorising certain transactions relating to Tinos I, the gas tanker that was sanctioned by the US last month while anchored off Houston. Along with permitting safety-related transactions, the licence also authorises a potential sale of the vessel

The EU and UK are scaling up their sanctions against Russia with more to come, despite the absence of US support

The Cook Islands registry has been ejected from RISC, the information-sharing database launched to prevent sanctions-skirting tankers from hopping between flags, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter